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Oops.
Well, color me embarassed:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/teenage-bomb-threat-suspect-was-an-internet-prank-phone-call-star/#more-4951
I guess I was all too ready to believe yet another Patriot Act horror story (my then juvenile sister was once forced to sign an admission of guilt by airport security with no lawyer or parent present) that I ( Read more... ) -
More Fun With The Patriot Act
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5049867
We have a Democratic majority with a Democratic president. So why are we still living with the reality of this law like we're in the USSR?
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I got a delivery failure notice.
Dear computer,
Thank you for your automated reply. I guess an automated reply is better than no reply - which is all I have gotten up until today (wow!) after years and years of writing Congressman Miller about issues that are very important to me, my fellow public servants, and members of the armed forces.
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I just fired off this simple message to my three elected Congressional officials:
"Just one thing: stop the bailouts. Corporations don't deserve free money from us, and it is a thumb in the dike. We have bankruptcy laws - so use them already.
What Congress needs do is FIX the problem on a long-term basis by RE-REGULATING. So act like a Democrat ( Read more... ) -
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Finally, the first glimmers of actual social progress in a Congress supposedly held by "progressives". It couldn't be put any better than by Sen. Webb himself:
"Let's start with a premise that I don't think a lot of Americans are aware of. We have five percent of the world's population; we have 25 percent of the world's known prison population. ( Read more... ) -
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Please allow me to be one first to jump on this bandwagon: Forget batteries, hydraulics are the future of hybrids. The technology is old, and apparently just seems to be overlooked? Less moving parts, less weight... so many different advantages. It's forehead-slappingly simple: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/10/ups-hydraulic-h.html
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Writer's Block: Church and State
Marriage is a religious institution, and therefore has no business being recognized by the state - much less coming with rights and privileges that those who are not married do not get.
As a single person I am discriminated against by the U.S. Government. Married people are eligible for certain tax benefits that single people are not eligible for ( Read more... ) -
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You know how I know Obama just might make a good president? Both liberals and conservatives are furiously bitching about him and he hasn't even taken office yet. He must be doing something right.