The proposition system is completely and utterly broken and absolutely devoid of any redeeming qualities. The california constitution is a worthless document not worth the paper it is printed on ( Read more... )

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one ( Read more... )

I will admit I was not expecting eight hours of lifting boxes when I accepted a job as an Office Assistant (Typing), but frankly that isn't even as annoying as the ass-long commute. I wake up at 5:30 in order to get to work by 8, then get home by 7:15 at night...before I go to bed at 9:30 to 10 ( Read more... )

You might not have heard of Wikileaks before now. It is a wiki that allows people to anonymously upload documents to expose them to global scrutiny and their main domain name was just enjoined by a California court because of a lawsuit filed by a Swiss bank to hide documents proving they were aiding massive tax evasion.

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Why is the aesthetic valuable?

http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2001/pr101101.htm Washington, DC: Congressman Ron Paul today presented Congress with the "Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001," legislation designed to give President Bush an additional tool in the fight against terrorism. He also introduced legislation that changes the federal definition of "piracy" to include ( Read more... )

Truly epic lulz.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/13/teen.sex.ap/index.html"In 2005, 47 percent of high school students -- 6.7 million -- reported having had sexual intercourse, down from 54 percent in 1991. The rate of those who reported having had sex has remained the same ( Read more... )

"...The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Founders’ political views were strongly informed by their religious beliefs. Certainly the drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, both replete with ( Read more... )