I am a resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Today I decided to call up my Representatives and Senators in an attempt to ask for more oversight and to express my concern over other related issues ( Read more... )

If you're looking to understand how this country got into the mess its in, I highly suggest you read this article from Rolling Stone.

If you read just one thing I link to all year, make it this one. Right now there are a lot of people trying to act like this is some big, unforeseeable event, and not the result of anyone's wrong doing. These people ( Read more... )

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 2009

Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. BAIRD) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology

RESOLUTION

Supporting the designation of Pi Day, and for other purposes.

Whereas the Greek letter (Pi) is the symbol for ( Read more... )

I was worried, so worried, about seeing this movie. While this may sound odd, Watchmen was one of those stories that really did have a profound affect on me. My first time reading it was in highschool- my best friend's father (a Lutheran pastor with a comic book and science fiction addiction) lent me his copy and it just blew me away ( Read more... )

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Dear Robert,

At the ACLU, we know that challenges to civil liberties can arrive from any quarter -- at any moment. And, we understand that, as America’s leading civil liberties organization, we’ve got to be fully prepared to respond.

As Director of Administration and Finance, it’s my job to make sure that that preparation includes prudently managing ( Read more... )

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As part of JPMorgan's effort, expected to last about 90 days, the bank will hire loan counselors and introduce alternatives to existing mortgage agreements. During this period, the bank will not put any additional loans into foreclosure.

JPMorgan expects to renegotiate $70 billion of mortgages over two years, in addition to $40 billion held by 250, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I ran a system update, and it killed my computer. After hours of working on it, I eventually got it working again by reinstalling Leopard ( Read more... )