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Mafia Politics- Or Why I’m Almost Missing John Ashcroft

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

John Ashcroft, for all his evangelical world view mentality, is beginning to look like some kind of Hall of Justice Superhero when compared with Alberto Gonzales. And that's saying a lot about a man who needed to cover up a statue to obscure her nude breasts, a statue which would ...

Website Liability: If You Build It, You May Pay

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

A Federal Appeals Court has issued a ruling that holds a website (roommate.com) liable for the postings of some of its users. The court ruled that if a website constructs a format that is designed to elicit responses that can be viewed to violate established law, then the owner of ...

The President Is Insane- (Some Not So) Randomly Related Rants

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

The President is completely insane. I really don't know how else to put it. His constant refusal to accept the reality of his failures is one thing. His compulsive lying and incompetence in nearly every task he undertakes are others. But some of his most recent remarks concerning recent ...

More Proof That Bush Administration Doesn’t Give A Damn About “The Little Guy”

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Government regulations of business and industry, whether federal or state regulations, are designed to protect the consumer and the natural world from the excesses of unbridled capitalistic business desires. In many cases (but not all) state regulation goes farther than federal regulations in protecting people and places. Perhaps it is ...

News in Review

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Rove Emails Deleted - According to the White House, nearly four years worth of emails sought by the Senate Judiciary Committee were accidentally deleted by President Bush's political advisor Karl Rove. White House spokesperson Dana Perino said, "The President believes the emails were deleted by Al Qaeda operatives. He is ...

A Bible Story

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

A recent Time magazine cover story raised some interesting questions about the role of the Bible in public education. Although the article wasn't nearly as skeptical as I would have liked, the premise was interesting - the Bible might be a valuable teaching tool offering valuable insight into why our ...

I Just Don’t Get It

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

I'm honest. I'll cop to sometimes not being the sharpest tool in the shed. I'm sure some wing nut will chirp in here and back me up on that - and come to think of it, probably a moon bat or two as well. On a good day I have ...

The Attorney General Is A Big, Fat Liar

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Telling lies is like laying a mine field behind you as you walk down your driveway. Odds are you'll be walking back that way again, and if you forget where you laid all the mines you just may end up losing your life, or at least having your foot forcibly ...

Britain Bombs Iran-Says ‘Kidnapped’ Soldiers Valid Reason For War

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Following the lead of last summer's Israeli attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Great Britain today began bombing the hell out of Iranian infrastructure after the Iranian Navy detained 15 British sailors operating in the persian Gulf. Former UN Ambassador from the United States John Bolton noted that he was "damned proud" ...

Bush Administration Prefers War To Peace

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

In an interview with the BBC, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton said that during the Israeli-Hezbollah in Lebanon last summer, Washington did not support any sort of cease fire between the warring parties until Israel eliminated Hezbollah's military capability. Only once it was cleaer that Israel's campaign ...