Yesterday, Richard Morin of the Washington Post had this little piece entitled “Jon Stewart, Enemy of Democracy?”. The article was a pretty negative attack towards the impact of The Daily Show: This is not funny: Jon Stewart and his hit Comedy Central cable show may be poisoning democracy. Two political scientists found that young people […]
Anyone living near this mall, or any malls operated by the parent company, should be urged to boycott them: A southwest Missouri mall defended its dress code after a security guard told a 10-year-old girl her bandanna decorated with peace signs, smiley faces and flowers violated the mall’s code of conduct. Lydia Smith, who was […]
Via the AP Personal data, including the Social Security numbers of 28,000 sailors and members of their families, have been found on a civilian Web site, triggering a criminal investigation. The Navy said Friday the information was in five documents and included people’s names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. Navy spokesman Lt. Justin Cole […]
Since the Voting Rights Act has been hijacked by a handful of Republicans, can it be considered a racist move? Well let’s start by looking at who exactly hijacked this very important piece of legislation: The postponed vote is the latest example of divisions within the GOP that have complicated House and Senate leaders’ efforts […]
So I guess the Iraqis are now on the side of the Democrats when it comes to the problems in Iraq: THE Iraqi Government will announce a sweeping peace plan as early as Sunday in a last-ditch effort to end the Sunni insurgency that has taken the country to the brink of civil war. The […]
It seems like the media loves portraying the split in the Democratic Party over Iraq as being something evil, a sign of weakness or a lack of vision. Here is another one, but this time they are making it out to appear more as the Democrats have accepted some fallacy in their party. With Iraq […]
Bush tried to “pass the buck” on high fuel prices by blaming them on “boutique” fuels (required cleaner burning fuels). Unfortunately for Bush, the EPA sees it differently: “Boutique” gasoline blends to help states meet clean air rules are not a factor in higher prices as President Bush has suggested, says a draft of a […]
I no longer get done posting my last article and look at what pops up: A hacker breached the Agriculture Department’s computer system and may have taken personal information on 26,000 employees, retirees and contractors, the department said, making it the latest federal agency to have had personal data compromised. The potential loss is less […]
The number of thefts on this one are not as high but it is still a sign of how little respect the government has for our personal data: The government agency charged with fighting identity theft said Thursday it had lost two government laptops containing sensitive personal data, the latest in a series of breaches […]
The report released by McCain’s Indian Affairs Committee sure makes it look bad for old Bob Ney. As matter of fact it looks like he may have done the same thing Clinton did to get impeached: In the fall of 2004, Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) told Senate investigators that he was unfamiliar with a […]