McCain and Arabian horses
I found this extremely short video at Daily Kos. Other than mentioning that this video occurred around the time of Hurricane Katrina, it speaks for itself. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDd83b5byk[/youtube]
What’s the deal with Sarah Palin?
There is a feeding frenzy regarding Sarah Palin out there. It's intense and disorienting. It's also disquieting. Palin seems like a pleasant woman who would make a nice neighbor. But since when are people qualified to be Vice-President just because they are "nice"? Tonight I started seeing many comments that…
Why fixing the way we finance campaigns is the first problem we need to address
Congress is so incredibly corrupt that it can't figure out that 2 + 2 = 4.   Congress is incapable of making no-brainer decisions. that is why Congress has only a 9% approval rating. These are the opinions of Lawrence Lessig, founder of Change Congress, which is based on these three…
Lawrence Lessig: John McCain gets an “F” in Internet technology
Lawrence Lessig tells it simply and straight: the past eight years have been horrible for Internet users in the U.S. Broadband access in the U.S. has dropped from #5 at the beginning of Bush's term to #22 now. In many countries, you will pay half of what Americans pay for…
How Big is the Religion Industry?
I found this post How Large is the Religion Industry in America?. In brief, the unreported, unaccounted billions of dollars paid to churches and faith-based programs certainly amount to a noticeable slice of the GNP pie. But because of the special status given to religion in this country, no one…