I’ve been following the nacsent presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with increasing feelings of misgiving. Here we have this historical moment: an African-American! a woman! running for president and they are just not thinking outside the box. You’d think that two representatives of a couple of the most historically disenfranchised segments of…

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I’d post this on the other (work-related) blog I write for, but I’m about to make some politically incorrect comments, so will keep it here, where I can say any darned thing I please. What’s with the pin-headed lawmakers in Illinois?!? Get this – they are trying to pass a bill that would outlaw all…

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Wow, what a day! The Democrats take back the House (and maybe the Senate, depending on how they figure out the count in Virginia) AND Donald Rumsfeld resigned! Nancy Pelosi is the first ever female Speaker of the House (you GO, girl!)! Under the heading of “Yep, we’re real pinheads and proud of it,” Idaho,…

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“Let’s pretend this [electric] plug is ‘Iraq’ and you’re trying to connect it to the ‘War on Terror,’ which is this avocado. You can do it, but here’s the problem: the avocado still doesn’t turn on. And now your plug is covered in guacamole.” –Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

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As explained by Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. My fave bit: They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck. It’s a series of tubes. Oh really!?! People, these fools are making decisions that affect OUR LIVES!…

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I’ve been hearing about net neutrality for a bit now, but some stuff today made me decide to blog about the issue and show my support/colors. I read this article by Rep. Ed Markey (D MA) first on the Huffington Post, then followed it up with this one by Adam Green, all of which led…

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