Posted in social issues on Jan 22nd, 2007
The United States is being forced to grow up in as a result of efforts to improve border security. Starting tomorrow US citizens returning to the country from Mexico and Canada will be required to show a passport. A driver’s license or birth certificate will no longer be accepted. The tighter passport controls are only [...]
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Posted in social issues on Nov 7th, 2006
Posted in social issues on Oct 12th, 2006
It’s too bad that Jimmy Carter isn’t President today. His opinion on the Korean Stalemate is spot-on. Is anyone Washington listening? Or is this frightening counterpoint actually true?
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Posted in social issues on Aug 19th, 2006
This is perfect.
FAA Bans People From Flights
What makes it scary is the fleeting thought that some one inside the Beltway actually had this notion and had to be talked out of it.
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Posted in social issues on Jul 27th, 2006
Posted in elsewhere, social issues on Jul 3rd, 2006
Senator Ted Stevens (R) from Alaska gives an absolutely incomprehensible explanation of the Internet.
Time to head for the life boats, the US is sinking….
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Posted in elsewhere, social issues on Jun 15th, 2006
I could not agree more with this posting over on kottke.org.
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Posted in social issues on May 8th, 2006
Posted in elsewhere, social issues on Dec 27th, 2005
From AlterNet comes this:
George Bush is already a lame-duck president. There’s usually a year or two grace period after the president is elected for the second time, when he can point to his second election victory as vindication for his policies and use it to get some important legislation passed. Bush has squandered his election [...]
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Posted in elsewhere, social issues on Dec 25th, 2005
Show Of Hands
Pointed.
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