Archive for May, 2008

The End is Nigh

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Thank god

Terrorists

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

It's always dangerous to create a class of citizens with no rights. Especially when the definition of said class is an ideological one. Then anyone can be labeled as one of those people, and thus be stripped of their rights. What will you be labeled as a terrorist for? ...

It’s Time to Give Money to the DNC

Monday, May 5th, 2008

On the eve of what looks to be another indecisive primary, I think it's time we started giving money to a group that will use it to attack McCain rather than fellow Democrats: the DNC. They have been outraised more than 2-1 by the RNC this year: According to the ...

Hillary Doesn’t Care About Expert Advice

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Hillary has been receiving a lot of criticism recently for her gas tax plan.  She was asked to name a single non-political expert who supported her plan.  Here's her campaign's response: "We believe the presidency requires leadership," said Wolfson. "There are times that a president will take a position that a broad support of quote-unquote experts agree with. ...

Dock Workers Protest War

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Here's a great story that seems to be getting almost no play in the main-stream-media. Apparently all west coast ports were closed today as thousands of dock workers stayed home to protest the war. This is great because it's a serious protest. This is the kind of ...

BSG Escape Velocity Review

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

As always there are spoilers for the episode in this review, don’t read if you haven’t seen it I enjoyed this episode (I enjoy most BSG episodes) but let's begin by airing a few grievances.  I didn't like that there was no attention paid to the Demitrius or Cylon plot lines.  ...