Sprint cares? I think not.
Dear Sprint…. I know high-speed, you are NOT high-speed. Fix this now please.
Fear the corpratocracy…
Just remember – Corporations are infinitely more like to do things like violate our privacy than the government is. If there is a profit in it, damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead. The problem is, while laws are designed to keep the government from violating our civil liberties, the same laws, written for corporations [...]
I FEEL THE POWER!
..or not. Disaster preparedness is more than just stocking fresh batteries.
Wordless Wednesday…Sort of.
Wordless Wednesday…
In honor of St. Patrick’s day
Ireland was Ireland, while England was a pup. Ireland was Ireland, until England swallowed ‘er up. Now I’m an Irish catholic, (I’m not) And I go to sunday mass, (I don’t) And all ye bloody bastards, Can kiss me Irish ass. Happy St. Patricks day everyone.
My Egypt Post…
So it’s finally happening. After years of secular dictatorship true democracy might be coming to Egypt. (I’ll reserve my opinion on what constitutes democracy there) It’s interesting that Americans are *SO* fired up for Mubarak to leave office and for “democratic” elections to take place. The US really doesn’t WANT democratic elections, because in a [...]
Magic vs. Science
“One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a null word.” -R.Heinlein A conversation I had with my wife while sitting at breakfast this morning at Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg Virginia. They have a game here called “Magic Quest” where kids run around like demons with little toy wands that, thanks to an [...]
On Fear…
So when the Republicans “sweep” into the majority (I hardly call a narrow majority in the house, no majority in the senate, and a democrate in the white-house a “sweep”) it’s hard to imagine any situation where any change will be effected. There are meaningless changes. The moratorium on earmarks, which is useless because it [...]
The queen was right…
“It is clear to me now that the Republic no longer functions.” -Padme Amidala It amazes me when I watch congress from my vantage point, (a sub-basement office on capitol hill – not much of a view) how badly this experiment called democracy seems to have failed. 541 total members of congress, (535 voting [...]
Are you voting? (A wordless Wednesday post)
Um… Hell yes I’m voting.
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