Some things are beyond parody. Here is Senator Ted “Bridge to Nowhere” Stevens (R-Alaska), explaining something, God alone knows what, about the internet. I think he claims to be explaining his opposition to maintaining the network neutrality that has been status quo since the inception of the internet. A much simpler explanation for his opposition [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2006 by pwyll
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Yeah, it must be nearing election time. Via USA Today
Pimps and sex traffickers could soon find themselves being chased by tax collectors, not just the vice squad.
Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, wants the Internal Revenue Service to chase after pimps and sex traffickers with the same fervor it stalked gangster [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2006 by pwyll
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Elections are coming ’round real soon now, so it’s time to concoct a bunch of ill-considered, futile, intrusive, and just plain stupid new laws. The techno nitwits are rushing to regulate the internet. CNN has a depressing list of idiocies Congress is preparing to inflict on us. But it’s all to protect the children, so [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2006 by pwyll
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The sideshow that never ends:
CNSNews.com) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Wednesday that she plans to begin an “open-ended hunger strike” on July 4 to urge the Bush administration to bring troops home from Iraq.
“We hope the fast will galvanize public attention, invigorate the peace movement, build pressure on elected officials, and get our troops [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2006 by pwyll
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This letter, via Powerline, deserves wide circulation:
Dear Messrs. Keller, Lichtblau & Risen:
Congratulations on disclosing our government’s highly classified anti-terrorist-financing program (June 23). I apologize for not writing sooner. But I am a lieutenant in the United States Army and I spent the last four days patrolling one of the more dangerous areas in Iraq. (Alas, [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2006 by pwyll
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I hope so:
WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the House homeland security committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace suspected terrorists.
Representative Peter King cited the New York Times in particular for publishing a story last week that said the [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2006 by pwyll
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