Archive for June, 2007
16 Military Wives
The Decemberist’s 16 Military Wives Global geopolitics in a 5 minute music video. Well the quarter’s over, next week is finals, and I’m going on vacation after… haven’t decided whether or not I’ll keep this up. Maybe I’ll bring back insight from the other side of the pond.
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Now That’s a Republican
Okay, yeah I might be kinda throwing in with Ron Paul, but really, finally a republican who is for small government and means it. But if he isn’t the republican candidate, I’m voting Dem. These other Republican candidates just don’t cut it. Funny how the Daily Show has become a staple of political campaign stops. [...]
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On June 4th I had a spike in web traffic. According to my wordpress blogstats, I had 108 hits on that day, nearly double my previous high total of 56. I went from around 5 hits a day,with 10 on a good day, to 108, and that doesn’t include a good average of 10 readers [...]
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Nice Try Brits
The British newspaper, The Independent, has this little graphic to demonstrate the spending habits of citizens in comparison to the amount of foreign aid their nations contribute. I agree that this is a very important issue. It’s ridiculous that German women spend more money on shoes than Germany spends on foreign aid… although its ridiculous [...]
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In Response to Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt gave a lecture as a guest speaker in my blogs and politics class and I would like to respond to two claims: 1. Republicans are logical 2. Good political blogs don’t assail the other side of the aisle I came across shelleytherepublican.com. At first I thought that it must have been a satirical [...]
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Time to get active. There is a list of 50 politicians who have received contributions from the RIAA at consumerist.com I encourage everyone to contact their respective representative(s) and express their disapproval. The RIAA has no regard for the consumer and has historically attempted to stop any form of advancement in the technology of music [...]
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Finally Somebody Said It
I was going to post on the whole “They hate us for our freedoms” BS line that the Bush administration keeps shoving down our throats. I heard that for the first time six years ago, when I was 15, and even then I knew immediately that that slogan was so overly simplistic, it bordered on [...]
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Break in Case of Emergency?
A presidential directive, NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/NSPD 51 / HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/HSPD-20, outlines a plan for use in case of “catastrophic” emergencies such as a terrorist attack or a major natural disaster. Called an “National Continuity Policy”, the plan supersedes the 1998 Presidential Decision Directive 67, which was designed to ensure the continuation of [...]
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