Random comments on technology, politics and fnord
A coworker of mine falls squarely into the social- and fiscal-conservative camp of the Republican Party. He is not ashamed to say that he voted for Bush in both elections. He believes in a small, limited government and that religion is the basis for morality.
He’s a good guy, though. He not obnoxious at all.
Yesterday, he […]
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There have been a number of articles recently speculating about a Republican October Surprise that will turn the election in the favor of the GOP. Most of the speculation deals with an invasion or bombing of Iran.
Check out the articles yourself: Google News “October Surprise”. A few of the more notable ones are:
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In American national politics, there’s almost always only two candidates for a given office. If we selected our favorite color in the same way we select our President, this is what it would look like:
What is your favorite color? - U.S. Politics Style
I was in the car with my six year old daughter, Tara, in the back seat. She was doing one of those word search puzzles.
She says to me, “Daddy, I found the word ‘tax’ in my word search. T-A-X.”
“Good,” I reply. I don’t think that was one of the words on the find list, but […]
For about the past six months, I haven’t been very active in the Libertarian Party. I’ve decided to continue that trend. I still believe strongly in the libertarian movement and philosophy, but I just can’t keep stomaching the anarchist element of it.
WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES.
The audio track is Jame Blunt singing his song No Bravery. (Lyrics). The video track is some disturbing images of the Iraq war.
I had subscribed to the feeds of both Media Matters and News Busters for a while. These sites purported to document mainstream media bias, from a conservative or liberal angle, respectively. I’ve dropped them both. Why? At the very least, they cancel each other out. But recent posts on each site illustrated the impossibility of […]
News & Observer has a story about a budget surpus in state coffers. I just thought the headline needed correcting.
State has big budget surplus
Much likely to go to urgent concerns
North Carolina has seen an “explosion” in tax collections, giving the state its healthiest budget surplus in years, a report released Thursday says.
The state will bring […]
Another item forwarded to me:
TODAYS TAXES
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
Capital Gains Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Court Fines (indirect taxes)
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel permit tax
Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Interest Expense (tax on the money THEY paid tax on […]
I don’t watch Fox News, but somehow I doubt Bill O’Reilly will be covering this story:
Former first lady Barbara Bush donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund with specific instructions that the money be spent with an educational software company owned by her son Neil.
I did search on the Fox News […]
