Random comments on technology, politics and fnord
Congressmen threaten probe of U.S. seaports deal
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle yesterday threatened a congressional investigation of a deal to give control of six U.S. seaports to an Arab company, while one key Republican said the Bush administration’s security reassurances were not adequate.
What does it matter? Congress has shown it doesn’t have the […]
The South Dakota House has passed a bill that would nearly ban all abortions in the state. The article says that “amendments aimed at carving out exemptions for rape, incest and the health of women were rejected.”
It looks like all the pieces are in place for the big ol’ Roe v. Wade showdown, and South […]
There is one truism about politics that is often repeated:
All politics is local.
Tip O’Neill said that.
I will have to add one more truism:
All politics is sleazy.
The News & Observer is reporting that Morrisville commissioners have given Lenovo tax breaks without public OK, and the law allows it. They will rubber stamp the deal in a […]
Even with Republicans in control, trends are decidedly in favor of massive redistribution of wealth. Some great commentary by Patrick Chisholm. He succinctly covers what I’ve been saying for years.
He just spits all the facts out like a machine gun. And none of it is good news.
“Republican” is no longer synonymous with spending […]
… Design.
Ha. Got you, didn’t I?
You thought, just for a second, that hell had frozen over and the Raleigh City Council grew a brain and decided to boot the whole Downtown Convention Center, didn’t you?
We should be so lucky.
Well, maybe you aren’t as hopeful as I am, but I had to read the NBC 17 […]
How to tell if you are in a tyrannical police state.
Nuff said.
Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, asks: If America were Iraq, What would it be Like? A very stark and thoughtful comparison.
What if 3,300 Americans had died in car bombings, grenade and rocket attacks, machine gun spray, and aerial bombardment in the last week? … it would be an ongoing, weekly […]
Residents of a southern Chinese village near Hong Kong where police opened fire on demonstrators
Residents said police opened fire on a crowd of thousands [of protestors]. Up to 20 were killed, villagers said, while some said dozens more were missing.It was the deadliest known use of force by Chinese security against civilians since the killings […]
Bush on the Constitution: ‘It’s just a goddamned piece of paper’
Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.[…]
GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate […]
Americans see corruption as problem
WASHINGTON - Indictments, investigations and a congressman’s guilty plea for taking millions in bribes have left most Americans convinced that political corruption is a deeply rooted problem, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
Missteps and misconduct that have reached into all levels of government - from the White House and Congress to […]
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