While the vast majority of voters nationwide will likely have few problems casting their votes, it should come as no surprise that across the blogosphere there horror stories of what some people are having to go through. Blogger Blackfive spent 3 1/2 hours trying to cast his ballot in Chicago. It appears as though the […]
I'm trying to watch as "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace interviews Democrat vice-presidential wannabe Sen. John Edwards, and I just can't take it any more. On Iraq, Edwards insisted that Saddam Hussein could've been taken care of using sanctions, despite the report by the Iraq Survey Group's Charles Duelfer that showed the "sanctions" were […]
The Electronic Freedom Foundation continues to go after the FCC's broadcast flag. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the broadcast flag, it is a bit of code inserted in a digital broadcast which puts rules on how you can use it. For example, you could be prohibited from videotaping a program or saving […]
The New York Times editorial board continues its series entitled "Making Votes Count" -- it will surely be the Times entry for the Pulitzers next time around. The Times sticks to the Democrat Party line that values more votes being cast over valid votes being cast -- voter fraud is not a concern. [O]ne of […]
When most people -- Democrats especially -- think of "crimes" committed by a secretary of state former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris typically comes to mind. However, we here in California have our own really corrupt secretary of state, Kevin Shelley. The Sacramento Bee has been reporting that Shelley has been using federal funds […]
think again. Reuters reports that it takes a long time to get treatment in Canada. Canada often boasts its universal health care program shows it is more caring than the United States, but the system is creaking alarmingly, with long wait lists for treatment, and shortages of cash and doctors. ... As the politicians bicker, […]
It comes as no surprise that when Congress passes a law as far-reaching as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawyers will find innovative uses for the tools provided. Some enterprising lawyers decided to use the act, which was intended to prevent people from copying DVDs, copy-protected CDs or MP3 files, to prevent the sale of […]
So I went trolling around the left side of the Internet and came across this from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The title of the document tells you all you really need to know about it. ADMINISTRATION'S LATEST 2004 DEFICIT PROJECTION APPEARS OVERSTATED; Will Final Deficit Figure Be Presented As Progress In […]
As I read David Cay Johnston's book on the U.S. tax system, I kept thinking of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." I first read "The Jungle" the summer before my junior year of high school for my Advanced Placement U.S. History class. Sinclair's novel is the story of an immigrant family trying to make it in […]
The USDA is looking at reworking their ubiquitous Food Guide Pyramid -- taught to every American schoolkid for the last decade. It's refreshing to see the naivete and eternal optimism that a federal agency has in itself. Too many are confused by the recommendations and can't figure out how to implement them. The proof, Agriculture […]