Chavez gets sweeping new powers Imagine a country where the top 10% of wage earners carry the poorest segment of their society on their backs. Where schools, welfare, insurance, roads, and the nation’s protection are paid for mostly by the top 10% in the form of hefty tax revenues. Oh wait – wasn’t supposed to […]
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Trade you a gallon of gas for a corn tortilla?
Mexicans stage tortilla protest! We want to conserve fuel by using more Ethanol. Mexicans want corn tortillas! Something’s got to give! [Link]
58% wish Bush Presidency were simply over
[Link] I kind of wish it were over too, so I wouldn’t have to listen to Democrats bitch about Florida anymore, and I wouldn’t have to listen to bitter political hacks taking pot shots at a man who’s down because it’s now politically safe to do so. Although it is entertaining at some level, kind […]
Technology Voting Guide
Here’s a very handy guide by Declan McCullagh outlining the way House Representatives and Senators voted on technology-related bills. As for Obama, he scored “out-of-the-office” on 14 of 16 bills and left the voting to others, while Clinton voted on only 9 of 16 bills, and scored only 33% out of 100 in the tech-friendly […]
Climate Survey Debate is not over
I rented “An Inconvenient Truth” because I wanted to understand more about the debate over global warming, which I have later learned is also commonly referred to as climate change. The movie, however, states emphatically that there is not even a debate. The debate is over. But what do scientists and environmental professionals say? In […]