November 2010
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You know you're doing something right when... →
I don’t like the idea of pushing up the retirement age. I don’t like the idea of losing some of my tax deductions. But the truth is that while there’s something to dislike for everyone in the plans coming out of the President’s Debt Commission, the overall goal is something everyone should like.
I was a little kid back then but this is starting to look like the Clinton...
My solution to the marriage debate
As much as I hear people comparing the LBGT rights movement to the civil rights movement, maybe you guys are ready for some of the lesser known tactics.
Back during the civil rights movement, a group set up a series of mock elections to demonstrate that blacks wanted to vote. They went through everything, campaigns, real ballots and voting booths. All of it was to illustrate that blacks were...
“Dobby did not mean to kill, only mame, or seriously injure!”
– Dobby, A free elf.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
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“Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition is the living faith of...”
– Jaroslav Pelikan
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Airlines don't have a monopoly on travel
So TSA is randomly pulling people out of line to go through those fancy new backscatter scanners. You know, the ones where the TSA agent can see you naked. One customer, who happens to be videotaping the process covertly, gets picked and promptly opts out. TSA informs him that he’s got to go through an enhanced pat down which includes a groin check. Yup, that’s right. In order to board...
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My promise to my future kids.
There are a lot of things that I absolutely can’t promise you. I can’t promise that I’ll like your friends. I can’t promise that I won’t make you wear something that’s absolutely hideous. I can’t promise that I won’t completely embarass you.
What I can promise is that I won’t let my fears for your welfare get the best of me. Oh I’ll...
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What do we do when the activists fail us? →
First of all I’m not surprised that this happened. Let’s face it, there are racists everywhere. But the thing about this person’s story that bothers me is that all of the help that’s supposed to be there - the NAACP, ACLU, Urban League, etc - was nowhere to be found. That disturbs me.
It disturbs me because if you guys aren’t around to protect us then what are we...
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Bears! Oh My! →
I want you to know that I checked like four times to make sure that this wasn’t posted on the Onion.
But ever since then I haven’t been able to stop laughing.
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WatchAmazon.com claims they don’t censor but they don’t sell porn and they sell a handbook for pedophiles!!!!!
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“The most noble fate a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his...”
– Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Yes the book. Not the movie. I’ve got nothing against the movie. It was a great movie. But the book is different. See it’s actually about soldiers. The alien bug invasion is only a set dressing.
Anyhow. It’s one of the best ways I can tell all...
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Does it bother anyone else that Johannes Mehserle...
Does it bother anyone else that Johannes Mehserle and Mike Vick got the same sentence?
In case you need some more info, Johannes Mehserle is the BART officer who shot an unarmed and restrained man, Oscar Grant, in the back. He claimed that it was an accident and that he had intended to draw his tazer.
Mike Vick is the NFL quarterback who ran an illegal dogfighting ring. His staff was most...
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iPhone vs. Android vs. BlackBerry | C-Section... →
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The problem with calling someone a racist
Apparently our former President George Bush feels the worst point in his presidency was Kanye West calling him a racist. And I can understand how that would be a pretty low point. A racist is probably one of the 5 worst things you can be in our society. And there’s not a whole lot of ways to defend yourself from that accusation. I mean I’d bet that most of the people who get called a...
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San Francisco Bans the Happy Meal -- With... →
As if the presence of a toy is going to change kids wanting happy meals or parents buying their kids crap food.
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“”Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet....”
– Charles Schulz
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iPhone Game Lets You Blast TIE Fighters Out of... →
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I'm done.
I came to a tough decision. It’s taken a while but I think I’m ready to make a serious change. After years of complaining about the corruption and the corporate back scratching in politics I’ve decided to accept it as a force of nature. I’m done complaining about how Washington works.
I know that the US Government will never be the socially minded government I would love...
