Category Archives: Politics

Thoughts and Prayers

If Bush was sent to punish us for our sins, why does it seem the only ones getting punished are the Iraqis. Do you remember when Bush started the war and he told us he was seizing the assets of … Continue reading

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Save Internet Radio

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). Today was a day … Continue reading

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Why We Pay Taxes

This is mainly in response to showedthelaw.com although I don’t expect to receive anything from him for it. Some people get ideas in their head and no matter how much convincing you try to do they won’t listen to you. … Continue reading

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Instant Runoff Voting

Instant run off voting sounds like a good solution to our current, broken system.

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State of the Union, What we REALLY should be doing in Iraq

Surge Upside the Head That’s what the Bush needs, a big surge upside the head. The president gave a speech last night to the nation about why he thinks sending 21,500 additional troops to Iraq is a good idea. He … Continue reading

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Score one for Democracy

Bloomberg.com: U.S. House Democratic leaders said they’ll act quickly to ban gifts and meals from lobbyists, prohibit lawmakers from flying on corporate jets and prevent them from taking overnight trips arranged by lobbyists. Votes on the rules will be the … Continue reading

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Your Email Property of the Fed?

The EFF, ACLU and Center for Democracy and Technology are defending Enzyte in court because the FTC and the FBI didn’t obtain a warrant to access the creator of Enzyte’s email, which was stored on servers belonging to Yahoo and … Continue reading

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Sign a Petition, Make a Difference

Here are four petitions you should sign if care about America and you haven’t already. Impeach Bush Stop the RIAA Save the Internet Save Open Source MoveOn.org has petition campaigns now and then that is worth checking. Also something of … Continue reading

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Most Artists Profit From Piracy

TorrentFreak offers a good explanation of why declining album sales and filesharing are benefiting the majority of musical artists.

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MPAA Blocks Anti-Pretexting Bill

Wired News: MPAA Kills Anti-Pretexting Bill Legislature records confirm that the MPAA’s paid lobbyists worked on the measure. An aide to Bowen, who was forced out of the legislature by term limits and was elected Secretary of State, said the … Continue reading

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