Tag: Politics
NYTimes.com – “Serious”
Serious is making stuff up apparently.
NYTimes.com – Ludicrous and Cruel
I love that term voodoo economics, but in this case it seems to fit so well when you try to understand some of the ridiculous assumptions made.
ThinkProgress – Bristol Palin’s Nonprofit Paid Her Seven Times What It Spent On Actual Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Apparently it’s totally justifiable to spend most of your money on advertising and salary (a salary which only 1.50% of all Americans make that or better) for a non-profit and basically nothing on your non-profits actual mission.
Sunlight Foundation – House Violates 72 Hour Pledge Again
De-funding a valuable public resource and usurping democracy, all emergencies and all in a days work for Republicans.
TorrentFreak – Why Is It Rocket Science That Laws Should Apply Online Too?
Why indeed?
NYTimes.com – The Austerity Delusion
We have to avoid being like Europe so we’ll do what Europe did but it’ll turn out differently for us.
NYTimes.com – Brigitte Gabriel Draws Crowds in U.S. With Anti-Islam Message
Fear much like sex sells, for better or worse.
Freedom to Tinker – Seals on NJ voting machines, March 2009
So security seals protecting those voting machines, useless.
NYTimes.com – White House Issues Report on Women in America
And you wonder if feminism is still needed or if women are treated equally?