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Archive for 2007/08


PETA vs. Vick… who’s the bigger killer?

I love animals.  I have had dogs, cats, fish, and even chickens as pets.  Based on my previous posts about Michael Vick, I think it’s pretty obvious that I would never condone dog fighting.  It’s a brutal, disgusting practice to take domesticated animals and program them to be bloodthirsty killing machines just for the pleasure […]

Michael Vick - Update

Today Michael Vick entered a guilty plea, admitting that he had materially participated in the horrific practice of dog fighting.
Vick faces between 1 and 5 years in prison for this crime,  as well as fines, and a potential end to his NFL career.
Personally, I believe even if he receives the maximum penalty under law, and […]

Michael Vick

I don’t have much to say about this except that, if he is guilty, then I share the same sentiment that Jon Stewart expressed on a recent Daily Show.  Paraphrasing, he said, “I’d like to cover Michael Vick in liver, turn the dogs loose, and see if he’s really as fast and elusive as he […]

Why AT&T is Evil - Part 2 - Censorship

Following on the heels of wide criticism for helping the Bush Administration and the NSA illegally obtain telephone call data for domestic spying purposes (Source), AT&T has again proven it is firmly in bed with Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the criminally corrupt in Washington. This time, the name of the game is […]

Why We Are Losing In Iraq

It doesn’t take a lot of imagination or intelligence to figure this one out. We’re losing in Iraq because of one thing.
Political Correctness.
We spend over 400 billion dollars per year on our national defense. The country that comes in second in terms of defense spending is Russia at a mere 70 billion dollars […]

Cheap Tomatoes

I got this in e-mail today… checked with Snopes and it’s not determined to be authentic or not… but it does make a lot of fairly obvious points.

From a California school teacher - - -
“As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you […]

Finally… the Democratic Congress Does Something Worthwhile

Following the recent pajama party on the Hill, many began to lament the newly-empowered Democratic Congress as an ineffective joke.
However, the 110th finally has something to be truly proud about.
Yesterday the House overwhelmingly passed the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, (411 to 8 with 13 not voting).
According to Jonathan Weisman of The […]