Congress

Thom on December 23rd, 2011

The wisdom of crowds is very suspect when we keep electing these idiots to power. This latest payroll tax cut extension debacle is just another fine example of screwing the American people to win ideological battles. This article sums the issue up. Now in general I tend to favor the Republicans, but only just barely. [...]

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Thom on September 17th, 2011

The other day I posted about a bill in Congress that would make it a felony to misrepresent oneself online. Evidently there is still one small lick of sense in Washington, because this morning I found this update: Senators Al Franken and Chuck Grassley proposed new language for the bill (thanks in part to Kerr’s [...]

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Thom on September 15th, 2011

Warning: I’m feeling a bit snarky today. If you’re feeling snarky too, best move along down the interwebs. Remember that one guy, the “reporter” who moved in next door to the Palin family in Alaska while he wrote a book on them? The one that made Todd Palin decide to build a taller fence? He has [...]

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