Kriston over at Grammar Police has a wonderful post about the new Liberality Comic. Yes, a comic extolling the virtues and deeds of a group of conservative super-heroes, comprised of bio-mechanically enhanced G. Gordon Liddy, Sean Hannity and Oliver North, has taken cognitive dissonance to a height yet unheard of.
As the synopsis [...]
Well, FCC chairman Martin is preparing to ‘deregulate’ DSL service. What does this mean? It means less consumer choice for high-speed Internet access, fewer small ISPs, and of course fewer high-tech jobs. Martin, and his cohorts, believe that what benefits SBC and Verizon benefits us all. By allowing the ILECs to eliminate competition on the [...]
According to a poorly written NY Times article, the school board in Odessa, TX has decided to add a “Bible Study Course” to its’ fall high school curriculum. Now, I am not inherently opposed to this; in my collegiate career I took classes on Biblical structure and criticism, as well as theology courses in which [...]
This morning it’s been reported that 14 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq. Meanwhile, president Bush began his month long vacation. When shit goes wrong at my job, I just can’t pick up and leave town. I guess I have a greater sense of responsibility to my job then Bush does to his.
I’ve known [...]
and they are US. . . Americans (particularly conservatives) love to denigrate the French as egotistic and rude. Well according to a marketing survey and analysis (Anholt-GMI Nation Brands Index) most of the world see America as arrogant, unfriendly, and uncultured.
The US ranked 11th in the Brands Index, which asks people around the world to [...]
