Public funding can elect candidates, at least in California. On the road to winning the governorship in Arizona, Janet Napolitano broke with tradition. Not because she’s a woman or a Democrat, but because she campaigned without taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the mining industry or trial lawyers, unions or small businesses. What’s more, [...]
Archive for November, 2002
Public Funding Can Work
Posted in Politics on November 25, 2002 |
Just a quick post to assure everyone who has asked that, no, I have not shut the site down. I was just very busy the last week, and most of the weekends are dedicated to the family. After all, as I have said before, the choice between playing with the toddler and playing with the [...]
Light Blogging
Posted in General on November 19, 2002 |
I have work/school/family issues to take care of, so today and tommorrow, the posting will be much lighter than usual. Thanks for visiting, and read the people over on the right.
Try and Stop ""Total Information Awareness"
Posted in Politics on November 19, 2002 |
By sending a free fax here Does this sound like America: The Pentagon’s new Office of Information Awareness is building a system called “Total Information Awareness” that would effectively provide government officials with immediate access to our personal information: all of our communications (phone calls, emails and web searches), financial records, purchases, prescriptions, school records, [...]
Why (partly) most people cannot tell the Parties apart
Posted in General on November 18, 2002 |
So I was just downstairs getting a soda, waiting for my unit test to complete. In the break room, there is a TV constantly tuned to CNN Headline news. When I was there, it was playing a “In the Loop” segment, hosted by some talking head whose name I do not remember. They were talking [...]
Dems to attack Republican Special Interest Items in Homeland Security Bill
Posted in Politics on November 18, 2002 |
I wonder if the Republicans in the House got greedy, or they did this on purpose THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED Senate was expected to vote Tuesday on whether to strip seven GOP items from the bill. Republicans say that move could kill any chance that the Homeland Security Department legislation would make it to President Bush’s desk [...]
A Health Care Rant
Posted in Politics on November 16, 2002 |
Not mine, South Knox Bubba’s. While I disagree with him on TennCare, it is still a good read, and covers all the important questions. We, as a nation, should be having this debate, and we should be asking the same questions Bubba is.
How to tell when to be scared
Posted in Politics on November 15, 2002 |
Jeanne D’Arc of Body and Soul has determined when a terror attack is a realistic possibility: Forget all that color-code nonsense. Just watch where Cheney is: Cheney in the bunker: Highest alert Cheney in his office: Medium alert Cheney reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to a really cute kindergarten class: Osama’s at Gitmo. Have a [...]
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Recount info not seen in Gore Interview
Posted in Politics on November 15, 2002 |
Atrios found found this form the Note: One thing we want to leave you with to remember us by is another excerpt from Barbara Walters interview with Al Gore and family, which airs tonight on 20/20 at 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT (check your local listings). The following exchanges, while sure to interest Note readers [...]