According to a state report, Tennessee has a “regressive” tax that “places a disproportionate burden on poor and low-income Tennesseans.” A state report finds that four in ten Tennessee children live in poverty or are children of the “working poor.” The state comptroller’s audit says the children can fall through an inadequate “safety net.” The [...]
Archive for April 27th, 2004
Report: TN Taxes are Regressive
Posted in Economics, Libertarian Problem Solving, Politics on April 27, 2004 | 5 Comments »
Bush and Science
Posted in Politics, Science on April 27, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Never the twain shall meet: In February [Bush's] White House received failing marks in a statement signed by 62 leading scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, 19 recipients of the National Medal of Science, and advisers to the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations. It begins, “Successful application of science has played a large part in the policies [...]
I Used to Play D&D
Posted in I do too have a life on April 27, 2004 | 9 Comments »
Quite a lot of it, actually. I can assure you, nothing even remotely close to this ever happened to me. Ah, the ever-affable Jack T. Chick. Hat tip: FARK.com
Uniting the Nation, Bush Administration Style!
Posted in Health, Politics, Terrorism on April 27, 2004 | 8 Comments »
Bush adviser Karen Hughes has compared abortion with terrorism: BLITZER: There is a clear difference when it comes to abortion rights between the president and his Democratic challenger, John Kerry. In your opinion, Karen, how big of an issue will this abortion rights issue be in this campaign? HUGHES: Well, Wolf, it’s always an issue. [...]
Off the Stakeholder …
Posted in Bloggin on April 27, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Charles Kuffner of Off the Kuff has a guest post on the DCCC blog.
This is Wrong
Posted in Legal Issues on April 27, 2004 | Comments Off
The Bush Administration is prosecuting a man for National > Computer Student on Trial for Aid to Muslim Web Sites” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/27/national/27BOIS.html”>what other people have said As a Web master to several Islamic organizations, Mr. Hussayen helped to maintain Internet sites with links to groups that praised suicide bombings in Chechnya and in Israel. But he [...]
"When one man says to another, 'I know what to do today; let's play a war game,' everybody dies."
Posted in Iraq on April 27, 2004 | 4 Comments »
The Bush Administration did not properly equip US troops heading into Iraq — and they don’t seem interested in fixing the problem: But as Iraq’s liberation has turned into a daily grind of low-intensity combat—and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld grudgingly raises troop levels—many soldiers who are there say the Pentagon is failing to protect them [...]
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