It would seem that TheStateOf.com put Armstrong on blast for that Leave No Child Left Behind stunt even with the apology. It’s shills like this that supply black conservatives with the credibility they currently enjoy.
Author: Robert Barrimond
Exploitation by the So-Called Protectors
BBC News – New York’s HIV experiment (PDF Version)
This outrage had me seething, folks. What is being done to defenseless children in New York City is no different from the Tuskeegee Experiment. The city’s Administration, big pharmaceutical companies, even the Catholic Church all have a hand in this. Sometimes, I am completely flabbergasted and bewildered at the evil people can commit to benefit themselves and their interests. Once again the voiceless and the most vulnerable are targeted and exploited.
What’s also shameful is the ineptitude or deliberate ignorance of our own press. This report comes to us from the BBC! I’m reminded of John 3:20, “For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed.”
Microsoft Out of Sync
I’m greatly disappointed by the incredibly slow pace that Microsoft’s Macintosh division is developing updates to its handheld sync conduit for the newer Palm PIM applications. Obviously PalmOne or PalmSource or whoever updated these apps to conform to Outlook/Entourage’s calendar, contacts, and task formats. We, loyal Microsoft customers all, should not have to deal with substandard support for so long? My goodness, this isn’t rocket science. Even more ridiculous is the fact that Microsoft supports the Palm and not the PocketPC!
I think it would be wise and profitable for Microsoft to simply license the database API to as many vendors as those who wish to pay. I suspect they’ve already done this with the PocketMac folken. Mark/space would be the obvious next candidate. It’s not MBD’s core business, but it sure makes Office more valuable. Being able to sync with a multitude of handheld devices actually enhances their ability to charge for Office!
C’mon Microsoft. Get In Sync.
House Republicans Adopt Change That Would Benefit DeLay
New rules prevent Tom DeLay from having to step down as majority leader if he is indicted in an investigation in Texas. [The New York Times > Home Page]
This from the party that cried bloody murder over Clinton. Hypocrisy incarnate. This should embarrass all conservatives who have a shred of integrity.
Make Love Not War
Yahoo! News – Army Defends Baghdad Battle That Left 16 Dead
This article is a rare glimpse into what war is like even for those who might stand on moral high ground. War is hell. War is evil. It certainly isn’t surgery. And this is why it can never, ultimately win against terrorism. It can defeat an enemy, but not a tactic or a motive, i.e. hatred.
The day after the Towers fell, I saw a sign on the road that read “Kill All Towel-heads.” It didn’t discriminate or hurl rage at terrorists, it hurled a racial epithet. Would any Iraqi who lost someone in this tragedy, who is caught up in the same grief and rage we were, really think any different about us? Tragedies like this recruit for an enemy who needs hatred to gain recruits.
Terrorism is like a grease fire for military might. What usually would put out the fire, our superiority, actually causes it to spread. My heart goes out to the soldiers who have to bear the weight of this conflict and to the thousands Iraqis who are lost in grief. Hopefully, we can let love prevail and defeat the hate that fires terrorism and heal wounds such as these.
Kerry Enlisting Clinton Aides in Effort to Refocus Campaign
Former President Bill Clinton offered John Kerry advice, as Mr. Kerry enlisted more Clinton advisers for the campaign. [The New York Times > Campaigns]
John! I guess they heard you.
9/11 Conspiracy Theory
Muchosucko
Cool beat. Real sinister. But what’s the motive? What disappeared the 757? And why did a small plane fly into the Pentagon? Ah well, it’s like Jerry said, “A good conspiracy theory is an unprovable one.”
Statute of Limitations on Lies
FactCheck.org Zell Miller’s Attack on Kerry: A Little Out Of Date
It’s amazing how politicians can never tell the whole truth. It’s how Zell Miller can lie about Kerry’s votes through a convenient omission of the facts. (Not that Kerry and his crowd haven’t done the same thing.) This example is GREAT because, it lays out the tactics involved. Voters beware.
It’s Gonna Get Ugly Folks
WSJ.com – Kerry Strikes Back at GOP, Calling Bush ‘Unfit to Lead’
I think we can pretty much put any expectation that the issues are going to get some serious debate in this election cycle out the window. The #$%& is going to, no has hit the fan and the mud is flying. Buckle your seat belts, folks.
Hey, at least Edwards rolled through the crib yesterday!
Reform on the Cheap
WSJ.com – In New Law’s Wake, Companies Slash Their Political Donations
This was a really nice surprise. I’ve been a long time supporter of campaign finance reform because I felt special interest money held too much sway in the process.
WSJ.com – In New Law’s Wake, Companies Slash Their Political Donations
This was a really nice surprise. I’ve been a long time supporter of campaign finance reform because I felt special interest money held too much sway in the process. It seems that the unintended effect, is the democratization of the money. Since corporations are forced to solicit employees to support their political ends, regular people are getting more involved in supporting candidates.
One possible effect is that corporate and employee interests can be more aligned, explicitly in the political process. Cause and effect are more tightly coupled. I think this is a good thing for Americans in general.
Another is that it returns a good portion of power in our democracy back where it belongs: with the people. Of course, this power is being exercised by the filter of corporate PACs, but what can you do? We live in a liberal-capitalist nation. Corporations exert tremendous power by virtue of their economic strength in our society, but now that is shared between management and employee. That is as democratic as we can get with out social and political revolution. Libertarians and anarchists take note. You must destroy people’s source of paychecks to enact your visions (pipe dreams? just kidding). What about the other PACs? Some consolidation is bound to occur. After all, once I donate to MoveOnPAC or some other general PAC, which else do I support? Just like charities, there will be “donation fatigue” and this limits their number.
These results are far from perfect, but change is a welcome.