Mar 30 '10
S.773 - Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - This is an insanely scary bill that just made it out of committee which includes the ability for the president, without oversight, to
What are we, Iran? Unless "critical infrastructure information system or network" is clarified, this has a high probability of being abused. I really hope congress doesn't give this the time of day, otherwise there is some letter writing that needs to be done."declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network"
Mar 30 '10
Is the Health Care Law Unconstitutional? - Say what you want about the Health Care Bill as a whole, but it's important to understand why the requirement for mandatory insurance is included, and why just that particular portion of the bill can't be overturned: Jack M. Balkin, a Law Professor at Yale explains:
Other experts have good arguments on the other side too. I always love the NYTimes "Room for Debate" series. Significantly more civil than anything you see on television."The new law keeps insurance companies from denying coverage because of preexisting conditions or from imposing lifetime caps on coverage. The individual mandate makes these popular aspects of health care reform possible.
Without an individual mandate people will wait until they become sick to buy health insurance, raising insurance premiums for others and undermining the ability to spread risk that is necessary for private insurance markets. Requiring people to make a choice between buying health insurance or paying a tax gives people incentives to act responsibly and not attempt to game the system."
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Sep 24 '09
Favorite New Politician: Barney Frank -
I know this is really old... I have a whole bunch of fun stuff to post and will be catching up the next few days.
But I like Barney Frank and this clip, because it's refreshing to see a Democrat, when confronted by fringe supporters, stand up for their convictions instead of waver and back down.
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Aug 19 '09
Newsweek: The truth about Obamacare - A good article that clears up some common misconceptions, along with the White House website.
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Jun 18 '09
Jun 6 '09
Data.Gov - The Obama Administration launched Data.gov to try to provide more government data in easy-to-use open formats like XML, CSV, and KML. It looks like Google is starting to use it already.
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Mar 24 '09
Nov 21 '08
Civic Literacy Test - Test your general knowledge of the United States history and government. I got a 79% (without cheating!) Which isn't bad considering the average elected official in the United States got a 44%.
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Nov 18 '08
New York Times: SE - A utopian New York Times dated Saturday, July 4th, 2009 includes articles such as "Iraq War Ends" and "All Public Universities To Be Free". A million paper newspapers of this were distributed in New York back on November 12th. The elaborate hoax is attributed to a group called "The New Men".
Nov 18 '08
Graves on Madison's Speedway Road - A nice blog entry with pictures about the anti-war graves that were places down Speedway Road.
Nov 5 '08
Obama Wins, thousands fill Madison streets - More photos here.. Added 2:00pm: My friend Charlie has more photos as well.
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Nov 4 '08
Election Day in Madison
I've heard all over that lines at the voting locations weren't bad. I voted at 8:30am and the line was only 20 minutes long. For the post part it was very quiet (probably because everyone had just woke up) except for an intense discussion about the separation of Church and State prompted by the fact that our voting location was a Catholic Elementary School and they were selling cookies.
Supporters from both parties are out and about, and both were having difficulty keeping their signs upright with the occasional gusts of wind on an otherwise beautiful day.
If you haven't voted and don't know where, Google Can Help.
Added 2:00pm: My friend Kennis posted a photo of an Obama ad projected on the side of Memorial Library last night.
Nov 1 '08
Oct 29 '08
American Stories, American Solutions - Obama's 30-minute prime-time infomercial aired tonight on 6 channels. Thoughts? (If you didn't catch it live, click the link to view it on YouTube)
Oct 17 '08
McCain and Obama Roast Each Other at Al Smith Dinner - Hilarity ensues. They're both really funny.
You'll need to fast-forward. McCain is 7:00 in, Obama is 23:00 in.
Oct 15 '08
Talk To Your Parents About McCain - PSA Parody.
Oct 15 '08
Racist McCain-Palin Rally - I think the Presidential Race is closer than everyone is reporting. I think when pollsters are calling McCain supporters, they're answering 'Obama' out of embarrassment being associated with these nut jobs.
Oct 10 '08
Insane McCain Supporters - See? It's not just crazy liberal hippies being obnoxious this election year.
Oct 8 '08
Palin to play Fey on SNL? - It would be pretty hilarious. But please, do this AFTER the election is over. Edit 10/10/08: Looks like it's confirmed.
Oct 8 '08
Google Searches during VP Debate - Google tracked the political search queries during the VP debate. Biggest search term? Maverick. It looks like they just posted one from the last town hall presidential debate.
