politics

September 09, 2005

• an undiscussed effect of hurricane Katrina: One interesting thing that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere except one small throwaway line in an article I saw...

  Posted by Dennis at 04:31 PM | Comments (0)

September 08, 2005

• a small note about ideas: I don't know how many people read this site (probably not many) and of those, I imagine it is a...

  Posted by Dennis at 05:41 PM | Comments (0)

• a dose of normalcy: Every time I check the news, it infuriates me. I mean, it's pretty plainly obvious that the Bush administration...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:31 AM | Comments (0)

September 07, 2005

• Kanye vs. Bush: You may or may not have heard about Kanye West's impromptu remarks about George Bush that he made during a...

  Posted by Dennis at 03:09 PM | Comments (2)

September 02, 2005

• where does the buck stop this time?: Here is a message from a friend of mine who is in the Army. Having fought in Iraq I...

  Posted by Dennis at 09:37 AM | Comments (0)

September 01, 2005

• in Katrina's wake: There's not a whole lot I can say that hasn't been said already. Donate money to the Red Cross...

  Posted by Dennis at 03:07 AM | Comments (1)

August 25, 2005

• Scion censors Bavu Blakes: Austin MC Bavu Blakes was apparently selected as a top ten finalist in Scion's "Nextup" contest by a panel consisting...

  Posted by Dennis at 09:25 AM | Comments (0)

August 02, 2005

• Bush proves his ignorance: Listen up people - "intelligent design" is not science. It has no place in a science curriculum, because you cannot...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:46 AM | Comments (2)

June 27, 2005

• energetics/economics: The big news of the last week was the announcement by China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) of an unsolicted...

  Posted by Dennis at 05:39 PM | Comments (0)

June 21, 2005

• the Democratic vision: Finally, someone outlines a concise, beautiful vision for what Democrats should stand for and not only is it from the...

  Posted by Dennis at 08:06 PM | Comments (0)

June 10, 2005

• a thousand words: One of the best and shortest political posts I've seen in a long time....

  Posted by Dennis at 04:10 PM | Comments (1)

May 17, 2005

• on newspeak and evolution: Everybody should read this transcript of a speech given by Bill Moyers. (There's a slightly more readable version over at...

  Posted by Dennis at 12:39 PM | Comments (0)

March 15, 2005

• idiotic decisions by the religious right: As a scientist by training, it pains me when I see full-on idiocy being promoted by anyone, but of late,...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:39 AM | Comments (3)

March 07, 2005

• a moral argument: Josh Marshall had a rather lengthy post today about the battle over Social Security. Buried near the end was the...

  Posted by Dennis at 04:03 PM | Comments (0)

March 04, 2005

• economic paradigm shift: The truth of the matter is that sometime in the last 50 years, there has been a significant change in...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:30 AM | Comments (2)

March 01, 2005

• court is now in session: No time right now for much half-assed opinion or analysis, but a couple of positive court decisions came down today....

  Posted by Nesta at 08:45 PM | Comments (1)

February 18, 2005

• the battle for social security: I've been following with great interest the debate over Social Security that is currently going on. The Bush Administration has...

  Posted by Dennis at 09:10 PM | Comments (0)

January 12, 2005

• we knew from the beginning that your ass was bluffin: U.S. Wraps Up Search for Banned Weapons in Iraq No comment....

  Posted by Nesta at 07:40 PM | Comments (0)

December 15, 2004

• your tax dollars at work: Today, the military tried and failed again at getting a missile defense system to function properly. Interestingly enough, when...

  Posted by Dennis at 02:38 PM | Comments (0)

November 03, 2004

• someone please save us: I think I'm going to be physically sick. I can't believe we have another 4 years of this to go...

  Posted by Dennis at 01:53 PM | Comments (0)

November 01, 2004

• vote.: Tomorrow is November 2nd. Be sure to vote - this may be the most important presidential election of the last...

  Posted by Dennis at 08:10 PM | Comments (0)

September 11, 2004

• volunteering for Richard Morrison: Today was my second day working as a volunteer for the Morrison campaign. For those of you who don't know,...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:47 PM | Comments (0)

July 15, 2004

• a rare beast, the rational Republican: The hate measure that was the Federal Marriage Amendment was soundly defeated in a procedural vote in the Senate the...

  Posted by Dennis at 09:42 PM | Comments (0)

June 30, 2004

• now they got me in a cell...: On Monday the Supreme Court issued a decision on the Jose Padilla case. Or rather, they evaded issuing an opinion....

  Posted by Nesta at 07:45 PM | Comments (0)

June 17, 2004

• meet with Richard Morrison: Here's an opportunity to meet with Richard Morrison. He's running against Tom Delay in TX-22. While I don't know what...

  Posted by Dennis at 05:26 PM | Comments (0)

June 08, 2004

• week in politics: The last week has been an interesting one in politics. Stephanie Herseth won the at-large seat for South Dakota in...

  Posted by Dennis at 01:05 PM | Comments (0)

May 03, 2004

• draft rumors: I haven't spoken much lately on the political situation largely because it's so fucked up I don't know where to...

  Posted by Dennis at 04:28 PM | Comments (1)

March 18, 2004

• Rumsfeld's blatant lies, Bush endorsed by terrorists: For months leading up to the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration kept telling the public that Saddam needed to...

  Posted by Dennis at 03:29 PM | Comments (2)

March 09, 2004

• Texas primaries: Today is the day of the primaries here in Texas. I encourage you to go out and make your voice...

  Posted by Dennis at 02:09 PM | Comments (3)

February 18, 2004

• When W's in the house, what you gonna do?: I go AWOL!!! I don't really care that much if Bush skipped out on his National Guard duty or not....

  Posted by Nesta at 09:38 PM | Comments (0)

January 23, 2004

• the perils of e-voting: I can't believe it's really taken this long for the mainstream media to catch on to the fact the current...

  Posted by Dennis at 07:42 PM | Comments (1)

• 500 pairs of boots: Here is an interesting art installation in my old stomping grounds, designed to hopefully raise some awareness about the current...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:49 AM | Comments (0)

January 21, 2004

• is anyone listening?: This is an excerpt from Scott Rosenberg's blog over at Salon. Finally, a breath of fresh air in regards to...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:49 PM | Comments (0)

January 15, 2004

• get your election on: I'm starting to get highly anxious about the 2004 elections, mostly because I hate Bush. I still can't believe we...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:41 PM | Comments (0)

November 23, 2003

• the sky is falling: Holy shit. I just read an actual op-ed from a conservative columnist (David Brooks of the New York Times) advocating...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:02 PM | Comments (1)

November 20, 2003

• a breath of sanity: On Tuesday, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages should be legal partly based on the freedoms and rights...

  Posted by Dennis at 07:43 PM | Comments (0)

July 06, 2003

• weekend insomniac edition: Shit, I shouldn't have had that Coca-Cola. Anyway, lots of stuff to report on in the last week or so....

  Posted by Dennis at 03:16 AM | Comments (0)

March 07, 2003

• mp3 and other stuff: Here is the mp3 of the last show. Looks like I solved the CoreAudio problem. Now it's just regular problems...

  Posted by Dennis at 10:47 PM | Comments (0)

January 16, 2003

• peace is also patriotic: Excerpted from a piece by John Le Carré: “But will we win, Daddy?” “Of course, child. It will all be...

  Posted by Dennis at 01:12 PM

• mickey wins: Eldred vs. Ashcroft was decided in favor of the US Government and Disney. It's disappointing to me, but more so...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:04 AM

December 12, 2002

• 1984 revisited: For cryin' out loud, what has happened to our nation? Read this story about a t-shirt some student in Ohio...

  Posted by Dennis at 11:52 AM

December 11, 2002

• what happened to america?: I just saw this site which has an amazing little flash animation that pretty much sums it all up. Next...

  Posted by Dennis at 04:23 PM

November 04, 2002

• make your voice heard: Tomorrow is Election Day. I hope you registered, and are planning to vote. A lot of people my age get...

  Posted by Dennis at 08:58 PM