Taking a HARD look at the Business of Politics

I couldn’t watch this as it was happening since I’m one of those unusual individuals who threw out the TV years ago. But hey, this stuff is important, so now we have the internet to catch us up in such a way that we don’t have to sit through the commercials. Right?
Actually, there was ONE […]

First, Senator Durbin’s YouTube Video explaining his Experiment in Democracy.

Since Tuesday, Senator Durbin has had experts in all aspects of Telecommuncations, Broadband and Wifi/Wireless policy, as well as regular people like me, contributing to a conversation about what we want and expect our Telecom/Broadband/Wifi/Wireless Policy to be, what We, the People, deserve as a return […]

Hmm, this order recently came out of the White House. It basically allows the US Government to seize all property of an individual if they are SUSPECTED of a terrorist act or of consorting with someone who is suspected. Geez, that is broad and generalized language mixed in amongst the “wherefore . . . but […]

A nice, but misguided friend, Bill Simon of the Political Vine, sent me this link recently, since he hears me ranting about Net Neutrality all the time. The article, from Americans for Prosperity, which is a group that Bill has interfaced with, trots out all the same tired Telecomm Rhetoric that Hands Off The Internet […]

Thanks to Rolling Stone for printing it in its entirety so we don’t have to download another stinking pdf, here’s the newest National Intelligence Estimate.
Bottom line is that six years after 9/11 and the creation of the Department of Homeland (in)Security we’re actually in more danger of a terrorist attack on US soil because of […]

So why is it that we’ve spent billions of dollars to supposedly make our country safe from terrorists when the most basic safeguards to ensure our Nuclear material safe have never been put in place?
According to the NY Times, investigators from the Government Accountability Office applied for a licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for […]

Well, it’s actually about the Spectrum auction, but it’s being publicized as an issue BECAUSE of the IPhone.
Give Markey a leg up . . . and watch.

Could it be that it’s because Libby can still plead the 5th if questioned about what the President and his Cabinet knew and when they knew it? Could this be damage control in preparation for Impeachment? (that’s IF Pelosi can get off her duff about that question . . . )
It’s the only thing that […]

According to the Times writeup of this disgusting turn of events, Bush decided that the sentence was too harsh. The Times quoted him as saying, “I respect the jury’s verdict, But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive.” Respect? Dubya hasn’t shown respect for the law since he was […]