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Author: Raine    Date: 11/22/2010 13:44:27

For now, I am going to resurrect a blog we posted a few weeks ago. I can't talk TSA today, and I can't seem to find anything else going on in the world. That said, this was an afternoon post, and some may not have seen it. I believe it's worthy of a Monday re-post.
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24 comments (Latest Comment: 11/22/2010 20:56:07 by TriSec)

Dancing with our Votes
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 11/21/2010 15:36:23

MADISON, Wis. - A rural Wisconsin man apparently enraged by Bristol Palin's "Dancing with the Stars" routine blasted his television with a shotgun, leading to an all-night standoff with a SWAT team, investigators said.


I'm taking up a collection to pay this man's bail. Can anyone blame him for shooting his TV? I'm surprised he waited so long.

Velveeta does not even watch this show that others are complaining about; it's called "Dancing with the Stars" and don't get me started on what a "Star" is. Grrr. A Star is someone that doesn't need to be called a Star, they simply are. Sean Penn is such a big Star that he his currently turning down numerous high-paying roles to continue his work in Haiti. Helen Mirren, Star. Cher, Star. Al Pacino, Star. Bristol Palin? Hell NO!
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 11/21/2010 19:25:00 by AuntAzalea)

Microcosm
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/20/2010 12:43:55

Good Morning.

Heading out to the store early today...

So I was skimming the internets looking for anything worth the palaver this morning, and I ran across a curious story from the North Shore of Boston. With security theater in the headlines over the past 2 weeks or so, I don't know where to rate this one. On the surface, it sounds like it might be a good idea, and the story goes on to note that they use it at Disney World...what could be more American?

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15 comments (Latest Comment: 11/21/2010 06:25:34 by livingonli)

Groping Grandma
Author: BobR    Date: 11/19/2010 12:20:10

We've always traversed a fine line between security and liberty here in the United States. Since 9/11, we (as a nation) seem to be more and more willing to surrender liberties hoping that it will keep us safe from harm (ie: terrorists). Besides the obvious implication that the terrorists have won by our doing so (see TriSec's blog on the topic), these intrusions have consistently been met with "well - if you have nothing to hide... what's the problem?". Apparently, we do have something to hide, and it's why we wear clothes. The revolt against personal intrusion has begun.
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64 comments (Latest Comment: 11/21/2010 21:00:23 by Randall)

GOP to Women: Your Vagina isn't worth a Quarter.
Author: Raine    Date: 11/18/2010 13:27:11

Census data shows that the gap between men’s and women’s earning widened between 2007 and 2008 (annual wage data is not yet available for 2009) from 77.8 percent to 77.1 percent. Women who work full-time still earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar men earn for performing the same work. Source

Congress is back in DC and they got right to work dealing with this issue: Pay Equity. Specifically, denying the right for women to be paid equally as men for the same positions. If you have a vagina, you get the privilege of not just the ability to propagate, and be the primary caregiver, work a job and save for your retirement -- you now have the right to earn 23 cents less than a man for a job. Now -- I know math is hard, but that's less than a quarter. How hard is it to cough up that extra 23 cents?
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32 comments (Latest Comment: 11/19/2010 01:42:07 by livingonli)

Gall Together Now
Author: BobR    Date: 11/17/2010 04:25:46

Some people have a gift for gall. Think about used car salesmen, or pedophilic priests... It takes a special kind of person to take a principled stance, and then privately (or even publicly) go the other way. Somehow, though, they all pale compared to Republican politicians.
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52 comments (Latest Comment: 11/18/2010 03:18:19 by clintster)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/16/2010 11:39:30

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,799th day in Iraq and our 3,327th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4427
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4288
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3568
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 199
Since Operation New Dawn: 9

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,385
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 824
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq : 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 1, 108, 128, 250, 000 .00



We're just past Veteran's Day....and over the course of the past week quite a few new stories have popped up about what it means to be a Veteran in these United States. One of the hardest things a vet has to do once he gets out of the service is find work...a task not made any easier by the current state of the economy.

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35 comments (Latest Comment: 11/17/2010 01:53:31 by trojanrabbit)

What's elite?
Author: Raine    Date: 11/15/2010 13:55:15

I suppose you heard about this last week:
The draft proposal, penned by commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, suggests a number of ways to cut discretionary spending by more than $200 billion in 2015 -- including reducing federal funding for the Smithsonian and the National Park Service. The commission co-chairs suggest the Smithsonian Institution should charge admission fees at its 19 museums and the National Zoo, which are all currently free, to make up for the lost funding.

If the Smithsonian's federal funding were cut by $225 million in 2015, it could make up for it by charging an average fee of $7.50 per visitor, they argue. Bowles and Simpson point out that several notable private museums in the United States charge anywhere from $10 to $20 per visitor, with lower rates for children and seniors, while zoos charge even more.
This is not just fiscally irresponsible. As it suggests cutting funding that is already there while increasing the fees, it is - in my opinion - morally unethical.
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42 comments (Latest Comment: 11/15/2010 21:24:08 by livingonli)

The Audacity of George W. Bush
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 11/14/2010 15:39:29

Disclaimer: I have not read this book, and it's highly doubtful I ever will. I can only imagine a situation where I would read it, that I would be the last person on Earth and his book is one of only two books left on the planet and the other one is in Mandarin Chinese.

But I've read reviews. I've read parts of the book in these reviews, so I feel completely qualified to tell you without hesitation, that Bush is still the same temperamental, juvenile, spoiled, apathetic man that he was when he was President.

Save your money and do what I'm doing: sending the price of the book as a contribution to the ACLU or MoveOn.org.
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9 comments (Latest Comment: 11/15/2010 03:05:12 by BobR)

Wag the Dog
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/13/2010 13:08:27

Good Morning!

Well, after another long stretch of ugly weather, we’ve got a beaut here in New England. It’s sunny and expected to be near 60 this afternoon….pretty nice for November.

In just about two and a half weeks, one of the great migrations of mankind will be taking place. Millions of Americans will saddle up, with spouse and children in tow, and head back to their ancestral homelands for a ritual known as “Thanksgiving Traffic”, or perish in the attempt. (Sadly, some will. Let’s be careful out there, hmm?)

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3 comments (Latest Comment: 11/13/2010 18:18:27 by Raine)

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