Archive for 2006
The Richest Members of Congress
November 8th, 2006 • Politics
1 Herb Kohl (D-Wis) $219,098,029
2 Jane Harman (D-Calif) $168,651,649
3 John Kerry (D-Mass) $165,741,511
4 Darrell Issa (R-Calif) $135,862,098
5 Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) $78,150,023
Rasmussen: Bush Job Approval At 45%
November 7th, 2006 • 1 comment Politics
On the day before Election Day, 45% of Americans approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President. This is the President’s highest approval rating in a little over a month. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove of the President’s job performance.
Digg to Top Users: QUIT NOW?
November 3rd, 2006 • 4 comments digg
Tags: digg, disintermediation
Seems like the changes to the front page promotion algorithm have been drastic. After scrolling through the last 48 hours worth of stories promoted to the front page I counted a total of 2 stories submitted by top 25 users on Digg. In fact one of my own submissions currently has 93 diggs and no front page.
I realize I’m hardly a top user at #34 but after the last few weeks mass deletion of accounts and now these drastic changes it looks like the Digg staff is looking to get rid of its frequent posters. Kevin or Jay care to comment?
True to form, Kerry blames others for gaffe
November 2nd, 2006 • Politics
If he’s not putting his foot in his mouth, he’s attempting to extract it, as he is again this morning, trying to blame everyone but himself for his outrageous defamation of America’s fighting forces, slurring them as unproficient, shallow-minded cannon fodder.
Santorum Smear Job
October 30th, 2006 • Politics
Check out this website set up that is one long ad hominem attack on Senator Rick Santorum.
Webb: It’s Smear After Smear
October 28th, 2006 • Politics
Webb told Washington Post radio that to pull excerpts from his writings “and force them on people, sort of, like pound them over the head with them,” rather than having someone read the entire book “is just a classic example of the way this [Allen] campaign has worked. And you know, it’s smear after smear.”
Why Democrats Are Losing The Culture War
October 26th, 2006 • Politics
Most voters worry about escalating challenges to family stability and the losing battle to instill good values in their children instead of the materialism and coarseness peddled by popular culture. They fear that our society has developed a casualness about life, especially as science has made it easier to manipulate and create beings.
9/11: 2,973 Dead – Pearl Harbor: 2,403 Dead
October 22nd, 2006 • 6 comments Politics
There has been endless talk over the last few years about the loss of constitutional rights after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center buildings on 9/11/01. Controversies have swirled around the adoption of the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretaps on overseas calls to suspected terrorists and even the Swift program of tracking terrorists funds in overseas banks. However, some perspective might show that this concern might be a little exaggerated and in fact largely unfounded.
On September 11, 2001
After the attacks on the WTC buildings no such camps were established for Muslim-Americans. In the interest of national security, the Bush administration authorized the NSA to secretly intercept calls originating in the United States that were calling suspected terrorists abroad without obtaining a warrant. The rhetoric from the left has been soaring but the fact remains that this is hardly an unprecedented suspension of constitutional rights and in the opinion of this author a reasonable, proportionate response.