When

When they touched my junk at the airport
I said, "That's okay, I'll take the train."

When the scanners came to the train station
I said, "That's okay, I'll drive."

When the mobile x-ray units were set up at 'safety check points'
I said, "That's okay, I'll walk."

When they started to randomly search pedestrians
I said, "That's okay, I'll stay home."

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On the morning of November 2, 1859-Election Day-George Kyle, a merchant with the Baltimore firm of Dinsmore & Kyle, left his house with a bundle of ballots tucked under his arm. Kyle was a Democrat. As he neared the polls in the city’s Fifteenth Ward, which was heavily dominated by the American Party, a ruffian tried to snatch his ballots. Kyle ( Read more... )

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," he said Wednesday. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded."
--Barack Obama, July 2, 2008

Okay, how is it that I'm just hearing about this? WTF is a "civilian ( Read more... )

So, I finally got around to voting. And I had 2 thoughts when I was done.
First, the security envelope says "Insert only one ballot." I thought, what was I supposed to do if I was a Democrat?
Second, they need better tasting glue on the envelopes. You don't want people coming away from voting with a bad taste in their mouths.

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If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals - if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a ( Read more... )

Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?
By Orson Scott Card

It is an opinion piece, but Card is a self described Democrat and, apropos of nothing, an excellent sci-fi writer. This piece is less about politics and more about the current state of journalism, and how it relates to politics.

You Are 74% Evil


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The story of my life.

They tell us we must learn to live with less, and teach our children that their lives will be less full and prosperous than ours have been; that the America of the coming years will be a place where - because of our past excesses - it will be impossible to dream and make those dreams come true. I don't believe that. And, I don't believe you do ( Read more... )

Okay, so its in Legos. I think that makes it much cooler.
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