House approves flag-burning amendment
Jun 22, 2005 No Comments ›› JoeVia CNN.com. The House on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag, a measure that for the first time stands a chance of passing the Senate as well. I'm an Army veteran and loyal patriot so I am, of course opposed to burning the American flag. ...
Continue ReadingHouse Defies Bush on Patriot Act
Jun 15, 2005 No Comments ›› JoeVia CNN.com. "The House voted Wednesday to block the FBI and the Justice Department from using the Patriot Act to search library and book store records." Members voted 238 to 187 to block part of the law. Read more at Via CNN.com. Technorati Tags: Patriot Act, Anti-terrorism, Veto, terrorism, Congress, FBI, Justic Department, library records
Continue ReadingDemocracy Banned From Blogs In China
Jun 14, 2005 No Comments ›› JoeVia CNN.com Bloggers in China using the new blogging service, MSN Spaces, by Microsoft are being censored by the Chinese government.Users of the MSN Spaces section of Microsoft Corp.'s new China-based Web portal get a scolding message each time they input words deemed taboo by the communist authorities -- such as democracy, freedom and human rights. "Prohibited ...
Continue ReadingGoogle and “Deep Throat”
Jun 3, 2005 1 Comment ›› JoeBlogs and Google Adsense go hand-in-hand. In case you're not familiar with Google Adsense, it's the advertising program sponsored by Google that allows site owners to put those little ad boxes along the margins, headers and footers of websites. Webmasters earn revenue from the clicks on the ad links. The type of ads that appear ...
Continue ReadingTom DeLay Clashes With NBC
May 26, 2005 No Comments ›› JoeVia Yahoo! News. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is angry at NBC for airing a recent episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", that made a reference to his name. DeLay's name surfaced on Wednesday night on the show's season finale, which centered on the fictional slayings of two judges by suspected right-wing extremists. In the ...
Continue ReadingBe A Republican or God Hates You
May 17, 2005 2 Comments ›› JoeVia Boston.com. The pastor of a Baptist church has kicked out members of the church because they did not support President Bush.Pastor Chan Chandler had told the congregation before last year's presidential election that anyone who planned to vote for Democratic Sen. John Kerry should either leave the church or repent, said Lorene Sutton, who said ...
Continue ReadingAnniversary of Kent State Shootings
May 5, 2005 1 Comment ›› JoeI just wanted to add a noteworthy parting thought for the end of the day. May 4th marks the anniversary of the Kent State University shootings by the National Guard. On May 4th, 1970, 4 students were killed and 9 were wounded when the National Guard opened fire during a student protest. As we discuss, ...
Continue ReadingOpen Letter to Stewardess on Delta
May 3, 2005 3 Comments ›› JoeVia towleroad . A guy was kicked off a Delta Airlines flight by a stewardess for wearing a profane t-shirt. The guy posted an entry on his blog about the event and is now working on a draft letter to Delta to get the flight attendent reprimanded or fired. It is quite aggrevating to read the ...
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