Do Not Call Registry
If you want to stop telemarketers from calling you at all hours, it is really easy to get on the National Do Not Call Directory by visiting this link, https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx . You can enter 3 phone numbers, and there is an easy Complaint section to use to report those motherfuckers when they do call.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Schiavo, The Political Football
As Jon Stewart so adroitly pointed out last night, nothing has previously been able to disturb Bush from his sacrosanct vacations: not the "blinking red" warnings that Al Quaeda was planning to hijack airplanes back in summer of 2001, not the colossal death dealt out by the recent tsunami, nothing. But hold the phone! Bush suddenly cut short his vacation to rush to Washington to sign a bill ordering Terry Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted. Why? ABC News reported on a memo that Republican strategists had been passing around saying this was an easy way to excite the GOP base, to exploit the Schiavo tragedy for political gain. Shame on the Republicans, and shame on their nominal leader, Bush.
As Jon Stewart so adroitly pointed out last night, nothing has previously been able to disturb Bush from his sacrosanct vacations: not the "blinking red" warnings that Al Quaeda was planning to hijack airplanes back in summer of 2001, not the colossal death dealt out by the recent tsunami, nothing. But hold the phone! Bush suddenly cut short his vacation to rush to Washington to sign a bill ordering Terry Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted. Why? ABC News reported on a memo that Republican strategists had been passing around saying this was an easy way to excite the GOP base, to exploit the Schiavo tragedy for political gain. Shame on the Republicans, and shame on their nominal leader, Bush.
What Gun Problem?
Splashed across the newspapers this morning is the story of a high school nutjob killing his grandparents and then 6 students and a teacher at his school in Minnesota. Read it here, BBC News. Where's Marilyn Manson? Surely we're going to pin this one on him too, and not do any soul-searching concerning our obsession with guns and violence. True, this kid's grandfather was a cop (and that's likely where he obtained both weapons) but that does not explain the gleeful choice to being slaying classmates. America, we have a problem.
Splashed across the newspapers this morning is the story of a high school nutjob killing his grandparents and then 6 students and a teacher at his school in Minnesota. Read it here, BBC News. Where's Marilyn Manson? Surely we're going to pin this one on him too, and not do any soul-searching concerning our obsession with guns and violence. True, this kid's grandfather was a cop (and that's likely where he obtained both weapons) but that does not explain the gleeful choice to being slaying classmates. America, we have a problem.