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I did something that some people won’t like

by ben @ Sunday, November 2nd, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under dot politics

I’ve saved this post for a while, for fear of pissing off a couple of my readers (about 40% of my normal readership, in fact). I now no longer really care what they’ll say, and my wife already knows this anyway.
I didn’t vote Republican.
There, I said it. I didn’t vote Republican. Now [...]

It’s the Ladies’ Candidate

by ben @ Tuesday, October 7th, 2008. Tags: ,
Filed under dot politics

moar funny pictures

Decision 2008

by ben @ Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot politics

My absentee ballot came in the mail Monday. Disappointingly, 2 of my 4 votes are going to be in uncontested races.
Now to research…

Is American Government necessarily a two-party system?

by ben @ Thursday, September 11th, 2008. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under dot politics

Disclaimer: *sigh* This started as more of an attempt to figure out why a two-party system exists and how to change it without a total revamping of the gov, but dissolved into a rant about crappy negative politics while I composed it. If it feels disjointed, I’m sorry. Please bear with and offer insights on [...]

Fellatio

by ben @ Sunday, June 29th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot entertainment, dot politics

At the rate we’re going, he’s going to top Springsteen for most covers of Rolling Stone within a year or so.
Never underestimate the power of America’s youth… even though they suck.  The fortunate thing is that most will be too disaffected (whether actual or as an act) to actually be bothered to vote.

The state of Free Expression

by ben @ Monday, April 21st, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot internet, dot politics

Via GamePolitics.com, a disturbing story in two parts.
Brazil has banned the game Bully from its shelves. At first glance, it would seem semi-logical, as Bully comes from the makers of the Grand Theft Auto series. It’s a nasty little piece of reactionary pie, though, because the slightest bit of research into what the [...]

Georgia land-grab?

by ben @ Tuesday, February 26th, 2008. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under dot politics, dot wtf

I hadn’t heard of this til lately.
Georgia’s state legislature seems to have passed a resolution that there was a mistake in some surveying and some border drawing two centuries ago, and wants to expand part of their northern border about 1 mile northward. This would give them access to the Tennessee River just north [...]

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