Have we been duped?

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 6:33 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 18:33

Just a thought, but could this just be one giant political ploy. I mean Bush asked for $700 Billion dollars and the Democrats in congress are really frickin close to giving it to him. This time the republicans, lead by their "Maverick" can ride in and say "No way" and look like the heroes.

Political Reality Invades the Magic Kingdom

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Monday July 10, 2006 · 1:28 PM PDT

2006/07/10 · 13:28

Yesterday I took my family to the Magic Kingdom in Orlando for the day. Although I have been there dozens of times, I had never visited The Hall of Presidents attraction. It features animatronic representations of all of the presidents. The robots are so lifelike that they twitch, shift feet, breath, blink and perform numerous other natural gestures that my daughters (aged 9 & 11) thought they were actors! Read More

My letter to Google- A Mini-Boycott

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Thursday January 26, 2006 · 7:05 AM PST

2006/01/26 · 07:05

As an avid Googler, I was pretty disappointed with Google for agreeing to filter search results on its Chinese website. I thought long and hard about my response and immediately decided against an all out boycott (honestly, they are the best search engine out there!), so I came up with a better plan, and faxed it to them. I encourage you to do the same. My letter after the fold. Read More

Recommended Viewing for All Kossacks

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Sunday January 15, 2006 · 6:15 AM PST

2006/01/15 · 06:15

I just got finished watching the three part BBC documentary "The Power of Nightmares; The Rise of the Politics of Fear" I know that this documentary has been blogged about here before, but I found it for free on Google Video. Follow the link, and download them for yourself. The doc is about the concurrent rise of neoconservatism and islamofascism. Extremely interesting and well done. Here's the link:

http://video.google.com/...

Landstar No Bid Contracts

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 12:31 PM PDT

2005/09/23 · 12:31

Earlier I posted to following comment on the FEMA subcontracting and the buses of New Orleans:
"I work for a small trucking company in Florida. We bid on a lot of government moves. A week after Katrina, we bid on a load for the Coast Guard to move items from Virginia to Louisiana. Our rate was approximately $1.85 per mile, or roughly $2500. The dispatcher that bid has a program or website (not quite sure) that he uses to monitor the bidding. We lost the bid to Landstar. The amazing thing is that Landstar had bid $12,000.00 for the move. We have called the Coast Guard and our representative to tell them about what is going on. By the way, the owners of this company as well as most of the employees are heavily Republican. They are sick over what is going on. I hate to say I told you so, but..." Read More

Liberal Confession: I Shop At Wal-Mart

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Thursday August 25, 2005 · 10:39 AM PDT

2005/08/25 · 10:39

I am a father of four. My wife is an unpaid volunteer at a center for women and children where she runs a school. I have recently started shopping at Wal-Mart for my groceries. The reason? I save $25-$30 per week. I am trying to get by on a salary of $30,000 per year, and had been shopping at Publix. I like shopping at Publix because it is a great store that treats its employees fairly and offers benefits. Wal-Mart is a horrible place to shop. It takes forever to check out because they don't have baggers, its crowded, and the employees are nowhere near as helpful as those at Publix. But, with gas prices where they are, I really am not in a position to give up the $25-$30 that I save by shopping at Wal-Mart. Maybe someone will read this and come up with an idea to help.

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