Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act
A local deaf citizen (Tim Riker) tipped me off to a important bill going through Congress — the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act. In essence, the Act would allow for up to a $500 tax credit in the year that you purchase hearing aids. This only applies if you buy it yourself, naturally. See [...]
They Are Out Of Touch
No, not Gallaudet. The government. I’ve now become convinced that it’s not only the President that has a warped sense of law and order. The behavior by several Congressional leaders in response to the FBI raid on the office of Representative Jefferson (D-LA) has been appalling. Rep. Jefferson, via a wiretap, was caught taking bribes [...]
The Case for Privacy
Like many of you, I have slowly grown more disturbed as I learn more about our government’s survelliance programs. Warrantless wiretapping didn’t sound right to me (anything with -less is probably not a good thing). Then came last week’s revelation that the NSA is tracking pretty much every American’s telephone calling activity. For now, I [...]
Since Sliced Bread
During my morning blog roundup, I stumbled onto some political news fueled by this wonderful website, Since Sliced Bread. Hillary Clinton picked up on one of the hundreds of “common sense ideas” on this website, and introduced a bill to tie the national minimum wage to annual increases in salary for our good senators and [...]
Will Bush Be Impeached Soon?
According to OpEdNews.com, the Illinois State Legislature may soon be “dropping a bombshell” — they may soon be voting on a resolution to impeach President Bush.’ EDIT: California is also doing this. And the California measure includes Cheney too! If they pass the impeachment measure, it becomes a privileged motion of the House of Representatives [...]
Arctic Thawing Out
I hope there isn’t anyone out there that still believes human-driven climate change is a myth. Please read this important article from the Post on changing conditions in the far north. It has been widely said that climate change would be most felt in the polar regions. “In the Russian northernmost territory of Chukotka, the [...]
Peak Oil
So, do you think we’ll ever run out of oil? A lot of people say it will run out in 30, 40, 50 years. Move along, nothing to see here. Except that it isn’t quite that simple. According to experts in the field, we’re already running out of oil. Take a look at this. Any [...]
Bureau of Land Mis-Management
The Bureau of Land Management is a government agency that is responsible for managing all 261+ million acres of public land in the United States. Their mission is to sustain the basic health and diversity of public land for present and future use (Wikipedia). Unfortunately, they’re not doing their job anymore. The Washington Post reports [...]
Let’s Honor Communist Victims!
D.C. is a city full of memorials. Bursting with them, actually. They are so numerous they spill across the Potomac into Virginia. And across Western/Eastern/Southern Aves into Maryland, too. These memorials are also quite nice to visit on a warm day, and being a history freak, I always learn something new at each memorial. I’ve [...]