Politics on Godlike Nerd

Daylight Savings Time Makes Me Feel Sunny

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:36:13 +0000

Our lawmakers are hard at work. This time the pressing issue is extension of daylight savings time. The current plan is to extend it by a month total, three weeks in Spring and a week in the Fall. The goal of this legislation is to reduce oil consumption.

I’m no fan of daylight savings. It just means more work for me to change all my clocks. I’d be more in favor of dropping it entirely and picking one damn time scheme. After all, if extending it will save on oil consumption, shouldn’t moving to that time scheme permanently save us even more?

Your Duty

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:39:32 +0000

I don’t normally encourage people to get involved with causes, but I feel this one is vital. Don’t let Ground Zero become a political war ground. The memorial should be for and about the victims, not some politically correct quest for international popularity.

I’ve been working my butt off the last few days creating an online petition system for [takebackthememorial.org](http://takebackthe memorial.org)

The World Trade Center Memorial Cultural Complex will be an imposing edifice wedged in the place where the Twin Towers once stood. It will serve as the primary “gateway” to the underground area where the names of the lost are chiseled into concrete. The organizers of its principal tenant, the International Freedom Center (IFC), have stated that they intend to take us on “a journey through the history of freedom” – but do not be fooled into thinking that their idea of freedom is the same as that of those Marines. To the IFC’s organizers, it is not only history’s triumphs that illuminate, but also its failures. The public will have come to see 9/11 but will be given a high-tech, multimedia tutorial about man’s inhumanity to man, from Native American genocide to the lynchings and cross-burnings of the Jim Crow South, from the Third Reich’s Final Solution to the Soviet gulags and beyond. This is a history all should know and learn, but dispensing it over the ashes of Ground Zero is like creating a Museum of Tolerance over the sunken graves of the USS Arizona.

Wizbang Needs to Clean House

Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:17:18 +0000

I like to read a variety of blogs and get a variety of opinions. Instapundit is still the best way to do get a full sampling. I forgot how I found Wizbang, but I enjoyed reading a lot of the content.

Fast forward to a few days ago. Contributing Editor Paul decided to go into “I told you so” mode because a news story suggested that evolution was more complex than simple genetic inheritance. His expert interpretation was that evolution was severely flawed. Naturally, he got lots of flak for this. Instead of letting it go, he made felt the need to post again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again. Notice a pattern? This is immaturity at its most embarrassing. He continued to get lambasted with criticism in the comments.

Ever Doubt Bias in Mainsteam Media?

Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:32:42 +0000

Now you can’t. I read this out of CNN:

During the committee hearings, Boxer said the Bush administration had changed its rationale for the Iraq war from eradicating weapons of mass destruction after no such weapons were found.

In response, Rice asked Boxer to “refrain from impugning my integrity.”

That sounds pretty damning for Rice. It also seems very clear cut that she was avoiding a question. However, it doesn’t seem so when we examine the actual question posed (or at least what appears to be what Rice was responding to).

Libertarian for Life

Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:29:01 +0000

An online quiz just confirmed what I already knew. Fuck the two parties!

You Are a “Don't Tread On Me” Libertarian

You distrust the government, are fiercely independent, and don't belong in either party.
Religion and politics should never mix, in your opinion… and you feel opressed by both.
You don't want the government to cramp your self made style. Or anyone else's for that matter. You're proud to say that you're pro-choice on absolutely everything!

What political persuasion are you?

Late Unless You're on the Left Coast

Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:36:02 +0000

Just like everyone else, I’m going to encourage everyone to go vote. It’s too late for all of you in MA (not that it matters anyway).

I hope you all made your presence felt in the polls. I personally made mine felt by writing in Scott Daugherty for all unopposed candidates. Good times.

An Afternoon with the Secret Service

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:11:37 +0000

Brought to my attention by Wizbang, a LiveJournal user got visited by the secret service following an entry about wanting the president dead. Luckily for her, she has (as of the writing of this entry) about 86 pages of comments, the majority of which are in support.

Shock

This is just reinforcement of the idea that my generation refuses to take responsibility for what they do and say. She wished Bush dead, Cheney dead, and everyone in the administration dead.

Kerry: Stem-Cell Research May Hold Cure to Ailing Campaign

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:33:21 +0000

Ha ha. I love it.

Jon Stewart: My Hero

Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:40:58 +0000

Jon Stewart recently appeared on CNN‘s Crossfire. As someone who’s been disgusted with essentially all of this year’s presidential campaign season, it was the single most refreshing appearance on TV. He challenges the hosts to answer why they are “hurting America”. They naturally dodged the question (political commentating hosts are politicians too apparently).

If you want to see it for yourself, you’ll need a BitTorrent client such as my personal favorite Azureus. Once you have one, you can download it in either WMV or AVI formats at bitflood.

The Onion | Cheney Vows To Attack U.S. If Kerry Elected

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:54:31 +0000

The Onion | Cheney Vows To Attack U.S. If Kerry Elected

GREENSBORO, NC%u2014In an announcement that has alarmed voters across the nation, Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he will personally attack the U.S. if Sen. John Kerry wins the next election. Ha ha. I needed this.

Wake Me Up When It's Over

Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:25:00 +0000

After all these months of political rhetoric (a quarter of each President’s term being taken up with this is a bit much), I’m ready for it to be over. There’s still a month left. Doesn’t anyone else feel the same way?

Ask the Libertarian Presidential Candidate a Question

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:27:01 +0000

Living in Massachusetts makes my vote largely impotent (thanks to our electoral college system). This year I think I’ll be voting Libertarian because ideally, that’s how I’d want to vote anyway.

Slashdot has a story on asking the Libertarian candidate some questions. This should be fairly interesting and anyone that has been entertaining thoughts of voting Libertarian should probably take a swing and ask a question.

Kerry, Edwards in '04?

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:19:37 +0000

I’ve been saying it for months now, ever since John Kerry pulled ahead of John Edwards, that if Kerry is serious about winning, he will pick Edwards as his running mate. It appears now that Kerry is serious.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Democrat, nor am I a Kerry supporter. Quite the opposite actually. I’m going to support our current president, George W. Bush. Let me nip this in the bud now, I don’t feel the need to debate that, at least not for the purposes of this entry. So please keep all comments relevant to Kerry’s choice of running mate.