I was just reading at Meta-Dad about California’s new cell phone driving laws (going into effect on July 1, 2008) and I’ve got to say I’m a little peeved. This is the same bill I wrote about in September, 2006 - and I didn’t like it then.
Either the hands-free device manufacturers have a really good lobby, [...]
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I ask that question as the post title because I’m fairly sure that this campaign will take off. I’m also fairly sure that most of you will agree that their is a problem in this country with immigration policy and enforcement. We may disagree on exactly what the problem is, or we may disagree on [...]
I heard on the radio this morning about a great website that allows Virginians to track the bills submitted to the State’s General Assembly. So, this morning I went to check out Richmond Sunlight.
I’ve signed up and started adding a few bills to my ‘Photosynthesis’ tracker. Of course, I haven’t looked through all of the [...]
Not the commentators themselves. They don’t bug me. Well, they do, but that isn’t my point here. I’m bugged by the word commentator.
I mean, do we really need this word? Â I know commentator is a real word, but I think in most cases it could be replaced by the much simpler commenter. Â It sounds like [...]
The Transportation Safety Administration was created in November 2001 in response to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States. They are tasked with ensuring the security of US air traffic. And they are failing.
Security screeners at two of the nation’s busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing [...]
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