Archive for the 'Politics' Category



NYC: United Nations, Times Square & Central Park

I’m now two days into my five day trip to the Big Apple. I arrived in New York later than planned yesterday due to weather delays at LaGuardia, but the rain has left and today was gorgeous.
After arriving yesterday afternoon I hopped into a cab and headed over to the United Nations. Because of my […]

Hacking Democracy

Over the weekend I watched the HBO documentary Hacking Democracy. The documentary follows members of the group Black Box Voting as they travel across the country to monitor elections, inspect elections procedures and reveal significant security flaws in e-voting machines.
One reason that this documentary appealed to me is that it focused very heavily on the […]

Jesus Camp

I just got done watching the documentary Jesus Camp and honestly I’m almost speechless.
What the Evangelicals in this documentary put their children through is shocking. They can call it whatever they want, but it is brain washing and it is mentally abusive.
Children do not have enough of a world view to be able to make […]

Massachusetts Legislature Set to Kill Gay Marriage Ban Amendment

Mitt Romney and his right-wing pals were dealt a blow yesterday when the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that it had no authority to force lawmakers to hold a vote on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Massachusetts legalized gay marriage in 2004 and is still the only state to allow it.
Anti-gay marriage activists gathered […]

Bush Administration to Admit Global Warming Exists?

Today the Washington Post reported that the Department of the Interior is proposing listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The cause of the polar bears problems? Global Warming!
Repeatedly the Bush administration has denied that global warming is even occurring, claiming that the Earth goes through natural cycles of […]