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The SAFETY Act. Not.

I wrote up a posting yesterday for my work blog about the recently proposed SAFETY Act, a lovely bit of proposed legislation from some Republican Representatives who basically are handing the Attorney General's office an open license on the Internet. Read More...
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2007 02 13

Devin

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Think Outside the System

I admit it: I don't trust our political system. And from reading around the blogosphere, I'm not the only one. And somehow, Winston Churchill's old mantra doesn't help anymore; I can't make the boogeyman go away by endlessly repeating, "Democracy is the Read More...
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2006 08 7

Devin

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Bringing home the pork in Washington State

The Club for Growth is asking bloggers to track the pork brought home by all 435 House Representatives . "Self," I said to myself, "this is a worthy cause." I nodded sagely and considered that it has been a while since I've done any real political blogging. Read More...
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2006 07 30

Devin

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Stupidity keeps me safer

With a week left until we fly away for the holidays, Steph is beginning the final process of ramping up for travel: finding and cleaning the luggage, making checklists, and all the other steps that she needs to be sure that she feels we're ready to leave Read More...
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2005 12 12

Devin

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A witness to remember

Love your Enemies End the Occupation Release the Peacemakers Read More...
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2005 12 9

Devin

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Support us...or else

If you haven't yet heard about the brewing conflict between the IRS and the congregation of All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, go now to this article by Robert Freedland and read. Since Bush has been such a staunch supporter of Christian churches, Read More...
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2005 11 12

Devin

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To the Religious Right: WTF, over?

You get pissed off about sex in video games because of the children. You get pissed off about homosexuality because of the children. You get pissed off about all sorts of things because of the children. And yet you support a war, and the leadership which Read More...
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2005 11 10

Devin

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Nineteen

I still remember a time in politics, back when I was a lad, when the conservatives were the people who thought that you created the fewest number of laws you could get away with and the liberals were the ones who thought that if something was a good idea Read More...
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2005 11 9

Devin

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Here's why I don't like politics

Remember back to the Gonzales nomination? Well, at the time, a bunch of bloggers -- around 500 or so -- put up a banner on their site protesting the Gonzales nomination. I was one of those bloggers. After the dust had cleared, a bunch of the bloggers Read More...
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2005 10 12

Devin

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Call to action: broadcast flags

Not much time -- less than 48 hours -- to fight the latest incursion of the Broadcast Flag. What's the problem? (quoted from the EFF website ) The Broadcast Flag was Hollywood's plan to point its remote control at your digital TV. The courts struck down Read More...
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2005 06 21

Devin

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A perfect chance for Democrats to rise above partisan politics

John Kerry may have exposed the identity of an undercover CIA agent during open testimony in Congress. Ace of Spades says "This will be the first and last time you ever hear about this. If it can't be used against Bush, then revealing the name of a covert Read More...
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2005 04 12

Devin

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It's My Party

Neither Stephanie nor I are pretty when we cry. If you're drawing a blank on why the above line makes sense in a post titled "It's My Party," you've obviously never seen the movie of the same name starring Eric Roberts and Gregory Harrison. This movie Read More...
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2005 04 9

Devin

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Lingering doubts

If I'd had any doubts about whether the right thing happened in the Terri Schiavo case, they are rapidly disintegrating. Teresa Nielsen Hayden recently posted a fragment from the Guardian Ad Litem's report in which it comes to the light that the parents Read More...
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2005 04 4

Devin

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A collection of thoughts and links

It was a good weekend. Between a wedding, church, and a long-overdue visit from one set of the kids' godparents (who decided to take our family out to the theaters to see The Pacifier), got lots of non-computer stuff done for the first time in many, many Read More...
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2005 04 4

Devin

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When not to press your case

[Editor: This post was originally posted last night, but for some reason wasn't reliably showing up in the outgoing feeds. Those of you who have already seen it, I apologize to both of you.] Pat Sajak, known to many as the host of TV's The Wheel of Fortune Read More...
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2005 04 1

CSAdmin

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Call me Demosthenes

Steph has started indulging in a nice habit, now that I'm getting my home office more mucked out; she'll drag her chair into my office, along with some craft project such as knitting, and sit with me while I'm working. We may not talk much depending on Read More...
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2005 03 31

Devin

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Word of the Day: knowledgeababble

knowledgeababble adj. 1: having extensive information or understanding coupled with the inability to refrain from impulsive disclosure of one's expertise and opinion, resulting in a flood of words and a drought of wisdom; " Alan Keyes is a knowledgeababble Read More...
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2005 03 30

Devin

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Much busy, soccer moms, and the UN.

I have been really busy lately, in a good way. Lots of productive stuff getting done, but it's taking all my time. I mean, you know I'm too busy when I don't have time to rant on my blog and write up my next People Whose Asses I Need to Kick post. Just Read More...
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2005 03 9

Devin

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How utterly fucking stupid

I cannot believe the idiocy with which our governments equip themselves these days: http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614 Read More...
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2005 02 26

Devin

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A line in the sand

Thanks to PNH of Electrolite fame and Wil Wheaton , I learned about the list of blogs and bloggers taking a public stance against the nomination of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General of the United States. The original kick-off is here and the overflow Read More...
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2005 01 27

Devin

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Grassroots and the Internet

Devin gets in the middle of the American Family Association's campaign against FCC Chairman Mike Powell. Read More...
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2004 12 16

Devin

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Good jokes and the serious thoughts they provoked

(Blog note: I've switched skins. I ditched the other one because a) it used a dark background, which looks dramatic until you have to read text on it and b) it behaved badly under Mozilla/Firefox.) I have a few blogs I read on a daily basis. While many Read More...
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2004 10 14

Devin

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