Posts Tagged ‘government’

Supremes give Hollywood and corporate ISPs a big wet kiss

Not a Good Day for Innovation, Customer Rights and Free Speech

The Grokster file sharing decision was the most notorious of the ones handed down today. But the court also came down on the wrong side in the so-called “Brand X” matter, saying cable Internet access providers companies don’t have to provide access to third party ISPs. They own

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Segregation now, segregation forever

Steve Gilliard sees the school voucher program for what it is: tax-subsidized segregation.

Voucher programs are sold to black parents as a solution, but in reality offer few alternatives but already existing, and increasing broke Catholic Schools, which desperately need the cash. Their ultimate goal is to subsidize white parents in racist white schools and help cover their costs.

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(Not So) Happy Earth Day

The LeftCoaster has a good rundown of the very nasty Earth Day present delivered by the House yesterday. What a disaster.
I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. The Catholic High School I attended let us out for the day to go to the march. It was fantastic, joyful and full of hope. A few years later, quite… Read the rest

The National Weather Service needs your input

As a political geek, I went to the site of the National Weather Service after hearing how Sen. Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum is sponsoring a bill to eliminate the NWS so that commercial enterprises can make you pay for their weather news instead (oh, and guess who donated a big hunk o’ dough to Santorum’s campaign?)
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