Anohter attack on states rights

July 13, 2004

As the people of the country wait for the Senate to once again take up the business of running the country (whilst they are currently debating removing civil rights from the constinution) comes word of another attack on states rights. The Bush Administration, after being elected on a platform of states rights, is now trying to strike down state law in Oregon.

In an unusual move Ashcroft asked the 9th circuit to rehear the case instead of taking the case before the Supreme Court. Could it be that the administration woul Read more about Anohter attack on states rights

Will micro payments lead to microactivism?

March 25, 2004

There has not been much coverage of the idea that I've seen yet. However, sites such as google charge by click throughs on ads. So if you do a search for gop several times and click on the top ad that appears (currently an ad for the RNC) one could drive up the cost of the ads while having little to no impact from them. Is it legal? Ethical? Should you only click on an ad once? Will it be the next wave of activism, people getting groups of their like-minded supporters to use up the advertising dollars of their opponents while s Read more about Will micro payments lead to microactivism?

Will you sign it?

November 12, 2003

Will you sign the example of a legally binding afidafit to help the White House understand how important protecting American intelligence assets is?

Standing up for what you believe

November 11, 2003

Ever wonder what it means to stand up for what you believe in? Senator Harry Reid (D) of Nevada knows as he stood and spoke for over eight hours on the floor of the Senate on Monday. The senator's response to the Republican majority's plans to have a marathon 30-hour debate later this week on controversial conservative judicial nominees the Bush administration would like to see confirmed.

Choices for Coloradoans

November 6, 2003

Speculation abounds about whether Sen. Campbell will run again in 2004. His campgain is off to a slow start on the fundraising front and lackluster re-election projections. Coloradoans will have several candidates to choose from including a field of Republican and Democratic challengers. The contenders include:

Eller, Jerry - Republican
Freedberg, Brad - Democrat
Johnson, Larry E. - Democrat
Miles, Mike - Democrat
O'Bryant, Dan - Republican
Segal, David - Libertarian

Ten-million ways to say no

November 5, 2003

Coloradans said no in an overwhelming way. The campaign to bring increased gambling to the state proves to be one of the most costly ever with the proponents and opponents spending in excess of $10 million in the effort to get their position out. Like the other efforts to increase gaming in recent years voters handed the measure an 80% to 20% defeat.

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