Misplaced Priorities and the Return of the Repressed

Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far is a pretty good list - see any themes?
On this Larry Craig scandal in particular, I’m struck again by how destructive it is when people cannot accept themselves for who they are. There is a strange doubling of the personality. People talk about hypocrisy, but it’s [...]

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Is your site blocked in China?

Looks like the entire VirusHead domain is censored from view.
Check to see if your web site is blocked at the Great Firewall of China.

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What greater mockery of the flag?

In the previous post, I made mention of the language of the sacred. If the government decrees that the flag is sacred, does that violate the separation of church and state?
As may be, it’s actually going to come to a vote in the Senate. We may only be able to sit and watch our government [...]

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Round-trip for Chicken?

Oh, this is such a bad idea.
A new government rule will soon allow American chicken meat to be exported to China to be processed, then shipped back to be eaten by American consumers.

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USA’s National Debt

Interesting to see it from another point of view: this one from the front page of the leading Russian paper (and website) Pravda.
The USA’s National Debt Clock can’t keep up with Bush’s spending - Pravda.Ru
Front page / World / Americas
30.03.2006
The USA’s national debt is increasing by $2.43 billion everyday. People expect the state debt [...]

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