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Entries from October 2008

Deciding who to vote for: Will my McCain friends, please provide me some reasons to vote for him?

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Less than a week to election. I’m deciding who I will be voting for. Will my McCain friends, please provide me some reasons to vote for him?via Ping.fm - 12:41am - 21 Comments
Jim at 12:56am October 29 - He’s only slightly less liberal that Barack.
Don at 1:04am October 29 - Pity vote?
Jim […]

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Video from Lansing on February 15, 2003 - Worlds Largest Coordinated Peace Protest

October 26th, 2008 · No Comments

As a follow up to my post on Not In Our Name I put together a short video that I shot at the peace protest in Lansing on February 15, 2003.
I decided to post this because many people, including one of my college professors, wrongly think that everyone believed the lie’s that lead to […]

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The story of Not In Our Name (a reminder)

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

On March 23, 2002 an organization was founded called Not In Our Name (NION) to make a statement of conscious against the United States governments actions following the attack on September 11th. NION’s statement of conscious included:
We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government,
in […]

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Interesting Additions to the “bail-out”

October 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

From the time that the “bailout” was originally proposed to the time it was actually ratified, a lot of non-bailout items were added to pork-it-up. Here are some of them:
“Sec. 503. Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children.”
“Sec. 317. Seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track […]

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Eric Schmidt Solves the Energy Crisis in 1 hour. With math, not passion.

October 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Eric Schmidt solves the energy crisis in 1 hour with detailed math calculations to justify his case. Long story short, Nuclear is too costly to justify any additional plants, off-shore drilling is a loser, solar thermal is extremely viable and wind is as reliable as coal.
Some other key points from Eric and the […]

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McCain’s Financial Policy Needs To be About More Than Just Low Taxes

October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I absolutely agree with the McCain supporters that say increasing taxes is a horrible idea. I agree that increasing the income tax on people (and many businesses/S-corporations) earning more than $250k/year is a bad idea and will hurt many businesses at a time when many are already hurting.
Increasing taxation is wrong. Increasing taxes on […]

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T-Pain vs his Vocoder

October 11th, 2008 · No Comments

See more T-Pain videos at Funny or Die

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I’m voting for Cressbeckler

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain

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Data Center Time Lapsed Build - Liquid Web DC3 Video Playlist

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

A 3 part video of the construction up to October 2008. more to come

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Jacks Mannequin - The Resolution Music Video

October 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Lyrics - Jacks Mannequin - The Resolution
There’s a lot that I don’t know
There’s a lot that I’m still learning
But I think I’m letting go
To find my body is still burning
And you hold me down
And you got me living in the past
Come on and pick me up
Somebody clear the wreckage from the blast
And […]

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Warren Buffett on Charlie Rose Oct 1 (Video)

October 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Warren Buffett, the richest man in the world, talks with Charlie Rose for almost an hour about the current financial crisis. This is a must watch for anyone who really wants to cut through the rhetoric and figure out what is going on. Long story short, Warren warned about this looming problem for years, however, […]

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Michigan Medical Marijuana and Stem Cell Research - “Yes” on Proposal 1 & 2

October 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Michiganders please vote “YES” on Proposal 1 - “A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO PERMIT THE USE AND CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS” (Bill Text) As many of you know, my mother has multiple sclerosis.

I hope that you will also consider supporting Proposal 2 - “A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS […]

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