Orange Beach When looking at the Senate’s Saturday work, it’s important to remember the difference between people who volunteered and those who didn’t. In DADT we are talking about some protection and relief for brave men and women who volunteered to serve and die for our country. The defeat of the DREAM Act would have …
Category: National Politics
Qualifying Parties via Internet
New Orleans In a piece about the feinting being done by billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Matt Bai in the New York Times correctly pointed out that not only money but “ballot access” was a huge impediment to alternative political parties and candidacies. A throwaway comment though got me thinking when he mentioned that qualifying …
Mirror Sites, Domain Hosts, and Wikileaks Cyber War
New Orleans I’ve got to admit that the more there is a bully boy, gang up on Wikileaks by governments, businesses and cowards, the more I’m sympathetic to their situation and the need for all of us to step up some way or another. My hero of the day is Toronto-based EasyDNS, a domain registration …