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Texas Goosestep: Pledge of Allegiance in Schools
The state of Texas has mandated that schoolchildren must recite the Texas pledge, containing “under God”, every day while facing the state flag. This law follows a similar policy passed a few years ago requiring students to pledge allegiance to the American flag. To excuse themselves from the pledge without the note of a parent […]
SCHIP: A Personal Tale
Returning to SCHIP, the federally funded program aimed at providing health care to those children whose families are neither poor enough to receive Medicaid nor wealthy enough to afford private health insurance, the Bush administration has now ordered states such as New York, which have decided to extend their SCHIP programs to those earning 250% […]
Van Halen + David Lee Roth = Rock On
According to CNN, anyway. Between this, 50 Cent’s announcement that he may possibly retire, and a Duran Duran/Justin Timberlake duet, August has been too good to be true. All we need is a new Petros single and a drive-by to take care of the Black-Eyed Peas and the music industry will be saved! The Heroes […]
Today is Duran Duran Appreciation Day
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm_cY5jqmo] Take a few minutes of your day to relive your favorite classics (mine is “Save a Prayer”) or discover hidden gems you never even knew existed (like obscure album track “Midnight Sun”). Or you can celebrate by checking out the Fab Five’s new single “Night Runner”, featuring Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. Verdict still isn’t […]
SCHIP: What About the Children, Mr. Bush?
SCHIP, the State Children Health Insurance plan, faces a veto from our president, apathy from voters, and an unwillingness to override by Congress.
“Not every fight has to be Gatti-Ward”
I came across this quote and I just had to share it… “Every fight doesn’t have to be Ward-Gatti.” -HBO boxing head Kery Davis trying to sell the Hopkins-Wright PPV card This pitiful justification for squandering fifty perfectly good dollars on a complete snoozefest had me in stitches when I first read it. The best […]
Sharkz vs. Eelz
The internet in many ways is a realm devoid of human emotions. Excluding web cams, microphones, and video posts the internet can lead to the misinterpretation of tone of voice, sarcasm, facial expressions, and intent. From this a new era of battles has emerged. Not at Thermopylae – this is not Sparta – but rather […]
Yippee-Ki-Yay!
So, this week the movie studios are rolling out Live Free or Die Hard. It seems that no one is really sure what to make of a bald John McClane crashing a car into a helicopter (sans Alan Rickman or Jeremy Irons-caliber actor as nemesis), but this summer’s blockbusters have been so damn boring so […]
But is Raffaella a Proletarian?
For those of you who don’t know Italian pop star Tiziano Ferro from his infamous Mexican moustache comment, few Italian pop hipsters know the wrath of the Latin American market like Tiziano does (just ask the myriad paparazzi that made millions selling photoshopped pictures of Tiziano with a moustache to Univisión). In an effort to […]