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Planned books:
- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
- A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
- Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant
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In His Majesty’s Service by Naomi Novik
Recent books:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Category Archives: Politics
Obama’s First Broken Promise
The rumor mill is spun up, and it says that Obama’s choice for Drug Czar will be Republican Congressman James Ramstad. Ramstad, a former alcoholic, has voted against [..]
Your Tax Dollars Wasted
In 2007, the US Government, despite the fact that Ethanol is the wost alternative energy source, spent $3 Billion on Ethanol. Solar, wind and Geothermal, which could prove [..]
Auto Bailout Round 2, GM to Cut Saturn, WTF
Well, at least the executives didn’t take a $200,000 private jet flight in this time when they were asking for money, and are cutting their salary to $1 [..]
The Bailout Bait and Switch and the Auto Industry Bailout
I don’t have the time to go into it fully, so I’ll keep this short. Sarcasm mode on. How surprising, the big $700 Billion bailout that the banks [..]
Despite the Obama Win, I Still Call for an End to Winner Take All
I continue to wonder why only Main and Nebraska renounce the winner take all approach to a presidential election and do it the way it should be done, [..]
Dole Slanders her Opponent With Outright Lie of Godlessness
Has it really come to this? Sen. Elizabeth Dole is falsely accusing her opponent Kay Hagan in ads and on the campaign trail of being “godless” because the [..]
Idiot Republicans
[Edited 28 October to add about rich cheating on their taxes more, and to remove a few commas and apostrophe s's, which for some reason I did on [..]
Purposely Ruin the Country, Get a $70 Billion Bonus
Executives at 6 US banks will get $70 billion in bonuses for their work this year. That is a full 10% of the $700 billion bailout package these [..]
Yet More Bailouts. Why God? Why?
The US Government, fresh from bailing out AIG from being mismanaged, now is about to bail out tons of banks and other financial intuitions who were mismanaged. The [..]
Can’t Keep Quiet Anymore
First let’s talk about Palin… One has to worry when the VP choice is far more popular than the actual nominee. People are leaving after she speaks while [..]
Brian’s Simple Save America’s Housing Plan
With a full blown mortgage crisis going on, there are many plans out there to save the homes of American’s. This is mine. The government forms a corporation [..]
Proof Bush is a Communist and Doesn’t Believe in Free Markets
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef in Kansas wanted to start testing all its meat for Mad Cow disease (currently only 1% of our meat is tested for the incurable [..]
You Know the Economy is Bad When
I saw a report that illegal Mexican immigrants are returning to Mexico in record numbers (story). A part of it is the fear over the tougher stance of [..]
Interesting Historical Note
McCain, and tons of others, talk about how America was founded on Judea-Christian traditions. however, even Thomas Jefferson (yes, THE Thomas Jefferson, renowned Founding Father, favored among Liberals, [..]
The Trouble with Offshore Drilling in America
Some polls suggest up to 73% of American’s support offshore drilling to help decrease our dependence on foreign oil.There are just so many problems it hard to know [..]
Interesting Video on Jury Nullification
There is one essential right you have as a member of a jury that the judge will likely not instruct you on, as a matter of fact, he [..]
Crossing the Border? Be Advised, You are Guilty of Copyright Violation and Your iPod, Laptop, etc will be Destroyed
Canada is cracking down on copyright violations. If you have content the border guards so much as suspect of content on your iPod, laptop, cell phone, etc violating [..]