There was a fascinating Vanity Fair exclusive that came out earlier this week about the 9/11/2001 attacks. Michael Bronner, one of the associate producers from the film United 93, was able to obtain tapes from NORAD’s northeast headquarters that were recorded during the 2001 attacks and wrote out an in-depth examination of them, including transcript snippets and audio clips.
Checking-Off To-Dos, etc.
Things are going pretty well, although I’m still feeling pretty swamped from a busy couple of weeks. I have a mile-long to-do list, but I’m checking things off one-by-one. As of today I can check off ‘Respond to emails,’ ‘Wash the car,’ ‘Computer backups,’ and now ‘Write a Life Entry,’ among a few other random things. Huzzah, hoorah, and hooray.
Bush’s ‘Signing Statements’ [Updated]
According to the American Bar Association (ABA), President Bush violates the Constitution when he signs a bill into law with an associated ‘signing statement’ expressing misgivings about the constitutionality of that law. In these ‘signing statements,’ Bush claims a right to (quoting the AP article) “revise, interpret, or disregard measures on national security and constitutional grounds.” It may surprise some of you that I agree with the ABA in this case.
Website 18.1 Revision [Updated]
Today I launched a minor revision to Off on a Tangent which brings the version to 18.1. The changes include the following:
The Truth About ‘Net Neutrality’
If you watch much TV, you have probably heard a lot of advertising blather (primarily from the cable and phone companies) talking about ‘net neutrality’ and—at least in this area—most of the ads are talking about how terrible an idea it is. One ad that runs in regular rotation around here claims, in tones reminiscent of a negative political campaign, that neutrality legislation would give Google an unfair competitive advantage at consumers’ expense.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.