Now, you can have a portion of your iTunes Music Store and Amazon.com purchases support Off on a Tangent! All you have to do is use the iTunes link or the Amazon.com search box in the right-hand column to enter the stores and make your purchases as usual.
Republicans Ignore Values to Save Dead Woman
(Read about this from CNN.com or a good editorial in the Washington Post.)
This is why I have had such a hard time officially aligning myself with the Republican Party. They profess deeply held values, and then ignore them when it’s convenient (although the Democrats are guilty of this too; probably more so). Today, Republicans in Congress are attempting to interfere with an issue that is between Mr. Schiavo, Mrs. Schiavo’s doctors, and God . . . one which, furthermore, has already been settled by Florida’s courts! What happened to ‘sanctity of marriage’ and ‘state’s rights?’
Explanation of the Eerie Quiet
Don’t think I’ve forgotten by site; I haven’t. This week (and probably the next) have been abnormally busy, so I haven’t had time for any of my hobbies or ongoing leisure projects (the site, writing, the poetry reorganization, talking to the people I know and love, etc.).
Minimum Sense on Minimum Wage
A few weeks ago, Democrats in Congress brought forth a bill that would raise the Federal minimum wage from $5.15/hour to $7.25/hour. A group of Republicans brought forth a similar plan that would raise the minimum wage to $6.25/hour. Both proposals failed in the Senate.
Scary New AOL IM Terms of Service
From the new AOL Instant Messenger terms of service:
“In addition, by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses.”
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.