I'm Not as Pissed Today
Well, after reading a website on workplace fairness and realizing that my company has more lawyers on staff than god, I realized that I pretty much have no privacy in the workplace and will just have to watch what websites I go to while at work. I barely checked my e-mail and didn't work on my blog at all, other than e-mailing URL's to myself that I wanted to include. Just in case you care, here's a website on workplace fairness.
I'm Pissed at the Government
The Social Security Administration says that their Death Master File is available online - for a subscription fee from the United States Department of Commerce, not the SSA itself. Why not? Why aren't all the documents the government has available online if they are subject to the FOIA? Ok, I understand why they weren't online in 1993, but this is 2006 for christssake. Not only are we not living on the moon and driving flying cars, the Death Master File doesn't have a clickable index online. Conversely, I think the Douglas County Tax Assessor's office in Nebraska has one of the best government websites I've seen, including color aerial photos of the property in Omaha. In fact, I compared the aerial photos on the DCAssessor's website with Google Earth, and the DC site had a much better quality.
Scrap the Whole Thing, It's Shit Anyway
Sen. Joseph Biden suggested scrapping the Judicial confirmation hearings, which probably isn't a bad idea. Alito isn't saying anything that might get him in hot water with anyone, other than "I'm going to be myself." Alito is going to be confirmed regardless because he really isn't saying anything anyone is going to object to and he's going to get enough Republican votes to get in. The Supreme Court was getting a little low on elite white males, so it's probably good that their going to beef up their ranks. Here's an op-ed piece in the NYT about what Alito REALLY said.
Stone Satan for Islam
Dozens were killed at the Hajj during a stampede at the symbolic stoning of the devil. Kinda makes you want to be a Muslim, doesn't it? Weren't there several dozen killed last year, too? Some of these religious rituals worked when there were a few thousand or even a few million Muslims in the world, but with a billion Muslims, they need to re-think some of these rituals that people are expected to perform during the Hajj. Wait, what did I just say? No religion is really able to re-think their rituals, so scrap that. As long as religions keep proving themselves archaic and not able to adjust to modern society, they will keep losing the free thinkers (in EVERY society, not just Islam) and only keep the fringe fanatics. I think the state of religions is going to get worse in the next few hundred years, not better. Maybe even in our lifetime. There will be pitched battles of fanatics of each religion killing each other over trinkets and little stretches of parched ground. Oh wait, it's happening already.
We Promise Not to Break It
The government says there will be no environmental impact from opening up the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. According to this website, the "biggest ANWR advocacy organization is Arctic Power" and the energy exploration would take place on .01% of the total land of the refuge. I can't really find any reason to disagree, although I know several environmental agencies are against it. I completely agree that we need to explore more and better renewable energy resources, but until they arrive, we are dependent on crude oil.
Jesusland is in Danger - Not
Jerusalem said it won't do business with Pat Robertson after his recent comments about Ariel Sharon. I wonder if any contracts had been signed yet? I wonder if Pat Robertson gets paid if Israel breaks the deal with him but end up developing Jesusland with the other developers. That way, Pat would get money up front from Israel for breaking the contract with him and he would still get paid by whatever interest he's bought in Jesusland through the other evangelists trying to develop it. Hmm, I smell an investigative report.
Impeach Bush
I don't have the room to go into all the details, but don't miss this lengthy article about the impeachment of Bush.
Well, after reading a website on workplace fairness and realizing that my company has more lawyers on staff than god, I realized that I pretty much have no privacy in the workplace and will just have to watch what websites I go to while at work. I barely checked my e-mail and didn't work on my blog at all, other than e-mailing URL's to myself that I wanted to include. Just in case you care, here's a website on workplace fairness.
I'm Pissed at the Government
The Social Security Administration says that their Death Master File is available online - for a subscription fee from the United States Department of Commerce, not the SSA itself. Why not? Why aren't all the documents the government has available online if they are subject to the FOIA? Ok, I understand why they weren't online in 1993, but this is 2006 for christssake. Not only are we not living on the moon and driving flying cars, the Death Master File doesn't have a clickable index online. Conversely, I think the Douglas County Tax Assessor's office in Nebraska has one of the best government websites I've seen, including color aerial photos of the property in Omaha. In fact, I compared the aerial photos on the DCAssessor's website with Google Earth, and the DC site had a much better quality.
Scrap the Whole Thing, It's Shit Anyway
Sen. Joseph Biden suggested scrapping the Judicial confirmation hearings, which probably isn't a bad idea. Alito isn't saying anything that might get him in hot water with anyone, other than "I'm going to be myself." Alito is going to be confirmed regardless because he really isn't saying anything anyone is going to object to and he's going to get enough Republican votes to get in. The Supreme Court was getting a little low on elite white males, so it's probably good that their going to beef up their ranks. Here's an op-ed piece in the NYT about what Alito REALLY said.
Stone Satan for Islam
Dozens were killed at the Hajj during a stampede at the symbolic stoning of the devil. Kinda makes you want to be a Muslim, doesn't it? Weren't there several dozen killed last year, too? Some of these religious rituals worked when there were a few thousand or even a few million Muslims in the world, but with a billion Muslims, they need to re-think some of these rituals that people are expected to perform during the Hajj. Wait, what did I just say? No religion is really able to re-think their rituals, so scrap that. As long as religions keep proving themselves archaic and not able to adjust to modern society, they will keep losing the free thinkers (in EVERY society, not just Islam) and only keep the fringe fanatics. I think the state of religions is going to get worse in the next few hundred years, not better. Maybe even in our lifetime. There will be pitched battles of fanatics of each religion killing each other over trinkets and little stretches of parched ground. Oh wait, it's happening already.
We Promise Not to Break It
The government says there will be no environmental impact from opening up the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. According to this website, the "biggest ANWR advocacy organization is Arctic Power" and the energy exploration would take place on .01% of the total land of the refuge. I can't really find any reason to disagree, although I know several environmental agencies are against it. I completely agree that we need to explore more and better renewable energy resources, but until they arrive, we are dependent on crude oil.
Jesusland is in Danger - Not
Jerusalem said it won't do business with Pat Robertson after his recent comments about Ariel Sharon. I wonder if any contracts had been signed yet? I wonder if Pat Robertson gets paid if Israel breaks the deal with him but end up developing Jesusland with the other developers. That way, Pat would get money up front from Israel for breaking the contract with him and he would still get paid by whatever interest he's bought in Jesusland through the other evangelists trying to develop it. Hmm, I smell an investigative report.
Impeach Bush
I don't have the room to go into all the details, but don't miss this lengthy article about the impeachment of Bush.
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