Why?

Why do conservatives and the President and Addict's Administration fight knowledge?
The federal government's "no sex without marriage" message isn't just for kids anymore.
"They've stepped over the line of common sense," said James Wagoner, president of Advocates for Youth, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit that supports sex education. "To be preaching abstinence when 90% of people are having sex is in essence to lose touch with reality. It's an ideological campaign. It has nothing to do with public health."

Does Your Vote Really Count?

In Florida it may not

Charleston Chew and Douche Bag Economists

I've long argued that people who claim the market is the solution for everything and that the free market is answer for every problem is flawed because people aren't always rational (see religion for more examples) but this guy's douche baggery makes my case cogent.
Halloween Is an Economist's Biggest Nightmare: Kevin Hassett

P.S. His photo is further evidence.

Piggies

Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.

Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.

In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking.

Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.

-The Beatles

Had enough? Vote Democrat '06

Good Thing the Surplus was Protected

And all I got back was $600



Had enough? Vote Democrat '06

Geekery Abounds

Working From Home Setup
Originally uploaded by dcdan.

I've setup a sub site where in I'll have a collection of all of my geek stuff this, aptly, can be found at geek.dcdan.com First thing is about my work from home setup. I'll add a link here when I add things.

Rove is Confident

Karl Rove is confident that the GOP will win the elections in '06. I wonder if this is where he gets his confidence from?

When Will We Get Freedom and Democracy

Is someone going to bring freedom to the US?

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"The president can now - with the approval of Congress - indefinitely hold people without charge, take away protections against horrific abuse, put people on trial based on hearsay evidence, authorize trials that can sentence people to death based on testimony literally beaten out of witnesses, and slam shut the courthouse door for habeas petitions. Nothing could be further from the American values we all hold in our hearts than the Military Commissions Act."

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Had enough? Vote Democrat in 06 and hopefully we can check the shredding of the constitution then vote Democrat in 2008 to tape it back together.

This comment is priceless


via jwz

Confused?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Protestors were charged with unlawful assembly.

Now I have no understanding of the issues at Gallaudet, but I do wonder how a law can be constitutional when it is for unlawful assembly. Does it have to do with it being private property?

Funny Google Code Searches

Looking for things the developer feels bad about coding
"i hate to do"

Apologetic
"sorry to"

Hacks
"hack hack"

Admission of ignorance
"don't know why"

Warning about screwed up things
because "is fucked up"

Feel free to add your own in the comments section.

Protest

Protest
Originally uploaded by dcdan.

People are wrapping the white house as a crime scene!

Why I Don't Eat at Chick-fil-A

My girlfriend mentioned to me that she was passing a Chick-fil-A and was excited about it. I told her that I won't eat there based on political reasons. SHE DID NOT EAT THERE

I've decided to share why I don't spend my dollars there with my loyal readers, so they know where their money goes when they buy from Chick-fil-A.

Chick-fil-A is one of the largest corporate sponsors of Focus on the Family, FoF is religious group led by James Dobson, Dobson promotes the following:

* Men have the divine obligation to lead their families, and women have the divine obligation to submit to their husband's authority
* The call for men to lead isn't limited to the home, but stretches to both the church and government. He is highly critical of efforts to increase a female presence of leadership in these realms of authority.
* He doesn't recommend women with any children under the age of eighteen to work outside the home
* He is against stem cell research
* He is against a woman's right to choose
* He contends that "tolerance and diversity" are "buzzwords" that are misused as part of a hidden agenda to promote homosexuality

So there folks is why I won't eat at Chick-fil-A because I don't want spend my money with companies that support such ridiculous notions women's rights, science and tolerance.

Ladies if you still decide to eat at Chick-fil-A you'd better check with your husband to make sure that's what he wants you leave the kitchen for.

Straight Flush

Straight Flush
Originally uploaded by dcdan.

Were I not near retarded when taking photos one would see Mark holding up a striaght flush. To be fair Steve had one a few weeks ago as well, but I didn't have my phone with me so there was no photo op.

And It Makes Me Wonder

I read this about Limbo and it makes me wonder if Superman's clone Bizarro's world really exists.

This is Too Funny to Pass Up

Bush: Democrats shouldn't be trusted to run Congress

DC Dan: Republicans shouldn't be trusted around children