Month April 2007

Geek gets political

Chris Pirillo, who has a gaggle of tech-oriented websites, has been blogging some about politics of late, not quite sure if it’s a good idea, but trying it anyway. This is from his cartoon site, Blaugh. Keep it up, Chris!

Democrats cave on war funding

Sen. Carl Levin says the Dems will now “compromise” on war funding by voting for it anyway and instead demand the Iraqi government do something. This is no compromise, they caved in completely. Not that anything else should be expected…

DiFi’s conflicts of interest and DailyKos

Brickburner has a succinct rundown of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s massive conflicts of interest. When they posted it as a dairy on DailyKos, it was, quite predictably, attacked by the Thought Police there who virtually always attack and censor any criticism…

Luis. Our health care is broken

Luis (not his real name) is in his 50’s. He got Hepatitis C and now badly needs a liver transplant. His HMO has been jacking him around, either intentionally or through incompetence. It took a month, and he’s continually weakening,…