On one level, this isn’t a half-bad idea. Unfortunately, few computer users in their right minds will allow the Microsoft monopoly to do whatever it wants to their computers. If Microsoft wants to protect its users, and its reputation, it needs to do a proper job of developing and testing its software. This is not…
Op-Ed Blog
New Spam Law Won’t Work
Or so says the head of the FTC, the bureaucracy that brought you AOL-TimeWarner and Clear Channel communications. Just because some spammers won’t abide by the proposed “do not spam” list doesn’t mean it’s not the right thing to do. Do we abolish speed limits just because every hick with a pickup ignores them? Not…
Another One Ought to Bite the Dust
An appeals court in New Orleans halted execution of convicted murderer. Any excuse will do, apparently, to stop justice from being meted out. If you ask me, a guy who pulls a gun on the presiding judge in his murder trial has proven the state’s case against himself.
Houston Crime Report
Think the death penalty in Texas is a bad thing? Read this. Still think it’s a bad thing? If so, you are terminally stupid, not to put too fine a point on it. Success for one man in a fight against crime. The line “deputies said the shooting probably will be referred to a grand…
Too Much Gay-ness
Recent polls of ordinary Americans indicate that there’s too much gayness being displayed in the media and in society at large. Who does this surprise? One can hardly turn on a TV show without their being a gay theme or at least a gay character in it. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that”, according…
Pointed. But True
Poindexter Expected to Quit – Hurray!
John Poindexter is expected to quit his position at the Pentagon over the ‘terrorism futures’ market flap. I never even heard about this issue, what with having a real job to do, but any reason to get rid of this Contra-gate alumn is a good one. Perhaps J.P.’s Total Information Awareness program will fall by…
RE: WP: Million-Dollar Recall
The Washington Post’s David Broder thinks that the California recall referendum is a black mark on our democracy. Actually, the recall election simply proves that it is possible for the people to get what they want, as long as they are willing to out-scheme the system. Thinking locally, it would be nice if Texans could…
When is it OK to say ‘No’?
According to the Illinois legislature, it’s OK for a woman to say ‘no’ at any time during the sex act. True, technically their new law reads ‘any person’, but that’s an irrelevancy, perverse homosexual acts aside. And what man would dare challenge this female-empowering law? Only one who is willing to bear the full inferno…
9/11 Victim Compensation
By Rush Limbaugh: I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving the country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don’t criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I just can’t let the numbers…