“You know, you would think that a large group of people who have all read Guns, Germs and Steel, and taken its message that “geography matters” to heart, would pay just a leetle bit of attention to it when they start chastising America for not being more like Europe.”
Category: politics
The poor really are different
If poor people did just four things, the poverty rate would be a fraction of what it currently is.
Hey, Big Spender
With a war in Iraq and a huge hurricane recovery project underway here at home, why are we pushing through hugely over-inflated budgets, instead of making cutbacks?
A U.S. National Firewall?
Yeah, because nationalism is better than a unified, global information network. People often say that the Internet erases boundaries – but apparently, the U.S. Government likes its boundaries very much, and wants to keep them.
FEMA Demands Use of IE To File Online Katrina Claims
As reported by MSNBC, if you survived the hurricane and are a Mac, Linux or Firefox user you cannot file a claim online.