November 20, 2008, 1:00 pm by jlgaddis
From CNN:
“There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hand, saying that they’re going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses,” Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York, told the chief executive officers of Ford, Chrysler and General Motors at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.
“It’s almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo. It kind of makes you a little bit suspicious.”
He added, “couldn’t you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled or something to get here? It would have at least sent a message that you do get it.”
Personally, I say screw ‘em.
January 19, 2008, 11:45 pm by jlgaddis
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December 6, 2007, 3:17 am by jlgaddis
We all know the impact that Ham radio can have in emergencies, but that often slips by the public and the authorities. Not so in Oregon, where a day after getting inundated with torrential rains and winds and suffering from the usual calamities those cause, Oregon’s Governor called the local Ham radio operators heroes. When discussing how the storm affected communications, the governor stated: “I’m going to tell you who the heroes were from the very beginning of this…the ham radio operators.” Kudos to the Oregon Ham operators for helping out in a bad situation, and getting the recognition they deserve.
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July 11, 2007, 11:29 pm by jlgaddis
For anyone interested in global politics (and for those of you who were screaming for everyone to not buy gas on May 15th), take a look at this (thanks to The Economist):
June 26, 2007, 8:35 pm by jlgaddis
June 18, 2007, 1:13 am by jlgaddis
I don’t follow wrestling (haven’t watched it in years), but in case you did not already know… Vince McMahon, Chairman of the Board of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., is not dead.
June 16, 2007, 5:00 pm by jlgaddis
WASHINGTON–The Bush administration on Thursday blasted a congressional proposal that would shield a broad swath of news gatherers, including some bloggers, from revealing their confidential sources.
The latest draft of the Free Flow of Information Act would pose a grave threat to national security and federal criminal investigations by protecting far too large a segment of the population, a U.S. Department of Justice official told Congress.
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