Posts by: Brian
As you may have noticed, several sites have “gone dark” (Reddit, Wikipedia), or put up some kind of splash screen or informational graphic about the internet censorship bills SOPA and PIPA in the House and Senate, respectively. We briefly considered going dark ourselves, but as a political site, decided that wasn’t the best course of action.
However, we would like to give you some information about the bills, and some actions you can take to oppose them.
First, amazingly enough CNN Money has a pretty good summary of the two bills, in layman’s terms, up on their site. If [...]
Full Story... →We haven’t written anything on #OccupyWallStreet yet (or any of the Occupy groups in Ohio), and I am not going to force us into an editorial position on the movement at this time, but personally, as a fan, I wanted to provide some information to our readers about reputable sites for information. Sometimes, such an egalitarian, leaderless, democratic movement can be a little messy, especially looking at it from the outside, and it can be hard to know what information is “official”. I’ve seen some stuff flying around on the internet that is most definitely not sanctioned by the New [...]
Full Story... →Why is it that when people espouse “personal responsibility”, it’s virtually always in an attempt to deflect responsibility away from themselves? Wouldn’t “personal responsibility” really mean recognizing the consequences of your own actions, and owning those things? Doing so doesn’t absolve anyone else from their own areas of responsibility.
Full Story... →The ink wasn’t even dry on the election results, and Kasich had already shown his true colors:
Kasich kept his supporters waiting past 1 a.m. for his victory speech while he appeared on the cable channel Fox News, where he had been employed as a commentator.
It’s pretty clear what his priority is – and it’s not the people of Ohio, or even his own loyal supporters.
This is what you voted for, Ohio. The “new ideas” of a guy who spent 22 years as a part of the GOP machine that put us in this mess to begin [...]
Full Story... →I got an email in my inbox this morning from the Buckeye Firearms Association with the rather blunt subject “Obama reveals anti-gun U.N. intent”. Why the alarmism? Because Obama announced his intent to appoint Greg Nickels as an alternate representative to the United Nations.
Why is that a problem? Apparently because Nickels was a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. (The largest firearms retailer in the nation, Wal-Mart, has voluntarily undertaken some of the suggestions of MAIG to try and “help ensure that guns do not fall into the wrong hands”, and many of the MAIG recommendations are [...]
Full Story... →Today is “Burn a Confederate Flag Day“, and Plunderbund had plans. Grand plans. Unfortunately, the best laid plans of mice and men can be foiled by something as simple as the weather. In our case, it was too windy to get things going with a lighter, and too dry to (safely) build a fire to use (and we didn’t have time to build an improved firepit). But it’s the thought that counts, right? The Confederate flag is a symbol of sedition against the Union, and representative of a movement that tried to destroy our country to protect the “right” [...]
Full Story... →Talk about on point. The “No Mosque at Ground Zero” group – equating the Muslim equivalent of Unitarians to fundamentalist terrorists! – feeds directly into the propaganda machine of real terrorists. The kind that view the group building the mosque and community center as heretics.
Full Story... →Yes, this is actually true – some national Tea Party groups have officially come out in opposition to Net Neutrality. First, a primer for those of you who may have forgotten (we’ve written about this before):
A coalition that included 35 Tea Party groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday urging the agency not to boost its authority over broadband providers through a controversial process known as reclassification.
The process could give federal regulators the power to impose net neutrality rules, which would prevent Internet access providers from favoring some content and applications over [...]
Full Story... →This is an interesting video from England showing a small town that completely eliminated traffic controls (lights, etc) at a center-of-town junction, with surprising results…
On one hand, I can see how this could work – roundabouts generally handle a lot more traffic than 4-way stops or stoplights do, because everyone keeps moving. (Personally, I love the roundabouts they’ve added at Morse & Johnstown roads in eastern Franklin County, and at the airport parking lots.) On the other hand, driving culture in America seems very poorly suited to this, which requires actually paying attention to your driving, and (astonishingly) [...]
Full Story... →I just saw this video today, and despite it not being new, thought I would share.
The world is what we make of it.
Full Story... →Budget Watch
