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Entries Tagged as 'Government & Politics'

April Fool’s Day - A Perfect Time To Evaluate Underage Drinking

April 1st, 2005 · No Comments

That’s right - fools. That’s what they are. They’re the fools that are underage, but go out anyway and binge drink at places that serve them alcohol, wherever they might be. They’re the fools that serve those kids. They’re the fools that turn a blind eye to it. And, of [...]

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Tags: Government & Politics · Police, Law, & Justice

FOILed by the Freedom of Information Law

March 13th, 2005 · No Comments

If you haven’t already seen it, there was an incredible article about New York’s Freedom of Information Law in the Journal News today. Not surprisingly, it seems that almost every organization audited by the Rockland Journal News denied the otherwise legal FOIL requests without due justification. Screwing around with your constituents that are [...]

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Tags: Government & Politics · Police, Law, & Justice · Scary Stuff

Wacky Christian Politics (without Orrin Hatch, surprisingly!)

August 6th, 2004 · No Comments

Those wacky christians are at it again! In a rather ironic turn of events, the same uptight christian asshats that call the police everytime a group of teenagers use colloquialisms were ticketed for violating noise ordinances. The pastor said that, “it was church music. It was nothing crazy.” Apparently, he doesn’t understand [...]

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Tags: Government & Politics · Police, Law, & Justice · Scary Stuff

I’m In The $; Jared Is Back; Hatch Hawks Horridness

July 14th, 2004 · No Comments

I got a few things to talk about today. I’m going to start off with two silly news articles that have little to do with the headline today. I know that very often, I find myself pondering the question, “Do I bash the Catholic Church enough?” Lately, the answer I’ve been giving [...]

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Tags: Computers · Government & Politics · Police, Law, & Justice · Technology

1st Step To Ban SUVs; Bush Fumbles Interview

July 2nd, 2004 · No Comments

In case you had been wondering why the so-called liberal news media had not been asking the Bush administration for concrete answers, there is finally a woman ballsy enough to do the job. As it turns out, the fightin’ Irish whipped out their beer muscles and slammed George W Bush with a hard hitting [...]

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Tags: George W Bush · Government & Politics · Police, Law, & Justice