Archive for January, 2004
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Friday, January 30th, 2004When I was a teenager and Clinton was elected president (oh, dark of days it was), it was good to be a Republican. For as a Republican, you stood against the higher taxes and government entitlements and waste that the Democrats wanted to foist upon the country in effort to build their “government is daddy” [...]
Bribes from Saddam
Friday, January 30th, 2004It looks like some of the most prominent critics of the Iraq war might just have had something besides “international law” when they objected. [Article] This isn’t the least bit surprising, of course. And one must wonder how the US was supposed to go about building consensus in the United Nations when so many countries [...]
$820 Million to see if Mars was ever wet
Sunday, January 25th, 2004Second Rover Lands Successfully on Mars
“the twin rovers make up a single $820 million mission to determine if Mars ever was a wetter world capable of sustaining life.”
$820 million may be a drop in the bucket of Federal spending, but is it really worth that much money to find out if Mars was ever wet?
New Jersey Politician Targets Homeschoolers
Saturday, January 24th, 2004New Jersey Politician Targets Homeschoolers
“While New Jersey politicians attempt to punish law-abiding homeschoolers for the sins of DYFS and the Jacksons, one of every 14 children in foster care in the state is placed in a home operated by someone with a criminal conviction or documented as having mistreated a child.”
Mars Rover is talking again!
Friday, January 23rd, 2004Mars Rover is talking again! Good to know that the money isn’t just going down the tube. It’s still not working right, but maybe it won’t be a complete failure (unlike several previous probes).
Mars Rover Stops Sending Data
Thursday, January 22nd, 2004Mars Rover Stops Sending Data - Yet another Mars probe fails. Is it just me, or does it seem a bit premature to start planning manned missions to Mars?
Drunken GOP Sailors
Tuesday, January 20th, 2004OpinionJournal - Drunken GOP Sailors : Great article on how the Republicans are spending cash like there is no tomorrow. The title isn’t exactly fair to drunken sailors, though. It is truly an era of “big government conservatism.”
New Bible study website
Friday, January 16th, 2004I’ve just finished putting together a simple Bible study website: www.Bible-Topics.com. There are almost 700 topics on the site taken from the classic Topical Textbook by R. A. Torrey. (Torrey’s textbook is also included in my Bible Software.)
Bush sticks it to Senate Democrats, finally
Friday, January 16th, 2004It’s about time Bush did something proactive about the Senate not doing their constitutional duty: Bush Installs Pickering on Appeals Court
Programmer humor at Microsoft
Wednesday, January 14th, 2004Here is proof that you don’t have to check your personality at the door when you work at Microsoft: Tweakomatic This is probably what my wife likes to call “programmer humor,” (something she says when I tell her about something that made me laugh while I read a technical manual) and it may be that [...]
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