Daily Archives: July 5, 2004

QOTD

Posted on July 5, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Via Steve Casburn: At River Oaks Elementary, there is a bench with this dedication: “Education is the key to opportunity” — in honor of Linda and Ken Lay’s grandchildren This is true. Without education, you’ll never get the opportunity to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Paying taxes: Not optional

Posted on July 5, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

This article about the IRS taking the fight to tax evaders contains one of the best bits of unintentional comedy you’ll see this year: Also last month, a federal court in Nevada held Irwin Schiff, a well-known promoter of what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Skepticism | 3 Comments

Reaching out

Posted on July 5, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Excellent piece by Ben Rahn of ActBlue on how Democratic candidates can and should reach out to the online community. I pretty much agree with all of it – I’ve advocated quite a bit of it myself – and the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A whole lotta veeping around

Posted on July 5, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Whole lot of speculation in the blogs that Kerry is about to name Dick Gephardt as his VP choice. Archpundit started it, then Political Wire and Kos picked it up. There’s a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Haiku!

Posted on July 5, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Today is your last chance to compose a haiku in honor of President Bush’s birthday tomorrow. My muse for this sort of thing has obviously taken the weekend off, as I’ve tried and failed to come up with a good … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Robison on the impeachment stuff

Posted on July 5, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Clay Robison notes that all of the Democrats’ complaints in their exploration of impeachment against Governor Perry were first aired by Republicans, and that by raising these charges the odds of another special session have dropped. If that’s so, then … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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