My fellow Americans… Happy Independence Day! Hope the holiday weekend has been fun. While we’re busy waving flags, grilling burgers, shooting off fireworks, and shouting “Hooray for US!” let’s remember what this day means. Today, we celebrate our hard won freedom from an oppressive, tyrannical government which held little regard for the rights of the [...]
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The Devil’s (Linux) Advocate
May 19th, 2008 
Tim I’m one of those Linux fanatics who enjoy trying new distros almost constantly. Because of the freedom inherent in the GPL and other “open” licenses, there are always new flavors of my favorite OS springing up. Early spring of last year, I found an Ubuntu-based distro called UbuntuSE. I was attracted to the screenshots of [...]
Proud to be an American?
May 4th, 2008 Tim I’d like to be, but I’m not. This country has accomplished some wonderful things, but it has also committed evil acts against even it’s own citizens. In my previous post, you see an example of our government conspiring to justify the murder of an unarmed citizen. But this is merely the continuation of this fine [...]
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Tags: anti-war, civil rights, government, kent state, murder, ohio, oppression, protest 
Comments OffCops Acquitted, Murder Justified
April 25th, 2008 Tim NYT Headline: 3 Detectives in Bell Shooting Acquitted Why does this come as no surprise? The defendants waived their right to a jury trial, which many people thought was a risky move. What was risky about it? Instead of having twelve honest citizens decide their fate, they entrusted the decision to an agent of the [...]
