From IRC:
<Arian> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh9rFNPeKx0
<Arian> damn yo
I think I could get to like this Olbermann guy.

Yeah, I’m not going to be shedding any tears over the loss of the Sonics, should they actually make good on their threat to leave town. Let some other state’s suckers^Wresidents pay hundreds of millions of dollars so a few people can toss a ball around.
If only our political leaders could have handled the “Qwest [...]

I wrote this letter to my representatives this morning. The core idea is that banning cell phones won’t improve safety (because it’s only one distraction, popularized by the media simply because cell phones have spread so rapidly), and that one of the best ways they could help make the roads safer is to enforce a [...]

If “macaca” is a racial slur powerful enough to bring down a Senator, why is it used so freely by the press? When they’ve had to use the word “nigger” they’re extremely cautious about it, often preceeding the report with a statement that “the following may offend”, or something along those lines.
I’m the last person [...]

I’d sure love it if the GOP party would stop spamming me. They’re sending me junk every day now, all from different addresses at gop.com . I click their unsubscribe link (contrary to the proper way to handle spam, I know) but they must have dozens of lists or more.

[Rumsfeld] said, for example, that more media attention was given to U.S. soldiers’ abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib than to the fact that Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith received the Medal of Honor.
I wonder if Donald Rumsfeld gets all upset at the local news when they report an accident closing a few [...]

If illegal immigrants become legal Americans, will they continue to work in agriculture, where they’ve worked now for a relative lack of other options, or will they try to move on to other better paying careers? I’d try to move on, or at least start expecting more money (even if I didn’t get it).
I also [...]

A co-worker of mine, Russell, has got the motivation and the lack of experience to really make it as a Bush White House appointee. I urge you to write to your representative and senator today. Let’s make this happen people!