In the 2006 elections the Democrats rode a wave of “we’re not them” to take the House and, with the help of two independents, gain control of the Senate. They have the control and Rep Pelosi herself has proclaimed that they are the anti-corruption party. There’s just one problem with that statement, some of their…
Tag: Opinion
A Bloggers Guide to Etiquette
There are a lot of blogs on the Internet these days and though many of them are good some could use a quick lesson in etiquette.Lesson 1: Write Twice, Publish OnceOne thing every woodworker knows is that you “measure twice, cut once.” This rule should also guide you in your blogging.What I mean by this…
Democrats may have won the House, but they did not win the Senate
Yes, I know the media is reporting that the Democrats have won the Senate with a 51-49 majority but it simply is not true.The Senate is made up of 100 Senators, two from each state.Yes, there are only 49 Republican Senators left in office after the 2006 mid-term election but there are also only 49…
Why I lie to pollsters
Tomorrow, November 7th, is election day in the USA. for the past two weeks I’ve been getting pounded with canned calls and surveys from “news” organizations all wanting to know or change my vote.I hang up on the canned calls and I lie to the pollsters. Now I’m going to tell you why.Does anyone remember…
Another Network Neutrality Essay
This was emailed to me a while ago and the author gave me permission to post it here.In the last few months there have been many articles in the media about a move to a “tiered’ internet. This has caused much confusion and early comments by Ed Whitacre have not helped much;”How do you think…
HowTo: Be a Better Forum Moderator
Until a short time ago I was the admin for Kenzer & Company and took care of all aspects of the website. I learned a lot about running a production server and recovering from database failures and other problems. What I want to talk about today is less technical then how to recover from a…