- From the “Bad Idea” Department – A California congressman has proposed legislation that would allow lawmakers to attend sessions of Congress remotely. While this might be more efficient in travel and office costs and might make members of Congress a tad more responsible to their constituencies, I hope this doesn’t go far. All it would take for someone to screw up our political system would be for them to DDOS the remote offices of swing voters when a crucial bill is up on the floor of their chamber.
- From the “Hypocracy in Action” Department – Egyptian President Morsi has pledged to stay in power despite calls from protesters in the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities that he step down, as well as ultimatums from the Egyptian military that he find a way to end the unrest. Morsi appears to not want to step down because the government should not be brought down by action in the streets. This comes from the man who replaced the guy who was taken out of office due to violent protests in the streets. President Obama has chimed in, saying that the democratic process should always be followed. This comes from the man who supplied Islamic rebels in Libya with a free air force to depose their dictator, has begun arming Islamic terrorists and criminals to displace their dictator, and who rhetorically supported the protesters in Egypt who deposed a stable, if harsh, long-term regime with one that has ties to terrorists.
- From the “Selling the Lie” Department – The Obama administration is apparently reaching out to librarians and sports leagues in an effort to inform citizens and other beneficiaries about the wonders of the Affordable Healthcare Act, also known as ObamaCare. In addition, the leviathan that is the Obama political machine is cranking up to use the same resources that got the President reelected to convince us that the excrement on rye that he has foisted upon us is really Nutella on a croissant. In related news, it appears that the employer mandate of the law is being postponed until 2015. Funny, I wasn’t aware that the administration had the power to selectively decide when a law passed by Congress and signed by the President could come into effect. Usually, that’s laid out in the bill, and if I remember Mrs. Olafson’s civics class, Congress is the part of the government that changes the laws. Now, I wonder how they came to that 2015 date for enforcement of the mandate. Is there something important in 2014 that they don’t want it to interfere with or something?
- From the “Golf Clap” Department – A letter sent to the management of an airline owned by Richard Branson, billionaire, adventurer, pioneer, and overall awesome human being, has gone viral after he put it on his twitter feed. The amount of snark in the missive is high enough that it may gain self-direction and move to Indianapolis. I raise my glass to its author.
- From the “Irony” Department – A plastics recycling plant in England has caught fire, billowing out tons of acrid smoke into the environment. To think, all of those years and millions of pounds spent in an effort to keep the scourge of yogurt cups out of the ecology, and now the local wildlife is going to have black lung disease.
- From the “Evil Laugh” Department – A study published in an IEEE journal indicates that, at best, electric vehicles are no better for the environment than ordinary petroleum fueled cars and trucks. Apparently someone actually paid attention to the pollution in third world countries caused by the manufacture of components of coal-powered cars, and has come to the conclusion that maybe they’re not the panacea that President Obama has claimed they are. My respect for the honesty of academia actually went up today, which is quite novel.
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Posted by daddybear71 on July 3, 2013
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Old NFO
/ July 3, 2013Nice round up, and that first one just pisses me off… That sumbitch was ELECTED to GO TO WASHINGTON, not sit on his ass at home and play on the net…
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thornharp
/ July 3, 2013‘secure video teleconferencing’ — So the VPN might be secure and resistant to DDOS, but who would have hands-on access to the servers and other network infrastructure? Shall a favorite vendor’s influence win over a rigorous security audit?
Teleconferencing might be useful for collaboration among committee members or colleagues investigating issues, but based on my experience with big company remote telecommuting, real decisive work gets done face-to-face.
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daddybear71
/ July 3, 2013Definitely. Most of it on the golf course or at lunch.
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