There is a lot of anger and hatred around the internet about the Tax Day Tea Parties. There is also a lot of misinformation. Most of it started as a deliberate mis-information campaign to discredit the movement, but it has taken on a life of its own, being repeated as fact by people who really [...]
I was in Montpelier today for one of two tea parties in Vermont. The crowd was a little bigger than the “23 confused looking folks” predicted by VDB.
Here’s a look at the crowd, via video. I have to warn you, it is a little shaky. I was trying to navigate my way through the crowd, [...]
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Just a reminder that there will be a tax day “Tea Party” protest tomorrow in Montpelier. She’s Right will be on the scene taking video to post.
The event will be taking place on the State House lawn from noon – 2:00.
From the facebook page:
Matt Cropp, of VT Campaign For Liberty, American Socialism for the Rich [...]
Tomorrow is the season finale of Terminator: SCC. I meant to blog about last week’s episode, but I never got around to it. I really hope FOX renews this show. They would be foolish not to. This summer’s Terminator movie could very well spark interest in the series, especially if FOX could snag a commercial [...]
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I was just reading a couple of summaries of a debate between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens on the existence of God.
One of the arguments against the existence of God that Christopher Hitchens kept coming back to boils down to: God would have done things differently.
Just as there are really bad arguments that Christians [...]
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It’s a strange day when Ace of Spades HQ and Vermont Daily Briefing both have posts expressing the same opinion on an issue. But then, it’s a strange day when Congress is trying to give the president power over the internet.
Politics makes strange bedfellows, indeed.
There is one notable difference between the two blogs, though. VDB [...]
Burlington City Councilor Bill Keogh (D-Ward 5) wrote a balanced summary of IRV in Burlington, summarizing the different opinions that are out there. Here’s what he had to say, in his own words, reprinted with permission from his post on the Front Porch Forum.
Did you like the Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) last month in deciding [...]
The Burlington School District designated the two city schools in the high-poverty area of the city to be magnet schools, intended to draw students from other parts of the city from a higher socio-economic class.
I think magnet schools can be a good thing, though I am disappointed that they chose to have a “sustainability” academy, [...]
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Conservatives and libertarians around the country have been organizing protests against the government bailouts and stimulus plans – and mounting trillion dollar debt obligations – called “Tea Parties,” in homage to the Boston Tea Party. The mainstream media is for the most part not covering them.
There are tea parties planned all over the US for [...]
