The RIAA, still hell-bent on finding a legal recourse against music downloads that fills their desire to send music lovers to the iron maiden (the torture device, not the band), has introduced a proposed expansion to the already excessive and antiquated copyright laws presently in place. (Story Here)
In essence, one of the facets of the [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
All’s (not) Fair in Love of Music
January 29, 2008
Ignoring the Accurate and Discrediting the Credible
Last Tuesday, an article in the UK’s Independent detailed how the US has censored a recent scientific report and assessment of natural gas and oil reserves in the Chukchi Sea (off the coast of Alaska, in the Northern Arctic).
The report, long-awaited as the eight countries with property in the area seek to potentially tap the [...]
January 22, 2008
What a Lutz
Current GM Chairman Bob Lutz, during all of the pomp and circumstance that surround the Detroit Auto Show, gave an interview and made several statements that are not only infuriating, but also highly inaccurate.
Story Here
It would seem that Mr. Lutz is still operating in the Lee Iacocca world of automotive engineering, where poor fuel economy [...]
January 16, 2008
Rewriting Your Rights
As evidenced by his speech just the other evening, it would seem that presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is unfamiliar with the founding fathers’ desire to create and maintain a separation of church and state.
Summary Here
Apart from the usual rhetoric that accompanies such speeches, Huckabee made very specific comments to his desire to revise and amend [...]
January 12, 2008
The Price of the (Other) War
On Thursday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency in the state and put forth a proposed state budget that would seek to deal with the crisis. However, some of the finer points in the budget are likely to meet with a great deal of protest, particularly the slashing of education funds and the [...]
