http://blog.techfun.org Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:32:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The GOP is at it again. Both the McCain campaign and the RNC have used some very slimy math techniques along with maliciously false claims to try to run up a huge number of Obama votes for tax increases. This is nothing new for the GOP. FactCheck.org debunked a ... http://blog.techfun.org/recent-gop-smear-sounds-familiar There has been a lot of rhetoric in the US political news all aimed at blaming OPEC for the energy aspects of our economic woes. For that blame to be deserved you have to: Forget the fact that the US invasion of Iraq reduced its oil exports. Forget that our military presence ... http://blog.techfun.org/before-you-blame-opec John McCain says he would keep our country safe. But the reality is Senator McCain has voted repeatedly against giving our law enforcement officers the resources they need to protect our communities. Senator McCain voted against funding for the successful COPS program and against interoperable communications equipment for first responders. ... http://blog.techfun.org/mccain-myth-buster-john-mccain-and-crime NEW YORK, June 30 -- Film and television stars Olivia Wilde ("House" and "The O.C.") and Peter Sarsgaard ("Jarhead" and "Boys Don't Cry" and more recently "Rendition") appear in two new public service announcements encouraging young people to register and vote in the 2008 election. The PSAs are available today ... http://blog.techfun.org/18-in-08-launches-celebrity-psa-series-exclusively-on-myspace If you happen to have at least $100,000USD or €64,000 or £50,000 and your own team of lawyers, you too can get your own personal Top Level Domain. This week, in Paris, regulators from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to radically change the way Top Level Domains ... http://blog.techfun.org/the-internet-to-suck-a-little-bit-more-next-year I liked this quote from Dean Hamer, the NIH lead scientist on "A linkage between DNA markers on the X chromosome and male sexual orientation".   I just finished reading The Science of Desire in which he explains the methodology and processes used in his study that proved a molecular link ... http://blog.techfun.org/dean-hamer-quote Having gotten a good nights sleep after posting McCain’s Posse Causes More Problems last night something else occurred to me. While it was in exceedingly bad taste and showed a lack of judgment on the part of Charlie Black, I suspect Mr. Black was dead on target when he said another ... http://blog.techfun.org/charlie-blacks-quote-revisited I see so many press releases from the RNC trying to cast doubt on Barak Obama's judgment and fitness for the presidency. McCain has consistently surrounded himself with Republican party insiders and lobbyists that have embarrassed him and and his campaign over and over, but nothing could have prepared ... http://blog.techfun.org/mccain-posse-problems Officials from leading oil producing and consuming nations have met at a quickly arranged summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. At the summit, Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its pledge to pump 9.7 million barrels a day next month, an increase of 200,000 and the highest level in nearly 30 years. ... http://blog.techfun.org/saudi-increases-made-irrelevant A bipartisan group of seven coastal governors are reiterating concerns about offshore drilling as Congress actively considers proposals that would revoke a 27-year moratorium on the practice. While considerable media attention has focused on Florida Governor Charlie Crist's reversal of his position on the issue, nearly every other coastal governor remains ... http://blog.techfun.org/coastal-governors-pledge-to-protect-oceans-from-offshore-drilling