http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ en-us jpl@showpage.org 2009-10-27T08:40:15-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000470.html Net Neutrality is heating up again as an issue, as the FCC is attempting to create regulations for the industry. I'm going to share my thoughts. First, I do not believe the FCC has the legal authority to regulate the... 470@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-10-27T08:40:15-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000469.html Twitting Illegal? Yet again, the police in this country have attacked the Constitution, making arrests for the following crimes: -Exercising free speech -Exercising freedom of association The constitution CLEARLY protects these acts, and yet the Pittsburgh police and the FBI... 469@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-10-06T14:51:24-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000467.html CNN Article on Birth Rates In the linked article, columnist Ben Stein discusses the cost of raising a child and half-wonders why birth rates amongst the upper middle class has been dropping. The article is ridiculous to the point of... 467@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-09-01T08:38:08-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000465.html Let's See Your Face at CNN.com In the article, a muslim woman in small claims court refused to remove her naqib, which is the head covering some muslim women wear that only allows the eyes to be seen. The judge... 465@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-08-26T08:22:23-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000464.html CNN Article: Anonymous Rant Blogger No Longer Anonymous The woman referenced in the article ran a hate blog on Blogger.com, which is owned by Google. A New York Supreme Court judge ordered Google to provide the identity of the blogger,... 464@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-08-25T08:27:56-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000462.html CNN Article The article is written by a Republican. It's fairly moderate, but of course, it's pushing on the Democrats. But that's fine, he's not trying to hide anything. However, the article is trying to suggest that the reason there... 462@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-08-18T10:33:54-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000461.html CNN Story In the linked story, two ranking individuals from a Florida high school are facing possible jail time for violating a court order. The court order forbids the school district from promoting religion during school events. That is, the... 461@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-08-18T08:45:30-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000455.html Sarah Palin Resigned as Governor I presume if she has resigned as governor, this means she's stepping out of politics entirely. If she's seeking higher office, then she should have remained in office to get more experience. The job of... 455@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-07-07T08:42:50-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000453.html Governor Pawlenty has announced his unallotments for fiscal years 2010-2011. Basically this is the Governor saying, "The legislature told us to spend more money than we're going to receive, so I'm not going to spend some to close the budget... 453@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-06-17T16:58:07-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000449.html Can someone explain something to me? Why is it okay for the US, Russia, China, Pakistan, India, Great Britain, France, Israel and even South Africa to have nuclear weapons, but it's condemned when anyone else has them? I can understand... 449@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-05-26T09:02:19-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000447.html Ford's So-Called Fuel Efficient Vehicles Ford has a plan for rolling out more fuel efficient vehicles. Like the Taurus SHO with a 3.5 liter turbocharged V6. Hello? I'm sure that car will get at least 15 MPG. Maybe even 18.... 447@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-05-06T10:34:55-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000446.html Arm the Ships Piracy will stop when it doesn't work. And it needs to be high risk for the pirates. That is, everyone who attempts piracy needs to die in the attempt. Continued attempts will simply be cases of evolution... 446@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-05-06T08:34:25-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000445.html Chrysler to File for Bankruptcy Why am I not surprised? Let me share my most recent experience with Chrysler. I believe it illustrates why the company is in such dire straits. Well, part of the reason, anyway. Two years ago... 445@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-04-30T08:43:34-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000443.html Arlen Specter is a Traitor I'm just going to quote one portion of the article: "I'm putting principle at the top of the list," Except that would require he had principles.... 443@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-04-28T16:25:19-06:00 http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/archives/000442.html Bullies Win It's not a pretty story I linked. What's surprising is that this doesn't happen a lot more often. I think a huge number of kids suffer from bullies in one form or another. I did, both at home... 442@http://www.showpage.org/joe/Politics/ 2009-04-24T11:26:50-06:00