This is an open letter to Senator Wyden, whom I got a chance to meet in person for the first time today. The rest of my readers are welcome to read along.

    Senator, first off, I apologize for accosting you while on your way out… Read full post »

   So I'm sure everyone here has heard some version of the Wikileaks incident.  If you want a good source for up-to-date information, try Greg Mitchell at The Nation . But whether you're supporting Wikileaks, fighting against Wikileaks, or just standing on the sidelines, one thing seem… Read full post »

   Continued from Part 1 :

   Ok, first off, the Capitol building is huge. Freaking huge. Any building that takes you 20 minutes to walk around from it's front lawn gets kudos in my book. Michelene had called her senator (I can't seem to remember her name, I think… Read full post »

   Note: This is a pure opinion piece, so I apologize to my readers ahead of time. I don't normally do this, but there are times that obviousness has to be spelled out.

   Hey Rush Limbaugh , Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill Maher, Glenn Greenwald and the like:

 … Read full post »

   Here's my personal experiences from travelling to the Rally to Restore Sanity:

     First off, when I was still rolling it around in my head how fun it would be to go down, my wife said, flat out: "You're going". I was pretty surprised, but she knew this was… Read full post »

   Whew! I'm back! After a few short days of visiting Washington DC, I have returned. And man, oh man, was it an interesting trip. To make it easier for my readers, I'm going to divide my experiences into two sections: The Personal and The Political as they both seemed worthwhile… Read full post »

   For the first time, I'm asking for donations. I'm going to try to record as much of the Rally to Restore Sanity as possible and meet with as many people as I can (see my previous post). This is all so that I can share with the rest of you… Read full post »

   Update: I'm going to a rally!

   Addendum to the Update: It's in Washington DC

   Clarification to the Addendum to the Update: It's being hosted by Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show".

   Actual Content:

    For the first time in my life I'm going to… Read full post »

   I think it's time to start posting the sources I've come across that can't be trusted to tell you that oxygen is good for you. The lies, misdirects, BS, and general sleaziness has just been getting deeper the more channels of information we have open. 

   It's amazing how… Read full post »

   Today I was greeted by the most depressing thing I've read in years:

       HOW FACTS BACKFIRE:  Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains

   Please, if you have the time, read the entire article. If you don't have time, this i… Read full post »

   I don't know if many of you were following the 2004 Republican Convention, but that was about the time I started getting really deep into politics. The home-brewed protests really spoke to me, even if I disagreed with some of the messages and certainly some of how it was protested.… Read full post »

   I was asked by a relative in response to my previous post a question to start with: Is Obama actually planning on taking our guns despite the 2nd amendment? Apparently they had encountered a person asking for political donations that said Obama was trying to create laws so the government… Read full post »

   Here's a question: What would you like to see the facts about? What question would you like answered once and for all as to what the truth is?

   I must warn you, the final product may not be what you expect or even want. I have yet to encounter… Read full post »

   I was working with some of my co-workers on April 15th, and I looked out the front window. I was amazed to see a lot of people with tea-party signs outside across the street. So I got up my resolve and decided to see if I could ask some quick… Read full post »

   Okay! Now to be fair, since I just commented on a Republican presentation, I found there's a lot of talk about a leaked Democratic memo, also leaked to Politico just as the last one was. And here it is:

   http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2010/03/disputed-memo-purport… Read full post »

   Wow.

   I never would have thought that I'd ever see the Republican playbook spelled out like this, but here it is:

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM136_100303_rnc_finance_leadership.html

   This was an exclusive to Politico, so unfortunately that's the on… Read full post »

Short today:

Actual message left on a customer's machine:

(The new guy)"Hi, this is ****** with ****** and I just called to tell you your computer is ready. You can pick it up tomorrow. (To me, but still into the phone) I think there's a call on the other line."… Read full post »

   On my way to get lunch the other day, I came across a sign that a local church had set up on the sidewalk. It asked for people to visit their "Healing Room". While I'm sure they meant well with their sign, I still felt ill reading it. Because the… Read full post »

   Chris Matthews is a jerk, plain and simple.

"Bloggers don't fact check"

   The fact that my blog exists disproves this entirely. Not only have I strived to be accurate when I post, I've also done my best to illustrate how ordinary people can do the fact checking on their… Read full post »

   So I end up cutting out of work 3 hours early (with the boss' permission) in order to see David Wu, our representative, host a small town hall in my home town of St. Helens Oregon. I wanted to see how my relatively small town dealt with all the hoopla… Read full post »

   Our local representative from the House, David Wu, is coming to my town tomorrow, and I'm rather stoked. I'd like to get in on this action, and hopefully get some questions answered. But the realist side of me has already anticipated getting nowhere near that point. Either way, it'll hel… Read full post »

   With all the news and blogs I end up reading, it seems I always get the most interesting tidbits of information from face-to-face communications. Today a new customer, Brian Richards, showed up to my work to look into problems with his computer. Over the course of the conversation, thoug… Read full post »

Ok, that's it. I can't take this anymore. I had a hard time understanding how we got into the economic mess we're in, but eventually I understood it. And I understand all too well how incredibly important it is to be honest as to what we should probably do next. And… Read full post »

Everytime the government suggests something that increases the power it has over the citizens, I am reflexively skeptical. When I saw this article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217.html?hpid=moreheadlines

the first thing that flashed in my mind after I… Read full post »

I have a few important questions that I'd really like to have an honest answer to. Or at least give me a better framing of the questions so I can hear the real story behind it. Because it's not just me that needs the answers.

1) If torturing people is so… Read full post »