Category Archives: Government

Friday’s “truth to power” inspiration

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Not all violations of the law are crimes

Some background on the attorney firing scandal; Today: Mukasey used his sharpest words yet to criticize the senior leaders who took part in or failed to stop illegal hiring practices during the tenure of his predecessor, Alberto Gonzales. But, he told delegates to the American Bar Association annual meeting, “Not every wrong, or even every [...]

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Georgia on my mind

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Saturday he would ask parliament to approve the introduction of martial law while Georgian forces battle Russian and separatist forces in the rebel South Ossetia region.

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Rants about Blueport v. United States

Given the recent, overwhelming concern by copyright holders to protect their rights (and rightly so), a judge has decided that, on a technicality, government employees (aka “the US government”) are immune from liable, with regard to copyright infringement – to wit, Blueport v. United States. Given the court’s findings on the basis of the “order, [...]

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Morality is an “opinion”

Last Friday’s edition of “Florida This Week” featured reactions from people on the University of South Florida’s main campus to the proposed gay marriage ban amendment on the upcoming ballot.  One reaction (time 13:52) had my jaw dropping to the floor, namely the young man who said that we should “…put limits on our liberties [...]

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