For the past couple of months, the Bush campaign has been drilling the Kerry campaign stating that he is promising $2 trillion in long-term spending, a figure that the Kerry campaign disputes as being far too high. However after adding up their own numbers, the Republicans as it turns out are proposing $3 trillion in long-term spending, not counting the ongoing war in Iraq at $6 billion/month which, with a Republican administration in power, is unlikely to decrease since the administration has alienated itself from most Western countries. Now what was that saying about the pot and the kettle? Speaking of Republicans retaining power, they appear to have a brand new strategy for winning -- disobeying judicial rulings -- which is exactly what Florida did when they allowed Ralph Nader to be put on the ballot. Looks like Jeb Bush is coming through for his brother. Of course, if they do win, there is a great deal of speculation about what exactly will happen in the next four years.
Kerry is finally on the attack! Like I hoped, it was over the failure of President Bush to support the continuation of the Brady Bill that prohibited the sale of assault weapons like Uzis and AK-47s. Kerry recently received the endorsement of the National Association of Police Organizations, where as Bush will probably get the NRA's endorsement. Which organization do you think has your interests more in mind?
In another Republican gun proposal, the House is planning to vote on a Republican bill that will repeal almost all of the gun control legislation the Democrats had previously put in Washington D.C. A few things this bill will do are to end a ban on the sale of handguns, remove a ban on semiautomatic weapons, lift a requirement for owners to register their weapons, and cancel penalties against possessing an unregistered firearm at home or, get this, at work. Now I understand that there are people out there who hunt or just like guns, but you don't need either a handgun or semiautomatic weapon to hunt, beyond the fact that the law is specifically for Washington D.C. which is totally an urban area. It just goes to show -- Democrats give poor black people in urban centers like Washington D.C. programs like Head Start so they can better themselves and their families, whereas Republicans give them the ability to legally purchase semiautomatic weapons that they shoot each other with. Makes for less votes against them, I guess. Every electoral vote counts.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog group, Mohammed El Baradei, has issued a statement on Iran concerning the lack of evidence that they possess a working nuclear weapon program, though he admits that their intentions might not be peaceful. The European countries have had enough of the cat and mouse game, and are currently discussing taking a harder line against Iran with respect to its nuclear program.
Also:
- Tony Blair has come out swinging for the environment stating that time might be "running out" on our ability to solve the problem of climate change.
- File sharing is moving to a new medium -- cell phones.
- Speech recognition might be put on a chip for mobile use in three years.
- Forget China. Brazil is the new epicentre for hackers.
- The government of China is now beating up on (literally) AIDS activists trying to educate the populace and sequester aid for their plight.
- A story on how Afghani women, stuck in a conservative Islamic society, are prefering suicide to living in forced marriages.
- The US State Department has voiced concern over the political changes issued by President Putin after the most recent terrorist attack.
- Amnesty International is accusing government soldiers in Laos of war crimes after they reportedly murdered five teenagers of an ethnic minority group.
- The era of the thong might finally be over.
- If you're ever in Vancouver, make sure to pick up some marijuana sold openly at Da Kine.
- A site showing different avante-garde musical notations.
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