Technical notes on the LNC “LP-SPAN” broadcast

I’ve returned from the great adventure I call “LP-SPAN” and here are my thoughts on the technical side of the issue. It is my hope that we can take this and build on it to make the next round of LNC insanity even better in terms of the broadcast quality. All suggestions are definitely appreciated. [...]

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On the truth, lies, and incompetence

Howdy folks! Before I get started, I just wanted to thank Paulie for offering me the opportunity to write here. Every once in a while, I’ve got something worth saying. The idea behind this post began as I was watching some anime this morning. I spend most of my days writing code, writing documentation such [...]

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Candidate Endorsement: Chris Bennett for Vice President

[NOTE: Originally posted on Last Free Voice] As you are hopefully all by now aware, longtime LFV contributor Chris Bennett is seeking the LP’s Vice Presidential nomination. While he would have my support simply for being an LFV contributor and a great guy, there is so much more to his candidacy that I have decided [...]

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Should third parties nominate their presidential candidate much earlier than the major parties?

I found this entry on Thomas Knapp’s blog, Kn@ppster, and found it quite interesting. Here is an excerpt; you can read it in its entry in its entirety at the link: I’m not one for silver bullets—no one thing will put third party candidates into contention for the presidency—but some changes just make sense. One [...]

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Cops Gone Wild: Vehicular Manslaughter Edition

In Ironton, Ohio last night, a pedestrian was hit and killed by a police cruiser, driven by a cop on his way to work. Unbelievably, the cruiser dragged the man for blocks, and the cop allegedly didn’t even realize he was dragging a human underneath his cruiser. In fact, he dragged the man all the [...]

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Is the VA prescribing a fatal cocktail to returning soldiers?

I found this very disturbing local story while looking for updates on the cop who hit and killed a pedestrian, dragged his body under the police cruiser for over half a mile, then claimed he didn’t know he had hit anyone. Apparently a lot of young soldiers are making it through the war, and coming [...]

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Soldier gets friend to shoot him so he won’t have to go back to Iraq

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Current Press Release PC 245 ADW / PC 182 CONSPIRACY –2/25/2008 APPLE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE , Apple Valley VICTIM:   SUSPECT: MATTHEW JOHN MYERS – DOB: 06-10-87 WMA – 20 YOA, OF APPLE VALLEY & DANIEL DOTTERRER – DOB: 09-26-87 WMA – 20 YOA, OF APPLE VALLEY   [...]

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Bush clueless about the economy

Once again, President Bush proves that he has absolutely no idea about … well, anything. Here, he claims that the economy is not being harmed by the war, and the extraordinary amount of money being spent on the war. Instead, he thinks the war is helping the economy. Um, yeah. That may be true if [...]

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Will Ron Paul presidential campaign cause him to lose his seat in Congress?

From the Galveston County Daily News (letters to the Editor): District Needs A Better Man To Represent Us Are we really getting the most effective representation with Ron Paul as our congressman? The presidential debates have exposed stubbornness and inability to compromise that is at odds with the intentions of the Founding Fathers. Democracy requires [...]

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Glenn Beck’s horrifying hospital experience

Conservative television personality Glenn Beck is absolutely outraged because he went to a hospital emergency room in an upscale area (where the President of GE is treated, no less), and was made to wait in the ER for 40 minutes. Even after he got into a bed, for two horrifying hours he was given no [...]

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