Politics Aside

Our Fearless Leader

Although I try to not stray into political territory too much, I am a political person. Some would call me pinko, commie, bleeding-heart, sob, fascist, mexican faggot etc. etc. There are a few things that have got me going lately politically and I wanted to post some links that I found interesting.

The first link is testimony given to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The testimony of Jenny Toomey (formerly of the band Tsunami and record label Simple Machines) is well worth the read if you are in to this kind of stuff.

http://commerce.senate.gov/~commerce/press/03/2003124A29.html

The next link is Wired Magazine online coverage of this testimony.

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,57487,00.html

The other issue at hand is a recent leaked document detailing th Justice Department's plan to introduce a bill that will increase the government's power under the "Patriot Act" that was passed after 9-11. A copy of this document can be found here, and the Wired article can be found here.

Please feel free to post any comments about what you are thinking about this stuff. If you feel really strongly, even write your senator or congress person, because I don't think writing Dubya is going to make a damn bit of difference.