Programming and politics

I've commented a little on some of my thoughts about the Occupy Wall Street movement . As someone who values personal freedom and libert...

The Occupy Wall Street movement is an interesting one to me. I have a lot of empathy for the people involved in the movement. They make a lo...

I voted for President Obama in 2008. My reasons were a little different than most. Given that and one look at this chart, it should be no s...

Last week I wrote about a day of infamy, but did not get around to talking about this. I was too happy about President Obama following thro...

Today is a great day for America, and a day of infamy. Do you want the good news or the bad news first? The good news is that today is the b...

All of America is upset about Wall Streets bonuses . Even The President is pissed . Guess what. All of America, including President Obama, i...

I like to fix things. This should be no surprise, as I am an engineer. Of course some engineers prefer to only build new things, and do not...

This year I voted by mail. It was very convenient. The state of California even sent me a nice little "I voted" sticker. So how di...

This is it. Much of the last century has been a showcase of two divergent schools of thought in economics: Keynes and Hayek. Keynes ruled up...

What do you do when you are on Facebook and notice this in your feed? Palin? Really? I can understand people supporting McCain. If you are p...

"OMG! The _____ is in trouble! What are we going to do!!!?!" When government people say things like this, it is always a precursor...

Distractions are everywhere. Some people say that Ron Paul is a distraction . Is Sarah Palin a distraction ? Or maybe it was Hurricane Gusta...

Gilly had some fun making this Friedman video:

Yesterday the Democratic Party decided to "settle" the issue of what to do about the Florida and Michigan primaries. Their decisio...

A lot of folks think that Barack Obama has really shot himself with his comments about "bitter" Americans: "It's not surp...

Obviously I'm voting for Ron Paul. I really thought that the Republican race would still be clouded. Oh well, I was wrong. It does mean ...

Barack Obama certainly had an impressive victory yesterday in South Carolina. I am definitely rooting for him over Hillary Clinton. Now I vo...

My biggest reason for supporting Ron Paul is because I am sure he will get us out of Iraq. The war in Iraq is the most important issue of th...

It's a new year, and an election year. So time for some politics. The Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary were both mildly interesting...

I was watching a clip of Move.On's Eli Parser defending their ad against General Petraeus. He made the analogy that he wished he could ...