May 16th, 2006 by TEX
Hilary Clinton introduced a bill in the Senate to tie any Congressional pay raises to the minimum wage. In other words, if they get a raise, so does everyone else.
Here’s the full text of the bill, courtesy of the Daily Kos.
Man, that’s gotta smart. If anyone votes against it their opponents in the next election can legimitately campaign against them by saying that they were more interested in their own pay raises than those of the working class. And any Republican who doesn’t vote against it will be hated by his supporters - namely big business. It’s sort of brilliant in its simplicity.
I’m not a big fan of Senator Clinton, but this kicks ass.
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May 9th, 2006 by TEX
So, now apparently our society has become so unbelievably fearful that children are being actively discouraged, even forbidden, from playing at school.
The whole thing just leaves me speechless with anger. In the words of Captain Lance Murdoch,
“Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. And the United States of America has the best doctor-to-daredevil ratio in the world!”
If we are not very careful America is going to raise a generation of feeble ninnies who grow up having had no real experiences in the world, only virtual experiences fed to them via a video screen.
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May 9th, 2006 by TEX
Take a look at this super-mega-cool animation done by Daniel Maas at NASA’s JPL depicting the Mars Pathfinder mission.
I know. I’m a nerd.
Thanks to Fark for the pointer.
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