More on this Soon In an ongoing effort to make me angry, the cellular providers are once again trying to stop phone number portability. AB

More Tax Cuts Some say that repeatedly doing the same thing while expecting a different outcome each time is the height of folly. Apparently, when it comes to the economy, the administration wants to do just this. If the first tax cut did nothing for the economy, then the solution must be…more tax cuts! And […]

Angry Bear Milestone I noticed that I am getting some traffic from the FreeRepublic.com (the website for those with political orientations somewhere between Andrew Sullivan and the John Birch Society). That’s right, I got my first complaints about me and my blog in Free Republic posts. But hey, any publicity is good publicity. Here’s the […]

Not to Make Light of a Serious Incident I wonder if the authors of the smoking study in Helena, Montana factored in this hidden cost of the smoking ban–more fights. Googling around, I still can’t find much in the way of news stories about researchers questioning the findings of the study, which is odd since […]

Tapper on Civil Liberties Earlier, regarding civil liberties, I said “Also on the hopeful side, there is the fact that civil rights, when and only when it comes to non- intrusive government, is probably the only common ground between most of the left and much of the right. Picture the ACLU and the NRA working […]

More on Protests Still wondering what protesters will do this weekend. I think that, both to maintain consistency and for the good of the Iraqi people, the slogan of peace protesters should change to “US stay in Iraq”. For that matter, this should be the slogan of most people. In Afghanistan, we basically (1) overthrew […]

Still busy Posting will remain light through the weekend, as I’m currently travelling. I’m in DC through the weekend. There is a war protest scheduled for this weekend (that’s not why I’m here), but now I wonder if the protest will still be on and if so, what they will protest. “US out of Iraq” […]

Good News The war appears to be rapidly nearing an end, and the casualties appear modest, which is good. It’s unclear whether this vindicates the Rumsfeld plan, or simply reflects the inevitable. Now on to restoring relations between the U.S. and Europe, not to mention the U.S. and the Arab world. (Or is it “now […]

Syria A confession…due to limited options I do listen to Rush in my car. Since I live close to work, this means I listen in 5-10 minute bits, which is about all I can handle. What did I hear today? He was saying that he would be happy to see Syria as the next target […]

So Busy Damn day job. Posting will be a bit light for the next few days. AB