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From muth:
"I have always considered John Ashcroft a friend, and I certainly appreciate the difficulty of his current job, but like many of those who have supported him in the past, I find myself stunned not only by his failure, rhetoric aside, to understand the need to balance the demand for security with the need to safeguard individual freedom but with the way in which he is trying to consign anyone who questions anything the government does to the ranks of terrorist sympathizers. He knows better, and those he is now attacking have every right to resent the mischaracterization of their motives and integrity emanating from his office." -- David Keene, chairman, American Conservative Union
Dublin Dr. Pepper Brewing Company has been making Dr. Pepper since 1891. They still make it with the original recipe, sweetened with Imperial Pure Cane Sugar, not corn sweeteners as is done by most bottlers. You can order it for $10/case of 24 12 oz. cans or $14.50/case of 24 8 oz. non-returnable bottles (plus $5/case for packaging plus shipping, $15.25 for a case to New York). This makes a grand total of $30.25 for a case of cans to New York, about $1.25 apiece. I was going to order one, but the shipping was too steep, so I didn't. But if I'm ever in Dublin, Texas (about 100 miles southwest of Dallas), I'll make a point of visiting their Soda Shop. [smith2004]
Al Barger - Johnny joins June Carter Cash in Jackson - a couple of good pictures, Johnny & June and Johnny giving the finger to the Nashville music establishment in Billboard magazine, links to other essays, and Al's Johnny Cash Mastermix. [culpepperlog]
Jeff Baxter at Strike the Root - Dream a Little Dream - Mr. Baxter day-dreams about the huge turn-around that could happen with a tiny amendment to the Constitution. Hehe. [root]
The mood of the country has been something to behold, as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, passed just over a year ago, has taken effect. The infusion of almost $3 trillion formerly removed in taxes and deficit spending, back into the economy, has resulted in history's first near-zero unemployment rate. The national debt could be a thing of the past in a few years. New York Stock Exchange Chairman Martha Stewart announced today that the market has stabilized in such an amazing fashion that she is dedicating most of her time to her television program and various personal business pursuits, and has again turned down a salary offer. Former Chairman Robert Grasso was unavailable for comments.
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In a surprising development, Israel's Sharon, and Yasser Arafat held extended discussions over lunch yesterday, even as the "wall" was being demolished by a joint committee of the Israeli military and Hamas. Shorn of its annual $3 billion hand-out from the US, and likewise, loan guarantees, the Israeli government has begun to listen to the business community, which has pressured the government to realize the economic benefit of having millions of Palestinians as potential customers. Said one shopkeeper in the former occupied territories: "It used to be we feared Palestinians coming in with bombs. Now they come in with ample money, and our business has just taken off."
John deLaubenfels at Strike the Root - Drug War Addiction - America has a drug problem. Our government is addicted to the war on some drugs. Time to go cold turkey. [root]
As others have said, it is not drug addiction, but drug war addiction, that afflicts the United States. A solid majority of Americans are complete and total drug war addicts, and, like all addicts, are paranoid and defensive at the slightest mention that their addiction might be causing harm rather than good.
The practical arguments against the drug war are overwhelming. It has never been shown to have prevented a single person who wants to use drugs from purchasing and using drugs. It has made criminals fabulously wealthy. It has resulted in the corruption of countless government officials. It never has, and never can, succeed, but it can, and does, cost billions of dollars and God knows how many lives.
Practical considerations alone provide plenty of reasons for opposing the drug war. And yet the moral reasons for opposing it are even stronger, in my opinion.
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Think about this. An adult human being is to be made to apply for permission in order to put something into his own body. I would argue that such a decision is more basic, more fundamental, even than the right to speak one's mind freely.
GeekWithA.45 - Constitutional Flaws - a good outline of the problems with the Constitution and why its checks and balances don't work because there is no enforcement mechanism. [geekwitha.45]
PeerCast.org "was established in April 2002 as a non-profit site providing free peer-to-peer broadcasting software. The aim of the project is to create an easy to use, simple and reliable software client that enables anyone to broadcast streaming media on the Internet without the need for expensive servers or bandwidth." Looks to me like Freenet without the encryption or untraceability. I haven't tried it. [smith2004]
Tanuku Software - Java Service Wrapper "is an application which has evolved out of a desire to solve a number of problems common to many Java applications: Run as a Windows Service or Unix Daemon, Application Reliability, Standard, Out of the Box Scripting, On Demand Restarts, Flexible Configuration, Ease Application Installations, Logging." Open source. [cafe]
