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Big and Tall

It's not just SUV's that are getting bigger these days.

Internet sales tax

It only seems fair to me that state governments (or the federal government) should be able to collect tax in some way on internet transactions. Nevertheless, it seems a little odd that Amazon.com may endorse internet tax collection, when it would seemingly hurt their bottom line.

Some good news, and some bad news.

From the end of Vernadette Ramirez Broyles, the Georgia GOP's laughable idea of hispanic outreach's latest column in the AJC:

Vernadette Ramirez Broyles has accepted an appointment to the board of the Georgia Department of Human Resources and will be no longer be writing regularly for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The good news is that this GOP propagandist won't get to use the local monopoly paper to spout her talking points nonsense anymore. The bad news is that, to me, someone who seems totally unqualified for the job has been appointed to the DHR board. I guess you win some and you lose some, and sometimes it's at the same time.

Now if we could only get rid of Woman to Woman and Jim Wooten, we'd really be getting somewhere.

Hatwear

Contrast. Look how happy the actors wearing these hats are and compare it to how the soldiers actually in Iraq look wearing them. This ad pops up on the Drudge Report website. This type of rah-rah war is great conservatism is what annoys me the most about the administration, and it also crowds out those of my friends who are prepared to make serious conservative arguments, those conservatives who don't encourage the public to believe in a connection that doesn't exist between bin Laden and Hussein to further their own partisan gains.

Doo Rags

Ammusing WSJ article about doo rags crossing over into mainstream "white" culture. Here's a funny excerpt:

"They don't sell these where I live," said Mr. Buehl, patting the snug nylon sheath that obscured clumps of his red hair underneath. "Most of my friends are like, 'So what are you, a thug now?' They're a bunch of hicks who don't understand."

No further comment.

One way bus ticket

Crumbling Marta has to wait even longer to update its antiquated fare collection systems because of a lawsuit by the losing bidder to contract the job. Not surprisingly, Michael Bowers is the attorney for Thales e-Transactions, the company that claims it should be building and installing the new equipment.

Michael Bowers seems to represent every single disgruntled company, neighborhood association or organization who is standing in the way of progress for the state of Georgia and it's affiliated agencies, like Marta. Once those new token machines get installed, the state should pitch in and buy Bowers a one way ticket to a place where disgraced politicians who just sit around and complain about everything all day are appreciated. I see the Palestinians could use a new PM.

Sing me a Song

I had wondered if Delta's low-cost (and high ammenity) Song airline wasn't the beginning of a slow transition from old-economy airline to a more modern fleet. This WSJ article doesn't really answer those questions, but it's still interesting to see all the things you do get on Song as opposed to the standard Delta fleet.

Iraq as Germany

Read about how Rumsfield and Rice are trying to rewrite history to make it seem like all wars and occupations are just like the current one in Iraq. Maybe there is more to Josh Marhsall's first pomo President thesis than I'd thought.

Lies lies lies yeah.

Make sure you buy Al Franken's book so he can get some new clothes. Happy Labor Day!