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By Dave Hitt on Feb 19, 2008 in StartLogic Sucks | 12 Comments
I hooked up with my first ISP back in 1995, when I put up a web page to advertise Electric Avenue, my 21 line dial in BBS. (I’m sure you’re impressed with the brilliance of that business plan.) Since then I’ve done business with a half dozen different internet service providers. Some started out great […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 14, 2008 in Big Brother, Politics | 2 Comments
I’m on too many mailing lists and get too many newsletters. I just skim most of them. One of the few that I always read all the way through are the Downsize DC mailings. They’re always well written and informative, and often maddening because of the information they contain. This one was so good I […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 14, 2008 in Nanny Nation, Very Old Jokes, Yeah - That'll Work | 2 Comments
Thailand’s Assumption University (yes, that’s their real name) asked 2400 teenagers if they were planning on having sex on Valentine’s day. 27% of them said “yeah, maybe.” Bangkok police, armed with the knowledge that teenagers never lie, especially about sex, are springing into action. They’re going to turn all the lights on at public parks, […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 13, 2008 in Big Brother, Politics | 0 Comments
The senate has just removed more rights from American citizens, and as an extra bonus have provided immunity to the telecoms who broke the law and violated our rights at the request of King George.From the NYT article: Democratic opponents, led by Senators Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, argued that […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 3, 2008 in Big Brother, Nanny Nation | 1 Comment
New Mexico legislator Gail Chasey, evidently attempting to prove she can be as dim-witted as any Mississippi legislator, has teamed up with the Sierra Club to propose a tax on TVs and Video games. The money would be used to fight childhood obesity and improve education. If the people behind this proposal were educated in […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 3, 2008 in Nanny Nation, Politics | 1 Comment
Here’s yet another example of how difficult it is to write satire or parody in today’s world. Back in 1999 I wrote an article that ended with fast food workers being forbidden to serve fat people. It was intended as a joke. Now, from the brilliant brain trust that is Mississippi, comes proposed legislation to […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 3, 2008 in Big Brother, Nanny Nation, Political Correctness, Ridiculous | 0 Comments
How many mouth-breathing brain-dead adults can you find in this picture? A fourteen year old boy in Lewisville Texas applied some hand sanitizer that was on his fifth grade teachers desk. He smelled it, but evidently inhaled too deeply. The school officials called the cops, who hauled him into the police department, photographed and fingerprinted […]