Home Schooling in California
A recent California appeals court ruled that the only people allowed to teach children in California should be licensed/credentialed. Read more at A Bolt From the Blue — A Homeschooling Decision in California.
Archive of posts filed under the Politics category.
The NFL Sucks
The NFL is abusing copyright laws for the sake of ratings?!? NFL Pulls Plug On Big-Screen Church Parties For Super Bowl. John Whitehead gets it right: “The law is just outdated.” They did this last year too: NFL Orders Church to Cancel Super Bowl Party
Benazir Bhutto
Serious photos of the last minutes of Benazir Bhutto‘s life. What words are there to describe the slimeball scum that performed this assassination? As bad and corrupt as American politics are, at least our political parties haven’t resorted to killing the other candidates. Being able to speak freely, share ideas, condemn ideas, come to an …
Personal Privacy, FISA, and The Phone Company
“Personal privacy is protected because it is essential to liberty and the pursuit of happiness” – Frank Church, 1976 Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) just defeated an attempt to pass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) which would have provided immunity to telecommunications companies who cooperated with the Bush administration’s secret wiretapping program. But the bill …
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Junk Mail Received During the 2007 Elections
The 2007 election system has come and gone. Whew, I’m glad that’s over! Now I can sit back and wait a few months for the 2008 election process to start. What? Oh yeah, it started even before the 2007 elections were held. Sigh. During the 2007 election cycle, which included the Virginia state Senate, Delegate, …
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I’m in the LA times
One of my other web sites, Christmas Music 24/7, was mentioned several times in an article in the Los Angeles Times: Web DJs silenced by royalty fees. Every day was Christmas for Michael Clark, but now the holiday’s over. From the attic of his condo in Woodbridge, Va., the 38-year-old Web developer ran an Internet …
Don’t vote for Delegate McQuigg (VA-51)
My wonderful state delegate, Michele McQuigg, still thinks it is ok for her to email me. She has switched ISPs, which is why my block isn’t working. Way back in March 2006, I didn’t mention her by name, but too late. She’s now sharing my email address with other Republicans. Why do politicians find it …
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Live365 Pays Royalties to Artists, Labels and Songwriters
Live365 has released this statement about the new performance royalty rates that the Copyright Royalty Board announced on March 2: It has always been Live365’s mission to support artists and pay our fair share of royalties. Since its inception in 1999, Live365 has always paid both composer royalties (to ASCAP, BMI and SESAC) and performance …
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Washington Post: “Don’t Give the Green Light To Intrusive Red-Light Cameras”
Mike Stollenwerk, the chairman of the Fairfax County Privacy Council, wrote an editorial about red light camera in Virginia. Don’t Give the Green Light To Intrusive Red-Light Cameras March 16, 2007.
New Royalty Ruling Leaves the Future of Internet Radio in Doubt
I have operated an Internet-based Christmas music radio station since November 2004. In 2006 I took the station professional, and in December 2006 ended up being the third most popular station of the approximate 7,000 stations at Live365. On March 2, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) issued the significantly higher new royalty rates for Internet …
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