Fraters Libertas

Hit & Misc

-Mark Tapscott proposes that Congress Should Post Bills on Web Before Voting:

Requiring Congress to post proposed bills on the internet before voting on them is one of the easiest and least expensive ways of using the Internet to help citizens better understand what their government is doing or considering.

Hard to argue with that notion.

UPDATE: Rod points out that this appears to be exactly what Thomas already does.

-DoctorZin from Regime Change Iran (your one stop shop for the latest on Iranian related news and views) reports on another victory for the 'sphere.

-The best drama on television right now? Easily Masterpiece Theatre's Island at War, which chronicles the occupation of one of the Channel Islands (the fictional St. Gregory) by the Germans in World War II. Despite the problems I have with PBS, I gotta give them credit for this. Although this guy may not agree.

-Drew from Conservative Friends wants to hold John Kerry accountable:

One of the posters on my site has recently come up with a great idea and I'm hoping you might help me get the word out on it. Since Kerry has recently been heard on Meet The Press and the Imus show stating that he would sign a Form 180 to release his records, we should make sure that he does just that.

-Scott e-mails on a post on stadium financing, which was prompted by a reader in favor of government support:

I realize that a comment on a Friday post may not be timely, but I couldn't let this statement go:

So it's rather irritating to me that despite the success we've seen with other similar controversial projects (Xcel Center, Target Center, the Metrodome, the Mall of America)

The Mall of America is not at all relevant to the discussion of subsidizing sports stadiums. The number of people employed by sports teams is relatively small compared to those employed at MOA.

Secondly, how can someone possibly throw the Target Center in as a comparison? It's been awhile, but wasn't that whole deal a public bailout of Harv and Marv when they over extended themselves?

-The National Center For Public Policy Research reports that the Associated Press is not objectively reporting the facts on global warming:

The Associated Press has recently run two global warming stories by AP Special Correspondent Charles P. Hanley that misrepresent objective facts about climate, apparently for the purpose of leading readers to believe that human activities are causing the planet to warm significantly.

The good ol' AP? Imagine that.

-Derek from Freedom Dogs points out an article by David Skinner regarding a book on "South Park Conservatives":

I CALLED UP Brian Anderson yesterday to ask him a few questions about his forthcoming book, South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias.

-Finally, the Daou Report has moved to Salon.com. As Peter Daou explains:

I wanted to drop a quick note to the many bloggers whose work I admire and whose sites I link to: as many of you have noticed, the Daou Report has been picked up as a Salon.com feature. Since the primary purpose of the Daou Report is to draw attention to what I believe is a crucially important dialogue that takes place on blogs and other online discussion forums, I'm very excited about the opportunity to reach a new, larger, and more diverse audience.

And no doubt equally excited to be reaching into Salon's larger pocketbook.