http://www.constantopinions.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 May 2007 22:06:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has proposed a law that would make even attempted copyright infringement would mean facing severe penalties. I don't just mean jail time; the proposal would include penalties similar to what they do for drug offenses. The government could seize personal property, wiretaps would become legal for the ... http://www.constantopinions.com/controversial/how-major-a-crime-should-copyright-infringement-be/ I was reading over at the Gun Toting Liberal about how 39% of Americans now think President Bush and Vice President Cheney should be impeached. Wow. So I thought that I would share my own thoughts on the topic. Just barely, I'm not in favor. This is a really close one for ... http://www.constantopinions.com/politics/time-to-impeach/ As a work at home mother, one of the things that can drive me nuts is people talking about how stay at home moms are taking us backwards from all the gains made by feminists. I happen to feel that that is utter nonsense. The kind of feminism I subscribe to ... http://www.constantopinions.com/controversial/can-stay-at-home-moms-be-feminists/ It takes a lot of gall to make such an accusation, but that's what Gingrich did in reference to the Virginia Tech massacre. Apparently because our liberal society has created situational ethics, encouraged violent video games, etc. What a load of crap! I have to agree with the folks over at The ... http://www.constantopinions.com/politics/its-the-liberals-fault/ It's sad to hear that Boris Yeltsin, former President of Russia, has died. He lead his country at a very challenging time. There are plenty of news stories to read, and thoughts from other world leaders. [tags]Boris Yeltsin,Russia[/tags] http://www.constantopinions.com/politics/boris-yeltsin-dies/ I am completely steamed about this latest Supreme Court decision on the partial birth abortion ban. Apparently Daddy Government is worried about us poor women suffering moral harm from making the incredibily difficult decision to have a late term abortion. I barely have words for that idiocy. First of all, partial ... http://www.constantopinions.com/politics/define-moral-harm/ I love my broadband internet. I can't imagine going online with dialup again. It's amazing the difference a few years make, since there was a time when dialup seemed quite fast enough. But I'm glad to see that the FCC is looking into whether or not broadband is being deployed fairly ... http://www.constantopinions.com/technology/is-broadband-being-deployed-appropriately/ In a lot of ways, I'm not surprised to hear that various Democrats are talking about filing articles of impeachment on Vice President Cheney. It's one of those things that has more or less been in the air a long time. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is the main voice speaking out ... http://www.constantopinions.com/politics/will-cheney-be-impeached/ The whole deal with Imus being fired has really blown up much bigger than I like. Now it appears that Media Matters wants to go after other shock jocks, including conservative ones. I read about this over at Gun Toting Liberal, and I have to agree... this whole thing is a ... http://www.constantopinions.com/controversial/the-freedom-to-say-nothing-that-matters/ It doesn't surprise me at all to read that the IRS would like to require auction sites report the income gained by selling on these sites. I'm just not sure if they have the right to require the sites to do so. This sounds like it is consistent with real world ... http://www.constantopinions.com/politics/should-the-irs-require-auction-sites-to-report/