http://www.digitalblog.net Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:40:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I grew up watching cartoons like Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes, and I have got to say that the current Iraqi Judicial system is more whacky and zaney than anything I've seen on TV. A fundamental necessity for stability in Iraq is for them to establish a bias-free judicial ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/03/iraq-not-usa/ Waterboarding might sound like a great weekend activity. Take the kids to the lake and spend the day boating and waterboarding. However, it is my duty to inform you that it was actually used by the CIA to torture detainees suspected of terrorism or having connections to Al Qaeda. Now, ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/03/as-if-this-wasnt-torture-enough/ Senator John McCain (AZ, R) has won the Republican nomination and will be the nominee running for president this November in the general election. He has won 20 states, against Mike Huckabee's 8. After winning Texas yesterday, he secured the last delegates he needed to become the Republican nominee. In 2000, ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/03/john-mccain/ A year ago I created this informative website for Calvin, a good friend in Virginia who was working on his Computer Science degree from Virginia Tech. It was about Biometrics, including a few types of Biometrics and how they could be used by our government. Well, I had assumed ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/02/biometrics/ Last Tuesday I was sitting at Sears waiting to get some new car tires installed and was forced to watch CNN. I was stuck in that waiting room for 2 hours watching Wolf Blitzer's primetime election coverage in the "Situation Room". First of all, Blitzer's "Situation Room" is unrealistically more ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/02/cnns-primary-coverage/ Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/02/this-just-in/ I saw Juno last weekend and I thought it was pretty good. A feel good story with the amazing Ellen Page and the hilarious Michael Cera. A quality cast, sarcastic dialogue, romantic comedy (and I do enjoy romantic comedies)... means its good. Parts of it were annoying though. Such as ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/02/juno/ When do we use "yes sir, no sir?"Since moving to the dirrty south, I've noticed a lot of people use formal salutations and have "manners." When I first started hearing people calling their bosses or professors sir or ma'am, I thought everybody in the south was being sarcastic and rude. ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/02/i-usually-ignore-your-opinion-but/ It occurred to me while watching the Superbowl today that America is in need of more than a political shift towards truth and compassion, but indeed America's brand could use an overhaul. Of course the Superbowl was on Fox, which does an excellent job of using graphics to engage emotions ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/02/brand-america/ Super Duper Tuesday is coming and unless the media releases a sex tape of Obama or Mitt Romney assassinates a puppy, we may be stuck with this crazy thing called a "Brokered Convention." Apparently we have a pretty crazy political system in this country and one of the crazy ingredients ... http://www.digitalblog.net/2008/02/this-convention-is-either-fixed-or-brokered/