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Wednesday, July 03, 2002 |
COWARDS ONE AND ALL
They publicly condemn new taxes, but cave when their holiday arrives!
Tonight, Tennessee legislators passed the largest tax increase in the state's history. This happened with Don Sundquist as Governor, a man elected as a Republican. His leadership has been anything but inspiring. Name 3 other Republican Governors in the last 10 years who have increased state taxes by over 900 million in a single, thoughtless act. When the going got tough, the State of Tennessee could not cut taxes and services. The state has been "shut down" except for "essential services" this week. I haven't missed a single state-provided service.
Tenn. passes tax hike [USA Today : Front Page]
11:28:13 PM 
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YES, WE ALL IS JUST SITTIN' DOWN
heuh in 'da hot, humid summa time waitin' for The South to rise again! This lunacy is beneath even the British. Will Hutton is beyond clueless to synthesize the topics he's listed and draw cause-and-effect relationships between them. Texas isn't thought of as The South. As trite as that is, that's the only point I care to refute in this pile of horse manure. He's promoting a book and saying anything that might sell it. Crisis in America my backside. What happens when some other corporate problem occurs with a company in Ohio or California. Are they then under the influence of the "pernicious Southern conservatism and unadulterated greed?"
Southern Style Conservativism Responsible for Corporate Implosions?. In a recent article in the Sunday Guardian Observer, journalist Will Hutton makes the argument that conservative Southern politics have much to do with the current crisis in corporate ethics we're having. Coincidentally, I just got done reading a large portion of the book "White Collar Sweatshop" by Jill Andresky Fraser. This book is a depressing treastise on the state of corporate America's policies towards it's workers: stagnant wages, declining benefits, overwork, low morale and frequent massive layoffs are the result. [kuro5hin.org]
6:22:59 PM
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THERE'S A BUSINESS IN HERE SOMEWHERE
Neighborhood-wide Internet access on the (relatively) cheap. Canopy is a $30,000 Motorola 802.11a product that can cover six two-mile-radius regions in a city with high-speed Internet service. At that cost, it's conceivable that a neighborhood coaltion of, say, 1,000 people might pitch in $30 each, connect the masts to Internet cables and put their region online. Link Discuss (Thanks, Howard!) [Boing Boing Blog]
5:48:50 PM
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NOT IN THIS TOWN
Wi-Fi Users: Chalk This Way. 'Warchalking,' marking 802.11b-friendly territory with a double-curved symbol, is all the rage among the wireless set. It's not just hot, it's hobo chic! Paul Boutin reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
8:21:20 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Steve Pilgrim.
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