Political Equinox

Day three was a very interesting day. We didn’t actually attend any political events until later that night. It was, however, a fantastic experience – we were a part of an NPR discussion in the first event and then went to the final large scale Senator Clinton rally where she pulled out all the stops and brought out all of her top gun supporters – including her husband (and one of my true heroes) Bill Clinton.
NPR Discussion – What do Caucus Goers Care About?
We arrived (albeit late) to a discussion between the local NPR affiliate and caucus goers. The …

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The Drive

The ride out to Iowa took a lot longer than I had originally anticipated. Chris, Tyler and I were on the road for over 8 hours, driving around the Chicagoland area then through the flat (and by ‘flat’ I mean nothing as far as the eye could see at times) counties of Western Illinois. By the time we reached the Mississippi River Bridge that took us into Iowa the snow had begun to fall hard. Dump trucks sat poised in the median ready to salt and plow the snow. Even with these trucks, there were a myriad of overturned vehicles in the median, including one semi truck.

I was under the assumption …

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Back in 2005 Congress quietly passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005. Quite a mouthful there. But the real meat comes in Division B entitled “REAL ID Act of 2005.”

The REAL ID Act establishes federal standards for all state-issued drivers license cards. Each card will be issued a national identification number and contain “common machine-readable technology.” According to author and activist Katherine Albrecht these machine-readable technologies, commonly known as RFID chips can be used as tracking devices. While I’m not much for these “Big Brother is watching” conspiracy theories Ron Paul seems to pump out (Yes, he is associated with battling this one.), the law very clearly states what is …

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