Lately I’ve been noticing more innocent comments being tagged as spam in the spam filter queue. This site, like most blogs, recieves a heady amount of spam attacks because the comments are open. As a result, comments that should automatically appear are being lost due to the fact that I don’t read the spam queue. Today it wasn’t too bad so I did glance through the spam queue, caught a couple of comments and moved them over. But then I sort of was amazed at what some of the spam was targeting.
Whilst the Common Council was busy hearing about the afflicted quality of life living next to industrial neighborhoods, I was traveling north to Boston. In the old days, along the Eisenhower Interstate, big signs would welcome you to the next state, often the only discernible way to figure you crossed state lines. Yesterday I didn’t need the sign, the road noise, rattle and jolts of driving through Connecticut immediately stopped, and smooth pothole and rut free lanes of highway beckoned. Connecticut is such a backwater of transportation infrastructure. The high tech companies that line I-495 all have easy access to the commuter rail that carries people from and to Boston. All that talk about “taxachusetts”, and it turns out the we in Connecticut pay more and get less.
Over at Washington Monthly, a great blog btw, for the national poltics/ LA / California somewhat lefty-centrist slant, a post about people making sh*t up. Ah, yes, perhaps the blogsphere is on the same page as I am today. Here’s what prompted the post:
Michael Bloomberg did a remarkable thing last Friday; he went to Florida and told Jewish voters that people frequently make sh*t up. His statement was blindingly obvious, yet truly remarkable; given the history of the past twenty years, it’s amazing how rarely voters are given similar warnings. People will lie to you, Bloomberg said.
Ever wonder where you federal tax dollars are really spent? Updated for 2009.
The 2009 version is worlds apart from the 2006 version which may still linger in your neurons. There is so much more in the six square feet of paper this time. Over 500 line items of federal budget awesomeness. Increased accuracy and aesthetics as well. I am really trying to educate the populace on their investment in the government. Especially since the actual numbers differ so much from the rhetoric. Renewable energy spending cut 27% next year! This is important information, and responsible citizens need to know it. It’s my experiment in DIY government over-site.
Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother. Last week I had a
bad day at the office.
I know you’ve been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would
share my dilemma with you to make you realize it’s not so bad after
all.
Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with
a few technicalities of my job.
We honor those that have served and sacrificed for our country on Memorial Day. But let’s not forget the living. Serving in the the military is one of most noble acts an individual can perform and we have an obligation and duty to return that support by ensuring that those who served and are still serving in our military get access to the financial and medical assistance benefits that they deserve.
While Bill Moyers is too stridently anti-war in this clip, the part about the veterans coping with PTSD and mental health of our vets in an important one.
