Name: John Bambenek
Dateline: Champaign, IL
Weblog: www.parttimepundit.com [RSS]
Articles: 241
First Published: Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Last Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Currently listing articles 241-201:
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Is Obama Afraid of Change for Illinois?— The Obama campaign is telling Illinois, "No, you can't" to fixing our broken state.
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Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition: Supreme Court Rules for Gun Rights
— In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to own firearms for self-defense and hunting.
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What if Chavez Isn't Bluffing About War with Colombia?— Will Venezuela, spurred on by Russia and China, start a war in South America?
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The Health Care Crisis and Why it Was Inevitable— The health care crisis is a product of federal legislation that was designed to take away choices from patients and doctors at every step.
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How Redstate.org is Responsible for the CNN/YouTube Republican Debate Screw-up— Redstate.org and their friends are partly responsible for the CNN/YouTube Republican debate screw-up and now they want a "do-over".
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Book Review: Linux Firewalls - Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort by Michael Rash— A great resource providing insight into getting the most out of iptables, and offering help and tools for additional functionality.
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ACLU Brings War on Christmas to Fort Collins, Comes Up Short— The ACLU comes to Fort Collins, Colorado, and loses the latest battle in the War on Christmas.
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Satire: ACLU Files Suit to End Federal Recognition of Christmas— Christmas is the only religious holiday recognized by the federal government. The ACLU is going to stop that and take the War on Christmas
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Hollywood Writers to Strike, Entertainment Industry Improves— Now is a great time to remember to turn off the TV — there was nothing good on anyway.
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Pissing and Moaning in Cyberspace— China has a digital temper tantrum and blocks popular western websites. The world yawns.
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Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize First Ever Given That Has Nothing To Do With Peace— Predictably, conservatives and others who challenge the doctrines of man-made climate change are apoplectic at the award...
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Columbia was Right in Hosting Ahmadinejad— Academic freedom and free speech demand the ideas be explored even if they aren't popular. Our nation is founding on these principles.
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If Congressional Approval Falls Below 10%, Do We Get to Have Another Revolution?— When other governments have approval ratings this low, they usually have a coup.
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Greenspan Is Right About The Republicans And The Economy— "Tax and spend" is at least mathematically coherent when compared to "tax-cut and spend."
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FEC Evasion and the Regulation of Political Committees— Federal Election Commission rules in favor of DailyKos by not actually responding to the complaint that was filed.
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Satire: Bridge Collapses - Women and Minorities Hardest Hit— When tragedy strikes, so do the pundits and politicians.
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Be Worth Your Freedom— The idea that you should overlook others censorship simply because you aren't affected is as unamerican as it is dangerous.
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Should the DailyKos be Subject to the Federal Election Commission?— Why I filed the FEC complaint against the DailyKos.
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The Absurdity of the Marriage Debates— Its time to get past the incidentals and talk about what marriage should mean instead.
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At Least The Democrats Are Being Men About Filibusters— Democrats are at least willing to fight for their principles... too bad few Republicans would do the same.
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What was President Bush Thinking in Commuting Libby's Sentence?— President Bush commuted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence, putting this whole political fiasco behind us.
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Web TV Review: Red vs. Blue: A Poor Ending to a Great Series— The last episode of Red vs. Blue is a dismal attempt to wrap up a great series. The fans deserved more.
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Socializing the Free Market of Ideas— The cure for diverse speech that threatens politician's power is strong socialism.
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Satire: National Organization For Women Calls For Abolishing Of Fathers Day In Lawsuit— A lawsuit seeks to abolish Father's Day as discriminatory against women and celebrating rapists, child abusers, and wife beaters.
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The Environmentalists' War on the Poor— Environmental policies are only designed to push the middle class into poverty.
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What the Law is vs. What the Law Ought to Be— The potential mischief in allowing judges to rewrite the law at will is grave.
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Phrack Vol. 64, A Shell of its Former Self— Hacking today is almost solely employed by the spammer-class of miscreants looking to make as much money as quickly as possible.
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New Jersey Department of "Put the Fork Down, Fatty!"— New Jersey is invading your dining room with a new state agency designed to oversee what you eat.
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16-year Old Girl Denied Bail for "God Hates Fags" Flyer— A McHenry county judge denied bail for a 16-year old who's only crime was making a flyer that says "God Hates Fags".
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The Death of an Ideologue: My Political Alignment for Sale to Highest Bidder— No more will I fight for ideas... I will fight for who pays me the most.
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Winning the Debate by Silencing the Opposition— The attempts to silence Christians from speaking about politics is an attempt to undermine our entire form of government.
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France Becomes Respectable Again— Election of a conservative in France is a revolution for strong economic policies and signals the continuing decline of socialist thought.
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Why Abstinence Education Does Not Work (and It's not What you Think)— The obstacles abstinence education faces is not abstinence but a culture married to a 7th grade ideology of sex.
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Ramming Values Down American Parents' Throats— The fight over sex ed in schools is about elites choosing the values that all in society must live by.
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Book Review: Emma's Journal by Juli Loesch Wiley— A frank and open discussion on the struggles of living chastely.
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Rush to Judgment Perpetuates Virginia Tech Tragedy— Hasty policies after the Virginia Tech massacre only insure bad policies.
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Rep. Murtha Proves Impeachment is About Criminalizing Conservatism— In a rare moment of honest, Rep. Murtha admits impeachment talk is about outlawing Republicans.
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Supreme Court Rules Abortion Not Sacred— The Supreme Court upheld a common-sense notion that abortion is not the foundational right in the United States.
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Satire: John Bambenek Announces his Candidacy for President of the United States for 2020— Politics editor John Bambenek announces he is running for President of the United States in 2020.
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The Right to Choose: Legalize Homebirth Midwives in Illinois— Illinois should legalize homebirth midwives so expectant mothers can choose the safe and best option for them.
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Aclockalypse Now: My Appearance on The Daily Show
— Blogcritics editor and writer John Bambenek retells all about his Daily Show interview.
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