Browsing the archives for the Issues category

A shutdown hurts more than just Feds

in Economy, Issues, Local, Politics, Work-related

I’m going to be concise today: Shutting down the government, which Tea Party “activists” are pushing hard for (and appear to be winning the case for), hurts more than just feds. It hurts contractors like myself, local businesses outside of the DC area (there’s regional federal offices for almost all of the major agencies), and [...]

“Gay Cure” app pulled from iTunes App Store

in Apple, Gadgets, iOS Development, Issues, Phones, Religion

Over the last six months, I’ve gone from wading my feet in the shallow end of the iOS Development pool to diving in head-first and building an app for distribution in the iTunes App Store. Now that I’m familiar both with the technical side of things as well as the legal side of things, I [...]

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The party of no strikes again

in Brian, Friends, Politics, Republican, Taxes, The Economy

Yesterday the Republican party continued their campaign of blocking useful legislation from passing by voting down a bill to give tax credits to companies who keep jobs in the US instead of outsourcing them to firms overseas in places like India and China.  I really don’t understand how anyone could want to vote for these [...]

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9/11/2010

in 9/11, Issues, Religion, Terrorism, Thoughts & Wonderings, World Events

It is September 11th today, and there’s a man in Florida who wants to burn copies of the Quran to “celebrate”.  The man is the Pastor of a small church, and claims that he’s doing God’s work.  The US General in charge of our troops out in Afghanistan has publicly spoken out against this, pointing [...]

Maryland Gun Laws, or Why I’m Totally Conservative About This Issue and This Issue Alone. Sort of.

in Democrat, Glock, Gun Laws, Guns, Issues, Politics, Republican, Walther

Those of you who are regular readers of my blog here at ScottASavage.com and of my previous blog on Mexijew.com probably have conjured the image of me as some hardcore far-left liberal.  While I am, at my core, a very liberal person I have in recent years started to shift some of my opinions a [...]

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The Cringe Factor

in Democrat, Healthcare, Issues, Left, Politics, Republican, Right, The Media

Have you ever watched a show on TV or overheard a nearby conversation in which people who are obviously not experts on the topic they are discussing start debating incorrect “facts” back and forth to the point where you just have to cringe at how utterly, entirely wrong they are? I’ve been having that happen [...]

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