I've never listened to internet radio and it sounds like the fees being setup are stupid, but if that is what they want to charge, more power to them.

Internet radio won't go away, it'll just move conglomerate, off shore, or underground.

KCRW is talking about it a lot. Heard today that a bill was just proposed to counteract it.

That would be Inslee-Manzullo Internet Radio Equality Act, H.R. 2060. The Inslee being my own congressperson, Jay Inslee.

Did you know that today is Loyalty Day?

Translation: Fly a flag today and show your loyalty to the current president and the war in Iraq.

Well, our flag is out. Of course, it's been out since the Fourth of July. One of these days we'll remember to bring it in. Nothing worse than slovenly patriotism.

I hate that the flag has come to represent, "I support what our leaders are doing," rather than, "I support the ideals of this country."

Oh, I wasn't aware of that transition.


The last time I had my flag out were the days following 9/11.



I'm not a flag-putting-out type of guy, so my failure to put out my flag since then does not reflect the distaste I have for ... hmmm, lemme see, every single one of our government's policies and laws and illegal actions since that date.

Nor mine, but there is a pervasive mentality growing in this country (as evidenced by the linked proclamation) that NOT displaying the flag is only one small step below treason. I don't let it affect my habits, but it's an attitude that bugs the snot out of me.

Get one of those annoyingly cutesy "garden" flags, preferably one with mushrooms on it ;)