By Jeremy Lucas | Editorial
Over the Holidays, I kept seeing a word “SOPA” being used by various tech, news and media people that I follow via various social networks, but since it was the holidays, I was too lazy to follow-up and find out what it actually was. And even though it was a pretty important piece of legislation
Tags: blackout, business, congress, controversy, freedom, freedom of speech, government, nbc, pipa, protest, protesting, regulation, riaa, sopa, wikipedia
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By Jeremy Lucas | Media, The Onion
Recently, a new blog was brought to my attention that chronicled a strange trend on the internet: The Onion being taken seriously. For those that don’t know, which is apparently a lot of people, The Onion is a satirical publication that during the age of the Internet, has became a shining beacon of comedy poking
Tags: abortion, abortionplex, business, comedy, congress, controversy, entertainment, entertainment complex, israel, lazy river, media, megan phelps, nascar, news, obama, planned parenthood, rights, satire, the onion
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By Jeremy Lucas | Commercials, Media
The following piece was written at 4 in the morning on April 25th, 2011, dealing with a controversial ad that was running at the time. Since the ad aired, progress on attacks on the EPA have made little headway, and the organization is currently still in business. The EPA estimates that 160,000 early deaths —
Tags: Ad, advertising, american family voices, babies, baby, climate change, congress, Democrats, environment, EPA, fox news, glenn beck, global warming, government, political, politicians, Politics, republicans
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By Jeremy Lucas | Politics
I’ve only been watching State of the Union addresses for about the past 10 years, but that’s enough to already make me cynical about them. Why? Because I know how they work, and what the main goal of them is. Essentially, The State of the Union is about where we are as a country, whether
Tags: america, barack obama, change, congress, Democrats, economy, global warming, government, obama, political, politicians, recession, republicans, senate, solutions, sotu, speech, state of the union
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By Jeremy Lucas | Editorial, Politics
I didn’t vote today. Why do you ask? Because in my district or state at least, I wasn’t part of a real election. We vote in our governor the same time we do our President. These are both important positions that decide the fate of our country and state. These two positions hold a ton
Tags: 2010 election, america, Billy Kennedy, career politician, congress, election, FDR, government, john mccain, Nancy Pelosi, politicians, senate, solutions, ted kennedy, term limits, Virginia Foxx, voting
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