No, they shouldn't exempt them clause or not. Every time Congress exempts themselves from a law, there is no way that law is going to get changed in the future. If Congress is laying out the law of the land, they should be subjected to it as well (also see Insider Trading laws).

You need a better card.

I dispute anything that doesn't match my records; I've disputed as little as $6 from a local store. I call the credit card company and submit the necessary papers via fax.

I often hear people say, "Oh, it's a just a few dollars off; what's the big deal?" Depending on the business, that "few dollars" may be put on 100, 1000, 10000 different people. Would you say, "Oh, it's just $50,000 off; what's the big deal?" The credit card companies keep track of these disputes; if a company is continually getting hit with them, they will investigate.

I think Douglas Adams had it wrong -- it's not the dolphins who are going to exit Earth before we get blasted out of the solar system, it's the bees.

Where's Osama?

Hiding seems to be working for him

If a chunk of the GOP is against something from the start, it's probably the right thing to do.

So in a battle of Big Ass Spiders and Big Ass Cane Toads, who wins? Both have poison...

Quite a timely post from on Bruce Schneier's blog: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/what_to_fear.html

Original article by John Goekler: http://www.counterpunch.org/goekler03242009.htmlhttp://www.counterpunch.org/goekler03242009.html

Of the top things to be scared of there is no mention of terrorism. But watch out for family members! "Over 16,000 Americans will be murdered this year, most often by a relative or friend."

All of this points to why I hate video formats and why Flash is winning on the web.