Geoff Golder

Or really the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act"

This actually seems to be pretty legit, you can read the full text here http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills..., but basically it says that each paycheck is an act of discrimination and you don't lose your right to sue for compensation after 180 days of accepting the wage. It used to be that it was only one act of discrimination, and you had six months to sue, then you couldn't sue for back pay. Now, you can sue for up to two years of back pay.

I was trying to find the language of the "Equal pay for equal work" bill that our dear president just signed, figuring I would find some reason why it was a terrible bill despite the obvious superficial nicety of the whole thing. So I am browsing around senate.gov and I came across the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This is the bailout act as far as I can tell. In it I found this little gem:

I just received a Dell Vostro 220 I bought about a week ago from dell. I needed a new computer for the new office, and dell had these computers for a very good deal.

My only gripe is that I was forced to buy Vista, which amounts to $100. My machine was $409 dollars, including a 22" Monitor. Nearly a quarter of that went to Microsoft, and, as I had no intention of ever even booting into Vista, I am slightly annoyed.

Due to my beliefs, or I might say understanding, I have been accused of hating America. It doesn't stop there because the implications of that are astounding. If I hate America, I must want to destroy it, I must not love the people that comprise it, and I must also want them destroyed.

This couldn't be farther from the truth. Indeed, even I believed I hated America for a time, though I have come to realize that I am simply embarrassed by the policies and actions of my government and that my government is not my country.