South Dakota is in the process of passing a bill in the State Legislature that would automatically make abortion a felony if (when) Roe v. Wade is overturned. If all goes well, South Dakota will soon be joining the ranks of 30 other States with similar bills.
Michael Davidson candidate for College Republican National Committee Chairman launched his website today, at www.yourcrnc.org. Still no word from Paul Gourley or Dan Centinello, the other two candidates in the race.
Senator Arlen Specter’s office release a press statement stating that Senator Specter has cancer. I am sure I speak for everyone on this board stating our thoughts and prayers are with him.
China seeks hackers for information warfare, cites Clinton’s example
Special to World Tribune.com
EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Zhang Zhaozhong, director of the Military and Equipment Teaching and Research Center of the National Defense University, said the government is hoping to recruit computer hackers as part of its information warfare operations.
Zhang noted that former U.S. President Bill Clinton invited hackers to the White House for a discussion of network security. China could also follow this example to mine the skills of hackers, Zhang said.
He said that recruiting hackers would enhance information security levels.
The comments appeared in the Hong Kong newspaper Wen Wei Po. The newspaper reported Feb. 10 that a well-known Chinese hacker organization, the Honker Union, had disbanded. The group claimed thousands of members, including network security professionals.
The group claimed to have successfully attacked the White House Internet site, and it was part of a joint Chinese effort to conduct attacks on U.S. websites following the April 2001 mid-air collision of a Chinese F-8 jet and U.S. EP-3 surveillance aircraft.
Other hacker groups that reportedly took part in the attacks were the Hacker Union for China and China Eagles.
My second time through the Communist Manifesto inspired me to write an article for our conservative newspaper on campus. Here’s some of it in progress. I think i need to tie things together in the conclusion. Suggestions are appreciated.
The Gulag Academia
Communism is dead. I mean really dead. This isn’t a secret to many of us who can’t remember a president who wasn’t named Clinton or Bush, but after my second time through the Communist Manifesto in two years at GW, I think some college professors never got the memo.
While reading the Communist Manifesto and reflecting on the slaughter and enslavement it wrought upon the world can be an infuriating experience, class discussions can be a lot of fun. Just think, thirty years ago anti-communists would have been shouted down for hinting opposition to the Marxism in the classroom. But today, thanks to Ronald Reagan, we can stand athwart history and give a big Nelson Muntz “Haa-Haa” at all of the pinkos in class. The funniest thing actually is to see them go on the defensive.
If only… Click to continue »
Senator Rick Santorum, who has done much to distance himself from the conservative movement lately, has mroe bad news on the front. A Quinnipiac Poll shows him trailing Bob Casey Jr, one possible democratic candidate 46-41. Santorum’s below 50% numbers this early into the race are highly concerning. As I predicted earlier, Santorum has allienated his base while failing to attract another constiuency, which means he is walking in political nomans land.
Need to poke fun at a friend or colleague, check out these jokes. (Hat tip: Ashley)
Here is a letter the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans send out concerning me and my rabble rousing. I wanted to make sure I had a copy of it, and thought several of you might get a kick out of it. This letter was actually posted by Specter for Senate as a “key letter of support by them.” If that give you an idea of the moral caliber of his staff. Click on more… to read well…. more.
The tradegdy in Lebanon and now the removal of the US Ambassador to Syria marks a significant turn in US-Syrian relations. There had been a lot of suscipion early on that Syria was involved in hiding the mysterious WMDs of the ousted Iraqi regime, and with the more or less clean break in relations between the nations it seems that things may really be picking up.
As a conservative, I think we need to fight terror abroad where it lives and not allow it to come home to the US to attack, but I am always wary of the Bush administration’s seeming quest to democratize the entire Middle East. (This has been discussed extensively on this page and so is not my major topic.) I am just interested in what people think is next in this new American-Syrian conflict? Ideas?