| Arkansas, Oklahoma Lose Television Signal, Can't Watch Super Bowl
9 News with questions and comments about the outage.Actually, in my opinion, this is a small price to pay to not have to see Ryan Seacrest, all the wannabe celebrities traipsing down the red carpet, all the hare-brained commercials, and Paula Adbul's pre-pregame "performance." That said, I'm sure the fine citizens of Arkansas and Oklahoma would like to be able to make such decisions for themselves instead of, you know, just having their teevees go out. * This is a joke; the Midwest is obviously an extremely awesome place. .
Russian bombers to test-fire missiles in Bay of Biscay
They do not even want to bother again for Poland, Hungary and the rest of former soviet block, provided that NO ONE ELSE places dangerous toys down there . Russia has enough problems to solve before to THINK to be a menace for anyone on the Earth (but why be a menace when you can earn money -and influence- without it ?) . They have shown the flag quite far from home after a long while, "here we are", that's all . Do we have to be frightened by a nation that has ONE aircraft carrier ? And what about USA and its THIRTEEN (and some thinkers like...) ? .
Real I-D Becomes a Reality KOLO Blog Listing
The federal government mandated the Real ID Act in 2005, but only now are the states being asked to implement in. The program was a plan to combat terrorism, attached to a war spending bill. There was very little discussion at the time, and Real ID continues to fly below the radar. Of the 7 people we interviewed for this story, NOT ONE had even heard of the multi-billion dollar unfunded federal mandate. Few people would argue against the surface-level intentions of Real ID: crack down on terrorism, reduce illegal immigration, and make it tougher for people who shouldn't have ID's, to get them. But a numbers of problems arise... What are the real intentions of the "Real ID" program? Is it one step closer to the federal government tracking our every move? Inital prototypes of "Real ID" including microchips imbedded in the card. So do the newest passports. Another problem is how the act was passed. In my opinion it's just plain wrong for the federal government to pass a 4 billion dollar government mandate without letting the public know. Finally, by mandating this program, the federal government is forcing the states to not only comply, but pay. It seems to me, like it's blatant abuse of the entire idea of a democracy.
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