http://metzcher.com Technology and Politics Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 http://metzcher.com/2009/08/11/political-apathy-is-the-real-problem/ http://metzcher.com/2009/08/11/political-apathy-is-the-real-problem/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:20:52 +0000 Dennis Metzcher http://metzcher.com/?p=1820 http://metzcher.com/2009/08/11/political-apathy-is-the-real-problem/feed/ 2 http://metzcher.com/2009/08/11/obamas-remarks-at-nh-healthcare-town-hall/ http://metzcher.com/2009/08/11/obamas-remarks-at-nh-healthcare-town-hall/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:00:24 +0000 Dennis Metzcher http://metzcher.com/?p=1811 http://metzcher.com/2009/08/11/obamas-remarks-at-nh-healthcare-town-hall/feed/ 1 http://metzcher.com/2008/09/20/how-far-have-we-come/ http://metzcher.com/2008/09/20/how-far-have-we-come/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:36:25 +0000 Dennis Metzcher "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron." - April 16, 1953 The above excerpt comes from a speech given to the American Society of Newspaper Editors as Eisenhower was running for the office of President of the United States. The human race has come far since Eisenhower delivered that speech, but have we come far enough, and have we focused on what really matters in this world? Via American Chronicle, May 06, 2008]]> http://metzcher.com/2008/09/20/how-far-have-we-come/feed/ 0 http://metzcher.com/2008/06/22/zimbabwe-opposition-leader-pulls-out-of-runoff-amid-violence-against-his-supporters/ http://metzcher.com/2008/06/22/zimbabwe-opposition-leader-pulls-out-of-runoff-amid-violence-against-his-supporters/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:00:13 +0000 Dennis Metzcher http://metzcher.com/2008/06/22/zimbabwe-opposition-leader-pulls-out-of-runoff-amid-violence-against-his-supporters/feed/ 0 http://metzcher.com/2008/06/20/bob-barr-changes-his-mind-on-patriot-act/ http://metzcher.com/2008/06/20/bob-barr-changes-his-mind-on-patriot-act/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:46:30 +0000 Dennis Metzcher USA PATRIOT ACT, he now finds himself against the bill, stating, "In the past I was willing...to accept a greater degree of government involvement in infringing liberty because we did have a fairly large reservoir of liberty we still had available to us. That's no longer the case." ]]> http://metzcher.com/2008/06/20/bob-barr-changes-his-mind-on-patriot-act/feed/ 0 http://metzcher.com/2008/06/16/since-when-are-the-views-of-pundits-more-important-than-a-presidential-nominees-speech/ http://metzcher.com/2008/06/16/since-when-are-the-views-of-pundits-more-important-than-a-presidential-nominees-speech/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:49:16 +0000 Dennis Metzcher http://metzcher.com/2008/06/16/since-when-are-the-views-of-pundits-more-important-than-a-presidential-nominees-speech/feed/ 1