Today is a bad day for stocks in the wake of the S&P credit downgrade of the U.S.A.. As you can imagine, it’s the highlight of every online news organization in the country. I decided to take a look at the major news outlets to see how they were reporting the news. Unsurprisingly, nearly all […]
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Don’t Blame Obama for the Credit Rating Drop
August 5, 2011 
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S&P dropped the U.S. credit rating today from AAA to AA+. This is a huge blow not only to US interest but to the global economy as a whole. The ramifications of this downgrade will be felt all around the world. According to S&P, the US medium-term debt reduction strategy isn’t enough and is a reason why […]
Continue reading Casey Anthony: Justice Was Served
July 6, 2011 7 Comments
The public outrage over the acquittal of Casey Anthony has me, frankly, perplexed. I have been monitoring all the social streams, Twitter hashtags, Facebook conversations, and news outlets and the public is universally upset at the verdict. Why? The case against Casey was built entirely on circumstantial evidence. Let’s think about that. There was no […]
Continue reading America as seen through the eyes of a 15yo French Boy
June 29, 2011 5 Comments
I’m on Twitter a few days ago when I decide to search for the hashtag #patriotism. Yes, I was shamelessly looking for ways to plug my posts here on BinaryBiker.com on patriotism. My tactic, look over posts and, when it seems like it might be a fit for one of my blogs, I reply […]
Continue reading My Patriotism Isn’t Defined by a T-Shirt
June 25, 2011 2 Comments
…. or a bumper sticker. Or a coffee mug. Or a pen. Or any other article of clothing, business utensil, or chachkie. I noticed, shortly after 09/11, that more and more “patriotic” gear started turning up. It was everywhere I looked – and still is. It makes sense, right? America is coming together, despite our ideological […]
Continue reading Current Controversies: Patriotism
May 27, 2011 2 Comments
The Binary Biker has been published (again)! A blog post I wrote in 2010 on Patriotism was picked up and included in a textbook titled Current Controversies: Patriotism. Published by Greenhaven Press, the text is part of a collection of books that touch on hot and emerging topics in today’s world. From the publisher’s website: Each […]
Continue reading Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance
May 27, 2011 0 Comments
Senior pranksters at my son’s high school sprayed the school with silly string and Saran wrap the day before yesterday. Because of the school’s Zero Tolerance policy, the police are involved and, if caught, the offenders will face criminal charges of trespass and vandalism – marks on their criminals records that will follow them the […]
Continue reading Why didn’t Osama bin Laden get a trial?
May 20, 2011 7 Comments
On May 1st, 2001 I checked my smartphone phone before I went to bed and saw that the President of the United States was preparing an important press announcement and would be addressing the nation live. A late-night, unplanned, Presidential address; something big was happening. Feelings of dread filled me as crawled out of bed, […]
Continue reading Cancer is a Terrorist
February 24, 2011 2 Comments
On September 11, 2001 a group of determined terrorists shocked, horrified, and angered the nation by killing over 2,000 people on our own soil. America found out that where we thought we were safest, we were vulnerable. We learned that where we thought ourselves strong, we were weak. It was a critical blow to our […]
Continue readingTSA – I Told You So
November 22, 2010 1 Comment
I told you so. In March of 2010 I blogged about how Airport Body Scanners Violate My Rights. I decried their use, told you they were unconstitutional, and expressed concerns over privacy and how invasive they are. Now that the holiday season is here, the backlash against the TSA is in full swing. The rollout […]
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