http://jesseract.com Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:41:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have a gigantic TV on in the office pretty much all the time, and while that can be handy sometimes, more often than not it's distracting and annoying. Sometimes you see something that makes you wish you were paying closer attention to the tv, however, and that happened to me ... http://jesseract.com/2008/08/14/irresponsible-cnn/ So, I'm an intern. This might make me thoroughly unqualified for giving any kind of resume advice, but I've never been one to ignore an opportunity to expound on subjects about which I know nothing. The organization for which I'm interning this summer, The Center for Independent Media, is a progressive ... http://jesseract.com/2008/08/12/seriously-folks-look-it-over-before-you-hit-send/ There's a story in the Washington Post today declaring that John McCain has promised more of the same with respect to judicial nominations. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. "would serve as the model for my own nominees, ... http://jesseract.com/2008/05/07/fun-with-framing/ Don't get me wrong, I'm really glad that wide attention is finally being paid to the conditions of animals in factory farms. The Washington Post has a story today revealing the findings of two new studies. Factory farming takes a big, hidden toll on human health and the environment, is undermining ... http://jesseract.com/2008/04/30/hey-pew-check-out-the-library-sometime/ I don't understand this moral outrage people feel about the rising cost of gas. The Declaration of Independence does not say we have the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and cheap gas. That's not the way it works. That's not the way capitalism works. I'll admit that I ... http://jesseract.com/2008/04/29/theres-always-a-choice/ It's interesting to me how the people who favor Clinton manage to turn a discussion around and find a way to make Obama look like the one who can't "seal the deal." This has been aggravating me for a while, but my simmering disgruntlement came to a boil after the ... http://jesseract.com/2008/04/28/what-should-we-be-asking/ I don't write much about personal finance, mostly because I still don't really feel that I have any idea what I'm talking about. It is a topic I'm very interested in, however, as you can tell by the sheer number of PF blogs on my blogroll. Money, possibly because I've never ... http://jesseract.com/2008/04/28/not-so-personal-finance/ I think the thing that most concerns me about the election thus far is the 28 percent of Clinton backers who say they'd vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination. (Not to be outdone, 19 percent of Obama backers say they would vote for McCain if Clinton won the ... http://jesseract.com/2008/04/24/come-together/ Sometimes (alas, far too rarely) a term actually means exactly what it sounds like. Joint Resolution: An action in Congress - often used to convey Congress's opinion on an issue - that both branches must approve by a two-thirds vote before the president can sign it into law. A joint resolution, ... http://jesseract.com/2008/04/23/politics-101-joint-resolution/ The CEO of my company is apparently a huge fan of professional networking sites like LinkedIn and Naymz. I joined LinkedIn on his suggestion right after I was hired, and recently I've been getting a number of invitations for Naymz. I got another invite today, and I decided to talk ... http://jesseract.com/2008/04/23/do-we-even-have-private-lives-anymore/