Shawn's Column

Want to help abolish Income Tax?

Wed Apr 8, 2009 1:35 PM EDT

This is our country, let's make it work for us and our children. Taxation of income is a horrible idea, consumption tax makes so much more sense.

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tax, politics, fairtax, income-tax, 16th-admendment

World's First Power Generating Glass Window

Seeded on Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:37 PM EST (Business Wire)

Rainbow Solar Inc. (RSi) announces the world's first, transparent, photovoltaic-glass window which generates 80 to 250 watts of electricity.

technology, energy, power, solar

U.S. Firms Join Forces to Build Car Batteries

Seeded on Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:21 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

Finally.... lets get busy we need to be technology leaders and produce products to remain relavent.

business, batteries, battery, li-ion, made-in-america, us-production

Introducing the T-Mobile G1

Seeded on Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:16 AM EDT (Google)

Google has put up a link to the new Android phone.

google, business, cell-phone, mobile-phone, android

Telco to fiber-deploying town: we sue because we care

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:30 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

technology, minnesota, fiber, telco, municipal, fiber-optic

The end of the American dream?

Seeded on Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:47 PM EST (BBC News)

Has your wages kept pace with the devaluation of the us dollar?

business, economy, jobs, money, economic, wages, inequality, us-economy, slowdown

Fed makes biggest temporary injection since '01

Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:54 PM EST ()

Great for the banks... not sure I want my purchasing power being furthur dilluted though.

business, money, federal-reserve, cash, feds, fed-reserve, sound-money

Liberty Dollar offices raided by FBI

Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:44 PM EST

A couple months ago I purchased a $20 Ron Paul silver Liberty and a $20 Silver liberty to aid in their legal defense. I just got an email from them stating that they were raided: Dear Liberty Dollar Supporters:

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business, us, treasury, fbi, gold, money, raid, secret-service, silver, platinum

Ron Paul Finds Fans in Cradle of Liberty

Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:55 PM EST (US News & World Report)

politics

FTC Announces Law Enforcement Crackdown on Do Not Call Violators

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 6:33 PM EST (The Federal Trade Commission)

business, ftc, do-not-call

Political Radar: Ron Paul's Gunpowder Plot -- Update

Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 1:10 PM EST (ABC News Blogs)

The average american person is speaking, are you listening?

politics, donations, fund-raiser, ron-paul, november-5th

Dr. Ron Paul has raised over 2 million in less than 12 hours.

Mon Nov 5, 2007 1:03 PM EST

And yet this story does not show up on any news channel?

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ron-paul

Apple to Allow Virtualization of Leopard

Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:42 PM EDT (TidBITS mac news for the rest of us)

technology, apple, mac-os-x, mac-os-x-based, xserve-intel-xeon

What if you had to write President Bush a check every month?

Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:37 PM EDT

If you are like me your payroll stubs go into your desk drawer without much thought or consideration.

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congress, tax, politics, irs, house-of-representatives

Hello from a Newsvine new guy

Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:14 PM EDT

I just discovered Newsvine through an application (ElectionVine) on my Facebook page. After browsing around for a bit I am very impressed with the site. (looks & functionality) What I have not had the time to do yet is to discover the quality of the content.

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