First it was Enron. Now it’s WorldCom caught raping the country and manipulating the market to the tune of $3.8 billion in expenses. And to think these two companies were the darlings of the business world back before the bubble burst. Shit like this just turns my stomach….
A federal appeals court out in San Francisco has just declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstutional:
"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 1954 act of Congress inserting the phrase ‘under God’ after the words ‘one nation’ in the pledge. The court said the phrase violates the so-called Establishment Clause in the Constitution that [...]
"And there before me the sky did open and the heavens did pour forth their tears, warm and bitter to taste, while the thunder god sent forth his bolts with much fury and malaice".
I got stuck in one hell of a rainstorm going out to lunch toady.
Hey look! Album covers recreated in Lego. I’ve always been a sucker for things done in Lego. ^_^
(Link via Joanna)
Salon has a good article on Amtrak’s financial woes even with the increased ridership post 9/11. This problem was born long ago by the government’s favoring of airplanes and motorcars over trains wehn it comes to public spending:
"Amtrak cites figures showing U.S. per capita rail spending at Third World levels; figures from the European [...]