Category Archives: News

Stop SOPA/PIPA

Posted on 17 January 2012 by dlhitzeman

Tomorrow, Worldview and the rest of my active websites will be blacked out from 8 a.m to 8 p.m. in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act/Protect Intellectual Property Act wending their way through Congress right now. These are bad bills … Continue reading →

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Occupy Yourself, or a better way for the Occupy Wall Street protesters to succeed

Posted on 18 October 2011 by dlhitzeman

One of the ironies of the Occupy Wall Street protests is how many of the protesters refuse to acknowledge the contradiction of their outrage against the rich and corporations even as they demand taxes, jobs, and benefits from the rich … Continue reading →

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Remembering the warning we ignored

Posted on 12 October 2011 by dlhitzeman

Today is the 11th anniversary of the bombing of the USS Cole at Aden, Yemen by operatives of al Qaeda. The bombing killed seventeen sailors and wounded another 39. The US response to the Cole bombing may well go down … Continue reading →

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9-11

Posted on 11 September 2011 by dlhitzeman

I solemnly swear that I will always remember what happened on September 11, 2001. I will not forget. I will not forget that nearly 3,000 of my fellow Americans were murdered in the name of an ideology of hate. I … Continue reading →

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9-10

Posted on 10 September 2011 by dlhitzeman

Sometimes, it seems like it was just yesterday. I remember sitting at my desk at work when the news the first plane hit broke. We were all clustered around the television when the second one did. A dozen military men, … Continue reading →

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