Monthly Archives: November 2009

Felix Gutierrez - Marconi Award Winner!

Congratulations Felix Gutierrez, Jr. for winning the Marconi Young Scholar Award! The Marconi Society was established in 1974 by the daughter of Gublielmo Marconi, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, 1909.  It is a non-profit organization that recognizes and honors leading figures in telecommunications.  According to Robert Lucky, chairman of the Marconi Society, “Marconi [...]

Keith Bardwell

Know them by their deeds.
Keith Bardwell was a Justice of the Peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.  He rates special mention in my Bigotry Abounds section for his refusal to marry an interracial couple.  His response when questioned was that he did it for the children they might possibly have.  He said both groups have problems [...]

Non-English Speaker Tickets

Well I just published an article on the stupidity of allowing police officers to decide if someone speaks English sufficiently, and the abuses that can come with this law, when a police department comes to light for abusing it.  Why, Why, WHY does it always have to be Texas!?!  The latest embarrassment to my home [...]

Orbitz rated

Orbitz is a company that helps people with their vacation plans.  You can book hotel rooms, book air flights and rent cars.  They have rather silly commercials but that’s the way they chose to promote their company, whatever.  I did, however, see a commercial by Orbitz focusing on their price guarantee.  A couple was going [...]

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