Simply Dumb

David Kernell of Tennessee found out the hard way that getting into someone else’s email account is considered hacking. He has been indicted for accessing Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo! email account.
Not only did he change her password by answering a few personal questions, he posted the info on a message board. Things including the account’s new password, family member cell phone numbers, and family email addresses.
Dude. NOT cool.
By the way, Kernell is is the son of a Democratic state legislator. Makes it even more amusing. But still not cool.
One of Palin’s spokespeople mentioned they are sure …read more

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The 2008 Pig Book is now out, detailing all the unacceptable excesses the missing links in the evolutionary chain that represent us in Congress financed last year.
The Citizens Against Government Waste detail the worst in pork barrel spending annually and as always, they’ve found some doozies. How about more than $700,000 to study the habits of a California olive fruit fly? Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, takes full responsibility for that one.
But contrary to political rhetoric, Republicans fare every bit as badly as Democrats in these reports. Rep. Virgil Goode’s (R-Va.) brought us a $98,000 bill for a walking tour …read more

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