http://pluribusdriver.com Analysis and opinion of all things political, economincal and societal Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:28:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Wednesday, the 14th of January, the US Supreme court handed down a decision in the case of Herring v. United States, on the matter of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure. The majority opinion acts as a crystal-clear example of why the appointments of Alito and ... http://pluribusdriver.com/2009/01/bushs-real-legacy/ (Sing to "Jingle Bells") Kwanzaa bells, dashikis sell Whitey has to pay; Burning, shooting, oh what fun On this made-up holiday! Not surprisingly, that little gem is from none other than Ann Coulter. (Found via 'Midst The Hum.) In her re-hashed column from 2001, Coulter calls Kwanzaa "a synthetic holiday." She goes on to describe ... http://pluribusdriver.com/2008/12/the-war-on-kwanzaa/ In just over two months, Microsoft will celebrate the second anniversary of the launch of Windows Vista. Not long after that, I'll be celebrating the 2-year anniversary of gumming up my laptop with a copy of Vista Home Premium. At the time I figured that I would eventually be installing ... http://pluribusdriver.com/2008/12/the-death-of-vista/ Vice President Dick Cheney was interviewed by Chris Wallace yesterday morning on Fox News Sunday. He had many interesting (and irritating) things to say. They touched first upon the auto industry bailout that President Bush announced on Friday. One thing Cheney said was: I think, you know, we talk about the ... http://pluribusdriver.com/2008/12/big-time/ Toyota has announced that they are halting production of a plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi, which was slated to begin churning out Prius automobiles by 2010. On the surface, the move seems like yet another sign of a weakened US economy, and a reminder that foreign car companies are not ... http://pluribusdriver.com/2008/12/who-killed-the-electric-car-this-time/ Welcome to the new (and hopefully improved) home of The Pluribus Driver. The look and feel of the site may be rather fluid over the next few days / weeks as I try to find a comfortable decor and get all of my ducks in a row. For those of ... http://pluribusdriver.com/2008/12/setting-up-shop/