On the Live Nation merger…

Here’s a bunch of links so that you may educate yourself on the craziness that may/probably will occur:

pshaaaaa FTC...

• Head Of AEG Live On LiveNation-Ticketmaster Deal
• Merger Expected of Ticketmaster and Live Nation
• Ticketmaster-Live Nation talks raise concerns

Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use – CNN.com

Best quotes from this article:
“I don’t think it is the government’s business to tell you how to spend your leisure time.” – Rep. Barney Frank (MASS., Dem)

“Legalization of marijuana, no matter how it begins, will come at the expense of our children and public safety. It will create dependency and treatment issues, and open the door to use of other drugs, impaired health, delinquent behavior, and drugged drivers.” – DEA Website

Does the DEA Website quote sound like the movie “Reefer Madness” or is it just me?

Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use – CNN.com.

Not only a Historic Candidate

… but also a historic speaker. I haven’t seen or read this yet, but everyone is flipping out about it. I must say though, i’m extremely pissed that i didn’t take time out of my day to see him in philly:(. i’ll post my thoughts on the speech later.

“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”

Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America’s improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.

The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. It was stained by this nation’s original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations.

Have a question for your presidential candidates?

well now you can ask them straight up. cnn and youtube have begun running a campaign where youtube users create videos of their questions for candidates, which will be used during the democratic and republican debates on july 23 and sept. 17 respectively. to see regulations and instructions on how to submit your debate question video, check out the youtube page here.

Leah and rick conquer the internet once again

for more from leah and rick, check the links to their respective sites in the beautiful people section on the right.