Voice of North America Articles

EXCERPT: If Voice had endorsed Barack Obama just prior to the election, I would still be writing this.
I would be asking, just where do you get off comporting yourself as a site dedicated to free speech and open dialogue, and then casting the whole weight of your site to one side or the other?
Doesn't that squelch free speech and open dialogue.  Doesn't that slant the playing field? 
You are hosting a blog where the de facto purpose is for people from both sides to come and...

EXCERPT: My wife received an email titled "Tech Support" and forwarded it to all her friends (and her hubby) along with the comment, "very creative, yet true." This is the text of the email:
INSTALLING A HUSBAND
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many...

EXCERPT: When it comes down to brass tacks, the most important thing you can know about a politician is how well they represent your interests.  We are fortunate this year to have a special insight into the minds of each Senator running for the office of President of the United States.  We don't have to trust all their talking the talk; we already have seen both of them walking the walk.  Beyond the hype and promises, you will know them by their voting record.
For those who...

EXCERPT: During the first Presidential Debate, Jim Lehrer asked the question:
As president, as a result of whatever financial rescue plan comes about and the billion, $700 billion, whatever it is it's going to cost, what are you going to have to give up, in terms of the priorities that you would bring as president of the United States, as a result of having to pay for the financial rescue plan?
Now after a little dancing around the question by both candidates, Mr. Lehrer asked the question...

EXCERPT: 2001: The Bush Era
2008: The...

EXCERPT: I thought about posting this under Entertainment & Leisure, Religion & Spirituality, or even Gay & Lesbian before before I omitted several of Danny's remarks that once again betray an obsessive preoccupation with Jeff Farias' anus.  In the end I chose the Politics category to make sure this article shows up on the front page.  Danny's off-world responses to actual policy and issues related questions deserve their own article for careful analysis...

EXCERPT: Attention Members: The VONA Staff is no longer moderating any content posted on this website. Members are liable for any content they submit to this website. Anyone that was ever banned from this website is no longer banned, there will no longer be any banning. Good Luck.
Am I alone in thinking this is a very very bad thing?
Oh sure, the blanket amnesty has allowed me to return from exile following my second unceremonious banning, and for that I should be grateful.  But what am I...

EXCERPT: As I have said many times before, I tend to be highly skeptical of grand conspiracy theories.  Elaborate and far reaching conspiracies are easy to concoct based on the natural tendency of people to piece together disparate information into a seemingly plausible string of causality to justify what they already are predisposed to emotionally embrace.  As the promo for the X-Files franchise neatly sums up:  I Want To Believe.
On the other hand, the skeptical side of me...

EXCERPT: I finally identified the source of the comedy for McCain's inspired visit to the Snausage Haus last week.  SCTV.
SCTV was the brilliant network TV parody of the Toronto-based Second City Comedy Troop, with John Candy playing Johnny LaRue, a hack local access cable TV personality willing to submit to any indignity to stay employed.
Johnny LaRue repeatedly pitched his idea for a new show called Street Beef to station manager Guy Caballero, a hard-nosed Mafioso type who chose...

EXCERPT: Being President of the United States of America takes it toll.  If the experience of past two-term Presidents of recent history is any measure of the strain of the position, we have only to look at before and after pictures of the men who have survived the ordeal.
So what if Barack Obama or John McCain became the next two-term President? 
Here are my...