RNC using FOIA to silence critics?

This is partial conjecture, but not unreasonable. A professor was asked to write an oped piece on what went on in Wisconsin with the attempt at union-busting by the governor, and as he researched this piece, he posted snippets of what he found on his blog. The Republican party filed a Freedom of Information Act request for his email with many key words, such as Scott Walker. The prof thinks that this is an attempt to silence people trying to reveal the machinations of the RNC, I think he might have a valid point.

And I didn't know you could FOIA a university, I guess you could if it's a public uni but not one that's privately funded (good luck funding that!).

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/opinion/28mon3.html?_r=4&pagewanted=print

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/0154213/Using-the-Open-Records-Law-To-Intimidate-Critics

Doonesbury Say What?

"I'm just asking President Obama to show the public his birth certificate. Why's he making an issue out of this?"
— Donald Trump

I guess he's had his head in the sand for the last 3 or so years? It's nice to see that the Birthers have a new rallying point.

For The Donald's edification (would that be his Secret Service code name if he were elected?), here's a Snopes link for him to peruse.

The last paragraph of one such link had some very interesting content:

"In August 2008, Philadelphia attorney Philip Berg filed suit in U.S. District Court challenging Barack Obama's eligibility for the presidency on the grounds that Obama was actually born in Kenya (not Hawaii) and/or subsequently gave up his U.S. citizenship and thus does not qualify as a native-born citizen of the U.S. Lawsuits over candidates' eligibility are not uncommon: similar lawsuits (none of them successful), for example, have been filed challenging the citizenship status of John McCain (who was born in the Panama Canal Zone), challenging the Wyoming residency status of Dick Cheney (who was born in Wyoming but moved to Texas), and challenging the citizenship status of 1964 Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater (who was born in Arizona before that territory was admitted as a state)."

The man who imagined the internet, Paul Baran, passed away

His idea was too radical for AT&T.

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/internet-architect-paul-baran-dies-at-84/

Wired had a somewhat extensive interview with him:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.03/baran_pr.html