The honorable thing to do would be shelter the old sheep, too, under the new wine skins, don’t you think?
A minor issue: We originally signed up for a two-year contract with our local internet service provider, $40/month for 256k. (Pretty slow, I know, but the alternatives weren’t as doable.) Just a couple months ago, however, I happened to look at the provider’s pricing schedule, and learned that 256k is no longer even an option; plans start at 768k for–yup, you guessed it–$40. I emailed and asked that our service be upgraded to the new plan option. They obliged, provided I extended our contract for another year.
A major issue: Crack cocaine sentencing laws have traditionally treated the chemical as many times worse than powder cocaine, a position widely denounced as unfounded and discriminatory. Sentencing guidelines changed just this past summer, but have not been made retroactive. As President Obama begins to offer presidential pardons, I hope he considers the plights of folks like Hamedah Hasan (convicts of the Scooter Libby type can just sit tight).
