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Welcome to my home page.
My name is Omar Yacoubi, and I'm a print journalism and international studies major at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.  Read more

 
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  • Better Browsing
    Change the way you look at the Web by changing your browser.

  • The D.C. Commute
    Find alternatives to driving alone to work in the Washington, D.C., area.

  • The War in Iraq
    Here's what caught my attention in the days leading up to war.

Find Your Voice

Just because the election's over doesn't mean you have to remain silent.  Check out these sites and participate in our democracy - America needs you now more than ever.

Misleader

Yahoo! News

Air America Radio

Democracy for America

JohnKerry.com

MoveOn.org

True Majority

California Peace Action

Your Vote Matters

Democracy Means You

 
Notable Quotes

How does one report the facts in an unbiased way when the facts themselves are biased?
- Rob Corddry, Senior Media Analyst, > The Daily Show, referring to Sinclair Broadcasting's decision not to broadcast on its ABC stations Nightline's reading of the names of the 725 soldiers who had died in Iraq since the end of major combat operations, calling the report "politically motivated"

John Kerry and John Edwards are good people with good ideas, ideas to make the economy work again for middle-class Americans, to restore fiscal responsibility, to save Social Security, to make health care more affordable, college more available, to free us from dependence on foreign oil and create new jobs with clean energy and a cleaner environment, to rally the world to our side in the war against terror and to make a world with more friends and less terror. 
- William Jefferson Clinton, speaking at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

My Highlights
Welcome to the subliminal mind of America: Green Day's American Idiot (requires broadband connection and Windows Media Player 9).
Green Day's American Idiot
Censored video (300k)
Uncensored audio (128k)
Speaking of America, check out America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart & the rest of the Daily Show team (it's only $14.95 on Amazon.com!).

Better Browsing

Get Firefox!Shake things up a bit and try a different way of looking at the Web with a different browser.  Here are some great alternatives to the browser that came with your operating system:


Firefox
Version 1.0 new
 
Designed for simplicity and speed, recommended for those looking for a faster, leaner, more modern, and more capable alternative to Internet Explorer.  And did I mention it was faster?  Download (4.5 MB)


Mozilla
Version 1.7
 
A complete suite of Internet applications, from Web design to e-mail and chat.  The modern incarnation of the old standby Netscape browser, slightly speedier than Internet Explorer.  Download (12-15 MB)


Opera
Version 7.5
 
A unique and powerful browser with an all-in-one interface for a variety of features, from RSS syndication to Internet relay chat.  Paying for the software eliminates the ads at the top.  Download (3.4-16.2 MB)


Get Firefox!Last updated 12:54 a.m. EST December 16, 2004.  E-mail me.
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