Check out Maplight.org if you care about technology and/or politics

The other day while listening to my favorite podcast, The Tech Guy featuring Leo Laporte, I heard one of his guests, aka Rick Albers (I think) Dr. Web talk about a very interesting website. The website is maplight.org and on this site, you can view where politicians get their funding from. For example, in my home state of North Dakota, check this out for Sen. Kent Conrad just click here or go to this link http://www.maplight.org/map/us/legislator/552 and it is interesting to note that most of his contributions were from attorneys or at least that’s what it appears to be from what I saw. The other interesting fact that I saw was the amounts that were contributed, for example the total amount was $4,943,245. It’s just an interesting site to check out, it’s supposed to be non-partisan and non-biased since it covers a wide spectrum of legislators, whether they are Republican, Democrat or other.There is a lot more to this site, but I think once you check it out you might find yourself a little busy viewing all the information otherwise not available at your fingertips.