Friday, July 23, 2004
Condi on NPR News
In reaction to the release of the 9/11 Report I just heard Condi say, "The President is a man of action."
And he doesn't listen to show tunes either.
In the esteemed words of Bill Simmons: That's off the UCF* scale.
*Unintentional Comedy Factor
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In reaction to the release of the 9/11 Report I just heard Condi say, "The President is a man of action."
And he doesn't listen to show tunes either.
In the esteemed words of Bill Simmons: That's off the UCF* scale.
*Unintentional Comedy Factor
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Advice for John Kerry
As Big John prepares for the speech of his life next week, former Gore speech writer Kenneth Baer has some ideas.
An excellent article with five things to avoid/exploit.
1. Speak to the audience at home.
2. Mesh biography with destiny.
3. Do not be bold.
4. Mention Ronald Reagan (!)
5. Less John F. Kennedy and more John Wayne.
Salient points made for all.
If you read one thing today, make it this.
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As Big John prepares for the speech of his life next week, former Gore speech writer Kenneth Baer has some ideas.
An excellent article with five things to avoid/exploit.
1. Speak to the audience at home.
2. Mesh biography with destiny.
3. Do not be bold.
4. Mention Ronald Reagan (!)
5. Less John F. Kennedy and more John Wayne.
Salient points made for all.
If you read one thing today, make it this.
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Openness
E.J. Dionne hits the nail on the head today.
In the wake of the 9/11 Commission Report, Dionne points out that the American people deserve to know how and why a terror attack on our shores happened. This isn't just a Bush thing, mostly, it's a government thing. Secrecy is important to an extent, but our government's responsibility to the Constitution should supercede that, by far.
Congratulations to Tom Kean and his commissioners in doing an amazing job under ahem difficult circumstances. They were constantly stonewalled but put together recommendations that have the potential to make us much safer.
Will they be enacted? That's another question.
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E.J. Dionne hits the nail on the head today.
In the wake of the 9/11 Commission Report, Dionne points out that the American people deserve to know how and why a terror attack on our shores happened. This isn't just a Bush thing, mostly, it's a government thing. Secrecy is important to an extent, but our government's responsibility to the Constitution should supercede that, by far.
Congratulations to Tom Kean and his commissioners in doing an amazing job under ahem difficult circumstances. They were constantly stonewalled but put together recommendations that have the potential to make us much safer.
Will they be enacted? That's another question.
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Thursday, July 22, 2004
DINO = Democrat in Name Only
My wife's uncle, a notorious spammer and GOP fantatic, forwarded this picture to me and I wanted to share it.
Good looking dogs. Insert your own Old Yeller joke below.
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My wife's uncle, a notorious spammer and GOP fantatic, forwarded this picture to me and I wanted to share it.
Good looking dogs. Insert your own Old Yeller joke below.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004
C'mon You Nittany Lions!
After years of using family friend memberships I've finally been able to secure Penn State Football season tickets through my own Nittany Lion Club membership. A huge relief because I wasn't sure if my point levels would allow me to get the tickets.
The only problem is the location of the seats (pictured above), not that I'm complaining. That section is where the visiting team's supporters reside. So it should be an interesting season, particularly if we suck less than we did last year.
I don't think I'll need the sock-full of nickels, but you never know.
If you're in Beaver Stadium near section EJU, row 78, seats 14 & 16 stop by say hello.
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After years of using family friend memberships I've finally been able to secure Penn State Football season tickets through my own Nittany Lion Club membership. A huge relief because I wasn't sure if my point levels would allow me to get the tickets.
The only problem is the location of the seats (pictured above), not that I'm complaining. That section is where the visiting team's supporters reside. So it should be an interesting season, particularly if we suck less than we did last year.
I don't think I'll need the sock-full of nickels, but you never know.
If you're in Beaver Stadium near section EJU, row 78, seats 14 & 16 stop by say hello.
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Joseph Wilson fires Back
From today's Los Angeles Times. The GOP smear machine will never quit.
Wilson's last rebuttal:
...it has been suggested that my work for the CIA, rather than debunking the Niger claim, supported it. Although some analysts continued to believe that the Iraqis were interested in purchasing Niger uranium, that is a far cry from Bush's claim in the State of the Union: 'British intelligence has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.' My report said there was no evidence that such a thing occurred in Niger...
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From today's Los Angeles Times. The GOP smear machine will never quit.
Wilson's last rebuttal:
...it has been suggested that my work for the CIA, rather than debunking the Niger claim, supported it. Although some analysts continued to believe that the Iraqis were interested in purchasing Niger uranium, that is a far cry from Bush's claim in the State of the Union: 'British intelligence has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.' My report said there was no evidence that such a thing occurred in Niger...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Remember FL in 2000?
How about a 2004 voter purge in Ohio?
Note that over 105,000 voters were purged because they had not voted in 4 years, including 2 federal election cycles....
If 110,000 voters can be purged from the rolls in one critical county, how many were purged in the other 87 Ohio counties since the 2000 election? Are the same tests used in every other county? Who has access to the list of purged names? What percentage were black or Hispanic? How do they match the felony conviction to the registered voter?
Good question.
And yes, the Buckeye state has all Republican leadership.
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How about a 2004 voter purge in Ohio?
Note that over 105,000 voters were purged because they had not voted in 4 years, including 2 federal election cycles....
If 110,000 voters can be purged from the rolls in one critical county, how many were purged in the other 87 Ohio counties since the 2000 election? Are the same tests used in every other county? Who has access to the list of purged names? What percentage were black or Hispanic? How do they match the felony conviction to the registered voter?
Good question.
And yes, the Buckeye state has all Republican leadership.
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How Can He Promise That?
Sounds like begging to me:
'After four years more in this office I want people to look back and say, 'The world is a more peaceful place,'' Bush told supporters at a community college in Iowa. 'Four more years and America will be safer and the world will be more peaceful.'
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Sounds like begging to me:
'After four years more in this office I want people to look back and say, 'The world is a more peaceful place,'' Bush told supporters at a community college in Iowa. 'Four more years and America will be safer and the world will be more peaceful.'
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Duke Students To Get iPods
Almost makes me wish I went to Duke. Almost:
'Whoa!' said rising Duke freshman Mollie Tucker of Raleigh when she learned she'd pocket an iPod. 'It sounds like a good idea. It sounds really cool.'
When she arrives Aug. 19, her iPod will be loaded with all kinds of useful information, including orientation schedules, calendars, campus tours, even the Duke fight song.
Students also can use them for course content, such as recorded lectures, music, language lessons and audio books. Throughout the year, they will be able to download information through a Duke Web site modeled after Apple's iTunes site, where people can download songs legally.
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Almost makes me wish I went to Duke. Almost:
'Whoa!' said rising Duke freshman Mollie Tucker of Raleigh when she learned she'd pocket an iPod. 'It sounds like a good idea. It sounds really cool.'
When she arrives Aug. 19, her iPod will be loaded with all kinds of useful information, including orientation schedules, calendars, campus tours, even the Duke fight song.
Students also can use them for course content, such as recorded lectures, music, language lessons and audio books. Throughout the year, they will be able to download information through a Duke Web site modeled after Apple's iTunes site, where people can download songs legally.
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Playing Electoral God
If you could choose one Senator to lose this fall, from your own party, who would it be? Get in on the action over at Berry's World.
I'd have to say Daschle. (Zell's seat will be vacant, don't think I wasn't on him like flies on spam.)
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If you could choose one Senator to lose this fall, from your own party, who would it be? Get in on the action over at Berry's World.
I'd have to say Daschle. (Zell's seat will be vacant, don't think I wasn't on him like flies on spam.)
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Monday, July 19, 2004
Loss Prevention Chic
From Cool Hunting, the above gold-plated security sensor will still leave a pin hole in what you'restealing purchasing.
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From Cool Hunting, the above gold-plated security sensor will still leave a pin hole in what you're
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Bush's Harvard Business School Prof Speaks
And it's not pretty:
Tsurumi—now a professor of international business at Baruch College in the City University of New York—said he remembers the future president as scoring in the bottom 10 percent of students in the class...
...Tsurumi said he particularly recalls Bush’s right-wing extremism at the time, which he said was reflected in off-hand comments equating the New Deal of the 1930s with socialism and the corporation-regulating Securities and Exchange Commission with “an enemy of capitalism.”
“I vividly remember that he made a comment saying that people are poor because they’re lazy,” Tsurumi said.
Tsurumi also said Bush displayed a sense of arrogance about his prominent family, including his father, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
“[George W. Bush] didn’t stand out as the most promising student, but...he made it sure we understood how well he was connected,” Tsurumi said. “He wasn’t bashful about how he was being pushed upward by Dad’s connections.”
Tsurumi said that the younger Bush boasted that his father’s political string-pulling had gotten him to the top of the waiting list for the Texas National Guard instead of serving in Vietnam. When other students were frantically scrambling for summer jobs, Tsurumi said, Bush explained that he was planning instead for a visit to his father in Beijing, where the senior Bush was serving at the time as the special U.S. envoy to China...
They should get this guy on Air America radio.
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And it's not pretty:
Tsurumi—now a professor of international business at Baruch College in the City University of New York—said he remembers the future president as scoring in the bottom 10 percent of students in the class...
...Tsurumi said he particularly recalls Bush’s right-wing extremism at the time, which he said was reflected in off-hand comments equating the New Deal of the 1930s with socialism and the corporation-regulating Securities and Exchange Commission with “an enemy of capitalism.”
“I vividly remember that he made a comment saying that people are poor because they’re lazy,” Tsurumi said.
Tsurumi also said Bush displayed a sense of arrogance about his prominent family, including his father, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
“[George W. Bush] didn’t stand out as the most promising student, but...he made it sure we understood how well he was connected,” Tsurumi said. “He wasn’t bashful about how he was being pushed upward by Dad’s connections.”
Tsurumi said that the younger Bush boasted that his father’s political string-pulling had gotten him to the top of the waiting list for the Texas National Guard instead of serving in Vietnam. When other students were frantically scrambling for summer jobs, Tsurumi said, Bush explained that he was planning instead for a visit to his father in Beijing, where the senior Bush was serving at the time as the special U.S. envoy to China...
They should get this guy on Air America radio.
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