August 2004
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It’s Poo-slinging ’till Election Day
Jeff Cheney, in reaction to Phil Ringnalda as quoted in yesterday’s post: “I think it’s a great sign for democracy when we can have such heated debates. However, there is a danger that we’ve stopped listening to each other and that we’ve grown attached to our points of view. A danger that we’ve become bigots.… Continue reading
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What Phil Said…
Phil Ringnalda: “The best-selling political books have absolutely no nuance, no awareness that politics is about compromise, not volume and vitriol… I fear for my country.” Continue reading
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Swift Boat Veterans for Slander
Rogers Cadenhead: “There has to come a time in this country when politicians face a backlash for engaging in win-at-any-cost, blatantly false gutter politics. Sixty seven days from now is a good place to start.” Continue reading
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It’s harder than I thought…
…not writing about work. Or at least not writing about it here — not intermingling it with the rest of my life. The thing is that I spend an awful lot of time doing it, talking about it, and thinking about it. When I’m not at work, I spend some precious moments with Cindy. When… Continue reading
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Vietnam Era Ribbons
Via a comment on this discussion about a picture in which George W. Bush appears to be wearing an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ribbon — an award for which there is no evidence that Bush had ever received. Continue reading
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Philip Dunn, Racewalker: 2004 Athens Olympic Journal
Despite the fact that the IOC has a policy of barring Olympic participants from posting first-hand accounts online, Philip Dunn, ‘A’ standard Olympic racewalker for the USA is keeping an online journal of his experiences at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He did the same when he competed in Sydney in 2000. Do check it… Continue reading
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What We Want: Better Music (not necessarily cheaper)
This Gizmodo post about a potential price-war in online music sales ends with a wish that music prices would decrease in general: The upshot of all of this? Ignoring Wal-Mart’s initial lower-price entry into the music download space, this could be the start of the first legal music downloading price war. Apple probably won’t flinch… Continue reading
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Stupid Olympics Site Hyperlink Policy
So here they are — the 2004 Summer Olympics from Athens. A symbol of openness, peace, working together, healthy competition, yadda, yadda. And then we have this completely idiotic hyperlinking policy on the official Athens Olympics website: For your protection and ours we have established a procedure for parties wishing to introduce a link to… Continue reading
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All Along the Watchtower
“There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief, “There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth.” “No reason to get excited,” the thief, he kindly spoke,… Continue reading
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Tracking the Teror Alert Level
I’ve decided to start tracking the Terror Alert Level on a daily basis. Here’s why… Howad Dean to Wolf Blitzer, regarding changes in the Terror Alert Level: “I am concerned that every time something happens that’s not good for President Bush he plays this trump card, which is terrorism. His whole campaign is based on… Continue reading