What’s up with DHS?
“Classify my dissertation? Crap. Does this mean I have to redo my PhD?” The Daily KOS does a fine write-up of HREF=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23689-2003Jul7.html?nav=hp top_tb”>this story about a geography PhD student who asked the question “If I were Osama bin Laden, where would I want to attack?” There’s a lesson about the […]
Posted on July 11th, 2003
It was the 4th of July
…and I’d been drinking. (Cut a brother some slack – It was my Friday!) I heard today that Camejo, the Green’s Governor wanna-be has announced he will be on the ballot if the Davis recall goes forward. Now, my first thought was “what the fuck?!?” But the more I think […]
Posted on July 10th, 2003
The Case for Camejo 2003
I took the HREF=”http://www.opendna.com/blog/2003_07_06_blog1_archive.html#105789899236952 555”>Camejo 2003 idea to Democratic Underground.com, a Democratic Party activist bulletin board. In HREF=”http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&fo rum=104&topic_id=1133&mesg_id=1133&page=17”>The California Question I argued that Democratic Party loyalists should vote “NO” to recall Davis and then select Camejo as their preferred back-up. The response was positive. Other’s reactions, of course, refined […]
Posted on July 10th, 2003
What’s Growing in My Fridge
I got on a gardening kick recently. I think it started with some seeds I bought impusively while on vacation in Hawaii. My favorite flower was Bird of Paradise and I love coffee, so I was going to grow them both (dream it: grow, roast and brew my own coffee… […]
Posted on July 9th, 2003
Dear Albertsons,
I write you with two requests: one for new products and one for relocating some products. My local store is in San *******, California. First, please stock more brands and sizes of regular yogurt. I don’t mean the low fat, no fat, lite yogurt. I don’t care if it has […]
Posted on July 6th, 2003
Dear Early Primary Voter
If you bastards make me choose between Lieberman and Gephardt, I swear to God I’ll vote for Nader in the general election. That is all. Best Regards, A California Open Primary Voter
Posted on July 4th, 2003
“You better believe I’m American!”
A passenger presents herself with her two daughters – one girl has a passport, one girl has a school ID and birth certificate and the mother has a driver’s license and Affidavit of Citizenship. I chat with the teenage daughters and identify their accents (classic), I prod the girls on […]
Posted on June 23rd, 2003
I’m a Designated Special Interest
Dear Friends & Kin, I recently cut the first couple election contributions out of my checkbook… To the “DNC” and “JohnKerry.com”. Why Kerry? Because every time I hear about him he’s got an aggressive angle clearly targeted to challenge and take down the president. (As compared to say… Dick Gephardt) […]
Posted on June 21st, 2003
That’s My Paycheck, Mr. President
In case you haven’t heard, the President’s preference for crushing the worker has recently overcome his desire to be the “Homeland Security” President. The vicious class warrior has so under funded the Department of Homeland Security that… well, rookie border guards will now really be paid less than the security […]
Posted on June 20th, 2003
He, She, They, It and S/he
or Lies My English Teacher Told Me Some people are of the opinion that there should be strict rules to writing; that there is a “right” way to write. Some people think it is possible to get caught in a politically-correct minefield through their choice of pronouns alone. I’m not […]
Posted on June 16th, 2003
More Defections from the Whitehouse
The longer I sat and watched, the more concerned I became, until I got up and walked out. —Rand Beers, counterterrorism official Another high-level government careerist has come out to denounce the Administration’s handling of… well, this time it’s the War on Terrorism. In a Wash ington Post interview [also […]
Posted on June 15th, 2003
Dear FCC
On June 2, the Federal Communications Commission intends to lift restrictions on media ownership that could allow your local newspaper, cable provider, radio stations, and TV channels all to be owned by one company. MORE from MoveOn.org —- Dear Senator, What’s this nonsense I hear about plans for further FCC […]
Posted on May 9th, 2003
90% of America's Imports
President George Bush is reputed to have said “90% of Americas imports are now coming from overseas.” This unfortunate statement is deceptively meaningful, but false. If accurate it suggests one of three (equally plausible) things about the President: (1) He doesn’t have a firm enough grasp of economics to know […]
Posted on April 6th, 2003
Wecome to America, Don’t Sneeze on Me
Damnit people, I leave you in charge and look what happens while I’m away! I went on vacation to a remote tropical isle to swim with sea turtles and on my way home I picked up a newspaper for the flight. Murphy rears his ugly head: The front page has […]
Posted on April 3rd, 2003
This is Too Much
I stand corrected, the coverage is indeed better than I expected. There are still more talking heads and recycled footage on my TV than I would like, but we are getting the occasional burst of video from in-country (and I suspect my Limited Cable is short-changing me). Strangely, they the […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2003
Get Your War On
I am the first contact people have when they arrive in the U.S. I am also, as a result, the first contact they’ve had with the outside world in up to 16 hours. Imagine what can change on a busy news day in 16 hours: you leave the ground and […]
Posted on March 20th, 2003