October 2005 Archives
Miers goes back to work for the "best governor ever."
I'd like to personally welcome the president to "You're fully screwed time." If he picks another crony, he will look like he's stuck on repeat. He doesn't have the public support to pick a wing-nut. If he picks somebody that doesn't give the wink-wink on Roe and Griswold the Dobsons and Robertsons will drop a brick in their pants and start foaming at the mouth.
Boy...sucks to be him.
Later that same day: Speaking of Griswold, Atrios points us to Angry Ann Coulter:
But without a conservative theory of constitutional interpretation, Miers will lay the groundwork for a million more Roes. We're told she has terrific "common sense." Common sense is the last thing you want in a judge! The maxim "Hard cases make bad law" could be expanded to "Hard cases being decided by judges with 'common sense' make unfathomably bad law."
It was "common sense" to allow married couples to buy contraception in Connecticut. That was a decision any randomly selected group of nine good bowlers might well have concurred with on the grounds that, "Well, it's just common sense, isn't it?"
WTF?!?!
I realize that 1998 was a long time ago, but conservatives at the time were having a field day that "they" got Clinton to lie under oath (which he totally did -- hard to find anybody who says different these days). But you would think that with their white hot hatred for Big Dog, they wouldn't forget their talking points about perjury and obstruction of justice.
Of course, you would be wrong. Oh so wrong. So wrong in fact, that would not even understand the theory of right.
In a way I almost feel sorry for the people that the GOP run out on a daily basis to knock down "charges" because not only do they not know what charges might be coming, but they don't even know if their will be charges. Yet they are launching a pre-emptive attack on anything, everything, and _anyone that might be related. But then they open their mouths and spew the most ridiculous nonsense you've heard since "define the meaning of 'is.'"
Dear GOP,
It was a horrible ten years, while it lasted.
Thanks for all the...uh. Never mind.
Love, Pat
So...it's "back." It never really went anywhere. But it's getting play again. John McCain led the Senate to a 90-9 vote reaffirming that it's not something we should do, even though the White House threatened a veto. Now the White House seems like it will just ignore it and keep on doing it.
Which brings me to my first question. If it's so important to torture people for information, why are we killing them? Dead men tell no tales right? Ooooooh, it's to scare the others into talking. Riiiiiiiight.
If you got an Odeo account before yesterday you will probably now have access to their Create features to make your own podcasts. It's unbelievably slick. It's all Flash-based, but uses all the spiffy new stuff to get access to your mic.
I give you "Oooooooooh SNAP!"
Get it though iTunes. Via TUAW.
So there is a story going around about how the president's motorcade somehow made some kids miss a play. I really hate stories like this. First, the president wasn't behind this. There was no malice. It's not like he's sitting back there with a scrunched up face (queue Jon Stewart "Bush laugh") rubbing his hands together saying, "who will I personally screw with my massive motorcade."
It. Just. Doesn't. Happen.
Second, who cares? The motorcade isn't planned by Bush. I don't care if it was for a haircut. He just gets in the car they point him at and he gets out when it stops. Yes, Clinton caught hell for every instance of his motorcade screwing a group over. I hated those stories too.
There are almost countless real things that he is directly responsible for us to get our collective panties in a bunch. So quit freaking wasting your energy on crap that doesn't matter.
That is all.
A dialogue that never happened.
Jakob: You post too infrequently.
Me: Bite me.
Jack Shafer at Slate thinks Apple is getting too much good press. What's funny is that the world "beleaguered" doesn't show up once in his article. This of course is the world that "the press" hung around Apple's neck in every pre-iPod article. Remember when Michael Dell said that Apple should shut it's doors and give the money back to the shareholders? Yeah, I remember those days. I'm not bitter.
Mr Shafer even closes the story with a veiled plea to not get flamed, because he doesn't hate the player, just the game.
I'm eager to hear from all of you dear pod people, but before you e-mail me at slate.pressbox@gmail.com, please note that the target of this article is not your beloved Apple gadgets but press coverage.
I'm not having much luck finding all the sympathy stories for when Apple was getting crazy bad press. There is, of course, a podcast of the story. Good lord...
If you've ever had to do socket programming, there is a better than average chance you ran across Beej's Guide to Network Programming. Beej has put up a paypal link. You should really click it. Beej has a SLR lens habit he needs to feed.
Congratulations to Mike and Bethany on #4.
Weblog neglect. Guilty as charged.
Various Excuses (No particular order)
- Work
- Non-work
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I may get back into it. These blog-slumps come and go. Something will "inspire" me soon enough and then you wont be able to get me to shut up.
