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Posted Saturday, May 6, 2006 9:55am Under construction I'm prepping a major site overhaul. Stay tuned... I hope to be back up in the next week, possibly with a new url.
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:50am Right-wing rationalization
Scooter Libby is being indicted for leaking information. He had to resign for this indictment. He says that Bush approved the leaks. Bush confirmed that he approved the leaks. Right-wingers are stepping forward to defend Bush. They suggest that since he is president, he can declassify anything. If they truly believe this, I must ask if they subscribe to Richard Nixon's belief that "When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal" (Richard M. Nixon on The Nation, 1977). For the sake of argument, let's say Bush is within his rights to declassify information and authorize the leaking of information. Why didn't he simply step forward and absolve Libby? According to Bush, he was within the law to authorize these leaks. He asked Cheney to have the info leaked. Cheney asked Libby. Why is Libby on trial if he did nothing wrong? Furthermore, why didn't Bush step forward and bail Libby out for following orders? And why did Bush say on the record two years ago that he did not authorize leaks and did not know of anyone within his adminstration that would leak information? Was he lying then or lying now? If Bush is legally able to release classified information, why leak it selectively through other parties instead of simply declassifying the info? Why the clandestine nature of the information getting out? If this was designed to smear Joe Wilson, why not say that? And why go to the trouble of smearing him; why not simply release the intelligence to prove him wrong (if in fact he was wrong or simply "lying" as some right-wingers have suggested)?
Posted Sunday, April 9, 2006 10:30pm My Hero
How'd this dude slip by the screeners? And check out the woman seated next to him. This made my day.
Posted Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:12am Eww. Here's a tender moment form earlier today, as Bush bid a fond adieu to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
And from Monday, January 23rd...
Really?
Posted Saturday, April 1, 2006 12:27am Happy Birthday
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Apple Computer. I bought my first Mac over ten years ago: the Power Macintosh 7500 with a 100 mHz processor, running OS 7.5. I followed that up with a blue & white G3 that tripled the processing speed (300!). Then my first laptop, the PowerBook G3 with a 550 mHz processor. It served me well until last fall, when the hard drive finally sputtered out. I swapped it out for a new HD and got it purring again. It was my main computer until my MacBook Pro arrived two weeks ago. And how about the iPod? I'm on my third one. Got the first gen 10 gig model, then the four button third gen and finally the 60 gig video iPod last fall. Apple's products just fucking rock. A recent e-mail from a copywriter I used to work with:
Why I hate telemarketers...
This particular asshole was calling from India. Then, for the next three hours, his co-workers called me every hour. I stopped answering. For the record, I did add my name to the National Do Not Call list, but they called looking for Jerry Gerber, the man who used to have my number.
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