Saw this in a course lesson from my Continetal Literature class and it set me off. This has always been a pet peeve of mine. The course says: “Like the occult, though, it [a computer] requires a certain mystical knowledge to navigate your way through it.” Nope. Nuh-uh. Not even close. A computer is a [...]
Archive for March 16th, 2004
Tech and Literature
Posted in Writing on March 16, 2004 | 6 Comments »
David Frum Surrenders to Bin Laden
Posted in Politics on March 16, 2004 | 9 Comments »
There isn’t really any other way to read this. Frum argues that Kerry is Bin Laden’s candidate because of what happened in Spain. Since, in the world of the conservatives, Al-Queda “won” in Spain, then if a massive terrorist attack takes place, then we must vote for Bush, because otherwise the terrorists get what they [...]
Bush's Deceitful Medicare Ad Campaign
Posted in Health, Politics on March 16, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Via PRI’s Marketplace comes this (under “features,” RealAudio required): Bush Medicare TV segments may have crossed the line The General Accounting Office tells Congress that the Bush administration paid people to pose as journalists praising the benefits of the new Medicare law on TV news segments. While the GAO says that’s legal as a way [...]
Tony Knowles
Posted in Politics on March 16, 2004 | Comments Off
I didn’t get the email, but apparently Tony Knowles has taken a strong position on gay rights: HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ENDORSES KNOWLES – Tony Knowles was proud this week to receive the endorsement of the Human Right’s Campaign, America’s largest gay organization. Personal freedoms are so important to me, to Alaskans and to the future [...]
Deficits Not Based on Economy
Posted in Economics on March 16, 2004 | Comments Off
Kash at Angry Bear has the details, but, essentially, the CBO has a statistic refereed to as the “cyclically adjusted” budget. That statistic adjusts for those aspects of the budget that are cyclical in nature, in order to show the effects of policy. The result will not make Bush backers happy.
Letter from Spain
Posted in Politics on March 16, 2004 | 1 Comment »
This Modern World has some perspective form Spain. So, many people began to ask “who did it?”, “not all of us are here, we lack 200″ and “we want the truth before voting” already in the mammoth antiterrorist demonstrations on Friday. The Government stuck to the ETA hypothesis trying to avoid this probable electoral damage. [...]
Dionne is Wrong
Posted in Politics on March 16, 2004 | Comments Off
I understand Dionne’s concern here, but I think he is wrong: A lot of Democratic reformers would prefer not to talk about the Media Fund. They’re grateful for its work and don’t want to challenge efforts to beat Bush on the basis of what they see as a close legal question. Such Democrats say that [...]
Neo-Con Panic
Posted in Politics on March 16, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Man, everyone needs to calm down The terrorist attack in Madrid and its seismic impact on the Spanish elections this past week have brought the United States and Europe to the edge of the abyss. Nonsense. The neo-cons seem incapable of understanding that the majority of Europe sees Iraq as a sideshow from not a [...]
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