Archive of entries posted on October 2004
What time is it?
Who the hell decided that clocks should be “smart?” I woke up this morning and saw my nicely back-lit digital readout telling me it was 5:41. Being sensible, I rolled over and unsuccessfully tried to go back to sleep. Failing, I got up and stumbled out to the kitchen, turned on the coffee pot, and …
Why Kerry?
Here are a couple of additional reasons to vote for Kerry. He does what he thinks is right, and He’s stubborn.
Sneer of the Day
Speaking about bus rides from Democratic rallies directly to the polls, William R. Scherer, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer working for the Republicans, said his party had no need for such stunts. “We don’t need to bus,” he said. “Most of our people have cars.” According to the literature, one of the reasons for the famous …
Ms. Riefenstahl, pick up the white phone
“I want you to stand, raise your right hands,” and recite “the Bush Pledge,” said Florida state Sen. Ken Pruitt. The assembled mass of about 2,000 in this Treasure Coast town about an hour north of West Palm Beach dutifully rose, arms aloft, and repeated after Pruitt: “I care about freedom and liberty. I care …
Continue reading ‘Ms. Riefenstahl, pick up the white phone’ »
Republican perfidy
How far will they go to steal this election? When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act following the 2000 debacle, presumably it intended exactly what the Act’s title said: help Americans vote. If a citizen had difficulty, he could file suit to seek redress. The Justice Department is now claiming it and it alone …
Motivation 101
Eat your heart out, Norman Vincent Peale! (Work-safe, speakers required)
I always wondered about that
Need new gift ideas? Know a budding scientist? Then you need the New Scientist Gift Guide! Also from New Scientist, the answer to a question you didn’t know you wanted to ask: Q: The two outer panes of a passenger aircraft cabin window have a tiny piece of cylindrical metal separating them. It is always …
Red Sox Nation rejoices
It’s alway fun to read the hometown papers after a big sporting event, but in this instance, it’s almost cathartic. (Oh, look closely at the logo at the top of the page, too). AT LAST! Pigs can fly, hell is frozen, the slipper finally fits, and Impossible Dreams really can come true. The Red Sox …
Whose democracy is this?
After four years in the White House, George W. Bush’s most significant contribution to American life is this pervasive bitterness, this division of the house into raging, feuding halves. We are two nations now, each with a culture that attacks the other. And politics, as the Republicans are openly playing it, need no longer concern …