Perils of the Modern World

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Tuesday October 18, 2005 · 2:37 PM PDT

2005/10/18 · 14:37

It's not as sexy as Fitzgerald and his indictments, but it's important to me. Today, I got some unsettling news: Someone very close to me is the victim of a high-tech stalker. I'm hoping some of the big brains here have some advice. (More on the flip) Read More

Rove, Reporters, and Plame

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Wednesday July 13, 2005 · 10:04 AM PDT

2005/07/13 · 10:04

Rove's whole "I didn't know she was covert" defense has a rather large and gaping hole in it -- one I have no doubt Fitzgerald is fully aware of.
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Star Wars Galaxies

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Friday April 22, 2005 · 2:47 PM PDT

2005/04/22 · 14:47

Well, I thought I'd post something different for a change -- I'm just burned out on politics.

Since we're all online junkies here, I thought I'd spew forth on somethign that's really got my goat -- the MMORPG "Star Wars Galaxies" and their upcoming "New Coke" fiasco.... Read More

Simple Rules of Politics

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Wednesday January 12, 2005 · 1:48 PM PST

2005/01/12 · 13:48

I originally posted this on my blog, but figured it'd get a wider audience here.

With Dean announcing his DNC bid today, I thought I'd break out some of the simple rules of Democratic politics. Oddly, in my more naive days, I thought these "rules" were simple common sense. Sadly, it appears that many people simply don't grasp them. Without further ado: Read More

A party divided

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Tuesday December 14, 2004 · 12:58 PM PST

2004/12/14 · 12:58

I've noted that there's a great deal of lingering anger in the Democratic Party. A lot of divisiveness, a lot of people searching for someone to blame for our lack of unity.

Some blame Dean, some blame Kerry, some blame the DLC, some blame Clark...and always the refrain of "You're the one dividing the party with your support of Kerry, of Dean, of Clark. If you'd just shut up and sit down, everything would be better".

Everyone has it wrong. Read More

Spineless liberals

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Wednesday November 10, 2004 · 7:03 AM PST

2004/11/10 · 07:03

That's what the GOP calls us. "Spineless liberals".

And they're right. And it's what's killing us in the Red States. How the hell can we be trusted to stand up to terrorists and rogue nations if we can't even stand up for ourselves?

Think back over the primaries. Think about the current conversation about the DNC chair. What do you see? Read More

Dean and the DNC

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Tuesday November 09, 2004 · 7:53 AM PST

2004/11/09 · 07:53

People have been laying out the reasons for -- and against -- Dean taking the position.

The "for" reasons can generally be boiled down to: He's innovative, he's exciting, he's not afraid to attack the GOP, he's got a track record of being honest and right when other Democrats were mealy-mouthed and wrong, and he's spent his time after the election doing the things the DNC should be doing (like helping down-ticket races and party building).

The "against" reasons seem to be: He lost. He's radical. He's too liberal. He's a bad candidate. He's a loose-cannon. He's polarizing. Bill Clinton and the DLC hate him.

I think we're all overlooking one thing: Some of the best coaches were poor players. Read More

I wonder...

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Tuesday August 24, 2004 · 10:34 AM PDT

2004/08/24 · 10:34

I wonder if there's a few Kerry staffers dilgently working to determine how many US soldiers have received Purple Hearts since 9/11 for minor shrapnal wounds.

I wonder if there's a commercial in the offing, maybe with a few testimonials....

"I'm Sgt First Class X. I received a Purple Heart for getting hit in the arm with a piece of shrapnal during the invasion of Baghdad. It was a minor wound, but had it hit somewhere else, I might not be here to talk about it.

I'm proud of my Purple Heart, because I earned it in service to America. But now some people are saying I don't deserve it.

Why would our Commander-in-Chief let his friends say this sort of thing about me?"

A thought on Kerry's Response

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Saturday August 21, 2004 · 5:38 PM PDT

2004/08/21 · 17:38

Something occured to me: All this Swifty nonsense has given Kerry an opportunity to do something that wasn't possible before.

Something that -- if successful -- would be the equivilant of a nuclear strike on the Bush campaign.

Think about Kerry's response to the Swifties attack, and his latest ad (Ashamed), and his FEC complaint, as well as the NYT's story on who the Swifties are and where they got their money and support....

What do they all have in common? Read More

A thought..

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Friday August 20, 2004 · 12:33 PM PDT

2004/08/20 · 12:33

Kerry responded to the first Swift Boat attack by giving the media time to research the story, and the Swifties and Bush enough rope to hang themselves.

So now the Swifties are trying a different tack, with their ad talking about what they're really mad about: Kerry's post-war activities and testimony.

So how should Kerry respond? Read More

A question about Amazon.

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Friday August 20, 2004 · 11:51 AM PDT

2004/08/20 · 11:51

I keep hearing Unfit for Command is the number one seller at Amazon. So I go check it out, and sure enough it's listed as "Number One" under "Top Sellers->Books". (Second is the 9/11 Report).

But I notice a few things. First, the book takes "Five to Seven weeks" to ship. Why so long? Every other book on the list ships within 24 hours.

Second, and more interestingly: Unfit for Command doesn't show up on the top 25 list on any of the categories. It's not under "Nonfiction", it's not under "History", it's not "Biography"...it's nowhere. Under "Non-Fiction", the 9/11 report is listed at the top. I can't find Unfit for Command listed anywhere under a subject heading. Every other book on the list is also ranked by category (sometimes multiple categories). Unfit for Command is not.

Perhaps someone more familiar with how Amazon lists books can explain...

Trolling comments..

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Monday August 16, 2004 · 11:03 AM PDT

2004/08/16 · 11:03

I've been paying careful attention to the recent influx of trolls (not so much here, where they tend to be 0-bombed into oblivion, but on Political Animal, Atrios, Pandragon, etc).

They started pouring out of the woodwork around the DNC, and all when ballistic at about the time the SBVT add came out. Part of it's the desperation of a people seeing their beloved leader below 45%. But there's something else to it as well.

Why? I've got a theory...not just about what's causing the anger, but why Bush is so beloved by many conservatives, despite not being very conservative.... Read More

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