Of Flame Wars and Straw Men

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Wednesday April 05, 2006 · 10:55 AM PDT

2006/04/05 · 10:55

First of all, yes this is a diary about Cynthia McKinney and as I am a man of few words a sparse one at that. And no, this is not that important. No flame war in history has ever been about anything that important. That goes without saying. And no, Bob, I don't really care whether anyone cares.

That being said, let me say this: Rosa Parks never punched a bus driver in the gut. Some here may have wanted her to and for the moment let me give the benefit of the doubt that this incidend was also racially motivated, but she never did. And we should be very lucky that she didn't. Read More

Bush: Can't someone else do it?

BrianK

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Tuesday October 11, 2005 · 5:51 PM PDT

2005/10/11 · 17:51

Matt Lauer just did a hardball interview during Bush's photo op. Well, by today's standards anyway -- he asked actual, pertinent questions while politely overlooking whatever answers answers he got and moving on. And he actually pointed out that it was a photo op. Repeatedly. For anyone who missed it and wants to see him squirm Crooks & Liars has the video and The transcript is here.

A few hilights: Read More

He didn't know

BrianK

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Sunday September 11, 2005 · 3:13 PM PDT

2005/09/11 · 15:13

One of the bombshells of Newsweek's recent article is that main reason for Bush continuing his vation during the aftermath of huricane Katrina is that he simply didn't know how bad it was. From AmericaBlog:

Bush's aides are SO afraid of telling him bad news that they practically drew straws to see who would have to tell him, on TUESDAY, that the hurricane was so bad he'd need to come home.

Rinse and repeat for the disaster response.

Not caring is only part of it. Bush is the type of manager that never wants to hear bad news, and he has honed it to such a fine art that combined with an isolated lifestyle that doesn't exactly have him reading the morning paper he was literally one of the last people in the nation to hear about one of the worst disasters in our history.

That got me thinking about 9/11 and the infamous My Pet Goat incident. Read More

Proposal for dKosopedia

BrianK

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Saturday August 06, 2005 · 2:19 PM PDT

2005/08/06 · 14:19

dKosopedia has so far followed a very literal definition of an encyclopedia, but I see a lot more potential as it's really the only permanent record for the community outside the FAQ and search functions, and it seems fairly detached and out of place, other than just being out of date.

I think it would be a lot more useful if it also included compilations and summaries of similar diaries, like this entry on the pie wars. Read More

Why This Diary is a Waste of Space, And Other Observations

BrianK

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Friday June 10, 2005 · 4:27 PM PDT

2005/06/10 · 16:27

So it seems, if I may be so bold, that we have come full circle.

Pie diaries may still exist because of other people allowing dKos to have content that some believe is pointless or it offends them.

Sort of a one hand clapping thing.

And as I have no intention of putting any effort in this diary into thoughts any deeper than stating the painfully obvious. And as many other dKos members have already stated in greater eloquence and better speling anything that I would be likely to write, I believe this diary is indeed a waste of space. Here's why: Read More

63% Of Corporations Plan To Read Outbound Email

BrianK

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Tuesday June 07, 2005 · 9:03 PM PDT

2005/06/07 · 21:03

via slashdot:

A recent survey of 332 technology decision-makers at large u.s. companies reveals a growing concern over sensitive information leaving the enterprise through email.
In its 2005 study on outbound email security and content issues, email security vendor Proofpoint found that more than 63% of corporations with 1,000 or more employees either employ or plan to hire workers to read outbound email.
Why? companies are highly concerned about preventing leaks of trade secrets, enforcing corporate email policies, and complying with regulations that affect email usage.

BrianK

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Monday June 06, 2005 · 6:59 PM PDT

2005/06/06 · 18:59

After reading a number of diaries here on the subject (or at least their titles) I have come to the painful conclusion that I too cannot sufficiently supress my carnal instincts in order to make a rational decision between our Kos advertisers.

I (and I imagine others here as well) really like pies.

But there are right and wrong ways to express that desire. We must resist the temptation.

Pies are not objects to be exploited for our entertainment. Read More

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Why This Diary is a Waste of Space, And Other Observations

63% Of Corporations Plan To Read Outbound Email

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