This is a story about blogging. Please pardon while I work out my blogging neuroses by blogging about it.
Archive for September, 2007
What’s a blog for, if not self-indulgent long-winded rambling, eh?
Posted in Attempts to be Good At Life®, Bloggers, Me on September 18, 2007 | 10 Comments »
The thought police launch a pre-emptive strike.
Posted in Bush, Conservative Craziness, Education, Free Speech, The Constitution on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s difficult for non-lawyer/law student types to appreciate who Erwin Chemerinsky is. But he basically wrote the text book on constitutional law used by many if not most law students. He is a giant in the field of constitutional law and would have been a huge get for any brand new law school trying to [...]
A great question
Posted in Islam, War, iraq, politics, terrorism on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From the L.A. Times.
In response to the “recommendation” from General Petraeus that the U.S. should keep 130,000+ troops in Iraq until at least July and spend another $100 billion.
What else could the United States do with a guesstimated $100 billion to reduce the strength and the appeal of Islamist terrorist groups worldwide?
If you think about [...]
Too sexy to fly
Posted in Family Values, What the Fuck? on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to post about this the first time it happened but then figured, eh, it was probably an isolated incident. But then it happened again!
Apparently, in addition to checking your bags, making sure you don’t have dangerous items such as bombs, big bottles of liquid, knives and guns, Southwest Airlines wants to make [...]
Remembering
Posted in 9/11, Me on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Six years ago I was living on the west coast in Monterey, CA. Six years ago I woke up, rolled out of bed, put on my army physical fitness uniform, grabbed some water, and turned the television onto Headline News. I saw the video images of one of the World Trade Center towers on fire and [...]
Retro Sunglasses, Skateboards, and Single? Talk about the triple threat!
Posted in Put the Video Camera Down!, What the Fuck? on September 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Another installment of Put the Video Camera Down!
I saw this and wanted to shoot myself. Would any girl actually respond to this guy? For the sake of women everywhere, I hope not.
Maybe I’m wrong. Is this the future of dating? God help us.
Look, Ma! Janet Jackson’s got breasts!
Posted in Broadcasting, FCC, Family Values, Media, Television on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is convening to determine whether Janet Jackson’s covered nipple was indecent or a fleeting, accidental moment on live television for which CBS should not be fined.
If CBS wins, it will insulate television and radio broadcasters from sudden or accidental slips of the tongue or “wardrobe malfunctions” [...]
“After so long, you start to wonder”
Posted in afghanistan, bunny, satire, terrorism, webcomics on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Elyzabethe said I should start posting webcomics because that’s all I read anymore, and I thought this one from Bunny would fit nicely here.
On Rilo Kiley
Posted in Music, neat new things on September 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rilo Kiley released a new album, Under the Blacklight, a couple of weeks ago. On opening it, I was excited. The jewel case is tinted purple, and I suspect that it actually glows under a blacklight. The booklet contains no text and is full of pictures of the band seemingly exploring the [...]
I hate popcorn
Posted in Health care, Me on September 5, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Seriously, I hate the smell and I never eat it at the movies or as a snack at home. And if my roommates warm up a bag of instant popcorn in the microwave, without warning me, and that smell wafts its way to me on the couch, it pisses me off. Some people just say [...]
Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-OH)
Posted in Republicans on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rest in peace. My condolences to his wife and family.
Family Hour? Not so much.
Posted in Art, Broadcasting, FCC, Family Values, Free Speech, Media, Nanny State, Pop Culture, Television on September 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The media watchdog group Parents Television Council has issued a report which states that sex and violence are on the rise during what is traditionally called the “Family Hour” on network television.
The group studied 180 hours of original programming on six broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, MyNetworkTV and the CW) during three two-week ratings [...]
Awww. Iraqis are trying to have their own lil’ preznit!
Posted in Bush, War, iraq on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(Via TPM)
Bush on Maliki:
“[Maliki's] learning to be a leader. And one of my jobs as the president and his ally is to help him be that leader without being patronizing. At some point in time, if I come to the conclusion that he can’t be the leader—he’s unwilling to lead or he’s deceptive—then we’ll change [...]
Gore running?
Posted in Would-Be Presidents, gore on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL) thinks there’s a good chance.
We’re winning the Iraq War Surge Media Campaign in the U.S. But still losing the war.
Posted in Bush, Journalism, Media, War, memes, politics on September 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Greg Sargent has an excellent breakdown of the public relations campaign to make it look like the surge is working and how the media has enabled it. This sort of thing really is a life or death issue. The longer this type of crap goes on, the more we’re dying over there.
This is not a [...]
The Largely Ignored Health Care Elephant
Posted in Health care on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I said before, there are two major issues in health care that need reform: the large number of people who are uninsured and the much larger number of people who have insurance but their health care needs are not being met.
Jane Hamsher over at Firedoglake talks about her battle on two fronts: cancer and [...]
Labor Day Weekend
Posted in Me on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Blogging took a backseat to Labor Day weekend but I’ll be back in full force tomorrow. Possibly with a couple short posts later on tonight. Hope everyone had fun.
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