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Saturday, Jan 10, 2004
chill out
pretty chilly on this side of my apartment. last time i checked the thermometer said 56. once it gets below 20 outside, my windows basically stop trying. and the radiator is only marginally better. currently 7 degrees for those of you keeping score at home.
fools on the hill
ethel passes along a very potent "what liberal media" anecdote.
Friday, Jan 09, 2004
dean is to truman as...
"Doing without historical analogy would be like trying to do without metaphor--and in some ways, it would also be like doing without the empirical substance of informed policy making. We can only predict what might happen by thinking about what has happened: it is the only data we have."
dear penthouse nation forum,
"Over the years I have read with avidity various intellectual disputes in The New York Review of Books and other literary journals. But I have never imagined myself being a part of one of them. However, I found Eric Alterman's December 15 "Stop the Presses" column on my recent film, The Fog of War, so devoid of historical scholarship (despite his claim of having worked on his PhD for eleven years) that I feel compelled to respond."
moon unit zapper
"In the days to come, any administration official who says that a Moon base could support a Mars mission is revealing himself or herself to be a total science illiterate. When you hear, "A Moon base could support a Mars mission," substitute the words, "I have absolutely no idea what I am talking about."
the ultimate aphrodisiac
ill have to agree with low culture. this picture of dick cheney is creepy. im sure its just the type of gaze that gives lynne a woody before she rummages around under the bed for her "toys." or maybe its just a result of the viagra dispensers bob dole had installed in the senate chambers. if only they had a pill to stiffen spines as well.
immaterial girl
"Our greatest risk is a lack of leadership, a lack of honesty and a complete lack of consciousness."
dinner for two
bloggies v. koufax nominations.
free acid paper
"These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD -- part of a test conducted by the US government during it's dalliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950's."
Thursday, Jan 08, 2004
red fight and blue
when i ask myself if dean is electable i have to look at this map and assume he could beat bush in new hampshire. the only other question is can he hold onto pennsylvania iowa wisconsin minnesota oregon washington and new mexico? or can he pick up something marginal but skewing republican like ohio louisiana arizona west virginia kentucky arkansas tennessee or missouri. and then there is a little place i like to call The Sunshine State. isnt a strategy that solidifies what you already control especially in the midwest the best way to go. maybe you can turn ohio missouri and/or florida.