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November 2nd, 2004

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October 25th, 2004

03:10 pm - sweet tasty politics Ive had a good time so far this political season. The primaries, the conventions, the spins, the spins, the spins, a true american carnival. And I have to say that it doesnt seem odd to me. I poke through the blogosphere, modern replacement for the hordes of newspapers we had a century ago, I tune in to the legacy and new media outlets to get the spin-counterspin-respin-unspin-megaspin-negaspin-inversespin-4dspin, and then I talk to people. Its fun, its social, and it seems to be uncommon, makes me sad it does. Everyone has some sort of opinion on this election, and thats very good. I just wish that people would take the time to have an opinion on the issues involved, and decide from there an opinion on a candidate. Political monkey men advertise and spin issues off of candidates, and it works very well for them, because its easier for the proletariat-peon-populace to absorb with their atkins friendly burger and deep fried entertainment. That makes me sad too. George Bush has his problems, and I certainly cant agree with all of his works, and Kerry supporters can generally say the same thing about their candidate. As I am sitting and watching the last week of the campaign unfold Ive become curious, what does the liberal wing of "ya'll" think the flaws of kerry are, and vice versa, what do the Bushites see as his flaws? Im looking to see the issues using the candidates spin as lenses. To start, Bush Is/Has: Failed to convey, and will most likely continue to, the necessity of the policies with Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and North Korea, and the horrors that they potentiate. Generated a domestic social agenda that Clinton would have been proud of, and would have been hailed as dictator for life by the Dems if he could have passed it. Been too much of a politician, spin spin spin, and implement a team that does it powerfully well. I would rather a balls forward straight, quick, and easy way of pushing info to the people. Stayed too far out of the public eye and has failed to perform as president, up front and for the people, too much reliance on surrogates. Current Mood: good Current Music: rush

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September 5th, 2004

03:22 pm - Dunebook4 Been reading/listening to the dune series lately. Havent done so in a very long time, never got past book 2 before. Quite surprised at this point, book 3 and 4 have been stunning. Excellent excerpt from book 4 for the political season. "Safaris through ancestral memories teach me many things. The patterns, ahhh, the patterns Liberal bigots are the ones who trouble me most. I distrust the extremes. Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat. It's true! Liberal governments always develop into aristocracies The bureaucracies betray the true intent of people who form such governments. Right from the first, the little people who formed the governments which promised to equalize the social burdens found themselves suddenly in the hands of bureaucratic aristocracies. Of course, all bureaucracies follow this pattern. but what a hypocrisy to find this even under a communized banner Ahhh, well, if patterns teach me anything it's that patterns are repeated. My oppressions. by and large, are no worse than any of the others and, at least. I teach a new lesson. -The Stolen Journals" Of course, not entirely accurate to either extent, IMHO, but still quite penetrating. Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Rammstein - Asche Zu Asche

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July 19th, 2004

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July 12th, 2004

01:54 pm - im not an anti-un nut... but come on guys... http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000574035 Funfunfunf weekend, my that corn hill festival was good. Current Mood: complacent Current Music: Oakenfold - Dread Rock

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June 29th, 2004

02:43 pm - war on terror http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/6/29/121539.shtml Current Mood: complacent Current Music: rush

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June 18th, 2004

09:38 am - wod 2.0 seems like they chose to keep diablerie in... All that I can hope is that it makes you feel good and doesnt affect blood potency...lots of luck for me on that methinks. Current Mood: cranky Current Music: WuTangClan - bring the ruckus

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June 15th, 2004

03:40 pm - This is oh so appropriate methinks... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3804545.stm up with drama! Current Mood: amused Current Music: none

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June 9th, 2004

12:39 pm - I want one http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0608042jelly1.html new media indeed... Current Mood: amused Current Music: Bornfunk MCs - Freestyler

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June 8th, 2004

02:56 pm - Conservative Affirmative Action http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000524193 Some days... Current Mood: amused Current Music: Rosa Parks Remix - Outkast, Snood, 2Pac

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June 5th, 2004

08:07 pm - Reagan I remember Famil Ties and the character Michael J Fox played, how he had a picture of Reagan and how much fun the show had with that. I was 2 when he was elected the first time, 6 the second time. I was 10 when he left office, I can vaguely recall his goodbye address. One of my most vivid memories of that age was listening to some of the Iran Contra hearings on my grandfathers radio, I really enjoyed it, they used such big words in fun ways that I didnt know how to, and it was better than the sunday polka show. I grew up in a poor part of Buffalo that had been at one time the ethnicly polish part of town, the east side. By the time I was growing up it was the black part of town. Or as the neighbors would talk about it, "they" were the only people that you could sell the homes to anymore as you tried to move away to the suburbs. By the time I was a teen the highest crime part of town was about a half mile west of me, a couple of the kids I went to grammar school with were selling drugs full time, one was in the juvenile justice system, and I was starting to enjoy politics. It was only recently that I realized that a lot of the social BS that I grew up with was due to Reagan and its odd to realize. Ive always respected Reagan for his results and ideals, though not necessarily his style or method. The economic reforms he implemented at the start of his presidency pulled the US out of the Carter-Malaise, but cause nearly 2 years of recession. A recession that combined with the introduction and easy availability of crack cocaine caused a criminal epoch in low income communities, the 80s and 90s of crack selling, gangbanging, and the replacement of the feared Italian mafia with the fear of blacks an armed, violent, drug addicted, drug selling race. I lived through a lot of that, got to see it, talk with it, walk with it. I enjoy rap music becuase of it, watch BET for entertainment and news because of it, know that Erie county, where Buffalo is, was the 3rd most segregated county in the US. And now Mr. Reagan has died of pneumonia after the long decline of alzheimers. I can honestly say that I hold him no ill will for it. I know what he did helped the nation economically, that most of my life has been spent in the glow of the Reagan renewal of the US economy. I am not sad that he has died, but sad that he was afflicted with Alzheimers. I would have loved to be able to read a book he penned about his time in America. I think its 24 more years until the documentation from his presidency is opened to public review, and I hope that when it does become available it is viewable by all citizenry online, rather than only in person by scholars. I will enjoy reading it, or the books on it. I would like to express my thanks to Mr. Reagan and his family and colleagues. The America that I have grown to know would have been a much worse place without the 8 years or Reagan. The hope that suffused the country would not have been, the Soviet Union might not have been defeated, the night and days I have spent happy, free, and joyous might not have been. I saluted an American patriot, who fought for what he believed, for what was just, and for what has created a better world. History does not need to remember Mr. Reagan in any way, for the lives he enriched and helped are worth more than any monument, book, or song. Current Mood: sad Current Music: Tupac - Last Wordz

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June 4th, 2004

05:30 pm - fun news via link http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200406040840.asp http://www.nationalreview.com/levin/levin200406011433.asp Ill prolly poke in some comments vis a vis these after dinner. Current Mood: energetic Current Music: the sweet sizzling of meat cooking

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June 2nd, 2004

03:54 pm - politics are fun, heres some abortion stuff Best to read from bottom to top. Kind of gross in a couple of places, but worthy of the time to read. Some aspects of the abortion debate not commonly brought up. http://aclj.org/resources/prolife/pba/040329_trial_notebook.asp Current Mood: complacent Current Music: Puffdady

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June 1st, 2004

09:56 pm - arent I linkful http://marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BEC0AE4E8%2D3B33%2D417F%2DBD11%2D8A491E2A964F%7D&siteid=mktw Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Eminem - Freestyle

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02:34 pm - Good ol' John Kerry, friend of children and veterans... http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/5/31/225546.shtml Interesting quote seperate of the article "I support the troops, but I oppose the war, I support a womans right to choose, but I oppose abortion" Current Mood: good Current Music: sad lacking

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May 24th, 2004

03:15 pm - Vampire Tag None tonight all Im afraid, too much wet in the last couple of days, and with a chance of more, seems like a bad idea for today. Current Mood: complacent Current Music: Barenaked Ladies - Gin and Juice

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May 7th, 2004

12:07 pm - First Post Ever Van Helsing 1:05PM Tinseltown, anyone want to go? Current Mood: blah Current Music: AudioBook - Rufus J Fears - Famous Romans 01 of 12

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