wah-nah NAAHHH nah-nah
by Pete on January 28, 2005
On the way home from work this evening, I happened to catch a bit of Terry Gross’s interview with James Hetfield. It was completely uninteresting, and just to add insult to injury, she kept playing songs from the St. Anger (…)
More on the latest $80 billion circling the drain
by Pete on January 26, 2005
Following up on yesterday’s post about the White House’s request for an additional $80 billion for the war in Iraq, according to this morning’s New York Times, the administration’s request will push the federal budget deficit to $425 billion in (…)
You just can’t write stuff this good.
by Pete on January 25, 2005
On September 15, 2002, then White House economic advisor Larry Lindsay estimated that a war with Iraq could cost from one to two hundred billion dollars. Shortly thereafter, he was issued his walking papers by the Bush administration for his (…)
Argh, I say.
by Pete on January 24, 2005
Craig was kind enough to send me a link to this cnn.com article about the teaching of Intelligent Design in Dover, PA. A bit of background: after a rather contentious debate, the school board in Dover has decided that Intelligent (…)
A rose is a rose.
by Pete on January 23, 2005
There’s a great article in the Washington Post about the Bush administration’s efforts to distance itself from any form of the term “privatization” when it comes to discussing Social Security. I have gone off at various points in the past (…)
I’d say good riddance, if only I didn’t fear something even worse
by Pete on January 23, 2005
So Michael Powell has announced that he will be stepping down as head of the Federal Communications Commission at the end of March. In case you’re unfamiliar, Powell is the son of Colin Powell, and has been chairman of the (…)
Sorry…
by Pete on January 22, 2005
Apparently there’s been something of an unplanned hiatus here at the blog. I’m pretty much snowed-in at the moment, though, so perhaps I shall take this opportunity to get back into a regular habit of posting. Stay tuned…
“Horse?” asked the Cart, “I don’t need no stinkin’ horse.”
by Pete on January 6, 2005
I was just listening to a story on Marketplace about the Department of Homeland Security’s recently-announced guidelines for clean-up of a non-nuclear radiological attack (sorry, I hate the term “dirty bomb”). The story itself was pretty good, the main topic (…)
Amusement
by Pete on January 3, 2005
It’s been a long time since the glory days of 1999/2000, when bored, overpaid web designers were able to sit around creating hilarious Flash animations all day long. However, a coworker just pointed me to Monkeehub’s Low Morale. Think of (…)
The bottom-end of 2004
by Pete on January 3, 2005
Popmatters has published their list of the 10 worst moments in American politics for 2004. It’s rather amusing. Regarding Alan Keyes (No. 8): “Keyes clearly should have spent more time clearing brush out from a newly purchased farmhouse and sounding (…)