I am perpetual / I keep the country clean
by Pete on March 31, 2006
Not infrequently, it occurs to me that it might be a good idea for George Orwell’s 1984 to be required reading for anyone pursuing a career in the public sector. If it were, we might have to deal with fewer (…)
And they have a plan.
by Pete on March 30, 2006
In case you missed it, the Democratic Party announced yesterday that it has a plan. The plan is titled “Real Security,” and according to the party web site, will “protect Americans and restore our country’s position of international leadership.” Reading (…)
Sorry about the down-time
by Pete on March 29, 2006
Had a bit of an unplanned outage today. A power spike this morning rebooted the server, and it spent the better part of the day recovering the drive array. At any rate, things seem to be back up and running (…)
Hypotheticals
by Pete on March 28, 2006
If I recall the process correctly from my high school civics class and the “I’m Just a Bill” episode of Schoolhouse Rock, Congress debates legislation. If they pass it, the legislation goes to the President. The President can either veto (…)
By reading these words, you are indicating your acceptance that I am right.
by Pete on March 27, 2006
I returned from a few days away yesterday to find that along with my monthly bill, the cable company had also sent a copy of their new terms of service. Among other things, it says: I can’t host any kind (…)
They let him out again.
by Pete on March 23, 2006
Having sat through most of the President’s live press briefing this past Monday, I have been informally surveying various discussion sites to see what the general consensus might be on his performance.. At Redstate.org and other right-wing sites, the general (…)
Vacation
by Pete on March 22, 2006
I’m off to Toronto for a couple of days, so posts will probably be light (if I get to it at all) through the weekend.
Where have you gone, Al Gore?
by Pete on March 21, 2006
During a conversation with Craig yesterday about Feingold’s motion to censure the President, I mentioned off-handedly that I had been wondering if perhaps a lot of the problems Democrats have with staying-on message can be traced to the lack of (…)
Because North Korea just wasn’t weird enough already
by Pete on March 20, 2006
In an attempt to back up claims made during a lunch-time discussion today regarding Toronto’s CN Tower being the largest free-standing structure in the world*, I was perusing the Wikipedia entry on the world’s tallest structures this evening when I (…)
Sometimes zombies and politics do mix.
by Pete on March 20, 2006
When I heard about Showtime’s Masters of Horror series last year, I was pretty excited. It sounded like a dream come true—each episode directed by a different acclaimed horror director, starting with Don Coscarelli, and featuring other genre notables such (…)