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Thursday, June 10, 2004 |
War By Other Means. Capitol Hill Blue, an interesting little web site that covers politics and government in, and from, Washington, takes a look at the Bush campaign's plans to turn the electronic ghost of Ronald Reagan into the third man on the Republican Party ticket:
The ads, ordered up by Bush political advisor Karl Rove immediately after Reagan’s death last Saturday, use images of Reagan and excerpts from his speeches in what one angry GOP conservative describes as a “callous attempt to tie George W. Bush to the legacy of Ronald Wilson Reagan.”
One proposed ad even goes so far as to show Reagan saying “George, go out and win one for the Gipper.” The clip comes from Reagan’s speech to the 1988 Republican National Convention where the former President’s request was to Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush, in his successful 1988 run for President.
One failed George deserves another, I guess. [Whiskey Bar]
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It's Cryin' Time Again
Alas, a giant is gone.
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you.
In a hundred years, Ronald Reagan will be a name in history books and on some airports. But people will still be listening to Mess Around.
1:02:24 PM Permalink
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Ulysses - Page 1 [Ulysses : Started on June 10, 2004]
Solemnly he came forward and mounted
the round gunrest. He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower,
the surrounding land and the awaking mountains. Then, catching sight of
Stephen Dedalus, he bent towards him and made rapid crosses in the air,
gurgling in his throat and shaking his head. Stephen Dedalus,
displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and
looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, equine in
its length, and at the light untonsured hair, grained and hued like
pale oak.
This is going to be fun. But the colors of the page are unfortunate. If there must be color, shouldn't it be snotgreen?
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Mashing Books and Aggregators. If you like the idea of reading Da Vinci's Notebooks via RSS , then you might also enjoy James Joyce's Ulysses , as syndicated by Jason White . The fun starts on June 16, which Jason notes is the hundredth anniversary of the date that Ulysses is set. Offer good through June 14, 2006. ;-) [The Shifted Librarian]
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© Copyright 2004 Steve Michel.
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