Saturday, March 22, 2003

6:38:46 PM   Werbach: "Listening to Tony Blair's address last night on the radio, my wife and I couldn't help but feel that the world would be a better place if his home were #1600 Pennsylvania rather than #10 Downing." [Scripting News] // Amen.

6:01:57 PM   stop the madness. It is very difficult to sit back and watch all the mahem going on around us and not participate somewhere.  I'm not permitted to take any position for or against nearly everything---but I take a strong postition for Liberty.  Liberty is neutral-period.  Those who have been in opposition of the war are being put down and pulled out as unpatriotic.  A.M. radio got me pretty pissed today.  People were saying protestors "made them sick."  I guess these folks find killing and destruction more palatable than a protestor.  What's wrong with this picture? [Tara Sue's Weblog News]

4:42:57 PM   AT&T Broadband / Comcast or.  I'd rather eat glass than be an AT&T customer.[via The FuzzyBlog!]  // Can I get an amen ?  AT&T are great example of the "malefactors of great wealth" in the McCain story below.  They have been stealing money from people for years.  I gave up doing business with AT&T many years ago.  When they call and try to get me to change to their phone service, I tell them I wouldn't do business with them for all the money in the world.  Some of the brave telemarketers are amazed at the hate this company inspires in me.  Treat your customers well and you will have me for as long as you maintain this respect for your customers, even it if costs me a few extra dollars.  Stick it to me once due you your companies greed and you will lose me as a customer for life.

4:26:40 PM   Fortune.  Gotta love McCain: McCain sees himself as a Republican in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt--who famously described himself as an enemy of "malefactors of great wealth." [John Robb's Radio Weblog]  //  I like the sounds of what Mr. McCain is up to.

4:25:32 PM   Names of Marines Killed in Iraq. U.S. Marines killed Friday in helicopter crash in Kuwait: - Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. - Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston. - Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, of Baltimore. - Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine. U.S. Marines killed in action in Iraq: [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] //  :-(

4:14:30 PM   A John Robb brief on the war:  Is the Bush doctrine the right doctrine? [John Robb's Radio Weblog]  //  Presented without comment.

4:08:13 PM   Ted Nugent. Ted Nugent saluted "the attitude, the spirit and gargantuan kahunas for inviting Uncle Ted to share in this educational jihad campfire" with about 600 Northwestern students at Ryan Family Auditorium Friday night. Did anyone blog this? [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]  //  Oh my.  Ted running his mouth at Northwestern.  Who'd a thunk it.

3:41:38 PM   internal memo mtv. I hadn't heard of internalmemos.com until today. What an excellent site. Now see how the media works from the inside out with this memo regarding what videos should air on MTV during the war. For more MTV fun look here. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]  //  These folks have an awesome idea but incredibly poor implementation.  They want $45 a month.  For $45 a month they best be my chaffeur for the month also.

3:29:31 PM   Young U.S. Marines Get First Combat Test. Lance Cpl. Joseph Willems was approaching one of many bunkers dug into Iraq's desert when he saw the muzzle fire. "I looked down and saw shots being fired, and I just went 'ooooh,' and jumped back," said the 19-year-old Marine from Kenosha, Wis. "Saw a guy in a blue sweat shirt, and took a hip shot with my saw." With his "saw" - slang for machine gun - Willems killed the Iraqi soldier in the first action... "The only time I freaked was when I saw his eyes, and my weapon jammed. I kept backing up and it kept jamming," said Willems. "I didn't want to get shot so I shot him first," Cpl. Juan B. Elenes, 21, of Portland, Ore. said about two of the Iraqis who refused to give up "I was OK until I saw one of our own Marines dead. I thought, 'Oh, we can die too," said Lance Cpl. Daymond Geer, 20, "I pray whenever I can before doing something crazy," "You're shooting. It's not training anymore. It's combat. It's pretty scary. It changes everything." 'Oh my God, am I going to have to shoot that guy?'" // Kids say the darnedest things.  This is amazing, kids, really, kids are out fighting this war.  I brought out the highlights but read this. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com]

2:55:46 PM   Nancy Chamberlain, of Winslow, Maine, said she admired television networks and their war coverage, but for families of the military, "it's murder." "It's heartbreak," she said. "We can't leave the television. Every tank, every helicopter - `is that my son?' And I just need you to be aware that technology is, it's great, but there are moms, there are dads, there are wives out there that are suffering because of this. That's all. That's why I'm doing this." The eyes of Brokaw, and some of the retired military officials who joined him on the set in New York, got misty. "It's inappropriate for me to become this emotional about it," Brokaw said. CNN Reporters Expelled From Baghdad. Two CNN reporters expelled from Baghdad were safe in Jordan on Saturday and don't expect to be returning anytime soon. Nic Robertson described how an official from the ministry of information summoned him and his crew from their hotel room at about 3:30 p.m. Baghdad time on Friday to say they had to leave. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com]

2:51:52 PM   "I'm feeling sad now because my father is gone and I won't see him again," the fifth-grader said. U.S. Families Struggle With War Deaths. They were from every corner of America, these young men, and from every corner of America they are now being mourned. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com]

2:43:58 PM   In pictures: Baghdad under attack. US-led forces begin a massive bombardment of Baghdad, known as a "shock and awe" strategy. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

2:41:45 PM   Arab press agonises over war. As US-led forces increase their air attacks against Baghdad and move deeper into Iraq, the press reflects the sense of helplessness and anger throughout the Arab world. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

2:08:15 PM   HealthSouth Heads South.  [via The Motley Fool]  // Another one bites the dust.

1:33:44 AM   Disk drive bit the dust here. Last week has been a blur of war and reinstalling software :-(