Thursday, April 08, 2004

RNC chairman Ed Gillespie: "The hiring of Zach Exley is a clear indication the Kerry campaign is going negative on the net." 11:14:17 AM    comment []

The Bush/Cheney solution to possible problematic links and comments: no links or comments. 10:13:51 AM    comment []

Jay Rosen on the Kos flap and the Kerry campaign's decision to de-link his blog: "any blogger can get you killed. At stake here is the meaning of the verb  'to link' in politics. No one knows, and that's... tricky."   See also: Matt Stoller. 10:04:39 AM    comment []

"I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions." -- former nun Karen Armstrong. 9:36:48 AM    comment []

"Welcome to this third night of Passover," said cousin Richard as he kicked off a belated extended-family Seder last night. It was nice, fourteen of us at the table. We are untraditional in some of our traditions, but it works for us. From the Haggadah: "With one who has not started to inquire, you must begin to awaken the mind." 8:55:40 AM    comment []

News & Record: "Piedmont Triad International Airport is just months away from starting an extensive analysis of how to minimize noise from its proposed FedEx cargo hub." Wouldn't it have made sense to conduct an extensive analysis before agreeing to host the hub? This must be encouraging to the thousands of people living in potential noise corridiors: "How fast the recommendations are carried out will depend somewhat on how successful PTI is in obtaining federal grants. Charlotte has been implementing its study for about 14 or 15 years, said Andy Harris, a Boston consultant leading the review. 'We don't know now what kind of funding would be available,' Harris said." 8:36:45 AM    comment []