Wednesday, June 30, 2004|
Bad things are going on at City Hall. I know this is a shock but apparently, the mayor we elected to do the little things like improve our schools and fix our crummy streets, has changed, like a doppleganger only in a more sinister manner and now has this "vision" of Dallas and apparently it doesn't involve said schools and said streets. It involves bridges over the Trinity River, designed by some so-and-so which will clearly make Dallas a great place to live and visit. Dallas has the chance to remake itself, not just the downtown but the city in general, and the big political players downtown are going to push us in the wrong direction. They've converted the mayor and apparently are trying to create a limited government corporation to have a "vision" for downtown. This limited government corporation would do things like have "the power to do basic planning, to sell bonds and raise money, to build roads and parking structures, to decide transit issues, basically to determine how downtown should be developed" instead of your elected officials. How is this a good idea? How could taking power from democratically elected officials and giving it to anything, much less a limited government corporation ever be a good idea? It can't be and it isn't. Write your council member (you can find them here, you know, just in case you didn't know who yours was) and tell them it's a crummy idea and that you want the council to decide how downtown is remade. It's that silly democratic ideal. |
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I have now made it to Level 4 in Psycho Pong. At Level 4, my trackball really becomes a handicap. I believe I will reward myself with a rum and coke before proceeding down my path of impending insanity. 10:26:09 PM  What do you think? [] trackback []
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Psycho Pong is driving me crazy. Level three is my limit so far. I will make it to Level 4 tonight at all costs. 10:12:53 PM What do you think? [] trackback []
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Just so you don't think we only pick on the left around here (though it does seem to come easier and smoother, like 18 year old scotch), apparently House Speaker Dennis Hastert called Senator John McCain's (you know the guy, the smart, moderate Republican who was a POW during Vietnam) understanding of sacrifice during wartime into question because McCain and several other moderate Republicans wanted to ensure that in the future, tax cuts would only correspond with spending cuts. As a result, the budget is in serious danger of not getting passed. I say, hooray for the moderates! Could Hastert truly be so stupid as to for one minute think he could question McCain's understanding of sacrifice? Is the man daft? Good god, it's really almost incomprehensible. Of course, perhaps the real story here is that three out of the last seven years, budget bills haven't been passed on time and two of those times, the Republicans held sway in both Houses of Congress. How is that possible? As an aside, I'd love to see Cheney excuse himself from this little election and then maybe we could get McCain in there to smooth over some of the bumps. But then, I'm surely just delusional there. |
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Tom Maguire notes some inconsistencies in how people like Hillary Clinton view their idea of taxes (read: nuanced and for the common good) versus how they view a conservative idea of taxes (read: cynical and short-sighted). But of course, the liberal elites always know better what to do with your money, it's what they were born to do. 9:53:49 PM What do you think? [] trackback []
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From the "It Doesn't Fucking Matter Category", we have Dean debating Nader on why he's running for President. Here we have the once presumptive candidate, now an ex-governor of Vermont debating the person not on any ballot about why he shouldn't be running. The subtlety and nuance escapes me. The fact that the left is so scared of Nader when it looks more and more unlikely that he'll even be on any ballots is a sign of how weak they probably are. UPDATE: DOH! I screwed up, Nader is on six ballots: Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, Colorado, Kansas and Montana. You more about Nader here particularly how the Democrats are fighting him and some Republicans are helping him. |
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