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Thursday, August 21, 2003 |
The people's judge (WND)
It's time for Americans to rally around this man, his cause and tell the ACLU to take its meddling to some other country.
11:00:46 PM 
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Sure glad I didn't wait around for a chance to upgrade at my old Blogger page. Just went back for a visit after a month and that same notice is still on the PRO page.
Blogger Pro ordering is currently offline while we retool. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please check back next week.
7:25:07 PM
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Is Colin Powell Insane?. You know, I was laboring under a strange misconception. I thought that when our government says it will refuse to deal with a person because of a history of abominable terrorism and hateful incitement, they mean what they say.
I thought George W. Bush means what he says. He’s the President. The buck stops at his desk.
So why the hell is Colin Powell suddenly asking one of the world’s most bloody-handed terrorists to help stop Palestinian terror? Is this man insane?
Is the Bush administration insane? Powell Warns of Mideast Cliff, Seeks Arafat Help.
Powell's appeal to Arafat, whom Washington has tried for months to marginalize, was an implicit acknowledgment that he retains influence and that Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas may not have the muscle to stop attacks on Israel.
"I call on Chairman Arafat to work with Prime Minister Abbas and to make available to Prime Minister Abbas those security elements that are under his control so that they can allow progress to be made on the road map -- end terror, end this violence that just results in the further repetition of the cycle that we've seen so often," Powell said.
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh...
... [little green footballs]
I know how to stop Palestinian terror in one day! Unfortunatly my methods would not be politically correct! (LP)
7:11:05 PM
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What community WiFi can learn from hams. Here's an interesting piece about ham radio operators stepping in to help out emergency services, recovery and relief during the blackout. The hams are brilliant at this. They view themselves as being beholden to the public interest, in exchange for the use of the spectrum that they chat on.
The really fascinating thing about this is how well it works politically. Every time there's a disaster, the hams pitch in, and then a Congresscritter gets up on its hind legs and reads a commendation for America's brave and selfless amateur radio operators into the record.
And then, whenever the FCC gets an idea that it could make a couple billion dollars by auctioning off the hams' spectrum to cellular companies, the hams pack the hearings and the comments with commendations from congresscritters from every party and every district. This is powerful mojo.
The most interesting thing about the community WiFi projects like SFLan and Personal Telco is that to the extent that they get adopted by emergency services workers and used in disaster relief (the way that NYC Wireless's WiFi was used by lower Manhattanites after 9-11), WiFi activists can amass an enormous amount of political clout. Open spectrum radios are even better than hams for coordinating disaster relief, I think -- and there's nothing more politically compelling, it seems, than heroism in times of trouble. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
So we hams have "powerful mojo"? Austin Powers got nothin on us BABY! (LP)
6:59:54 PM
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Obituary. Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of Common Sense who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago... [Zogby Blog]
I ran this here before but it is worth repeating. (LP)
6:49:21 PM
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Garofalo on Bush: “It Is...a Conspiracy of the 43rd Reich” . Another round of looniness from left-wing activist/actress Janeane Garofalo as the co-host in the left chair on CNN’s Crossfire this week. On Wednesday afternoon she blamed the Bush team for the terrorist attack on the UN hotel: “It is... [Zogby Blog]
Why I don't watch television. (LP)
6:47:23 PM
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Pipes Makes No Apologies for Muslim Remarks. WASHINGTON — Daniel Pipes the Middle East scholar who has been called a bigot by Muslim groups and denounced by senators, makes no apologies for his views, and said he believes some of his Muslim critics are dangerous extremists... [Zogby Blog]
6:23:48 PM
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Placating the Treehuggers. California is broke, evil corporations are to blame, and the recall is a right-wing coup which will waste taxpayer money. So, what do the Democrats do? They give millions to environmentalist lunatics.
Gov. Gray Davis was joined by Sen. Barbara Boxer on Wednesday to announce the awarding of $53 million in grants to protect California's environment. Boxer, D-Calif.,... [Right-Thinking from the Left Coast]
Sigh! (LP)
2:07:35 PM
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RANDOM CALIFORNIA-RELATED THOUGHT: Everyone running in the California recall might profitably take a look at Tennessee's Democratic Governor, Phil Bredesen. Bredesen is balancing the budget without raising taxes (in fact, Tennessee, which has no income tax, is in surplus), and is popular not only with Democrats, but with a lot of pretty hard-core Republicans too. His secret: He's honest, and does what he says he'll do.
I know it's crazy, but it just might work!
UPDATE: Bill Hobbs notes that the surplus hasn't gotten much attention. (Instapundit.com)
Honesty? My - what a novel concept! (LP)
2:00:47 PM
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Another sniper caught red handed (pawed?)!
1:50:00 PM
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Simply a coincidence?. Nitin over at Hawken Blog points out an absoluletly amazing meeting of the minds here. [Right We Are!]
WOW! Who would of thunk it? I may have to start reading the Times again. Naw! (LP)
1:48:09 PM
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Just thinking. Stop laughing! LINUX WORM TRASHES NET!
What if there was no Internet Explorer? What if there was no Outlook or Outlook express? What if everyone was still using Netscape? What if everyone was using Unix/Linux?
Does anyone really think it would be any different? Do you really think that the spammers who are looking for ways to take over desktop machines would not be doing the same thing they are doing now with the latest Worms and Viruses? They aren't dummies. Why should they waste their time on Linux when it is only on 1 to 2 percent of desktops?
They are going where the beef is. If every desktop in the world was using Linux the headlines would scream LINUX WORM TRASHES NET!
Think about it. (LP)
1:26:18 PM
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warmongering, elitist sack of shit
I was planning to work tonight. I had already been called and accepted a job for the graveyard shift. Just before leaving I hear the wife let out a scream from the hallway. Thinking it was an intruder and I was going to get the chance to use my father-in-laws old LAPD 38 Police Special, I dashed in to find her looking up at the ceiling where a stream of water was pouring out of the air conditioner air intake. So as any red blooded American worker would do I called in sick and spent the next hour risking my life on the roof doing a temporary fix to the water problem.
Now hours later and a six pack of Diet Pepsi later I'm sitting here doing what I do best (wasting time on the net) and it strikes me that Russell Beattie may have hit on something great the other day when he called me that terrible name because I dared to post a comment on his blog.
What a wonderful name for a Radical Right Wing Conservative Blog. Warmongering Elitist Sack of Shit Blog! It kind of rolls off the tongue doesn't it?
I thought about changing the name of my blog but decided I'm locked in to the old Lopsided Poopdeck now. So - you want it, you got it. I checked and warmongeringelitistsackofshit.com is available. 
1:37:20 AM
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