I have yet to read a credible argument that John Kerry made a serious blunder last night in mentioning Mary Cheney by name during the question about homosexuality and choice.

The two that come the closest are:

• He made Dick Cheney look like a victim. Not that DC wears the victim-status well anyway. Media hype.
• He spoke on behalf of someone he doesn't know. I agree that Kerry went too far by speaking and making assumptions about Mary's value system. But the tone of the answer was respectful and I don't believe Kerry was being crafty in trying to prod at the Republican stance on homosexuality.

9:04:59 PM    

If you're actually someone besides me viewing this blog, give me a few days to sort out the feel of this thing.

My interests -- the topics I eventually hope to start hitting on a regular basis:

• Technology -- cool stuff, my experiences with it, etc.
• Software Engineering and patterns -- professional experiences and observations
• Music

Plus I'll probably start a personal/diary category on the side, mostly for my own benefit.

1:44:26 PM    

• Politics - the debates. Josh Marshall has the most readable coverage of the presidential race so far from the blogosphere.
• Tech - Podcasting. Dave and Adam are either on something or onto something...
• Java - pays the bills but still manages to keep me interested, mostly because of projects like Picocontainer.
• Software - IoC/Dependency injection.  Sometimes Constructor DI just turns my head upside down.
  

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