I had some papers to grade this morning, and I turned on the television to have some sound distraction while grading. I flipped through thechannels and found A League of Their Own playing, and even though I have seen it numerous times, I got caught up in it again. This made me realize that there …
Archives for March 2005
The Salivating Morons Who Make Up the Lynch Mob
The Mullahs* at the Daily Kos are calling for JIHAD: As you’ve probably noticed, there have been several Alan Greenspan-related posts on the main page in just the past day or so. In one of those threads, blogswarmer Bob Brigham suggested that we “unleash the blogosphere” on Greenspan. It’s a brilliant idea – no one …
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Stupid Legislation
Jacob Sollum discusses something that has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time– state laws banning the use of hand held cell phones while driving: Not only is the ban–similar to rules in New York, New Jersey, and D.C.–hard to enforce, but it may actually contribute to driver distraction by creating the …
Bad Blood
This is a bad idea: You’d have to live in a cave not to know that if you’re driving and get stopped by a cop, he or she can ask you to take a breath or blood test, and if you refuse, you lose your license for a while. But you also expect that if …
Human Rights Abuses
We are not a perfect nation- we never have been, we never will be, and most realistic people recognize that what makes us different from other nations is that when we identify our shortcomings, we attempt to do something about them . As Bernard Lewis notes: We of the West are accused of sexism, racism, …
Public Relations Disaster
I have no idea what is going on at Blogshares, but according to this, Balloon Juice has been experiencing some management problems: Balloon Juice suffered a huge setback with several analysts urging their clients to ditch the stock as it suffered a public relations disaster. The exact nature of customer dissatisfaction was not known but …
What the Hell is Going On?
I would once again take the time to thank the NY Times, the rest of the MSM, and the idiot Democrats who thought that McCain-Feingold was a good idea and an absolute imperative for the nation. I warned you. I told you. You didn’t listen. Thanks. And damn you Bush- why the hell did you …