Open Threads

It appears that J.C. Watts is stepping down and not running again. I always enjoyed him, but it seemed to me he was becoming increasingly strident in recent years.

One amusing note- CNN was not content to believe Watts when he said he was leaving to spend more time with his family. They reported that he was leaving for three reasons:

1.) Upset about not being able to advance in the leadership.

Which is patently absurd, since he was the number four man after eight years.

2.) Upset about the Crusader artilery program being cancelled.

And yes- CNN misspelled artillery on the teleprompter- later on they called him a “conservtive.” Not to mention the assertion is absurd. Idiots.

3.) Wants to spend more time with his family.

I guess after 8 years of Clinton, we just can not take anyone at their word. New possible motto for CNN: “The Conjecture Now Network.”

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It sounds like the Colorado Blogger Bash was a smashing success.

Oh, and BTW- Jeff Goldstein and the crew at Protein Wisdom have moved to a new url. It is http://www.proteinwisdom.com

Make sure you update your blog.

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I am back home in Morgantown, and let me tell you, it sure is nice to be sleeping my own bed. It is also nice to have a desktop computer with a fat 21 inch monitor, rather than that dinky little laptop. And cable modem. How did we ever survive with 28.8 and 56k modems?

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Posting is light because I am still out of town on a crappy 28k modem through aol, and because this laptop does not like blogger for whatever reason.

One thing that I did note today while trying to read all the news- a pop up add that almost got me to click on it. The ad was from contentwatch, and it asked in big bold letters:

PORN ON YOUR COMPUTER?

At first I thought it was an offer for some, then I realized it was just going to scan for already existing porn. I then thought, what the heck, maybe I have misplaced some and I can consolidate it. I didn’t, though, cuz I hate spammers.

This post ought to get Kevin H. at Ideas riled up. Hehe. Just kidding, Kevin.

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Why I like George Bush

Ari Fleischer just commented on the Court ruling that the Declaration is unconstitutional. Fleischer stated that Bush said the ruling was ‘ridiculous.’

No kidding. It is refreshing to have someone who says it like it is.

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Blogger is being weird again.

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Worldcom is going to be a mess, and I expect Democrats to attempt to smear Republicans with this ‘big business’ tie like they attempted to do so with Enron. According to Opensecrets.org, the donations are as follows:

Since 1/31/01:

The National Republican Congressional Committee has received $ 15,700.00.
The Republican National State Election Committee has received $ 45,000.00.
The 2001 Presidential dinner fund received $ 100,000.00.

The Democratic National Committee received $ 50,000.00
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee received $ 50, 250.00

Pretty even, except the 100k donation to the dinner- not sure what that money is used for- perhaps a more sophisticated reader will have that info. I am still willing to bet that Senate Democrats will be the most vocal.

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