"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
The continuation of war by other means
We just watched Wordplay, a movie about crossword puzzles. Former President Bill Clinton, one of several players interviewed, talked about his typical encounter with the Saturday* New York Times crossword. He said he almost always starts out stumped, but continues wading through clues until he finds a word he knows, then builds on that word until […]
When you have company it’s hard to make time for peripheral activities like blogging. But we did take time to fill out our ballots and mail them in, allowing us to smugly state: we voted. Control of congress will go to the party with the most energized voters. We’re energized. We hope you are too. […]
I posted this to another blog on May 16, 2006, right after a futile attempt to vote in an Arizona special election. This voter ID shit isn’t about keeping illegal aliens from voting. It’s about keeping minorities, the elderly, and the poor from voting (pdf file) – in a word, Democrats. And today, I am one happy Democrat! […]
China heckler at White House prompts Bush apology. Okay, someone managed to get into the press stands and shout at Chinese President Hu Jintao. Isn’t this normal behavior in the United States of America? Isn’t this, in fact, constitutionally protected behavior? Maybe not: The Secret Service charged Wang with disorderly conduct under local statutes. The […]
Scare link seen at Drudge: DJs Put a Half Million Marchers in L.A.’s Streets… Oh yeah, them agitators are whipping them up, all right. And in Spanish, so we can’t understand what they’re saying! Could it simply be that Hispanics, the targets of immigration reform, recognize racism when they see it? Damn right they’re marching.
This is rich: Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter. “The last thing I heard him say before he squeezed the trigger was ‘go fuck yourself.’”
The entire quote: “Well, I really think that he shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all; it shows that, in this great country, anybody can become president.” Spotted at Shakespeare’s Sister.
I haven’t posted anything overtly political in a while, so here goes: From a speech by Al Gore, 16 January 2006: . . . As President Eisenhower said, “Any who act as if freedom’s defenses are to be found in suppression and suspicion and fear confess a doctrine that is alien to America.” Fear drives […]