tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200409032011-11-27T15:54:21.017-08:00Do good. Be nice. Have fun. Heart TN-1, Home IL-7.sanskritgnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-57357867331157086722011-06-07T05:31:00.000-07:002011-06-07T05:31:16.651-07:00

Andrew Ross Sorkin, the author of Too Big To Fail writes in his latest column that Goldman Sachs may not have been “massively short" on the subprime mortgage market because it basically depends on: how you define ‘massive’ and ‘large’

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-25140297924603863502011-04-27T05:54:00.001-07:002011-04-27T05:54:48.419-07:00

 "to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."

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It would be interesting to follow Tebow's career with the Broncos potentially parallel with Cam Newton's career with the Bengals.  The pocket passing era of Manning-Brady is nearing an end. Cincinnati Bengals Should the Bengals take Carson Palmer's trade-me-or-I-retire threats seriously and draft a quarterback in the top two rounds? Palmer doesn't strike me as a guy who's playing unnecessary

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-87056303685501402242011-01-09T20:50:00.000-08:002011-01-09T20:50:17.230-08:00

Established a new routine with puppy.  Began crate training in earnest post neuterization operation.  Prior to trip to Acapulco, we already knew he could withstand at least six hours in the crate overnight.  During Acapulco trip when he didn't eliminate for three full days, we got a better understanding of his ability to hold it. So far, he's more annoyed by the lampshade than anything.  He

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-3329978050311114362011-01-09T15:00:00.000-08:002011-01-09T15:00:54.381-08:00

“When you get shot in the head and a bullet goes through your brain, the chances of you living are very small and the chances of you waking up and actually following commands is even much smaller than that.”Doctor describing Gabrielle Giffords' status after assassination attempt.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-30032130936249559872010-10-11T19:10:00.001-07:002010-10-11T19:10:54.386-07:00

We took the iPad out around town during the Chicago Marathon trying to locate exactly where the runners were we were tracking.I saw the "Free Public WiFi" connections in a couple of spots and they didn't work.http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/10/11/1738257/Why-You-See-Free-Public-WiFi-In-So-Many-Places?from=twitter

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-91441110728796688922010-09-23T06:45:00.001-07:002010-09-23T06:45:51.673-07:00

1. The team that makes the fewest mistakes will win.2. Play for and make the breaks, and when one comes your way SCORE.3. If at first the game - or breaks - go against you, don't let up ... put on more steam.4. Protect our kickers, our quarterback, our lead and our ball game.5. Ball, oskie, cover, block, cut and slice, pursue and gang tackle ... for this is the WINNING EDGE.6. Press the kicking

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-64031528941507755442010-09-08T13:29:00.001-07:002011-03-17T21:34:28.941-07:00

I work with technology folks based outside Boston and they are a funny team. A guy in Florida emailed a project team asking us to review a document for File X. One of the guys in Boston responded saying: 2 things- 1. we're implementing File Y 2. try attaching the document I ping the Boston guy saying I liked his snarky comment and he responded that Florida dude needed to hear the pop once in

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-88846761287149050202010-03-30T21:34:00.001-07:002010-03-30T21:34:16.671-07:00

Still posting.  First post of 2010.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-40131960174674197462009-11-12T15:19:00.001-08:002009-11-13T23:07:42.167-08:00

"Man, we need some stuff, let's steal it. Okay, where should we steal from.  I dunno.  Aight, how about the that crappy gas station right next to campus, you down? I'm in, let's roll. Dude you're still wearing UT gear, apparel they ONLY give athletes. Do you think you should change before we go? Nah man, wearing this shit just makes me run faster."

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-11263973852628961342009-11-01T14:45:00.001-08:002009-11-13T23:08:30.059-08:00

"They'll put their political survival and their political power being gained over anything else. They'll use anybody and throw anybody away in order to achieve it." - Rush Limbaugh, validating Freud

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"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important."- Eugene McCarthy

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-79130008692971050532009-08-19T05:41:00.001-07:002009-08-24T21:13:41.179-07:00

Authentic and productive."Despite our verbal proclamations to the contrary, Americans (Christian or otherwise) have such a negative visceral association with the concept of socialism that we-thus far-have been unable to have an authentic, productive conversation about whether greed or compassion is the more moral (and productive) incentive for human beings engaged in the social experiment of the

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-48767403598470631652009-08-04T10:16:00.001-07:002009-08-04T10:25:45.227-07:00

Cash for Clunkers is (was) a success.CNN.com reports that:"The most popular car being purchased under the program, according to the White House? The Ford Focus, which boasts up to 35 mpg."While our clunker-upgraded ride doesn't get quite that high combined MPG, I'm glad that people are choosing to take fuel efficiency more seriously, despite the guy in the article who got a "crew-cab Silverado,

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-32222547290019169072009-06-21T10:39:00.001-07:002009-06-21T10:41:08.233-07:00

Apparently Islamist regimes and Republicans have gathered around a common enemy: Barack Obama.The AP reports that:"Republican senators criticized President Barack Obama on Sunday for not taking a tougher public stand"and Al Jazeera reports that Ahmadinejad:"has told the US [...] to stop interfering in the country's internal affairs"So, believing both the Iranian regime and the GOP, the Obama

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-45895718314871225952009-05-07T13:04:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:08:44.546-07:00

Melanie Phillips goes ballistic on American Jews and their support of Obama saying he is preparing "to throw Israel under the bus."Almost eighty per cent of American Jews voted for Obama despite the clear and present danger he posed to Israel. They did so because their liberal self-image was and is more important to them than the Jewish state whose existence and security cannot be allowed to

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-20049835291744856842009-04-28T16:37:00.000-07:002009-04-28T16:41:31.559-07:00

I have existential debates with myself about random stuff all the time. We caught a History Channel program about the Marianas Trench last weekend and I read an article by Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg. Steinberg wrote about how one way to check whether one is a a zealot or rational person is to try and argue the strongest case for an opposing viewpoint. If one can't argue convincingly

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-90035189406352016272009-04-25T09:56:00.001-07:002009-04-28T16:36:16.714-07:00

NYT columnist Bob Herbert lets off a rant about gun violence in an op-ed and concludes:We don't really think about it. If the crime is horrible enough, we'll go through the motions of public anguish but we never really do anything about it. Americans are as blasé as can be about this relentless slaughter that keeps the culture soaked in blood.The education and reflection needs to be on the

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-28307788673396045512009-02-13T11:24:00.001-08:002009-06-21T10:55:14.422-07:00

For the etymologically challenged, a refresher:mortgage, equiv. to mort (dead) + gage (pledge). It's a deathpledge, got that?

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-17709876058619968112009-01-21T06:18:00.000-08:002009-01-21T06:19:33.424-08:00

Test from mobile device.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-25805567532944976582008-09-19T13:45:00.000-07:002008-09-19T13:56:20.235-07:00

Freedom Democrats has a thank-you note up to Democrats and the media.First, on the topic of the "Wall Street meltdown" I am completely and totally heartless and callous. I don't blame this on George W. Bush and the Republicans. I don't blame this on Bill Clinton and the 1990s. It's the entire system at fault and to lay the blame at any one individual is absurd and just political opportunism. I am

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-87416984331217534332008-09-16T11:54:00.000-07:002008-09-16T12:25:06.517-07:00

An Investor's Business Daily editorial from Monday, September 15 lays the blame for the financial and housing sector meltdown at the Clinton Administration's doorstep. However, they stop short of laying out exactly how the market was motivated to offer high-risk products.But it was the Clinton administration, obsessed with multiculturalism, thatdictated where mortgage lenders could lend, and

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-14233137508693419072008-07-04T20:24:00.001-07:002008-07-04T20:24:57.997-07:00

Mint.com is worth the price. Which is free.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-52871761400769215112008-07-03T21:25:00.000-07:002008-07-04T20:10:04.107-07:00

It's old news, but offers insight into the dynamics of John and Cindy McCain's relationship.The link is based on excerpts from a private journal of a guy that worked at the charity that Cindy McCain headed. It's an interesting story.

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In honor of Jeff Strabone's landmark decision, the name of this blog has changed.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-56105383767528657792008-06-25T20:13:00.000-07:002008-06-25T20:14:59.323-07:00

“Basically, we can mass produce these now,” said Kazuaki Umezu, head of Honda’s Automobile New Model Center, where the FCX Clarity is built. “We are waiting for the infrastructure to catch up.”Must have skipped over this ground-breaking news in an article from the NYT. For the record, Umezu is referring to hydrogen powered cars.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-38081888020412050072008-06-25T18:15:00.001-07:002008-06-25T18:18:03.334-07:00

Through a proxy, John McCain: "I am aware of the Internet."I like the comment on Politico that notes:It's pretty bad when the best we can say for McCain is that he is "aware" of his surroundings.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-70921237151025587182008-06-25T13:13:00.000-07:002008-06-25T13:45:14.997-07:00

This ability to have the presence to schedule time with these two audiences and use ideas/products of each to form progressive, intelligent policies differentiates Obama from McCain and/or the GOP.The Naders and Kucinichs that criticize the second meeting clearly have their heads up their asses.

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A Jim Michaels-bylined headline at USA Today notes:Foreign firms investing in IraqThis, I believe, is the next best thing to the international involvement of other governments helping to secure Iraq. As happened in the United States, "it's corporations, not government, that drive many big social changes."Michaels notes this new involvement couldn't have happened if the violence level hadn't

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-40914083085715134982008-05-28T10:55:00.001-07:002008-05-28T11:02:01.053-07:00

I wasn't even aware of the "scandal" that arose over Rachael Ray's scarf in a Dunkin Donuts ad, but apparently, the company has pulled the offending spot. Conservative bloggers, such as Michelle Malkin said the scarf looked like a keffiyeh, and could be construed as a symbol of Palestinian jihad. Noting that if product placement were all it took to bring down America, a Daily Kos frontpager

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-90499725283161677432008-05-21T23:10:00.001-07:002008-05-21T23:12:03.362-07:00

Jewish people that are not right-wing realize that when a right-wing Christian acts all friendly to their people it's not because he's being friendly in a Christian way, but it's because he wants them to die in the Rapture.Or so a Jewish friend once told me.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-54114824490361214042008-05-06T05:26:00.000-07:002008-05-06T05:37:30.634-07:00

"McCain wants to stay in Iraq until no more Americans are getting killed, no matter how long it takes and how many Americans get killed achieving that goal -- that is, the goal of not getting any more Americans killed. And once that goal is achieved, we'll stay."- Hendrick Hertzberg, The New YorkerWhile maybe accurate and funny, also simplistic.Click here and look for Austin Bay's video

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In response to Tina Fey's commentary that "bitch was the new black."

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger is the subject of a headline on MSNBC.com titled:Dr. Laura: Women share blame for cheating menSitting governor decides to cross state lines (remember former ATTORNEY GENERAL) to procure a high-end prostitute, and it was originally investigated by the IRS looking into "transactions by a governor who appeared to be trying to conceal the source, destination or purpose of the

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Vote Barack Obama for President of the United States of America.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-13147812096761720922008-01-08T20:48:00.000-08:002008-01-08T20:52:16.016-08:00

I received an email from Redstate.com editor Erick Erickson lamenting their need to ask for cash due to a change in blogging software. He blames the need for change on, wait for it...liberals!"Unfortunately, there weren't really any conservative Scoop developers out there to help us."For some reason, the fact there aren't any conservative developers of a specific platform is the fault of

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-54161911002084377262007-11-15T15:12:00.000-08:002007-11-15T15:16:24.834-08:00

The Department of Homeland Security Traveler Redress Inquiry Program worked for me! At least, I think (and hope so!).Believe it or not, I think the federal government actually worked. I knew I was paying taxes for a reason (not meant to imply I want to pay more, Uncle Sam).

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-48312234956062732802007-11-08T05:30:00.000-08:002007-11-08T05:36:36.072-08:00

Mr. White and the Chicago Fire face off tonight against the New England Revolution on ESPN2 at 6:30pm CST.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-61321822187860982152007-10-26T15:02:00.000-07:002007-11-08T05:29:51.303-08:00

After installing and successfully using Octrotalk on my Treo 700w, the program added duplicate contacts to my Gmail contacts list.Now, in the standard view with chat enabled, Gmail is rendered useless after one click-through. Everything works hunky-dory with chat disabled in Gmail. With chat enable, no links work (minus the first one I click). Firefox says there is an unresponsive script.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-33224969036470481712007-10-24T21:26:00.000-07:002007-10-24T21:29:12.270-07:00

In order to have a chance, the Colorado Rockies must win Game 2 at Fenway. My earliest memory of a Rockies is game is actually not at Coors Field. It's at Mile High Stadium where the crowd would chant "Go" and "Rockies" from opposite sides of the stadium.Go Rockies!

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-76750323083528583932007-10-19T12:08:00.000-07:002007-10-19T12:09:05.456-07:00

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

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VoteVets' Brian McGough lays it out:

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-35411394806146151772007-09-24T22:43:00.000-07:002007-09-24T22:45:27.071-07:00

"In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country. In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you we have it." - Iranian President Mahmoud AhmadinejadI was gonna give him the benefit of the doubt (not on the Holocaust or anything), but just the chance to explain himself. But he's certifiable.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-54050204999365485082007-09-24T22:01:00.000-07:002007-09-24T22:02:48.788-07:00

"I am only a professor who is also a university president, and today I feel the weight of all the civilized world yearning to express the revulsion at what you stand for," Bollinger told Ahmadinejad.Boo-ya!

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How has this not gotten more coverage?The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is:an intergovernmental mutual-security organization which was founded on June 15, 2001 by the leaders of the China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.The Time Magazine article says that Iran may be added to the mix and that some in the U.S. government consider the coalition to bea retooled Warsaw

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-76294923126941758542007-08-10T16:51:00.001-07:002007-08-10T16:58:53.192-07:00

Victor Davis Hanson posting at The Corner on National Review Online makes an interesting remark while commenting on Iran and its nuclear implications.He writes about the "moral equivalence" of Prof. John Mearsheimer at the YearlyKos convention, who surmised that Iran had the right"to have a bomb since Israel has one too-as if an anti-American theocracy run according to Sharia Law is no more a

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-36644464439878949652007-08-08T15:42:00.000-07:002007-08-08T15:47:07.300-07:00

Going off my impression of Joe Biden yesterday at the AFL-CIO debate and his work on the bankruptcy bill, I have no respect for him. He is a blow-hard whose support for a morally bankrupt piece of legislation hurt more Americans than have been killed in Iraq.On top of this, he was seemingly unable to show any type of mourning, sympathy or empathy for a woman whose husband was killed in the Sago

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-17306482936357815932007-08-06T13:35:00.000-07:002007-08-06T13:37:52.880-07:00

Newt Gingrich has an epiphany:"We have got to get beyond this political bologna. I'm not allowed to say anything positive about Hillary Clinton because then I'm not a loyal Republican, and she's not allowed to say anything positive about me because then she's not a loyal Democrat. What a stupid way to run a country."

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-56199015681612044402007-07-25T13:34:00.001-07:002007-07-25T13:38:03.611-07:00

CNN.com examines the relationship between rural, white dogfighting and urban, hip-hop.A woman from the United Kennel Club notes: "It's important to understand that this isn't about race, but it is about culture."Russell Simmons says, regarding the presence of pit bulls in hip-hop and rap culture:"That's why we have poets, have always had poets and artists in society, to say things that sometimes

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-69906551535445415682007-07-09T23:34:00.000-07:002007-07-10T00:00:50.909-07:00

I am incapable of watching The Fifth Element without thinking of Fred Thompson. Right?

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-20517488874968354482007-07-04T14:15:00.000-07:002008-07-30T09:26:37.309-07:00

I don't get it. We're supposed to be fighting over there, so we don't fight them over here. In an article on CNN.com about the doctors/terrorists in the U.K., noted:Terrorism analyst Marco Vicenzino, the director of the Global Strategy Project, says the world could be seeing a shift in jihadist tactics.Confident after wounding the United States and its allies in Iraq, jihadists "are determined to

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-43393959227927097442007-06-30T01:59:00.000-07:002007-06-30T02:02:03.543-07:00

Yahoo! soccer commentator Brian Homewood made an accurate yet stinging assessment of the USA-Argentina game, noting:"The U.S., who like Mexico take part by invitation, proved very much to be the party poopers. Not only did they bring a second-string line-up but, unlike any of the other 11 teams, they packed nine or ten players behind the ball and made no real attempt to win the game."

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-40076206291808304852007-06-20T22:24:00.001-07:002007-07-25T13:46:50.705-07:00

While randomly browsing the Wikipedia entry for Christopher Hitchens, I came across a link to a rebuttal posting by Wes Walls to Hitchens' stance on the war in Iraq and the circumstances leading up to it.Very worth reading.An excerpt:Let [Hitchens] tell [the Iraqis] how, consequences be damned, he was right, because by his math a world minus a bad man is a better world, notwithstanding the

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-61244763491550645142007-06-14T16:38:00.001-07:002007-06-20T22:28:54.621-07:00

The CONCACAF Gold Cup runs through the 24th of June, with the final and semifinals in Chicago.If USA beats Panama, then most likely Canada, and Mexico beats Costa Rica and then most likely Honduras, it'll set up a USA-Mexico showdown at Soldier Field.Cross your fingers.**UPDATE**USA vs. Canada is Thursday at 6pm CST, and Mexico vs. Guadeloupe (?!?) is at 9.

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-42105013604779361692007-06-01T10:21:00.000-07:002007-06-01T10:26:41.673-07:00

Michael Vick is stupid.A Sports Illustrated Special Report calls some attention to the Vick-dogfighting scandal and the "grisly pastime".My take. if it's against the law it's bad, right...the law's the law, good or bad (someone said), we can't grant exceptions to the law, just because someone doesn't like it. *end sarcasm*Independent of that, I think it's a pretty sick "sport" or "hobby" or

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An Examiner editorial cites a study "by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse affiliated with Syracuse University":"...of more than 800,000 immigration court cases between 2004 and 2006, however, found only 12 involving illegal aliens that the government charged with terrorism. A mere 114 illegals were brought up on “national security” charges during the same period, according to TRAC.

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Hotline's On Call has carried the story of a war of words between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain. After McCain criticized Sens. Hillary Clinton and Obama about their vote for the Iraq war funding supplemental, Obama responded:“And if there ever was a reflection of that it's the fact that Senator McCain required a flack jacket, ten armored Humvees, two Apache attack helicopters, and

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The Rev. Al Sharpton has gotten himself into some hot water for saying:"And as for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway. So don't worry about that. That's a temporary, that's a temporary situation."His statement came during a debate with Christopher Hitchens, the author of the recent book, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons

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BusinessWeek lists Phillip Morris USA as No. 29 on its "Best Places to Launch a Career" list. The accompanying graphic shows a stylized shot of a Marlboro advertisment, presumably outside a gas station.I wonder if enterprising new-hires of Phillip Morris would even smoke. For that matter, I wonder if middle-management with mortgages and families smoke. My guess is no. At least, not the ones

sanskritgnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20040903.post-36880442937121153272007-05-01T06:29:00.000-07:002007-05-01T06:34:51.458-07:00

From Wikipedia:Amerigo Vespucci used a Latinised form of his name, Americus Vespucius, in his Latin writings, which Waldseemüller used as a base for the new name, taking the feminine form America.Amerigo itself is an Italian form of the medieval Latin Emericus, which through the German form Heinrich (in English, Henry) derived from the Germanic name Haimrich.So...we are the United States of Henry.

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I wonder how much research and development dollars collectively are being spent on the new Viagra or Propecia or other boutique drug compared to the money being spent on researching alternative fuels. In other words:"Great, you get an erection at the snap of a finger for exactly one hour! However, a terrorist just blew up your apartment building with money you spent in Saudi Arabia for

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InstaPundit called it the "Comment of the Day" found on Huffington Post:"September 11 will forever live in our consciousness, but let us not forget those that perished at the hands of Americans."

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"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

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"My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, "Have a seat here, please," while to the one who is poor you say, "Stand there," or

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A commenter on RedState notes that:"The right defines the left by quoting Cindy Sheehan. The left defines the right by quoting Pat Robertson."Indeed.

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Training in St. Charles has delayed any updates, but here we go.RealClearPolitics shows a composite graphic displaying the results of at least 7 different recent polls for the Republican nomination. Rudy Giuliani leads John McCain with anywhere from 4 to 24 points. Newt Gingrich is polling better than Mitt Romney. What if the GOP nominees for President and Vice president were Rudy Giuliani and

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Ignoring the fact that gay American blood spilt in defense of America and Americans is just as red as straight American blood spilt in defense of America and Americans, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Peter Pace said:"...the military should not 'condone' immoral behavior by allowing gay soldiers to serve openly."Apparently 10k service members have been dismissed as a result of the "

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"If I were writing the Bill of Rights now there wouldn't be any such thing as the Second Amendment... This has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word 'fraud', on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies - the militia - would be maintained for the

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Of all the lowdown, weaselly, two-faced...at least he admitted it."Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair"How he tries to do this, I do not understand."Gingrich argued in the interview, however, that he should not be viewed as a hypocrite for pursuing Clinton's

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Dilemma paradigms and the liberal/conservative spectra. The observations are knee-jerk and obviously not fully thought out weighing all possible examples or strains of idealogy.Individual vs. CommunityI would say liberals place a higher value on the community over individuals.Truth vs. LoyaltyI think in general that liberals value the truth over partisan or idealogical lines.Responsibility in

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Will Femia of MSNBC's Clicked makes an observation:For so many people, the computer is still that beige thing in the distant extra room/home office with the knot of wires in the back and the laundry draped over the chair.'Twas funny reading that with my laundry draped over the back of my chair.

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A freebie for Democratic presidential primary reporters who can't come up with good material:"Senator Obama, you sided with the senior senator from Illinois, Dick Durbin, on voting against the Iraq War authorization, but voted to confirm Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, unlike Sen. Durbin. What circumstances caused you to agree and disagree with him on those occasions, and how should 2008

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What about Hil-bam-ward-son?

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IMDb has changed the format for actors and programs. Might take a while to get used to since I liked the way it was for last 4 years.

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It's possible to drive from Illinois to Tennessee in about an hour. The distance is less than 50 miles.Distance is an illusion.** UPDATE **Little geography lesson: Tennessee borders at least 8 states.

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"For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists. They're very brave with the terrorists, and if the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad." - Rep. Gary Ackerman, regarding the U.S. military's resistance to letting homosexuals serve openly.

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"Christianity -- this a subject that I am actually qualified to discuss" - Tucker CarlsonCarlson attended a liberal arts college in Connecticut graduating with a B.A. in History. Nowhere did I see any mention of a seminary or a theological curriculum.

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"I don't have a lot of African-American friends, and I think part of it is because I'm afraid that I would be in an open conversation, and I would say something that somebody would take wrong, and then it would be a nightmare. Am I alone in feeling that?" - Glenn BeckI wonder if the reason Beck doesn't have African-American friends is because he doesn't want them to find out he's actually

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Weather.com reports that the low "feels like" temperature at 9am on February 5th in Chicago will be -24°F.

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A friend compared the Global War on Terror to the Cold War, saying:"We will have times where it will wax and wane in the severity and attention but will take a long time to break them."My view is that Communist Russia and fundamentalist Islam are connected in their authoritarian worldview. However, Communist Russians were not willing to die for their cause. This is evident by the rampant

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Blogger Kevin Barnes wrote a FAQ about living in India as an American.Find his answers to questions like these, among many others:How much do jobs pay in India?How can you live with yourself for helping to move American jobs to India?What’s it like raising your kids in India?

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According to a paper titled "The Economics of the [American] Civil War" by Roger L. Ransom of the University of California, Riverside:"The Civil War has often been called the first "modern" war. In part this reflects the enormous effort expended by both sides to conduct the war. What was the cost of this conflict? The most comprehensive effort to answer this question is the work of Claudia Goldin

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A while ago I was listening to a story on NPR regarding the safety testing of infant car seats. Kim Klemen, an editor from Consumer Reports was interviewed and called for federal regulations on the seats to ensure safety.I remember thinking that Klemen was basically advocating for "bigger government".The free-market solution to a situation, in which tests on infant car seats shows that one or

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Hugh Hewitt said of the 700-mile fence at the U.S.-Mexico border:"...the vast majority of people believe the 700 miles of fencing will in fact be effective..."A Quinnipac University poll taken in mid-November asked:As you may know Congress has passed and President Bush has signed legislation that would build a 700 mile fence and increase security along the Mexican-U.S. border. Do you think

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Commenters on The Moderate Voice, discuss a Robert Novak column: "The [...] question is how successful the Republicans will be at pulling the blame game off, and how the Democrats will respond to the game ([which] will play into how successful, or unsuccessful the Republicans are). [The] sense also is that the reason everyone is afraid to “pull the plug” (and they all are), is that no one

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Below are ideas proposed by Gingrich. I gotta say, I like them. It's interesting to note that, his ideas are not all conservative ideas (which nixes the notion that all good ideas of liberals are conservative ideas, but that's another story).Newt's problem is that when he tries to talk about these ideas in the face of criticism or skeptics, he gets very partisan. At that point, he can't see

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Before anybody steals my idea, I'm putting it in print.I'm supporting the U.S. Senator from Illinois, Brock O'Baumaugh for President.** UPDATE **Merchandise available here.

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I was a Boy Scout (and before that a Cub Scout) until the 8th grade. I got as far as earning a Star Badge.Along with having a policy that excludes gay troop leaders, they are now burning down forests!The federal government argued that Boy Scouts playing with fire caused a 14,200-acre wildfire and wants a judge to hold them responsible, allowing officials to seek damages.In the eastern world

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The Institute for Analysis of Global Security says:including the loss in stock market wealth -- the market's own estimate arising from expectations of lower corporate profits and higher discount rates for economic volatility -- the price tag [of 9/11] approaches $2 trillion.Back in March 2006, the price tag of the Iraq War was predicted to reach $1 trillion or more.Let's set aside the fact we're

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Former President Gerald Ford gave an interview embargoed until his death in which he opposed the War in Iraq. Ford's former press secretary, Ron Nessen, decided to be the true conservative and threw Ford under the bus by implying the president was senile. And his own mother."When Ford talked to Woodward, he was 91 years old, or 92 years old. My mother is 95. You know, I'm not sure I'd like to

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One of the priorities of Democrats in the 110th Congress is to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 over the course of two years. In 1995, the Joint Economic Committee in Congress (made up of a majority of Republicans) published talking points against a raise in the minimum wage. One point stated:The minimum wage hurts blacks generally.Other detractors said:The economic case against minimum

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The AP's account of a bumbling former National Security Advisor ('97 - '01) reads almost comically.Berger took a break to go outside without an escort while it was dark. He had taken four documents in his pockets."He headed toward a construction area. ... Mr. Berger looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the Archives and the DOJ [Department of Justice], and did not see anyone," the

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Regarding the Judeo-Christian argument that homosexuality is a sin, I have another perspective. The basis of this argument by organized Judeo-Christian religion comes from Leviticus 18:22 which states:"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." Leviticus is in the Old Testament and therefore part of the Torah, the book of faith of Jewish people. To further

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In the Chicagoland area, patronage is a familiar word that describes how the political machine stays in power. It accurately portrays how elected officials from the municipal, state and federal level get and remain in office.Patronage creates a situation in which people are more concerned with power than service. In Chicago, it's the Democrats who live and die by the phenomenon. It's not

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"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein

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"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat." - Will RogersSo true.

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2004 Democratic National Convention speech:Part 1andPart 2

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My general feeling is that God's plan does not involve splitting believers into groups such as a Catholics and Protestants . Furthermore, even the multiple Protestant and Catholic denominations seem to not be in the Bible. Pope Benedict said something smart for once:"The divisions which exist among Christians are a scandal to the world." - Pope Benedict XVI

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Elrod posts a comment at Moderate Voice saying that:"Hillary will re-unite the Right like no other candidate."Agreed.

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