tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38876912011-04-21T15:58:34.175-07:00Slim ThoughtsMy thoughts on whateverSlimnoreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-935125932003-04-29T21:52:00.000-07:002003-04-29T21:52:52.000-07:00I haven't been paying close attention to the Laci Peterson murder saga, but I couldn't pass up the following quote from this Slate article by Jack Shafer. The article is about Keith Olbermann's new show on MSNBC. I might have to temporarily break my boycott to check it out.
Olbermann is speaking here about the case against the husband.
Exhibit A, that alibi. Maybe you often get to go Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-935101412003-04-29T21:03:00.000-07:002003-04-29T21:04:43.000-07:00The question of the day, from New Scientist magazine is "Does beheading hurt?".
I don't want to give the answer away, but let me say this. Try not to commit a major crime in 16th century England.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-935068102003-04-29T20:03:00.000-07:002003-04-29T20:06:55.000-07:00Digby provides a truly terrifying vision.
Newt has not yet outlived his usefulnessSlimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-935053052003-04-29T19:37:00.000-07:002003-04-29T19:39:21.000-07:00Shane Kosakowski of BATHTUB gOULASH explains how America is trapped in a bad John Hughes movie. We were the fun, rich, good-looking, popular country. We drove the coolest car and had the tasty girlfriend with the big tits and the pool. We hung out with all the other cool countries, but still said hi to Mexico in the hallways (even though he smelled like a spicy sweatsuit). We were the best Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-932958612003-04-26T07:21:00.000-07:002003-04-26T07:29:11.000-07:00Finally from Atrios, something almost local, Orrin Hatch talks about polygamy. "I'm not here to justify polygamy," he said. "All I can say is, I know people in Hildale who are polygamists who are very fine people. You come and show me evidence of children being abused there and I'll get involved. Bring the evidence to me."
Hatch said he could not take unsubstantiated claims and enforce law, Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-931586652003-04-23T21:46:00.000-07:002003-04-26T07:22:54.000-07:00Let's see, do I support Bush or the Dixie Chicks. Hmmmmmm. Well, Bush hasn't posed naked (not that I know of, I don't read National Review) so I am going to go with the Dixie ChicksSlimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-931564182003-04-23T21:01:00.000-07:002003-04-23T21:14:11.000-07:00I never thought anything would make me want to tell people I am from West Virginia. Rick Santorum is making a run at it. The latest outrage (link via Atrios) Bush more Catholic than JFK • U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has blasted President John F. Kennedy’s famous 1960 endorsement of church-state separation, saying that Kennedy’s vow not to take orders from the Roman Catholic hierarchy has Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-930293892003-04-21T22:34:00.000-07:002003-04-23T05:35:59.000-07:00I just posted this to the Political State Report. If you haven't seen this blog yet, check it out. It was suggested to me that it might be interesting to try and show what really drives Idaho politics. News of a political nature is really limited in non-election years, so I thought I would just put this out as an opinion piece of sorts. I hope I can give you a sense of Idaho from the viewpoint Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-927622312003-04-16T22:44:00.000-07:002003-04-20T21:42:21.000-07:00ORDER THE SERVANTS TO ROAST THE FATTED CALF AND LAY OUT THE SATIN SHEETS, THE VESTAL VIRGINS HAVE ENTERED THE PALACE!!!
This piece by Jim Caple is simply brilliant.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-927617672003-04-16T22:32:00.000-07:002003-04-16T22:32:37.000-07:00I am not saying that a 14-year old published conservative columnist is the seventh sign of the apocalypse, but it must be around the third or fourth sign.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-927612072003-04-16T22:17:00.000-07:002003-04-16T22:19:41.000-07:00Yet more evidence that we are the perfect family! Not only is our tax burden remarkably near the magical 33% mark, we have a marriage penalty/bonus of under $100 dollars. Thanks to Matthew Yglesias for pointing me to Virginia Postrel's post.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-927598272003-04-16T21:46:00.000-07:002003-04-16T22:05:45.000-07:00Another wonderful post from Michael Finley. This time on how to recognize and defeat the Mighty Wurlitzer.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-927595222003-04-16T21:40:00.000-07:002003-04-16T21:48:24.000-07:00I posted this in the comments in Brad Delong's site and I think it pretty much sums up my philosophy well.
HIM: (another commenter, not Prof. Delong)
"What do you propose to cut from the federal budget? Be specific."
Everything. (That specific enough? ;-))
In rough order of importance of cutting:
1) All U.S. troops on foreign soils, starting with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait...and quickly Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926950632003-04-15T21:17:00.000-07:002003-04-15T21:17:27.966-07:00E. J. Dionne makes a good point on The Price of Liberty. One memorable quote:
"Our legal and social orders disproportionately benefit the well-off. That makes it reasonable for them to pick up a larger share of the social costs."Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926911652003-04-15T20:04:00.000-07:002003-04-15T20:04:35.810-07:00I somehow forgot to include Al Franken in my list of "People from Minnestoa I have come to admire". This recent column, Norm and the Other 1 Percent, is well worth a read.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926909412003-04-15T20:00:00.000-07:002003-04-15T20:00:50.686-07:00Brad DeLong and CalPundit have both had recent posts on their individual tax situations and it inspired me to do some figuring of my own.
I added up pretty much all the taxes that the missus and I paid in the last year. Unlike Professor Delong, I don't know how much sales tax I paid to the nearest dollar, but I took an educated guess. I was a little surprised by what I found. We paid in Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926326112003-04-14T22:33:00.000-07:002003-04-14T22:37:20.000-07:00My love of baseball has not, so far, been able to overcome this Hall of Fame/Bull Durham thing, and I think the last vestige of my fandom is about to shatter. As a kid, well teenager I guess, I was a huge Dale Murphy fan. He swung hard, he ran hard, and he looked like he was having a great time. Now it seems he is considering running for governor of Utah as a Republican. I guess he couldn't Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926322522003-04-14T22:26:00.000-07:002003-04-14T22:29:13.000-07:00Ted Barlow (no permalinks right now) is all over homophobic Texas state representative Robert Talton. It is heartwarming to see Texans acting exactly as I expect. Ted's last paragraph scared the crap out of me, though:
'I can be persuaded on a number of conservative arguments. Really, I can. But as long as Republicans are "the party that hates gay people," I'm not coming inside.'
Say it ain'tSlimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926320752003-04-14T22:21:00.000-07:002003-04-14T22:27:49.000-07:00Mark A. R. Kleiman with an interesting question about produce. Why is it so much more expensive in a supermarket versus a retail produce market? I have often wondered this as I paid way too much for potatoes that were grown just down the road from my house. Yes, I know I could buy straight from a farm, but the MegaLoMart is so convenient.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926316962003-04-14T22:12:00.000-07:002003-04-14T22:12:47.530-07:00Good to see that Republicans are becoming massively overconfident. Maybe if there are twelve straight years of Bush presidents, the position of president will be downsized away.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-926315972003-04-14T22:10:00.000-07:002003-04-14T22:10:32.733-07:00I have to say that I am not happy to see TBOGG trashing Kevin Smith. As for someone who is more overrated than Kevin Smith, how about James Cameron. I mean, has this guy been involved in a good movie that didn't star Arnie?Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-924079882003-04-10T21:46:00.000-07:002003-04-10T21:57:49.000-07:00I think a flying pig just crapped on me. Thanks TBOGG for the link.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-924073822003-04-10T21:34:00.000-07:002003-04-10T21:39:16.000-07:00Yeah, these guys are a bunch of amateurs. If I was Dubya, I wouldn't listen to them either.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-924064582003-04-10T21:16:00.000-07:002003-04-10T21:20:49.000-07:00I will go to sleep to night thanking the powers that be that Ted Barlow introduced me to The Hall of Douchebags.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-922678092003-04-08T21:09:00.000-07:002003-04-08T21:11:31.000-07:00CalPundit asks an important question:
"Isn't it about time for the U.S. military to join the 21st century too?"
Hell, I would consider it a victory if some parts of the military would join the 20th century.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-922661682003-04-08T20:42:00.000-07:002003-04-08T20:49:04.000-07:00I am starting to get a little worried. It seems like all the people I have recently come to admire are from or in Minnesota. I came late to the party that was Paul Wellstone, but I mourn his loss none the less. I find I am enjoying Garrison Keillor more and more lately. I hope it is because he had the stones to trash Norm Coleman and not because I am getting older. Finally, of all the blogs Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-922656572003-04-08T20:34:00.000-07:002003-04-08T20:34:23.483-07:00It is probable that nobody is interested in this, but due to the vagaries of the msn search engine, I am the #1 site for "other countries thoughts on abortion". A proud moment indeed.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-922000022003-04-07T21:42:00.000-07:002003-04-07T21:51:44.000-07:00Eric Muller posting at the Volokh Conspiracy revists an old Supreme Court decision to revisits an old Supreme Court decision (Maryland v. Craig) to make the point that Justice Scalia is brilliant. The salient question seems to be the following: Could the state alllow an alleged molester to "confront" his accuser only over closed-circuit TV? The idea being this would be easier for the child, Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-917567742003-03-31T21:01:00.000-08:002003-03-31T21:03:05.000-08:00Most of my hits recently have come from searches for the Bush primping video, and as a thank you, I am renewing the link. The videos you are looking for are called bushgroomed and bushgroomed2.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-917561222003-03-31T20:51:00.000-08:002003-03-31T20:51:14.250-08:00Someone tell me how I can cash in on being the #4 site for "slim-7 of drug".Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-917559532003-03-31T20:48:00.000-08:002003-03-31T20:48:03.593-08:00To the person referred here by the Google search "haircuts that slim the face", all I can say is, "You can never miss with a mullet".Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-917553422003-03-31T20:37:00.000-08:002003-03-31T21:03:56.000-08:00Mark A. R. Kleiman lays out his thoughts on drugs. I can't say I agree with all his ideas. For instance, a dollar tax on each beer seems excessive. However, none of his thoughts are completely insane, and they certainly start an important dialogue.
Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-915271702003-03-27T21:10:00.000-08:002003-03-27T21:10:45.060-08:00Do you think the Bush administration would have allowed the manipulation of power prices in Texas? Paul Krugman does a little gloating (deserved) on the "California Power Crisis."Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-913293652003-03-24T22:00:00.000-08:002003-03-24T22:00:13.623-08:00Has there ever been a presidential administration more laden with access capitalists? I have only been politically sentient for about 15 years, but I can't remember anything like this administration. Filling your cabinets with ideologues is one thing, but influence peddlers?Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-913273422003-03-24T21:16:00.000-08:002003-03-24T21:21:11.000-08:00I saw the link on CalPundit but I just couldn't accept it. I mean the idea of good advice from Steven Den Beste caused me, quite fittingly (this is Operation Inigo Montoya after all [Thanks to Tbogg for the great name]), to quote Wallace Shawn's character, Vizzini, "Inconceivable." But, I had a stiff drink, I steeled my resolve, I put on my cup and I looked and you know, he was right, it wasSlimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-913270182003-03-24T21:10:00.000-08:002003-03-24T21:12:28.000-08:00So, it seems the war is going to cost $63 billion a month, give or take. Doesn't it seem like the total cost is going to be far beyond the $100 million dollars that got Larry Lindsey fired (aside from his girth, of course Can't have a sloppy fat guy around. bad for moral.). Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-913266942003-03-24T21:03:00.000-08:002003-03-24T21:03:59.200-08:00Yesterday, on Fox News, I heard a talking head talking about one of the major problems of the invasion of Iraq. Apparantly, we would come to a location with a large force, seemingly take it and then leave only a small force behind while we moved on. It seems at this point, hidden Iraqi soldiers would rise up. The talking head seemed to intimate that there was really no solution. I thought up Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911635632003-03-21T20:30:00.000-08:002003-03-21T20:33:00.000-08:00I am really starting to like Howard Dean. I am not sure yet if he can win, but he doesn't seem like a dumbass and he doesn't give me the willies like Joe Lieberman. It seems to me that it is going to come down to Kerry, Edwards and Dean. With the impending health-care crisis, it sure seems like Dean would have a natural advantage in that area. Anyway, I am not making up my mind anytime soon.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911632592003-03-21T20:22:00.000-08:002003-03-21T20:22:38.950-08:00By way of Calpundit, we get a piece from Reason on the Bush Administration position on North Korea. The piece argues that US policy is not the result of neglect, but rather is intentional. Had the Bush administration shown a deft touch in any other area, this might have a glimmer of viability, but these people rule with the subtlety of a jackhammer. The only way this could be true is if the Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911630022003-03-21T20:16:00.000-08:002003-03-21T20:16:32.046-08:00For those who are interested in science, science policy, and science funding, What's New by Bob Park is an interesting mailing list.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911627402003-03-21T20:10:00.000-08:002003-04-08T20:50:11.000-07:00Well, it looks like turkey is going to start invading Northern Iraq and oppressing Kurds. Why does it seem to me that anyone with any sense at all could have predicted this?Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911233482003-03-21T06:06:00.000-08:002003-03-21T06:09:50.000-08:00How great would it be if John Kerry or Wesley Clark were running against Bush and made a compare-and-contrast commercial titiled "Preparing for war" with themselves in combat regalia and these videos of bush primping and mugging for the camera before announcing the the start of this war of aggression?Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911065022003-03-20T21:26:00.000-08:002003-03-20T21:26:04.030-08:00Sometimes I am not proud to be living in IdahoSlimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911062572003-03-20T21:20:00.000-08:002003-03-20T21:23:35.000-08:00Would it seem petty and inappropriate if I said all this war talk has caused me to forget to fill out my NCAA bracket? It would? Ok, forget I said it.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911061922003-03-20T21:18:00.000-08:002003-03-20T21:18:55.420-08:00I really think I can still be objective. Can someone please explain to me how angering a whole lot of muslims is in our best interest? Is Osama bin Laden going to be less outraged if we move our troops from Saudi Arabia to Baghdad? Anything is possible I guess.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911052782003-03-20T20:59:00.000-08:002003-03-20T20:59:13.640-08:00Ok, just for the hell of it.
what celebrity feature are you?
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Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911051272003-03-20T20:55:00.000-08:002003-03-20T20:55:58.123-08:00A guy that works downstairs from me was opining on the war with Iraq and he suggested that we should start by bombing the UN. Diplomatic problems aside, I thought it odd he was suggesting we bomb New York City. Then I realized that rather than a drawback, he considered this a bonus. All I can say is, "Please help me. I am trapped in Idaho."Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911047662003-03-20T20:48:00.000-08:002003-03-20T20:48:09.513-08:00Another fine piece from Brad Delong on Justice Scalia. If I may copy what I wrote in his comments:
I find controversy about Justice Scalia to be quite interesting. He is just a bowl full of contradictions. The question of abortions and capital punishment only scratches the surface. He decries judicial activism, while actively seeking to transform the United States from the bench. He lectures Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911045282003-03-20T20:43:00.000-08:002003-03-20T20:43:17.420-08:00Speaking of anti-war protests, I know I must be naive, but I have been astounded by the intellectual dishonesty of some on the pro-war side. Disagreement with the political leadership of our country does not in any way indicate a lack of support for our men and women in uniform. I have a brother on active duty in the military. I would not wish harm on him or any of his comrades in arms. That Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911037392003-03-20T20:28:00.000-08:002003-03-20T20:28:12.170-08:00More than 1000 people were arrested during anti-war demonstrations in SF. They probably refused to sing John Ashcroft's song.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911036052003-03-20T20:25:00.000-08:002003-03-20T20:25:59.623-08:00Atrios references a Times article proving that "Prince of Darkness" is the nice thing people call Richard Perle to his face. Behind his back it's "He whose name brings darkness and plague upon the Earth"Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-911034772003-03-20T20:23:00.000-08:002003-03-20T20:23:39.123-08:00Well, I am inspired to begin blogging again. I am not sure why. I think it might be because I found out that my weekly paycheck comes from one of the military/industiral complex companies that was asked to secretly bid on divying up Iraq. I really feel that I should give something back. In any event, let's see how long I make it this time. Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-879569302003-01-24T06:34:00.000-08:002003-01-24T06:35:31.000-08:00Neal Pollack's advanced copy of the state of the union might seem overblown, but I don't see one completely untrue statement.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-878855102003-01-22T22:17:00.000-08:002003-01-22T22:32:23.000-08:00Be sure to check out my new post on the Political State Report. President Bush is doing a disservice to children everywhere.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-864100802002-12-22T15:02:00.000-08:002002-12-22T15:07:04.000-08:00I can't imagine that I am the only person who believes Trent Lott is really in denial. Apparantly, his enemies trapped him by tricking him into being a complete moron. If they had allowed him to be born as an intelligent, thoughtful person none of this would have happened.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-862509542002-12-18T19:10:00.000-08:002002-12-18T19:10:33.783-08:00There is much about this Trent Lott fiasco that bothers me, but for me, the most disturbing thing is the apologies for Strom Thurmond. Is pretending to be a racist to get votes better than acutally believing in racism? I think it is worse. Honestly believing in something immoral is still wrong, but pandering to a believer when you know they are wrong is unforgivable.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-849955402002-11-23T21:10:00.000-08:002002-11-23T21:15:04.000-08:00I live in Eastern Idaho, the state I lovingly refer to as Republicanland, and so I am constantly asked, "What are you, as a pinko Democrat, going to do for the next two years?" I should mention pinko is the Idaho honorific for anyone who is to the left of Tom DeLay. Since the election I have been trying to keep a stiff upper lip and point out that as a middle class professional in an industry Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-849948562002-11-23T20:48:00.000-08:002002-11-23T20:48:20.673-08:00I don't necessarily want to keep hyping mfinley, but I just can't help it when his posts are this strong. He has a very good piece on the re-inventions of Dubya. My personal favorite is "from 'privileged son' to 'self-made man'". His point: "Bush transforms like a chameleon, and that's OK. Gore gets a haircut, and it's a character flaw".Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-849943612002-11-23T20:34:00.000-08:002002-11-23T20:34:33.286-08:00Strong piece from CalPundit about Keynesian economics in the current world. Thanks to Atrios for the link who expands on this with his own view of how supply-siders twist Keynsian economics for their own use. Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-849941692002-11-23T20:29:00.000-08:002002-11-23T20:35:31.000-08:00Will Gore be tagged as a reinventer?... Big weekend bonus from the always great Daily Howler. I hope this demonstrates a move to cover Gore in a fair manner, but I will not be holding my breath in anticipation.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-848566912002-11-20T22:17:00.000-08:002002-11-20T22:29:32.000-08:00Interesting bit from mfinley on the recurring topic of an overabundance of liberals in our universities. I find this whole discussion to be dishonest on its face. Conservatives like to imply that somehow this is insidious. They ignore the convenient, simple explanation. Highly educated people in the academic world trend liberal. This should not be a surprise to anyone who has spent time at aSlimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-842622592002-11-08T19:47:00.000-08:002002-11-08T19:49:44.000-08:00For those of you who are wondering which which lesser-known Simpsons character I am
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Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-838104322002-10-30T21:55:00.000-08:002002-10-30T21:55:37.040-08:00Yahoo! News - Ventura Upset Over Wellstone Service I don't normally like to engage in cheap psychobabble, but it certainly seems like something is wrong with a woman who cries at a memorial service, not because someone died, but because someone suggests a political point of view. Her husband used to prance around in a feather boa. I think she can stand to hear for a few minutes that Liberals Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-838102482002-10-30T21:50:00.000-08:002002-10-30T22:20:20.000-08:00Salon.com News | Idiocy of the week I hope this is the regular title of Andrew Sullivan's column on Salon.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-838096042002-10-30T21:31:00.000-08:002002-10-30T21:39:17.000-08:00Rapper Jam Master Jay, part of Run DMC, killed in shooting Condolences to the family of Jam Master Jay. Run DMC may not have had the staying power of a huge rock act, but they did a lot to introduce suburban kids to the world of rap and hip hop music. For that they will always be remembered. Thanks to Atrios for the link.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-837695592002-10-30T05:57:00.000-08:002002-10-30T06:08:45.000-08:00I never expect to agree with Instapundit, but this is a outrage. Slamming Paul Wellstone's family and friends for the way they choose to memorialize him is outrageous. The memorial service was a celebration of the life of Paul Wellstone, and few have lived more fully or joyously. Right-wingers are up in arms because it seemed more like a political rally than a funeral. What better tribute Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-837567992002-10-29T21:56:00.000-08:002002-10-29T21:57:53.000-08:00South Carolina Politics Rule!
From Tapped:
I really like a politician who can fight back, but I wish Sanders could do it without sinking to Graham's level.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-837566522002-10-29T21:52:00.000-08:002002-10-29T21:52:08.863-08:00Ok, I have decided to restart my blogging activities. I crashed my whole archive so I retrieved what I could and attached it below so that you could see what some of my earlier thoughts were. I will try to be more attentive in the future.
Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-837565502002-10-29T21:49:00.000-08:002002-10-29T21:52:46.000-08:00U.S. Court Votes to Bar Pledge of Allegiance
(washingtonpost.com)I just can't get worked up over this. If
the phrase "under God" hadn't been added in 1954, it might be
different. This has always been one of the things about our society
that I didn't necessarily approve of, but couldn't bring myself to
care about. Maybe now we can Slimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887691.post-837557722002-10-29T21:28:00.000-08:002002-10-29T21:37:03.000-08:00Ok, I am going to try this blogging thing again. This time I am serious. I mean it, man.Slimnoreply@blogger.com0