GeorgeWBush.com :: Breaking Pre-Debate Fact: Kerry For Lights Before Against Them
Honestly, are the folks at the Onion doing Bush's spin? "Breaking Pre-Debate Fact"???
Breaking fact: John Kerry looks silly windsurfing! He surfed left before he surfed right!!
I thought breaking facts was the job of the CBO, or the treasury secretary.....
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Kerry vs. the Rules, Bush vs. His Temper (washingtonpost.com):
You think Mike Allen might have written some of this piece, or at least the title, before the debate started? Or did he just feel bad about titling it Bush v. Temper? Because there really was no "Kerry v. Rules" tension that I noticed during the debate -- it was Bush who was consistantly going over the alotted time -- and there's no mention of such tension in the piece as it's written now (first graf included, link above for the rest):
EDIT: The name has changed on the site to "Kerry v. the format...." but that's still a lame name for a story that's all about how bush was flustered. Now, in fairness to Mike Allen, it's usually copy editors, not reporters, who title pieces. And the Post's copy editor must be wed to some notion of he-said, she-said fairness over accuracy. Because, if you don't actually read the story, just the headline, it looks like the story said it was a tie. If you don't get past the fold, or the jump, you assume that the section on Kerry's wrangling with the format comes later, and maybe we'll get there, but let's read about the Expos (soon to be Washington Grays) first. Actually, the jump's not a problem here, since the story's buried on A8, but still.
You think Mike Allen might have written some of this piece, or at least the title, before the debate started? Or did he just feel bad about titling it Bush v. Temper? Because there really was no "Kerry v. Rules" tension that I noticed during the debate -- it was Bush who was consistantly going over the alotted time -- and there's no mention of such tension in the piece as it's written now (first graf included, link above for the rest):
"Kerry vs. the Rules, Bush vs. His Temper
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 1, 2004; Page A08
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Sept. 30 -- President Bush has thrown Sen. John F. Kerry's words back on him during nearly every speech of the campaign, but he rocked back in irritation during the first presidential debate Thursday night when the Massachusetts senator did the same thing to him."
EDIT: The name has changed on the site to "Kerry v. the format...." but that's still a lame name for a story that's all about how bush was flustered. Now, in fairness to Mike Allen, it's usually copy editors, not reporters, who title pieces. And the Post's copy editor must be wed to some notion of he-said, she-said fairness over accuracy. Because, if you don't actually read the story, just the headline, it looks like the story said it was a tie. If you don't get past the fold, or the jump, you assume that the section on Kerry's wrangling with the format comes later, and maybe we'll get there, but let's read about the Expos (soon to be Washington Grays) first. Actually, the jump's not a problem here, since the story's buried on A8, but still.
Bush and Kerry meet in first of three debates with Kerry needing to make up ground North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News - Celebrations:
tip from wonkette:
It's now 2 hours till the debate starts, and the AP past-tense, the debate already happened story is already filed. check the timestamp below, which preceeds the first 3 grafs.....
tip from wonkette:
It's now 2 hours till the debate starts, and the AP past-tense, the debate already happened story is already filed. check the timestamp below, which preceeds the first 3 grafs.....
"Last modified Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:10 PM PDT"
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- After a deluge of campaign speeches and hostile television ads, President Bush and challenger John Kerry got their chance to face each other directly Thursday night before an audience of tens of millions of voters in a high-stakes debate about terrorism, the Iraq war and the bloody aftermath.
The 90-minute encounter was particularly crucial for Kerry, trailing slightly in the polls and struggling for momentum less than five weeks before the election. The Democratic candidate faced the challenge of presenting himself as a credible commander in chief after a torrent of Republican criticism that he was prone to changing his positions.
Bush was expected to confront questions about leading the nation into war on the still-unproven premise that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He also has faced accusations that he lacked a strategy to deal with the violence and chaos that have left more than 1,000 Americans dead and that the Iraq war has diverted U.S. attention from al-Qaida and other terrorists.
ABCNEWS.com : Noted Now: ABC News' Political News Digest
some of my constituants have been asking about real-time debate blogging. I'll leave that to others, whose job it is to blog debates instead of enjoying debates, coctails, and snide comments in real life with real people.
that said, I will be taking lots of pictures as the Wash U debate goes down next friday and will generally be stepping it up around here as a service to those of you who can't actually go and ask those stoners on the 'hot rock' how they feel about the increasing cost of prescription drugs, &c.
but that's next week, and this week is Florida, and a sort-of fifth hurricane to hit the state, and so just watch it yourself and make up your own mind and if you need to doing something with your wi-fi while the debate's going down then just download porn or click on the link above and let the professionals take care of you and just leave me out of it, dun.
Vermin Supreme '04. word.
some of my constituants have been asking about real-time debate blogging. I'll leave that to others, whose job it is to blog debates instead of enjoying debates, coctails, and snide comments in real life with real people.
that said, I will be taking lots of pictures as the Wash U debate goes down next friday and will generally be stepping it up around here as a service to those of you who can't actually go and ask those stoners on the 'hot rock' how they feel about the increasing cost of prescription drugs, &c.
but that's next week, and this week is Florida, and a sort-of fifth hurricane to hit the state, and so just watch it yourself and make up your own mind and if you need to doing something with your wi-fi while the debate's going down then just download porn or click on the link above and let the professionals take care of you and just leave me out of it, dun.
Vermin Supreme '04. word.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
DrudgeReportArchives.com ? 2004
I mean, come on, drudge. Is this really the best you can do? $50 a barrel oil for the first time in the history of the world and you bump into a 72-point font the fact that John Kerry got a tan??? "Skin transition???" Thanks for the blue dress, dude, but you gotta do better than this.
I mean, come on, drudge. Is this really the best you can do? $50 a barrel oil for the first time in the history of the world and you bump into a 72-point font the fact that John Kerry got a tan??? "Skin transition???" Thanks for the blue dress, dude, but you gotta do better than this.
Monday, September 27, 2004
MyDD :: Holy F---ing Jim Crow
Ohio Secretary of State makes two decisions to limit citizens ability to vote. See also recent moves by MO Sec. of State/ Gubenatorial Candidate Matt Blunt.
Vietnam ain't the only thing in this election giving off the old funk of the 60's....Some of these elections officials are rocking Malcolm X's "By Any Means Necessary" theory.....like, whoa.
Ohio Secretary of State makes two decisions to limit citizens ability to vote. See also recent moves by MO Sec. of State/ Gubenatorial Candidate Matt Blunt.
Vietnam ain't the only thing in this election giving off the old funk of the 60's....Some of these elections officials are rocking Malcolm X's "By Any Means Necessary" theory.....like, whoa.
Rivals Once More (washingtonpost.com):
There is nothing like Redskins-Cowboys. Nothing. Here's to football.
"'You don't want to get on the wrong side of both of them. They can crack the whip,' said Henning, 62, who coached under Gibbs in Super Bowl XVII and XXII and under Parcells with the New York Jets. 'People might see Bill that way because he's more confrontational with the press. I've seen Bill charm the balls off a pool table. The beauty of both of them is that they know when to push the buttons.'"
Bugel said, "Behind closed doors, he [Gibbs] can rip your shirt off, and knock your teeth out."
There is nothing like Redskins-Cowboys. Nothing. Here's to football.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda
note the source, and see if there aren't any countries conspicuously absent from the list.
note the source, and see if there aren't any countries conspicuously absent from the list.
Army Floats a Trial Balloon (washingtonpost.com)
These stunning arial shots brought to you by blimpie, the homeland security blimp: wherever you are, we'e watching you.....
These stunning arial shots brought to you by blimpie, the homeland security blimp: wherever you are, we'e watching you.....
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
alis volat propriis
a blog by a 1L at Northwestern. anyone know of any other 1L blogs, other than sixo's?
a blog by a 1L at Northwestern. anyone know of any other 1L blogs, other than sixo's?
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Federer for Congress
this link goes to Federers endorsements. Unlike Carnahan, he provides quotes, and some are amazing to read. Look for the ones from Chuck Norris and Alan Keyes......this should be fun.
this link goes to Federers endorsements. Unlike Carnahan, he provides quotes, and some are amazing to read. Look for the ones from Chuck Norris and Alan Keyes......this should be fun.
make no mistake
strong and getting stronger
I'm sitting in the auditorium of Washington University's Business School, waiting for a debate between candidates for Dick Gephardht's congressional district, MO 3rd. There are only seven of us in the audience right now, but I am an hour early. I am what they call a civics dork.
Actually, I thought I might get some homework done while waiting for this thing to start. I still might.
The Washington Post has a copy of all the stipulated rules for the Presidential Debates. They regulate everything from temperature to camera angles. It's pretty interesting how absolutely stage managed these things are. The link's right here:
debate rules agreement
strong and getting stronger
I'm sitting in the auditorium of Washington University's Business School, waiting for a debate between candidates for Dick Gephardht's congressional district, MO 3rd. There are only seven of us in the audience right now, but I am an hour early. I am what they call a civics dork.
Actually, I thought I might get some homework done while waiting for this thing to start. I still might.
The Washington Post has a copy of all the stipulated rules for the Presidential Debates. They regulate everything from temperature to camera angles. It's pretty interesting how absolutely stage managed these things are. The link's right here:
debate rules agreement
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Bush, Kerry Tentatively Settle on 3 Debates (washingtonpost.com)
The details. I'll have pictures here from the debate.
The details. I'll have pictures here from the debate.
everybody's talking all this junk about me
why can't they just let me live
the police light is out on drudge's page. that can only mean one thing:
The Washington University debate is ON!
whut. bring it on.
also, I'm working with a group called Just Democracy. We're law students from all over the country trying to get ourselves and other law students working as election judges come November 2nd.
You'll probably be getting some voters rights commentary and information here over the next month and a half, and some on the ground reports if things go wrong in St. Louis like they did in 2000.
why can't they just let me live
the police light is out on drudge's page. that can only mean one thing:
The Washington University debate is ON!
whut. bring it on.
also, I'm working with a group called Just Democracy. We're law students from all over the country trying to get ourselves and other law students working as election judges come November 2nd.
You'll probably be getting some voters rights commentary and information here over the next month and a half, and some on the ground reports if things go wrong in St. Louis like they did in 2000.
FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Possible Saddam-Al Qaeda Link Seen in U.N. Oil-for-Food Program
Do they make tin foil hats for the right wing? Because, this just in, breaking news, thank god for fox news, if you play 6 degrees of kevin bacon in the mid-east, you might get what could possibly be a connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. More specifcally, between someone (Abdul Rahman Hayel Saeed) who runs a company (HSA) that sold something ($20 million dollars of palm oil) to Iraq while it was under sanctions, and someone else (Ahmed Idris Nasreddin) who is "on the U.N. watchlist of entities and individuals belonging to, or affiliated with Al Qaeda". Now, that palm oil was priced at 15% above market value, so Saddam could maybe have been sending $3 million to a guy who knows a guy who may know Osama.
It's estimated by the "General Accountability Office[sic]" (actually the Government Accountability Office (formerly the General Accounting Office, so it's not a hard mistake to make, although, you know, you could fact check...)(gao.gov) that Saddam got at least $4.4 billion out of the program by overpaying for goods. So, if you do the math, and if I didn't carry the one here, let me know, .07% of the minimum ammount that Saddam overpayed for foodstuffs went to a guy who knows a guy who knows bin laden.
OK. But....
Why is this kind of reasoning and dot-connecting crazy when Michael Moore does it, but newsworthy and groundbreaking when FOX News does it?
(Not that I think it's particularly persuasive when Moore does it, by the way...)
Is this connection the reason that Donald Rumsfeld got a bit confused on Friday, September 10th at the National Press Club?
That's the guy who runs our army, navy, etc. I know he's endearing in a crazy uncle sort of way, but he should at least be able to keep our enemies straight. It's really hard to get fired in this administration, unless you tell the truth about what something will cost.
I'm tempted to mention some of the more direct connections between world leaders and entities guilty of moral and/or criminal wrongdoing that FOX News could be investigating, but I think it would be inappropriate in a criticism of tin-foil-hat journalism to encourage more of it.
Cheers. This one's for Johnny Ramone.
Do they make tin foil hats for the right wing? Because, this just in, breaking news, thank god for fox news, if you play 6 degrees of kevin bacon in the mid-east, you might get what could possibly be a connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. More specifcally, between someone (Abdul Rahman Hayel Saeed) who runs a company (HSA) that sold something ($20 million dollars of palm oil) to Iraq while it was under sanctions, and someone else (Ahmed Idris Nasreddin) who is "on the U.N. watchlist of entities and individuals belonging to, or affiliated with Al Qaeda". Now, that palm oil was priced at 15% above market value, so Saddam could maybe have been sending $3 million to a guy who knows a guy who may know Osama.
It's estimated by the "General Accountability Office[sic]" (actually the Government Accountability Office (formerly the General Accounting Office, so it's not a hard mistake to make, although, you know, you could fact check...)(gao.gov) that Saddam got at least $4.4 billion out of the program by overpaying for goods. So, if you do the math, and if I didn't carry the one here, let me know, .07% of the minimum ammount that Saddam overpayed for foodstuffs went to a guy who knows a guy who knows bin laden.
OK. But....
Why is this kind of reasoning and dot-connecting crazy when Michael Moore does it, but newsworthy and groundbreaking when FOX News does it?
(Not that I think it's particularly persuasive when Moore does it, by the way...)
Is this connection the reason that Donald Rumsfeld got a bit confused on Friday, September 10th at the National Press Club?
Saddam Hussein (sic), if he's alive, is spending a whale of a lot of time trying to not get caught. And we've not seen him on a video since 2001. Now he's got to be busy. Why is he busy? It's because of the pressure that's being put on him.
...
(actually from earlier in the talk than that other line)
But if you think about it, that's not the way the world really was before September 11th. Consider the world of September 10th and before. Two Americans and six others stood on trial by the Taliban in Afghanistan for the crime of preaching their religion. The leader of the opposition Northern Alliance, Massoud, lay dead, his murder ordered by Saddam Hussein -- by Osama bin Laden, Taliban's co- conspirator. An Iraqi newspaper put out by Saddam Hussein's son Uday called on European corporations to pressure their governments to break with the United States and Britain, so that the sanctions would be lifted.
That's the guy who runs our army, navy, etc. I know he's endearing in a crazy uncle sort of way, but he should at least be able to keep our enemies straight. It's really hard to get fired in this administration, unless you tell the truth about what something will cost.
I'm tempted to mention some of the more direct connections between world leaders and entities guilty of moral and/or criminal wrongdoing that FOX News could be investigating, but I think it would be inappropriate in a criticism of tin-foil-hat journalism to encourage more of it.
Cheers. This one's for Johnny Ramone.
Saturday, September 18, 2004
Guardian Unlimited | Arts Friday Review | Who held a gun to Leonard Cohen's head?
happy birthday leonard, and thank you
happy birthday leonard, and thank you
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
ESPN.com: Page 2 - The Colts can't close the deal
New Hunter S. Thompson. note the hint at the end that he's gonna be on the Ali G show at some point.
Actually, I hope they aren't just doing a TV segment. I dream of a half hour HBO Special, Borat's guide to Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '04:
open on a bush rally in Chesterfield, MO. Ground staff run around nervously, as a large white caddilac pulls into the parking lot. Borat, in suit, and HST, in visor, exit, and approach staffer.
GWB staffer: Can I help you?
Borat: Djekui! I am here to meet president.
Staffer: Who are you, (mumbles into walkie)gurraharragu, hold on a sec, I'mm ge-
HST: No time for that now, honey, we're late, where's the advance staff? I'll call mellman and put you through to him. We set this up a month ago. This guys big shit. Top guy in Kazahkstan. Broadcasts to 10,000 GIs daily over there. They won't go out to patrol for gooks till his shows over. big shit. dont's fuck this up, llll ... linda?
Borat: You are very nice. can I touch your shrum? you are his daughter, no?
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a man can dream, right?
New Hunter S. Thompson. note the hint at the end that he's gonna be on the Ali G show at some point.
Actually, I hope they aren't just doing a TV segment. I dream of a half hour HBO Special, Borat's guide to Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '04:
open on a bush rally in Chesterfield, MO. Ground staff run around nervously, as a large white caddilac pulls into the parking lot. Borat, in suit, and HST, in visor, exit, and approach staffer.
GWB staffer: Can I help you?
Borat: Djekui! I am here to meet president.
Staffer: Who are you, (mumbles into walkie)gurraharragu, hold on a sec, I'mm ge-
HST: No time for that now, honey, we're late, where's the advance staff? I'll call mellman and put you through to him. We set this up a month ago. This guys big shit. Top guy in Kazahkstan. Broadcasts to 10,000 GIs daily over there. They won't go out to patrol for gooks till his shows over. big shit. dont's fuck this up, llll ... linda?
Borat: You are very nice. can I touch your shrum? you are his daughter, no?
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a man can dream, right?
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Unreleased document shows Bush failed to fulfil his commitments
This is a brand new one. the plot th-th-thickenses.
this will only be useful to the Kerry people if they can tie supposed lying about vietnam to supposed lying about Iraq, etc....
either way, joe gibbs is a winner.
i can't wait for the debates, if only because there's no substance in anything either campaign is talking about....it's all so f'n boring.
how bout we talk about substantive differences on policy???
anybody seen my lockbox?
This is a brand new one. the plot th-th-thickenses.
this will only be useful to the Kerry people if they can tie supposed lying about vietnam to supposed lying about Iraq, etc....
either way, joe gibbs is a winner.
i can't wait for the debates, if only because there's no substance in anything either campaign is talking about....it's all so f'n boring.
how bout we talk about substantive differences on policy???
anybody seen my lockbox?
Sunday, September 12, 2004
USA PATRIOT Act Enhanced Due Diligence Guide
ever want to masquerade as someone on a federal watchlist? i didn't think so. but if you click on the link above, then hit namecheck (on the right-hand saide of the page) you can search what I can only assume is a list of suspected money launderers. search for arab names, and you'll get a lot of info on some of these guys (and gals). a few entries include a whole lot of information, like DOB, SSN, address, etc. not that you'd want to steal the identity of someone on a federal watchlist. i can't think of many worse life decisions. but, you know, maybe they should put a password on this?
ever want to masquerade as someone on a federal watchlist? i didn't think so. but if you click on the link above, then hit namecheck (on the right-hand saide of the page) you can search what I can only assume is a list of suspected money launderers. search for arab names, and you'll get a lot of info on some of these guys (and gals). a few entries include a whole lot of information, like DOB, SSN, address, etc. not that you'd want to steal the identity of someone on a federal watchlist. i can't think of many worse life decisions. but, you know, maybe they should put a password on this?
USA Freedom Corps
Are the 'freedom corps' mocking the president? check the W quote underneath the logo in the upper left.
Are the 'freedom corps' mocking the president? check the W quote underneath the logo in the upper left.
Thursday, September 09, 2004
blaow! how you like me now
was clinton's an 'honorable' discharge?
ABCNEWS.com : ABC News' The Note: First Source for Political News
a few things:
1) the note, linked above, is certainly, at least for my tastes, the most valuable daily political jump-off out there. my gut tells me that the majority of the poltical reporters out there read it every day, and it's a great way to get the backstory to the headlines. if you care, and you should, you should read it. especially those of you in journalism school, but I know that I don't have to tell you that.
2) it's a bit phony for republicans to answer all investigations of bush's guard service with a reference to his honorable discharge after the 'purple heart' band-aids floating around their convention.
3) that's twice that debates here at Wash U have been cancelled the year I show up (clinton pulled out of the '96 debate). sorry if i jinxed it.
4) i'd like to welcome the counter-trey back to the NFL. thank you, joe gibbs. now will the new cornerback rules make the eagles lack of a secondary devastating or meaningless to their defense? answer that question for me, and I'll be able to handicap the NFC east with awesome and terrifying precision.
was clinton's an 'honorable' discharge?
ABCNEWS.com : ABC News' The Note: First Source for Political News
a few things:
1) the note, linked above, is certainly, at least for my tastes, the most valuable daily political jump-off out there. my gut tells me that the majority of the poltical reporters out there read it every day, and it's a great way to get the backstory to the headlines. if you care, and you should, you should read it. especially those of you in journalism school, but I know that I don't have to tell you that.
2) it's a bit phony for republicans to answer all investigations of bush's guard service with a reference to his honorable discharge after the 'purple heart' band-aids floating around their convention.
3) that's twice that debates here at Wash U have been cancelled the year I show up (clinton pulled out of the '96 debate). sorry if i jinxed it.
4) i'd like to welcome the counter-trey back to the NFL. thank you, joe gibbs. now will the new cornerback rules make the eagles lack of a secondary devastating or meaningless to their defense? answer that question for me, and I'll be able to handicap the NFC east with awesome and terrifying precision.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
holy calamity
scream insanity
Cheney Says 'Wrong Choice' Risks Terrorist Attack (washingtonpost.com)
and that's some more arrogant shit right there.
scream insanity
Cheney Says 'Wrong Choice' Risks Terrorist Attack (washingtonpost.com)
and that's some more arrogant shit right there.
Monday, September 06, 2004
The traditional start of the fall season
work dat twerk dat
Clinton calls Kerry from his deathbed.
The fall has officially begun. Now, if you haven't been paying attention, there's an election on. Now, traditionally, people start paying attention and the race begins in earnest.
(Oh, were it that the race began for Earnest, now that he's back from camp, but no, a man can only dream, and this whole country isn't California)
Anyway, word on the street, and the street being the NYT article above, is that Clinton's bridge-builders are driving through the country in an old cop car, talking about getting the band back together. I'm especially excited about getting Carville back in the game. He's got my favorite kind of crazy in him, crazy like a fox, which I guarantee will contrast well with Zell Miller's batshit rabid feral-dog crazy.
Things to remember for fall:
Joe Gibbs is Back
You will be listening to my radio show over the internet, so block out some time accordingly.
Kerry is historically a good closer, and one of the reasons August was so bad for him that no one is mentioning is that he didb't spend any money.
If you're using a sharp knife to get the pit out of an avocado, use the face of the blade, not the tip of the blade, to cut into the pit. Sure, the tip will work, but what if you miss? What then? If you can't figure it out I'll send you pictures of my left hand. That'll wake you up, Bubba.
Be glad you're not in my fantasy football league.
Cheers. And remember, from here on out, it's a sprint, not a marathon.
work dat twerk dat
Clinton calls Kerry from his deathbed.
The fall has officially begun. Now, if you haven't been paying attention, there's an election on. Now, traditionally, people start paying attention and the race begins in earnest.
(Oh, were it that the race began for Earnest, now that he's back from camp, but no, a man can only dream, and this whole country isn't California)
Anyway, word on the street, and the street being the NYT article above, is that Clinton's bridge-builders are driving through the country in an old cop car, talking about getting the band back together. I'm especially excited about getting Carville back in the game. He's got my favorite kind of crazy in him, crazy like a fox, which I guarantee will contrast well with Zell Miller's batshit rabid feral-dog crazy.
Things to remember for fall:
Joe Gibbs is Back
You will be listening to my radio show over the internet, so block out some time accordingly.
Kerry is historically a good closer, and one of the reasons August was so bad for him that no one is mentioning is that he didb't spend any money.
If you're using a sharp knife to get the pit out of an avocado, use the face of the blade, not the tip of the blade, to cut into the pit. Sure, the tip will work, but what if you miss? What then? If you can't figure it out I'll send you pictures of my left hand. That'll wake you up, Bubba.
Be glad you're not in my fantasy football league.
Cheers. And remember, from here on out, it's a sprint, not a marathon.
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