Here he is in 2003 making a short impromptu speech to the teamsters. In 2003 when John Kerry had the full backing of the Democratic Party and wasn’t railing against the war, Barack Obama was making the case that the war in Iraq was hurting the American economy in 2003.
Contrast that 2003 speech with this [...]
There’s an ongoing discussion for the past few years concerning whether Linux is “ready for the desktop.” It may or may not be depending on what you think that phrase means. However, I now believe that Linux is Ready For The Jeremy. The one thing that I wished Linux had, it now has: an excellent [...]
People like to talk about how Obama is being deified, a process which of which I am unaware outside of the world of paid pundits who have nothing better to talk about than surreal narratives that they make up themselves, and then report on as if it’s something everyone is just spontaneously talking about. I’m [...]
The more we have Facebooks and Myspaces, and the more our social circles intermingle with our intellectual circles and our employment circles, the more we have to be aware of what kinds of ideas we’re expressing. I’ve seen professional portfolios and resumes on the Web which link to Facebook, myspace, and last.fm. If the people [...]
In a speech he’s about to give shortly at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Ohio, Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will for the first time talk about a specific date for when he envisions direct American military involvement to be over in Iraq.
It’s January 2013. By then, he says, American combat [...]
VATICAN CITY - Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday…
… Funes said that such a notion “doesn’t contradict our faith” because aliens would still be God’s creatures. Ruling out the existence of aliens would be like “putting [...]
Why do we always have plenty of money for a war, even if the war has been debunked as unnecessary, but never quite enough money for school?
Don’t worry, kids. If you can’t afford college, you can get a good job in the Army.
Why would it be good to have a liberal president who can make nice with the right-wing theocrats? Because the right-wing theocrats want light rail! Light Rail and Options: Exciting Times Ahead for Transportation
That’s an article by Paul Weyrich, founder of The Heritage Foundation and arch-religious-lunatic. And he’s pushing hard for light-rail to solve our [...]
The albums of Ben Folds sound just like the albums of The Ben Folds Five except they have a little thicker mastering and Ben Folds is a little more self-indulgent with his piano solos and his screaming.
Sorry, guys. You were expendable.
Jackson, the executive architect, said his design team had aimed for a powerful yet reflective representation of King.
“The image of Dr. King had to be inspirational,” Jackson said yesterday. “It had to be an image that projected this man as an intellectual. It had to be an image that projected Dr. King as someone in [...]
