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Not a man known for public speaking and thus not a favorite of national sportwriters, he was one of the best I’ve ever seen play the game and he belongs in the Hall. Congrats.
Will Kass Take Time Off
The Ryan case, to attack those attacking dibs?
Enquiring minds want to know…
It’s Not that They Sold Out
It’s that they sold out for so little…
Is usually the line to describe political corruption. Those who remember the trials of many ‘a Alderman remember stories of selling their influence/votes for nothing. Larry Bloom, himself a reform Alderman barely got anything for being bribed. It always amazes me how little pols will sell themselves for
Here is where the men are separated from the boys, George Ryan sold his soul for a lot…I guess he gets points for at least making it worth his while.
Kudos to Brian
Brian, the guy who takes care of the backend of the site did an excellent job getting the site back up and installing a comment feature that requires you to enter random numbers generated by MT–this reduces Spam significantly and makes the life of the hosting company and thus me, much, much easier.
Brian gets a cut of the advertising from the site and that helps compensate him (not well) and offer up space to other blogs that focus on grassroots politics and the such so every ad bought helps him out as well.
The new feature is an annoyance, but the dastardly people that SPAM everyone give us little choice.
As far as new content, I’ll try and update some this week, but it’ll be hectic. It seems my car has been totalled out for some damage we turned in from two separate incidents that were relatively minor so I’m going to be out test driving and dealing with car salesman. Having sold stereos for 8 years, I have low tolerance for this activity.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve suffered a massive spyware infection that forced me to simply do a brand new install on Windows, changed around my computer set-up and had my e-mail generally shifted around to several sources. If you need something from me or have something to send, send it again because it is likely lost. And spent a lot of time I had off with the girls. So through this weekend is slow, but expect some good car hunting stories.
Drinking Liberally!
They say the revolution will not be televised,
But I bet it will be discussed over drinks…
So join us!
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Promoting democracy one pint at a time
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The Red Lion, 2446 N Lincoln, 2nd Floor
Just around the corner from the Fullerton L Stop
Come join fellow progressives and find out what
Newsweek, the New York Daily News, and the Atrios blog
Have all been talking about!
All you need to do is show up and drink
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Ahem, Excuse us for that Interruption
But blog spam created a problem at the hosting site and AP had to be taken down for a while.
For those pols reading the site, stop worrying about meth and get on the real scourge of SPAM in all of its electronic forms.
Back to normal on Sunday and Monday.
Oh yeah, Comments have changed
You have to preview them and then submit. The blog spam was out of control so that step was added and seems to be doing a lot of good. There’s also a thirty second limit for one comment after another which shouldn’t matter much.
Durbin Does Good
Via Ralph
WASHINGTON — President Bush should pardon six Army reservists from Ohio who were court-martialed for taking equipment to carry out their mission in Iraq, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday.
In a letter to the president, Durbin said the members of the 656th Transportation Company may have committed a technical violation and an error in judgment but the military should not have treated this mistake as a felony.
“The punishment is completely out of step with the violation,” Durbin said. “Soldiers have been scavenging for equipment on battlefields from the time of the Romans to the present day. … Yes, they made a mistake, but it was not so someone could get rich; these soldiers were trying to protect their unit and accomplish their mission.”
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) earlier asked the Army to grant clemency to the reservists from the unit, which is headquartered in Springfield, Ohio.
Six reservists, including two veteran officers who had received Bronze Stars, were court-martialed for commandeering two tractors and two trailers left in Kuwait by other U.S. units that had already moved into Iraq and for stripping a third vehicle for parts they needed to repair their trucks.
Durbin said the 656th had played a crucial role in maintaining the gasoline supply between Balad Airfield and Tikrit.
Ummm…they didn’t make a mistake. They improvised, overcame and adapted. Wrong service, but that isn’t something to be prosecuted.
I’m Not the Only One
Who remembers the idiotic move by then Congressman Blagorgeous to try and require that napalm shipments be announced to communities they were being shipped through. This makes about as much sense as announcing when gasoline is being shipped through your community–actually less sense.
Napalm is essentially a jelly form of gasoline liked by militaries because it sticks to things like people and continues to burn unlike liquid gasoline that burns itself up too quickly.
Shipping it is safer than gasoline because if there is a spill, it doesn’t leak into the ground rapidly or spread itself nearly as wide as regular gasoline. But leaving it tanks does open up the chance that it will slowly leak out and enter things like water supplies where it is stored. Shipping it for permanent diposal is a good strategy and Blagojevich spent a bunch of time fighting it based on it having a scary name.
I’m Slow
and it’ll probably continue through the 9th of January just to warn you. Between the holidays, several projects coming to a head and a professional conference coming up, my time has been pretty slim. I should be posting more often than the last couple weeks, but don’t expect the usual volume until after the 9th or 10th. Political news slows down during this period anyway.