Aug 31 2008
This picture is a bleak reminder of 2005 [1]:
My thoughts continue to be with all residents of the Caribbean and Florida as they recover from Gustav, and with residents of the Gulf coast as they prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
[1] http://www.cooleysekula.net/blogs/steve/taomph/2005/08/29/test-415/
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Aug 31 2008
Something on the Sunday talk show, “Meet the Press”, caught my attention. Today’s show was hosted by Tom Brokaw, a favorite of mine in the news business. He interviewed Gov. Tom Pawlenty of Minnesota, Co-chair of the RNC convention in the Twin Cities. Gov. Pawlenty was acting as a “Vox VP” for the Republican VP [...]
Aug 31 2008
At breakfast today, a friend of mine informed me that Obama had finally responded to the 14 science policy questions sent to the candidates months ago [1]. These questions arose from the “Science Debate 2008″ grass-roots effort, an effort supported by 38,000 signers to get the presidential candidates to engage on science policy issues. Recently, [...]
Aug 30 2008
I found out on Friday that I am not the only one sending letters to the DNC about their choice to shut out the Linux community. A friend of mine told me she also sent a letter, and it sounded like it was a much more pointed statement than mine. I was curious if other [...]
Aug 27 2008
I just finished writing a letter to the DNC convention organizers, which I sent by e-mail and which I will also send by mail if I don’t get a fairly personal response (as opposed to some boilerplate). Here is the text:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a registered Democrat and deeply excited by the convention process [...]
Aug 27 2008
Just a short follow up. Obama’s site is employing YouTube and flash to distribute video clips from the DNC convention. Good for them! Let’s see what the Republicans do about making democracy available online.
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Aug 25 2008
This is a rant. I’ve earned it.
For years, I have made the long, hard slog to Washington D.C. I have written to my Congressional representatives, made phone calls to local and national offices. I have dug into the political process, thought hard about modern democracy, and tried to work within the rules of society in [...]
Aug 25 2008
I really wanted to go to the DNC website, catch Michelle Obama’s speech, maybe see some of the live video. Alas, the Democrats are not quite the progressives we’ve been led to believe. They seem to have taken a page from the NBC/Microsoft Olympics playbook:
Looks like I’m well on my way to collecting the whole [...]
Aug 23 2008
I’ve avoided the Presidential race for quite some time in this blog. Mainly, I was irritated that the whole thing started over a year ago. I felt it was a distraction from the present – the damage being done to America by the present leaders. However, it’s getting to be that time when the race [...]
Aug 16 2008
I’ve returned from CT. I had a great time, although there was some rough going with my stomach for a few days (on and off). I think I overdid it on the wings and picked up a stomach bug, which my dad also caught (he doesn’t eat hot wings). Still, it was a great vacation.
My [...]
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