Posted in Misc. | August 27th, 2004
It seems strange the rational that Republican campaign managers give for not allowing non-Bush supporters into the campaign events. They said that it was because everyone is there to hear Bush speak and so only allowing supporters makes sense. It doesn’t make sense. What makes sense is that you want people who see the events [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 25th, 2004
Japan Won’t Deport Fischer Anytime Soon Japan Won’t Deport Fischer Anytime Soon Chess Nerds of the world unite. If you play, have played chess, or seen the movie you’ll be interested in the Free Bobby Fischer movement. Bobby Fischer played chess (for lots of money) in a place that the US said that he shouldn’t. [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 25th, 2004
My previous post has been generating some interest from various people, which is interesting to say the least. Although still in their infancy Optruth is really a unique site. Here you have people that are not for or against the war, rather they are interested in generating dialogue about what has gone wrong. If you [...]
Posted in Ideas | August 24th, 2004
From an article in the FT: Key points 1- Make sure you know who is your potential “high-value” player, which is the person who will place the most value on the deal. 2- Find the decision makers and make sure your they agree with you, then they will sell you from the inside. 3- Make [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 23rd, 2004
Bicker, bicker, bicker if the US presidential election campaign had a mother she would make both candidates stand in the corner, then take a time out, then kiss and make up. Wolf Blitzer had some interesting guests last night; one comment that a guest made that seems to echo sentiments from many is that the [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 20th, 2004
Abe Fettig’s Weblog : How to Make iTunes for Windows Stop Skipping How to Make iTunes for Windows Stop Skipping October 20, 2003 12:28 PM iTunes for Windows is here. Hooray – finally a jukebox for Windows that works like it should. Th-th-th-e-e-re’s o-o-o-n-ly one li-li-lit-le pro-ro-rob-roblem: every time you go launch another program, or [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 20th, 2004
Guerrilla News Network Briody: Unfortunately, the Carlyle story hasn’t made the leap onto the front pages or onto the mainstream media TV shows and things like that and I think that the reason behind that is, in some sense, the truth is the hardest thing to believe, and for the American people, no one wants [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 20th, 2004
Just curious, does anyone know why the republicans have chosen New York for the location of their convention. Why not Iraq? I mean really, New York is known for being liberal and not being shy about it. Also, who wouldn’t want an excuse to take a little vacation to New York and do a little [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 13th, 2004
I am continually amazed at how bad Kerry is at handling Republican remarks. One that really makes me laugh is when Cheney attacked Kerry for mentioning that we need a more sensitive war, all Kerry could say is that Cheney was misrepresenting what he said. That is really stupid. In fact, we do need a [...]
Posted in Misc. | August 12th, 2004
MSNBC – ‘We Were There’ Aug. 6 – U.S. Army Reservist Paul Rieckhoff won accolades for leading a platoon in one of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. When he returned to the United States after his 10 months in Iraq, he began to talk about the flaws in the Bush administration’s war plans. But [...]