Posts from — September 2004

Nethead/Bellhead Conference Blog. David Weinberger is doing a bang-up job of telling the world what's happening here today. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

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looks interesting, wish i was there.

“How F**king American Are You?” [Daypop Top 40]

Only in America. At least for now. [A Man with a Ph.D. - Richard Gayle's Weblog]

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hmmm, well…. lets see here, it says i'm a happy-horney american even though i just filled them myself.

it's today, find out what your government is doing in your name….

The president we get is the country we get. With each president the nation is conformed spiritually. He is the artificer of our malleable national soul. He proposes not only the laws but the kinds of lawlessness that govern our lives and invoke our responses. The people he appoints are cast in his image. The trouble they get into and get us into, is his characteristic trouble.

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i think doctorow is on to something here.

rochelle points toward this nice map. it must not be complete given her comments.

something jason will like.

but will i pay for it…. no. so i won't get it.

Bush's (Lack of) Mental Curiousity. Les Payne writes a mean-spirited column in Newsday charging that George Bush has become a national joke. As much as I've been bashing Bush all weekend, I think that's a stretch, but there is a snippet worth reprinting, about how… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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scary….

yes, if one goes… both should go.

Dubya Channels Calvin, or Vice Versa.

[Crooked Timber]

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heh, yes. acting or forcing action without forethought is an authoritarian mentality, there is a quote somewhere about it being a form of fascism….. that is probably true too.