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Lowest Common Denominator President

December 9, 2007 Politics

Our country is sharply divided over a war that is being waged in a distant land. My views on this war are clear: it is happening, it is happening in Iraq, and it will continue to happen until it stops. Some people believe we should withdraw all the troops now. Some people believe we should [...]

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Barack Obama’s MySpace network back up to previous levels

August 16, 2007 Politics

As the US Presidential campaigns heat up, Techpresident is going to be an interesting site to watch and a goldmine for stats junkies. Checking in today it looks like Obama’s number of MySpace friends is back up the levels just previous to last May’s dust up.

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NSA Wiretaps and AT&T

May 17, 2006 Politics

Dust off the conspiracy books – this one’s getting juicy. Tonight Wired posted the full memo from the whistle-blower at AT&T in San Francisco that tipped off the recent firestorm around suspected domestic spying by the NSA. It gets pretty technical but deep in on page three the writer hints that there may have been [...]

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Sarcasm & Vitriol

September 2, 2005 Current Events

The enormity of the suffering and absurdity of the federal government’s response is beginning to sink in. Some are turning to sarcasm:
Two images transposed by mrfurious, President Bush posing with a new guitar given to him while he was visiting a San Diego Airforce Base the day after Katrina hit New Orleans. The original photo [...]

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Chirac mocks British cuisine, UK fights back by stealing Olympics

July 6, 2005 Politics

Nothing like a good international rivalry to brighten up your morning paper and the French politicians can always be counted on for a good zinger every now and then. Chirac’s latest off the cuff remark overheard by a reporter at the French paper Liberation was well-timed right before the G-8 summit being held in Scotland.
“We [...]

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The King of San Francisco

April 20, 2005 Politics

As we were driving through the city Tyler asked who lived in the majestic building that is known as the City Hall. I said that the Mayor of San Francisco worked there but he didn’t know that term, “Mayor.” I said that the Mayor was someone who ran the city.
“Oh, so the king of San [...]

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The Great Debate

March 25, 2005 Humor

Had the great debate between George Bush and Saddam Hussein actually taken place in 2003 here’s how it would have gone down:
Tuesday February 25, 2003 – The United Nations
Tony Blair, moderator: Welcome to the first televised debate between George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein, live from United Nations headquarters in New York. We will [...]

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Care Package

December 22, 2004 Politics

We sent a care package to a friend’s cousin who is on the front lines in Iraq. Ramen noodles, socks, chapstick, note paper and some letters from the kids. We don’t necessarily support the political reasons for the war over there but we do want to show our support in some way and connect with [...]

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FCC and Doraemon

December 15, 2004 Advertising

This is old news but Terrie Lloyd, who’s always good a picking up tidbits for his excellent email newsletter “Terrie’s Take” highlights the striking resemblence of the new FCC mascot, “Broadband” to Doraemon, the cartoon every Japanese kid knows by sight. Turns out the publisher of Doaemon, Shougakkan, is going to take legal action but [...]

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Show me the money

October 28, 2004 Politics

We just got our absentee ballots from New Jersey today. We didn’t think we really should register to vote as we didn’t have a fixed address yet and now I hear that the race is going to be real close in NJ so I’m more than happy to throw my vote down where it might [...]

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