Monthly Archives: July 2004

Damn You, Al Gore

Pretty much sums it up….

You know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we’d lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what? I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, […]

About that convention

So, not much to say that nobody’s said before: Final grades for speakers:
Clinton, Hillary: C-. Robotic. Strident. Not that much content. “I know a thing or two about health care” fell flat to me.
Clinton, W. J.: A-. The rhetorical digs at the GOP worked, especially because the graciousness […]

The honeymoon is over

… from It’s Over, Ralph -By Barbara Ehrenreich

[…] I’ve thrown my mighty weight behind Dennis Kucinich, who, unnoticed by the media, is still soldiering along on the campaign trail. In the event that he fails to get the Democratic nomination, I’ll have to consider my options.

Uh… what the hell?
What options are you considering? Badnarik? […]

Who Was Right?

“The capture of Saddam is a good thing which I hope very much will keep our soldiers in Iraq and around the world safer. But the capture of Saddam has not made America safer.” -Howard Dean, Dec 15 2003
“Differences over Iraq have split us from allies who rallied to our side after 9/11, […]

KC figures out the secret of the universe

Why do managers always seem like such complete idiots? Maybe it’s a psychological ploy:
How to get someone to answer your questions

They get letters…

Also emailed to info _at_ ap.org
This story is currently posted online on yahoo, who cites the author as David Espo
and CNN (same story): who does not cite the author:
The 14th paragraph says:
But Republican strategists hope to force Democrats to choose between voting the wishes of their liberal constituents, some of whom favor same-sex marriage, or […]

VOIP roundup

A few things I’ve been looking at:
Glossary:
FXO - Foreign Exchange Office, a device that connects to a POTS provider such as the PSTN.
FXS - Foreign Exchange Station, a device that connects to a phone. Provides power.
voip-info.org, a great reference for all of this stuff.
Asterisk, an open source unix/linux PBX.
Digium, authors of Asterisk and sellers […]

Nobody wins an arms race

Exhibit A…

Another Smoking Gun Turns To Dust

Even the ancient history is wrong questionable…; unbelievable.
Saddam Could Call CIA in His Defence
Various rebuttals in atrios comments

“Ken La.. THIS PRESS CONFERENCE IS OVER”