Monthly Archives: August 2004

Don't become a statistic

you have to see this …

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Swift Liars Yadda Yadda

Swift Boat Memories Robert Lambert, a man who doesn’t plan on voting for John Kerry and was offended by his conduct in 1971 still says they were under fire during the incident during the Bronze Star incident.

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wrapped exceptions

Who the fuck would catch, log, AND THEN RETHROW an exception? Dear lord. If you’re throwing it, let the top layer deal with it, dumbass. That includes logging it. Sometimes I really hate java exceptions. Update: I was referring to … Continue reading

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Jonah Goldberg on Gay Marriage

Interesting column. One of the things that occured to me is that Federalism is actually a weak Hayekian barrier, in that most social change is restricted to a state-by-state change, so there’s no reason to implement a fairness-promoting principle (gay … Continue reading

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Brad DeLong Reminds Us

… of the real reason that dethroning Bush should be a bipartisan affair. But he leaves out the third reason–the big reason, the Elephant-in-the-Living-Room reason–to run screaming into the night at the thought of a big Bush initiative. Even if … Continue reading

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Joe Darby

I don’t have much to say about this, other than the fact that I think it’s ultimately important to read. It’s kind of presented as a human interest story — more about Mrs. Darby dealing with the press than Joe … Continue reading

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Douchebag of Liberty

Jon Stewart, from last night’s daily show: Novak ends with the only logical conclusion about the book: “Unfit for Command sends a devastating message, unless it is effectively refuted.” Because in this country, when a scurrilous charge is made against … Continue reading

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Media, Heal Thyselves

The Salt Lake City Tribune meditates on all the attention given to Lori Hacking. Their conclusion? “Go Away.” … via FAIR

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likeability

Here’s something I don’t understand. Supposedly, if you ask people who they’d rather have a beer with, Bush or Kerry, people say Bush. Now, first of all, I’d like to see actual numbers, because this sounds like received wisdom left … Continue reading

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Satire: Bush as Forrest Gump

BUSH: THE MISSING YEARS

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