Tonight there was a shooting at the trolley square mall. I don’t know many details, but it seems really scary when such large incidents happens so close to home.
12
Feb
2007
Paul
11
Feb
2007
My 2008 Short List
Ok this list can change daily but here are my top 4 preferences for President in 08.
1. Barack Obama
2. John Edwards
3. Hillary Clinton
4. Chuck Hegel
5. Mitt Romney
You are probably asking, why is Mitt on the list. Sure he is a cultural conservative, however he is not an Evangelical cultural conservative. It would be very interesting to see how progressive a Mitt Romney presidency could be.
Chuck Hegel could leap frog Hillary Clinton on my list, but Chuck is still a long shot. I think we have a very real chance that Hillary will be the next president, despite all the Bill Clinton naysayers.
It will be nice to have an actual leader in charge of the country.
05
Feb
2007
The tables have changed.
Do you remember about … 6 months ago? All the Republicans talked about was having “straight up or down votes” in the senate. Now baby Republican Bitch Mitch McConnel and his minority cronies have voted to cut off debate on the Iraq War Resolution. Welcome to the world of hating up or down votes.
30
Jan
2007
Beryl and Vista, Eyecandy City
Today is Microsoft’s “big day.” After over 5 years they are releasing their new desktop operating system. Vista is much more of an evolutionary than revolutionary upgrade. I have been using the Business Edition of Vista since mid November, and aside from the Aero eycandy interface change and relocation of many settings I don’t really see too much that is new. In the meantime the Linux folk have continued to improve the eye candy offerings on that platform as well. This morning I installed Beryl on my Ubuntu desktop and it looks pretty good. I used compiz / xgl a while ago and it was pretty but buggy. Beryl, which is a fork of the compiz project, seems to be a much more tight and slick project.
Who wins this eyecandy war. I would have to give to the Beryl folk, as it seems like a much more natural fit. One should note that OS X has had fun visual effects for years.
20
Jan
2007
Dress Code
I really love a friendly dress code. For seven days I had a not so friendly dress code, but that came to pass. Don’t we all do a better job when we are comfortable?
15
Jan
2007
Romney wears flip flops
Let me start off by saying that I kind of like Mitt Romney. I think he is an ok leader who has skills that could make him an effective president. If you have been following Mitt’s quest to be president you will note that there are an awful lot political positions that he is changing in an attempt to woo Republican voters. A recent story in the Boston Globe highlighted Romney’s change on the gun control issue. MITT: Don’t let the republicans take your North Eastern progressive values away from you. A truly moderate Republican would be a very good thing to have in the 2008 election. Unfortunately Mitt and McCain seem to be swinging to the right.
I guess I’ll have to support Obama!
07
Jan
2007
What will next week be like?
I just looked at my calendar and it looks as if I have a semi-busy week ahead. I ended last week in a productive way. I cleaned up my desk at home and at work which rarely, if ever, happens. While this is a relatively small action it tends to go a long way for me. When the little things are clean the larger things just work better. I hope for a good week! What a boring post.
04
Jan
2007
Democrats Are In Control
Oh yes it is sweet and awesome to see democracy in action. I really am happy to see the Democrats back in power. Lets keep our eye on Pelosi and company to make sure that they put America back on track!
31
Dec
2006
3000
Today we hit 3000 military deaths in Iraq. Can someone tell me why they died?
20
Dec
2006
We are loosing in Iraq.
While I am not going to give him any kudos for saying this, the last person in America to thing that the war was going well changed his mind. George W. Bush said yesterday in an interview with the Washington post that we are not winning in Iraq.