In which case, why is this “blue” candidate running for office? Of course, this dumbass is a Libertarian Party candidate.
What do you say to the guy after he loses in November? Feelin’ blue?
I guess he’s just talked himself blue in the face trying to convince Montana voters he’s their man.
And so on.
Another excellent column from Steve Chapman on Hussein’s purported madness. Chapman goes back and shows how what now seem like irrational moves (war with Iran, invading Kuwait) at the time seemed necessary for survival and not at all crazy. Further, when his survival was very much in doubt during the Gulf War, Hussein still refrained from using the weapons of mass destruction he possessed at the time.
Why would it be different this time around? More generally, how un-crazy does a person have to be to realize that going nuclear with the United States is a very, very bad idea? A bare grasp on reality seems to be the only requirement.
In a way, it’s easy to know who to root for this postseason — anyone but the Yankees. But arranging your rooting interests around hating the Yankees isn’t as easy as it sounds. Sure, I know to root for the A’s because they have a much better shot of beating the Yanks in the ALCS, but what about the National League?
I’d like to root for the D-Backs because they proved last year they could crush Yankee dreams, but they are too banged up this year to really make a run at it. Their starting pitching (after Schilling and Johnson) is even weaker than it was last year, and Byung Hyung-Kim shows no signs of being more consistent or reliable than last fall.
So then I should root for the Cardinals against the Diamondbacks, right? Well, no, because the Cardinals are actually good enough to beat the Braves, who with their pitching really should have the best shot at beating the Yankees from the N.L. With starter Woody Williams now out for the first round and potentially for the rest of the postseason and closer Jason Isringhausen fragile, it’s hard to believe that the Cardinals could compete with the Yanks when it comes to pitching.
Hopefully, the Angels will do us all a favor and get rid of the Yanks in the first round. That would be oh, so sweet. Now — who will win? The A’s and Braves have to be seen as the favorites because of their outstanding pitching, the best in their respective leagues. The Yankees find ways to win, though, as they did in the 8th inning of Tuesday night’s game against the Angels.
And the Braves find ways to lose before getting to the Series. I’d love to see the Giants win, and I’d especially love for Barry to have a good playoff run. The Cardinals’ lineup may be formidable enough to carry
them all the way, though their lefty-dominated order would definitely suffer against the A’s Mulder and Zito, not to mention the Yankees’ Pettitte and Wells.
For now, I’m picking the A’s to win the American League and the Cardinals to win the National League. The Braves are already down 1-0 in their series and the Cardinals are oh, so hot. As are the Giants, but Ortiz, Schmidt, et. al. cannot contain the Cardinal bats. But the Cardinals won’t be able to hit against the A’s, who will win it all. (I think. For now. At this moment. We’ll see.) It should be fun!
In case you needed any more evidence that the Homeland Security Department is a giant sinkhole in the making, just look at what’s keeping Tom Ridge from
getting his own shiny new cabinet chair. Congress and the president have been arguing for weeks about job rules. Job rules!
And we think this 170,000-person monstrosity is somehow going to help secure the homeland? Let’s drop this sucker while we still can.
Or maybe not. Click here to see the 10-minute documentary AIP produced showing how key Congress critters just happened to change their position on O’Hare expansion after receiving millions in
campaign contributions from airline lobbyists.
According to The New York Times’ Gina Kolata, “Abortion Pill Slow to Win Users Among Women and Their Doctors.”
Well, I could have told you that. Oh, wait a minute. I did!
That seems to be the reaction many people have when they see the Aviation Integrity Project‘s newly constructed Web site. Take a look. You may remember Cliff as the subject of a story I wrote back when I was at Columbia and writing for the Chronicle. Oops. I now recall that as the one story of mine that did not get put online. Oh, well.
Enjoy!
While much of the talk within the LP nationally has been about Tommy-brother Ed Thompson‘s run for governor in Wisconsin, former Republican Cal Skinner is making waves here in Illinois. He has polled at 4 percent and even got a rave review from Dennis Byrne in the Chicago Tribune.
The column was headlined, “A pol who doesn’t duck or dodge.” Not too shabby. What’s Skinner’s platform? Abolish the toll tax, cut spending and lower taxes, term-limit state legislators, let folks carry guns, and hold the line on cigarette taxes. Again — not too shabby.
Notice that Skinner calls for just one tax to be abolished and is vague about what he would cut. He also doesn’t mention drugs. Or his strong stance against abortion. Hmm. Then again, he does like his hash brownies.
Or movin’ on in … to my new home with Karen. Which means that my computer is still not set up there and thus the lack of blogging. Hopefully I’ll be up and running by next week.
The wedding went wonderfully, and the honeymoon was a blast. I’ve been very busy with work since getting back and so haven’t had much time to blog or update the site. The fact that I have not yet moved my computer into our apartment has not helped. At some point there may be pictures from the wedding online, though I shouldn’t make any promises.
The push to go to war with Iraq seems to have been dealt some severe setbacks. Meanwhile, the push for a Homeland Security Department may yet fall apart, if only because it is so unwieldy. The TIPS disaster wound up turning into just another gimmick for John Walsh on “America’s Most Wanted.” We were even spared a Medicare prescription drug benefit for seniors.
Not too bad. Maybe I should spend more time in D.C.
In spite of my fairly well developed and firm political viewpoints, I’m not much of an activist, I admit it. I’m more of an armchair philosopher, only instead of philosophizing in an armchair I watch TV on a couch.
But this is a cause even I am willing to take to the streets in support of: Topfreedom now! This much is for certain. I’m going to visit this page regularly to keep abreast of all the latest developments.
The whole point of e-mail, after all, is that it’s plain text. It doesn’t take up a lot of bandwidth and can be read by any computer no matter what kind of software’s on it. By dressing up e-mail in HTML, the whole point of e-mail is defeated.
Worse yet, when I try to respond to an HTML-coded e-mail, it’s almost impossible for me to quote the original writer. I usually wind up deleting the original e-mail, since I’m not going to spend 15 minutes navigating code just to write a response. So for those of you who are sending HTML-coded e-mail, please stop. It’s annoying, and doesn’t do anyone any good. Thank you.
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