I got a good laugh out of this.
"Why is it that whenever a black man gets too good at something in this country there's always someone to come around and remind us that he's black?"
"I have a theory about that. It's a little complicated, but basically it goes like this; We are a racist country! The end!"
- Tracey Morgan
Last night Gina comes home from and tells me that one of our friends is put off because she sent me something for the blog and I totally ignored it.
"That's not true, I never got it," I declared with my usual confidence. A quick search, however, revealed that I am a jackass and that I did indeed get it, I just never saw it. Too much mail, not enough time. I'm sorry about that. In any case I did get it and it is excellent. There is a link to an article that I had also read on the Daily KOS and a bit of a rant that I thought was pretty on the mark so here is a little of it.
"Obama understands technology & is currently supported by the tech sector. He wants to see technology grow—he wants to concentrate on math & science in education. He doesn’t want to regulate the internet because some irresponsible parent isn’t monitoring what her kid is doing on the internet. He expects personal responsibility. Right now, one of the members on the committee for net neutrality is some senator from Alaska (I forget his name). He described the internet as a “series of tubes” and complained that his secretary sent him an “internet” on Monday night & he didn’t get it until Tuesday morning because it got log jammed by all the porn on there. THESE are the people Bush appointed to these committees because people of his generation don’t understand tech. And I haven’t seen anything different from Hillary in that regard. She’s picked up the same, “Think of the children!” rallying cry and has applied it to all media, including video games."
Thanks Valkyrie
Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on Countdown.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/03/12/
I agree with every word of this.
I think the two episodes that you can see Gina and I in are titled "Late Editions" and "-30-".
Sorry for the confusion on this but, as always, we never know how they are going to edit or use anything we're in. The times you can see us are pretty good though, in both cases Gina is an on air reporter and I'm her camera guy. We really enjoyed these shoots and are looking forward, now that "The Wire" has wrapped, to seeing what comes next for that area.
That's just perfect.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/
washington/09policy.html?hp
"I believe that we must reject torture without equivocation because it does not make us safe, it results in unreliable intelligence, it puts our troops at risk, and it contradicts core American values." — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
From the BBC:
Tragically, Douglas Adams died in 2001. So what does Stephen Fry, a close friend, voice of the audiobook, and possibly one of the most intelligent admirers of The Hitchhiker's Guide think?
"Of course, it would be unfair for me to comment," he confides. "Douglas told me in the strictest confidence exactly why 42. The answer is fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious. Nonetheless amazing for that.
"Remarkable really. But sadly I cannot share it with anyone and the secret must go with me to the grave. Pity, because it explains so much beyond the books. It really does explain the secret of life, the universe, and everything."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/
magazine/7283155.stm
