Archives for 2002

Security guards at Rolling Stones concerts are ordering people to hang up their cellphones and stop “violating copyright” by letting long-distance pals listen in on the show. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]

Page Six: Clinton still getting oral sex offers. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]

IPods Go Wherever Their Owners Do. Apple’s portable music devices are popping up around the world. One website has the pictures to prove it. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]

War Plan in Iraq Sees Large Force and Quick Strikes. President Bush has settled on a war plan for Iraq that would begin with an air campaign shorter than the one for the Persian Gulf war, senior officials say. By The New York Times. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

What happens when a charismatic messenger propounds bankrupt ideas?  He is deified.  Don’t confuse the appeal of charisma with the appeal of ideas that are past their prime. [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]

And Ernie..  they are definately democrats…

Hail to the West Wing – I notice that, like a lot of my fellow blog-buddies, I really enjoy the TV show “The West Wing.”  I’m guessing that President Josh Bartlet is a democrat, but it doesn’t seem like the show really reveals party affiliation.  Instead the show focuses on the intricacies of politics, and how decisions get made and deals get cut.  The show gets into issues that are going on now: terrorism, funky voting systems, assassination attempts, back-channel communications.  In short almost anything that is a real issue in our country right now.  Except, of course, one thing.  And that’s understandable when you think about it.  Anyone out here in blogland notice which cutting edge issues that the show never discusses?

The answer (which is stated in the form of “my opinion”) will be revealed tomorrow.

[Ernie the Attorney]

The 3 M’s and the next twenty years.  American politics typically is dominated by a single party.  For the last 80 years that has been the Democrats.  As of yesterday, we have now formally entered an era of Republican domination.  The Republican vision for American is one firmly entrenched in the preservation of the status quo.

Up until this last year, the Republicans didn’t have a sufficiently broad-based platform to allow them to consistently win elections.  9/11 changed that.  National Security is now an issue with broad appeal that allows the Republicans to attract the incremental votes needed to win elections consistently.

The Republican platform can be summed with the following:    

Militarism.  National security.  Aggressive and unilateralist.

Money.  Wealth preservation.  Tax cuts.

Morals.  The sanctity of life.  The preservation of the American family.

More on this later. [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]