Archives for February 2003

Here’s something I’ve gotta try: RSS feeds from Outlook. Most of my life is in Outlook. I’d love to build an RSS feed that my boss can aggregate from Outlook. Thanks to Scott Hanselman for this.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

I am trying to think through the reasons people are opposing this war.  This is not an indictment of those reasons, it is just me thinking them through.  Not everyone who opposes the US on this war will support all of these reasons (many would actually oppose many of the reasons listed).  The opposition is a diverse group.  Here is my list:

• Opposition to all war.
  
• Frustration with the US, as the sole superpower in the world, exercising its military power without considering the desires of the rest of the world.  This is tied to the hope, that global activism in combination with strict fealty to the UN, can contain US power.
  
• Opposition to the US across the board (anti everything the US does).  
  
• The US is the #1 source of global evil (this is a stronger version of the above).
  
• Belief that UN inspections and sanctions can work to prevent Iraq from ever becoming a threat -or- that Iraq has already been disarmed.
  
• Belief that war is more of a threat to the Iraqi people than living under Saddam for another couple of decades.

Any more add to this list? [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]

Question.  It appears that the inspection process made much more progress over the last few weeks that it has made in last 10 years (mostly since that for most of that time it was suspended due to Iraqi actions).  It’s clear that the presence of 130,000 US troops on its doorstep and a willingness to use those troops made the difference in Iraqi attitudes.  If that is what it takes to make Iraq comply, is the rest of the world ready to underwrite the costs of keeping them there indefinitely??  I don’t think so.  [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]

This should be interesting to watch.

‘Human Shields’ Gathering in Baghdad: American and European peace activists wrapped their arms around posts on a bridge over the Tigris River on Thursday, symbolizing their intent to act as human shields in any U.S. war on Iraq. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]

Disarming Iraq. The time has come for members of the United Nations Security Council to quit pretending that inspections alone are the solution. [New York Times: Opinion]

The “Pull My Finger” Project. Something’s been weighing heavily on my mind for quite some time, and I think I’m finally ready to test my hypothesis. The question: “What if everybody in the world farted at the same time?” I’ll need your help, and can do nothing but assume that you’re going to participate unless I hear otherwise. At 4PM (Pacific) today, I need you to let loose and pass some gas. If my theory is correct, the planet will survive this influx in Pu (Stinkinium) gases. Not quite a noble gas, but respectable nonetheless. Thank you for your kind assistance. My suggestion? Grab a burrito or two for lunch. Careful not to push too hard – no solids are required for this experiment…. [C:PIRILLO.EXE ~ Chris Pirillo]

This is going to get significantly nasty.

What are the democrats going to do when they hold the Presidency and have judges that they want confirmed?!

“It sets a terrible precedent”. “It sets a terrible precedent”: That’s what Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) has just said on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the Democrats’ filibuster of Miguel A. Estrada’s nomination to serve on the U. [How Appealing]