Archive for the ‘politics’ Category

Pardon the soapbox

Thursday, April 8th, 2004

Excuse me, but if I'm hired as a security guard for a warehouse and somebody breaks in and steals stuff while I'm watching the security cameras - I'm partly responsible. Certainly the brunt of the responsibility falls upon the thief; she initiated the crime, after all. It was, however, my ...

One to watch

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

Tomorrow's the big day for oral arguments in the Pledge of Allegiance case before the Supreme Court. Should be interesting.... UPDATE: More from the Washington Post on the case. Here's hoping the Court doesn't throw the case out on the parental rights issue; I've known this was a possibility, but ...

Told you so

Tuesday, January 13th, 2004

From CNN: Public tepid on Bush space plan Doesn't take a genius to realize people might be a little less than enthusiastic about the plan... And here's a non-genius now.

To the moon, Alice

Friday, January 9th, 2004

So, word on the street has it that Dubya is going to announce an effort to establish a settlement on the moon next week. From the Post's story: Another official involved in the discussions used similar language, saying that some of Bush's aides want him to have a "Kennedy moment" ...

Miserable failure, much?

Friday, December 5th, 2003

Miserable Failure Though wouldn't it be nice if the bandied-about resumption of the lunar program were to come to pass (yeah, right)... [this miserable failure name-call inspired by the Burnt Orange Report]