Month: December 2005

Bush Approval Ratings Rebounding?

Posted by jpol | Dec 20, 2005 |

Much of the media is abuzz these days with the news that George W. Bush’s job approval ratings are on the rebound after a long and seemingly irreversible downward trend. With CNN’s Bill Schneider proclaiming that...

Overload

Posted by Teacher Toni | Dec 20, 2005 |

I should be grading papers or even straightening the house. I can’t focus. Fights have been breaking out in my school and no one has a plan to address the issue. The NSA is spying on citizens and no one...

The Raving-Maniac Phenomenon

Posted by Marty Aussenberg | Dec 20, 2005 |

Gadfly is Marty Aussenberg, a columnist for the weekly Memphis Flyer. Marty is a former SEC enforcement official, currently in private law practice in Memphis, Tennessee. (A full bio is below the fold.) Cross-posted at The...

Let’s All Keep the US Drug War in Laos Secret

Posted by Akha Drug War | Dec 20, 2005 |

By Matthew McDaniel 20 Dec. 2005 Vientiane, Laos The Akha Heritage Foundation A US non-profit Organization Salem, Oregon www.akha.org I had an interesting experience in Laos here this week. We got together, a few of us, talking...

way off topic: "king kong" sucks (w/poll!)

Posted by skippybkroo | Dec 20, 2005 |

we had the misfortune of seeing an advanced preview of the new peter jackson version of king kong a couple of weeks ago. it was, in a word, sucky. now, don’t get us wrong. we love peter jackson’s work. we love...