Month: December 2007

Debate thoughts

Listening to yesterday’s NPR radio debate of all the candidates except Richardson (at a pre-scheduled funeral for a Korean War victim whose remains he successfully brought out of the North), it occurred to me that they...

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Trying to Lie Us Into War. Again.

Let’s stop parsing and ignoring the very basic heart of the NIE findings, Bush’s and Hadley’s comments over the past couple of days, as well as a number other facts that just so happen to be eerily similar to that other country...

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If you Stab, Stab Deep

I don’t think that it surprised anyone that Hilary Clinton decided to go negative now that it looks like her position as front runner is threatened.  Indeed I don’t think that very many of us are surprised that...

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Thursday Dog Blogging (Kiwi style)

Australasian Gannet (from Kaikoura, where we went whale watching) We’re back, and a bit bedraggled, but a good time was thoroughly had. A Gannet nesting colony on the end of Farwell Spit – which is the northern most...

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Has Reality TV Finally Gone Too Far

Promoted by Steven D We had The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Temptation Island, Joe Millionaire, Who Wants to Marry My Dad, and many more. The latest reality show being marketed to the major networks by the entertainment industry...

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