It's not often that I read something that is so dead on I feel compelled to write almost exclusively about it, but this Op-Ed by Frank Rich in the NY Times today is one of those times. It's about the rise of Obama in world politics and how his trip was perfectly timed to reap the maximum benefit. Two particularly salient points from the article:
politik
: just left of left
As the name of this site would infer, I have strong political beliefs and write about them often.
I might just take all of my title names from classnamer from now on. It really saves me from the hardest part of writing these damned things.
Glenn Greenwald, whose writing is better than mine is and will likely ever be, put into words quite succinctly the major problem with media in the united states in a column today. As is all too often, Chomsky's propaganda model is at least peripherally relevant to the discussion, and in fact (as elegant as a logically flawless mathematical theorem) is but a superset of the specific observed behavior.
John McCain's 2000 campaign for president was nicknamed the "Straight Talk Express." The theory was that he was going to give people what everyone assumes they might want: a politician that speaks frankly and truthfully about the government. He failed to do so in 2000 and lost his parties nomination. He's running again in 2008, and again he's failing spectacularly to live up to his campaigns moniker. It was kind of to be expected, since he was a politician, but still it's still a sorry reflection on our political climate. Even a terrible ordeal in a Viet Cong prisoner of war camp couldn't persuade someone to be honest to their constituents.
I saw Chris Hedges on the Colbert Report a few weeks ago, and frantically scoured the internet for material he had written. He seems to have a pretty good handle on the Robertson/Falwell Fascist movement, and it's something that I wanted to learn more about. He's also a plain spoken, intelligent graduate of harvard divinity school, which is something I did not know even existed.
_Things_ have been pretty hectic at work recently, which kinda makes me cherish free time a little ...
Hand generated code
posted June 10th, 2005 @ 04:40:00
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For most of today I was trying my hand at developing an object oriented framwork that would result ...
Tonight I watched [The Take](http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/thetake/), a film made by Naomi Klein w...
Newsweek has been in the news a lot lately for an article they published by Michael Isikoff about Q...
This past Thursday; the 28th of April 2005; I went to see a show at the Knitting Factory. The effec...
And now for something...
posted October 14th, 2004 @ 10:46:59
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Completely different:
> Whistler: "Your majesty is like a stream of bat's piss."
> (all): "W...
No internet in north korea
posted September 8th, 2004 @ 05:02:18
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I began what was quite an interesting day waking up at 8:47 and wondering just exactly what time it...
When I first saw Michael Moore's 2nd film, [Bowling for Columbine](http://jmoiron.net/rant/?id=82)...
Inevitability rears its inevitably rearing head recently, in the form of exhaustion from overwork, ...
Elf only inn
posted May 8th, 2004 @ 15:37:01
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python
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I read the whole archive of Elf Only Inn the other day, mostly at the impersonal behest of [Tycho](...
After carefully reading my own writing, namely RPGd which takes up so much vertical space as to mak...
Today's title is brought to you by an old favorite, [RPGd](http://rpgd.emulationworld.com), and is...
Macy's thanksgiving day parade
posted November 28th, 2003 @ 13:40:35
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The need for a subtitle, a la "or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb", which oddly en...
I had the pleasure of joining a co-worker of mine for a BBQ this saturday; it was quite the event. ...
So it becomes apparent that [chaotic](http://phil.codeallday.com) is in reference to some manner of...
This is a message to ticketmaster, who screwed me out of white stripes tickets this past thursday. ...
[Last night in my rant](/rant/?id=116), I made reference to how [democracy now](http://democracynow...
Its odd the different perspectives you can get from different news sources. This [slashdot article]...
There is a progressive news talk show called [Democracy now](http://www.democracynow.org) featuring...
Downtime downtown
posted March 10th, 2003 @ 01:58:09
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After a long downtime, and probably another few days of a transitional period, my backend is finaly...
I would have read arsjerm's rant in its completion if it wasn't laced with the [mind control of t...
For a long time now, I've lived with insecurity in a way which in some ways reflects my ideals for...
That's right, there's not just a gallery, there's a whole museum of [lost](http://attila.stevens...
When I started to use Linux full time a few months ago, it was something else. It was special. Not ...
Fresh off my install of KDE 3.1 RC5, I've been given a reason to use Linux and a reason to love KD...
Unlike [others](http://arsjerm.net), or even [others still](http://omlettesoft.com), I will decline...
Thank god for programming my beats
posted December 20th, 2002 @ 14:32:10
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Sometimes, you see the old you [in a new place](http://arsjerm.net); in particular, I see my old wr...
* [Oxy-moron](http://www.odci.gov/cia/information/bush.html)
* [Government sponsored terrorists;...
If _boring_ is what you seek, then [seek no more](http://www.omlettesoft.com/journal.php3). Now tha...
Nothing is more painful than pain, and in the past few days I've had my fair share. Right now I cr...
Bowling for columbine
posted October 21st, 2002 @ 06:43:07
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Today has, to a large degree, been a mixed bag of things that piss me off and things that inspire a...
I wish the gainax people would know their role and get out the kitchen, but alas we will all have t...