It’s Been Too Long August 5, 2007
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…since I wrote anything here, something I certainly hope to avoid in the future. I have also opened a new account with a hosting service and plan on using WordPress there to add some things and just do a slightly different format. As a reminder to anyone who’s actually read some previous things here I still never plan on this blog being either my personal journal or a blog that focuses on one field exclusively. Some say that in order to be successful this is what you should do in order to draw a specific audience. Oh, well. If they’re right no matter what I do it’s not going to ever reach the heights of web traffic but I will slog on even if I find myself buying a “No one reads my blog.” t-shirt.
Short Term Vacancies? June 17, 2007
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The Washington Post reports on a shortage of personnell in the U.S. Attorney’s offices. What a shock. After the abuse of the system that this Administration slipped into the Patriot Act was repealed by popular demand many attorneys are now only in their jobs on an interim basis, as many as 25% of the attorneys. Normally these are prestigious jobs that attract some of the best lawyers since the jobs were considered great entries on a legal resume. Are they going to be so for those who have it as an entry between the years of 2001 and 2008, though? I tend to agree with Charles Schumer’s view.
“If we had a credible attorney general at the helm, we wouldn’t be scrambling to fill vacancies,” Schumer said. “Instead, top legal talent would be flocking to the department.”
How Seriously Do They Take This War? May 25, 2007
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There are lots of things that can make you wonder how seriously some very important people take the war in Iraq, but this one in particular should piss people off a lot more than it seems to be doing.
A Typical Bush Policy March 4, 2007
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According to an internal Administration report the Bush policies on greenhouse gases are apparently going to be as effective as their Iraq strategy. According to BusinessWeek (as well as many other outlets) this report estimates that following current policies will result in a 19% increase in the emission of greenhouse gases.
The report claims that the decision to do anything more to slow emissions will be decided on “as the science justifies”. This is more than a bit disingenuous, as anyone who’s paid attention to the policies of this Administration realizes. They ignore science completely whenever it conflicts with their ideology. Expect that to continue to be their real policy.
The Morality Police Mis-Strike Again February 8, 2007
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Protecting children is important. Not exposing youngsters to porn is a good thing. But some people really need to budget some money for clue purchases. A school district and D.A. are arranging for a substitute teacher to do jail time because they claim that she was using the computer to browse for porn even though her expert computer forensics specialist showed that the popups had been on the system since before she was at the school. Does anyone else think this is utterly insane?
Testing, testing… February 5, 2007
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I just caught from the corner of my eye an ad saying that RoadRunner had upped the speed on our service from 5 kbps to 7 kbps for the same price. So I went and ran a test and…
Nice. I appreciate it.
Shaping the Conversation February 4, 2007
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Sigh. I certainly hope that eventually there are people reading this. Of course there are some things that I’m not doing to “promote” it until after I make the planned move to another web hosting service. But I do view creating this blog as a way to shape the conversation, not to simply pontificate. I want comments. I want to see the kind of reaction that some of the ideas I post will produce. I do want a conversation and plan on reading comments as much as I can, which at this rate pretty much guarantees I can read them all.
A Belief I Miss February 3, 2007
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Andrew Sullivan has a reader who points out a quote from Mark Bowden’s Guests of the Ayatollah. I believe it emphasizes something I miss about the post-Bush United States. We used to able to believe that our government never sanctioned torture. I can’t believe that any longer and it makes me angry that this has been stolen from us by a man for so little valid reason.
Currently Reading February 1, 2007
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Now I’m going “back” to an older book, David Drake’s Bridgehead from 1986. I think next up will be John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War.
Limitations lead to migration February 1, 2007
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When I decided to dive in with a site hosted on WordPress I didn’t realize their system was so limiting that I couldn’t even use an Amazon associate account on it. Since one thing I want to do is experiment with that and other revenue generating methods that I hope to use on the Kansas City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society site that I manage. I’m planning on some major revamping of the site in the near future and just have to include some features like that.
So…I’m going to do some reading and install WordPress on a web site outside of theirs in the not too distant future.
It's the 21st Century, Stupid! 