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Radio Interview with John Brady Kiesling and John H. Brown
Radio Interview with John Brady Kiesling and John H. Brown03/15/2003 06:05 AM KALW in San Francisco did an hour
long radio interview with John Brady Kiesling and John H. Brown,
the American Foreign Service officers who resigned over Bush's Iraq
policy. Both are impressive speakers, and Kiesling is as articulate
and as convincing as his letter:
If we can't convince
our historical allies that this is a good thing to do, there is no way
we are going to be able to convince the Arab world.
People have to take a stand. War may be inevitable, but we need to do
what we can to keep our consciences clean.
There is a policy to make America safer, but this is not it.
"America is still the safest country in the world. The
administration is trying to scare people with this talk about terror
and duct tape. We should use our safety and prosperity and our
strength to do good and we can do good."
Brown said his resignation was "in part a result of Andrew Card's
comment, 'Never launch a product in August.' War is not a
product."
I learned a lot from listening to it. Recommended. Requires
Real Player.
I Be Proud04/24/2004 01:52 AM You know, I don't talk about her much online (only because I respect
her right to anonymity), but I'm really proud of what my girlfriend is
doing this weekend. She's far from a militant, but she flew to
Washington DC tonight to march for Women's Lives this Sunday. She's
not even THAT political, so this decision kinda shocked me. Still, I
support her rights and belief system. I'm not very happy with the way
everybody learned about her, either; she deserved a better
introduction. Those who know her know her well. Those who don't... are
certain to post something innane in the comments thread....
I'm so proud...
I'm so proud...06/05/2005 11:55 PM The other day I ended up being late without calling home, which is
relatively unusual for me these days. Did my kids worry? Get nervous?
Nope. "We thought Dad had been kidnapped by space aliens!" It's things
like that which make you realize you've done your job as a parent
right....
Meanwhile my middle son Aron has developed quite a muscial theater
career - starring in Oklahoma tonight, after putting West Side Story,
Annie, Titanic, Damm Yankees and Les Mis under his belt.
He played Curly tonight. "Oh what a beautiful morning..."
Proud to be a girlie man
Proud to be a girlie man09/04/2004 09:55 AM Bill Clinton is "a little scared, but not much" of bypass surgery.
Good for him. We need to make it safe to admit to honest fear. If that
makes me a girlie man, then I take it as an accolade. Besides, while
only 1-2% of bypass patients die, that's a lot higher risk than I'm
facing today (knock wood, salt over the shoulder, and plant a smacker
on Arnold's muscular lips)....
Orwell would be proud
Orwell would be proud07/08/2004 12:32 PM Eastasia
plans attacks on Eurasia "Efforts each of you make to be
vigilant – such as reporting suspicious items or activities to
authorities – do make a difference. Every citizen using their
common sense and eyes and ears can support our national effort to stop
the terrorists.
Thank you for your continued resolve in the face of the ongoing threat
of terrorism. We must continue to work together – to ensure that
the freedom we just celebrated continues as the hallmark of this great
nation."
Are you scared<
/a> yet?
Proud to be Canadian!07/06/2004 11:22 PM Illegally
imprison children for 13 years, make them do degrading things,
deny them food to the point of degrading them further, force them as
teenagers to wear diapers, tie them up, even give them mental
problems! Get 9 months in a prison yourself. That's an expense rate
of just about 17 : 1! Why not come to Canada and enjoy these
exceedingly low rates today before they're gone?
Poor and proud
Poor and proud08/31/2004 09:52 AM Cheri Honkala's diverse group of anti-Bush marchers arrives in New
York, declaring that homelessness is a societal, not a personal,
failing.
Proud to be a Californian03/20/2003 08:32 AM The NYT has an interesting article by Dean E. Murphy today, Move to War Leaves Some
Feeling Alienated, that does a reasonable job of conveying how
differently Bush and his war are seen out on the West Coast, where anti-war protests of all
kinds have already started. There are some nice quotes from
Warren Langley, Air Force Lt. Colonel (Ret), former president of the
Pacific Stock Exchanges, and prominent anti-war protester. The article
is mostly true to my perceptions, although I don't know anything about
the feelings in Hollywood which Murphy seems entranced by.
We Californians certainly don't seem to feel as insecure and as ready
to compromise our liberties as some of the people I have talked to on
the East Coast seem to be, and we seem to be less susceptible to the
canard that we need to "rally around the President". As the article
points out, some of that is probably due to the fact that we were a
long way away from the 911 attacks, and we didn't feel ourselves as
targets as viscerally as people on the East Coast did. Another part of
it is that as a state, we voted strongly against Bush, and we were
punished for doing so by the FERC allowing Enron and the other energy
trading and production companies to rig our power distribution system,
so that our electric bills have doubled or tripled. We are also
suffering from a ongoing recession, as the bust from the dot com boom
continues into its third year without letup.
Maybe all those reasons explain why we are, on the whole, less
mesmerized by Bush's lies than the rest of the nation. Or maybe it is
just because we are wacky Californians, the place on the map where all
the loose marbles stop. Or maybe we are starting another trend, as we
so often do. In any case, for once I'm proud to be a Californian.
« Nathan Wood, Marine LCpl age 19, in Kirkland, WA. »
Aaron Huey sent me this photo
that is featured on Sunday's Seattle Post-Intelligencer's
front page and asked that I share it. My father was a Marine in the
signal corps in one of those wars few remember and even fewer remember
what the war was about. Fortunately, he didn't come home in a box as
this teenager did. There just aren't words that describe what war is
really all about better than a single picture. War is death. Death of
people you know and love. Something to think about this week as
families come together for Thanksgiving, some with an empty chair or
two at the table.
I took this photo yesterday at the funeral of Nathan Wood, Marine
LCpl age 19, in Kirkland, WA. Nathan was killed November 9 in
Fallujah. His best friend, Garrett Ware, also a marine fighting in
Falluja, was injured and sent home with a purple heart. In this image
Garrett hugs Nathan's father, Rex Wood, at the funeral in Kirkland
yesterday.
A proud inheritance04/02/2005 08:32 PM Express Computer India Apr 3 2005 12:28AM GMT
A proud day for JOHO
A proud day for JOHO06/09/2004 12:07 PM My friend Bret Pettichord got the following spam. It makes me so
proud! (sniff sniff): Subject: She's got natural you know what, fake
thick lips and has starred in several movies Date:Wed, 9 Jun 2004
01:04:19 -0400 (EDT) dtgvBrgvvkejqtf0eqo Does it help to try to keep
these two senses of links distinct? If not, then I'm more confused
than I dtgvBrgvvkejqtf0eqodtgvBrgvvkejqtf0eqo dtgvBrgvvkejqtf0eqo Um,
where is the post I posted here earlier today? Anyway, I thought I had
psoted an advance notice, taken from Scott Rosenberg's weblog, of a
Salon dual-review of two books, one of which is Small Pieces....
The Few, The Proud, The Moronic
The Few, The Proud, The Moronic02/11/2003 12:22 AM Marines: Two accused of bomb plot were AWOL CAMP LEJEUNE, North
Carolina (CNN) -- Two US Marines arrested last weekend on charges of
plotting an
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"One Of The Authors Of A New Anti-John Kerry Book Frequently Posted Comments On A Conservative Web Site Describing Muslims And Catholics As Pedophiles And Pope John Paul Ii As Senile (If You Can't Refute The Charges, Attack The People Making Them)"
I really don't care about the Democratic Convention (though I
did in 1968) and I'm not really into following what bloggers do
in general (unless it's about social networking or media as
well) - but did I tell you how proud I am of Dave Winer
and the other Convention Bloggers?
Go dudes and dudesses - go.
Proud Father - WWW::BugMeNot
Proud Father - WWW::BugMeNot09/12/2004 10:32 AM Making its way around CPAN, my first upload: WWW::BugMeNot. It's a
Perl interface to BugMeNot. Use it like this: use WWW::BugMeNot; my
$url = "http://www.nytimes.com"; my @username_and_password =
password($url); print "Username = $username_and_password[0]"; print
"Password = $username_and_password[1]"; All comments, suggestions...
Tennis: Henman proud of run
Tennis: Henman proud of run06/05/2004 01:15 AM Tim Henman remains upbeat despite his French Open semi-final defeat.
Mr. Man made the baseball all-star team! Not only that, the
all-stars coach told us that Brent has gotten a reputation in the
league as "the home run king." Congratulations, Brent!
Ari's doublespeak does Orwell proud03/14/2003 01:03 PM Only a polical junkie of the first order could read/listen to much of
this doublespeak by Ari Fleischer, but I thought a little taste would
liven up this weblog. From the White House: Q Ari, the President was
very clear last week, he wanted a vote in the Security Council: it's
time for countries to show their cards. And now today, Secretary
Powell says, among the options is to go for a vote, or not to go for a
vote. What's going on here? MR. FLEISCHER: Okay, let me try to share
or inform you about where things stand in the fluid situation with the
diplomacy. The end is coming into sight, and there are numerous routes
to reach that end through the diplomacy the President is pursuing. And
the President has said that he seeks a vote, and we seek a vote. There
are options, as the Secretary has said. I discussed with you this
morning the possibility of the vote coming to a conclusion tomorrow,
or it could continue into next week. There are numerous options to
achieve in the end the President seeks, which is a diplomatic
solution. I cannot predict for you every shape and turn of the road on
the way to that end, but this end is coming into sight, and that's why
you're seeing some levels of flexibility and discussion of options as
it comes into sight. It can't be an easy job, trying to explain away
the twists and turns of the Xanax Cowboy. Update: See this amazing
letter from Washington Post reporter Jonathan Weisman, confessing how
he and other reporters are "routinely submitting quotations for
approval, and allowing those quotes to be manipulated to get that
approval?" This is reporting? This is what the Washington Post that
revealed Nixon's crimes is reduced to? O tempora, o mores....
Bush Says He's Proud of Guard Service (AP)
Bush Says He's Proud of Guard Service (AP)09/14/2004 02:50 PM AP - President Bush told veterans Tuesday he was proud of his time in
the Texas Air National Guard and sought to deflect questions about his
Vietnam-era service by turning the subject to what he said were rival
John Kerry's equivocations on the Iraq war.
Diplomat does Britain proud (Reuters)
Diplomat does Britain proud (Reuters)08/21/2004 08:49 AM Reuters - Olympic rower Cath Bishop has given her budding career as a
diplomat a
boost after she captured a silver medal in Athens, winning applause
from Foreign Secretary Jack
Straw.
Zimmer Makes a Family Proud
Zimmer Makes a Family Proud04/28/2004 04:13 PM Zimmer Holdings looks strong when compared with another medical device
maker.
Wear your Digital Brown Shirt icon proud!06/26/2004 07:32 AM a symbol he thinks we who criticize the press should wear .. wear your
digital brown shirt .. I've got an icon for this .. Sharp as a
Marble
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Apple Computer -- From Proud PC Inventor To Niche Player
Bush Says He's Proud of His National Guard Service (Reuters)
Bush Says He's Proud of His National Guard Service (Reuters)09/14/2004 05:06 PM Reuters - President Bush, accused by Democrats
of joining the National Guard to avoid going to Vietnam and
then shirking his duty, told a Guard convention on Tuesday he
is proud of his service but did not address lingering questions
about his record. Grok Description matches for John Bonham would be proud. GrokA matches for John Bonham would be proud.
For some time I've been meaning to hook up with Pierre
Omidyar, the founder and Chair of eBay. We finally got
together at lunch earlier this week in Redwood City, where his foundation is based. I'd heard Pierre is just
about the most down-to-earth, "normal" fellow one might want to meet,
it in fact it turned out to be true. He kicked out of Valley life in
1999 and moved to the desert outside Las Vegas (he also spends a lot
of time in France). He comes back every so often for eBay meetings and
to meet with his foundation staff, and it's this foundation that
really gets him up in the morning these days. He's made news recently by
announcing a new strategy for the organization, one which blends a
bent for social change with capitalism - in other words, he's
expanding from philanthropy into the investment game, but he plans to
focus on businesses that connect people to each other to create the
kind of wholesale change that eBay did. Omidyar repeated to me a very
repeatable observation: that eBay has been the vehicle for millions of
strangers to establish relationships of trust with each other.
Hence his investment in Meetup, for example. It's the first business
Omidyar has seen with the same ability to connect folks for social
good. Good for Scott!
Pierre and I had a good lunch, talking over many issues for the
book. But really, our conversation always came back to community, the
core driver of value at eBay. We discussed Tim's concept of the "architecture of
participation" and how critical it is in the Web 2.0 world,
and how much of the media world has yet to grok it. You can't
outsource participation to the ghettos of discussion threads, in other
words. The online media world is still looking for its Pong, as Martin, says, but I think we're
getting close. Publications are essentially reflections of
communities. And I believe the best blogs are publications, in a very
classical sense.
In any case, those were the kind of tangents we took during lunch.
We did talk search and SFO and such, but I've gotta save that for the
book. [John Battelle's
Searchblog]
I sure hope Pierre groks what we're up to. Maybe one
day some money wil start flowing to open source and open standards
projects.
Hey! Maybe John can help set that up?
Can Kevin Martin Grok Technology?
Can Kevin Martin Grok Technology?03/17/2005 03:26 AM As was widely expected, Kevin
Martin will be taking over as FCC chair following Michael Powell's
tenure. There's been lots of chatter about this, and the general
consensus seems to be that Martin will be both good and bad in some ways. However, the most perceptive
point may be from Kevin Werbach (who worked at the FCC), who points
out that the real trick for an FCC head is to "grok" technology, and not to be a politician. So far, it's
not clear that Martin meets that criteria. The FCC position is really
a technology job, not a political one -- and playing politician over
technologist will end up creating many more problems than it solves.
Ohio election grok-helper
Ohio election grok-helper12/30/2004 04:48 PM Xeni Jardin:
Lisa Rein just posted a helpful article that attempts to simplify the
Ohio election/voting fraud situation:
Link
Erik Davis on Led Zeppelin IV03/17/2005 03:56 AM David Pescovitz:
BB pal Erik Davis, author of
Techngnosis, has just published a brilliant short book riffing on the
magick and mystery behind Led Zeppelin's nameless "Runes Album," AKA
the one with Stairway to Heaven. I read this foray into pop occulture
in one sitting and it's classic Davis--fun, informative, and damned
funny. As always he tempers his deep knowledge of mysticism with a
devilish smirk. The book is part of publisher Continuum's inspired 33 1/3 series of pocketbooks where edgy
writers are paired with classic albums ranging from the Beach Boys'
Pet Sounds to Radiohead's OK Computer. (For example, former Mondo 2000
and BookForum editor Andrew Hultkrans indulges his passion for Love's
Forever Changes.) From Davis's book:
It must be said that many rock bards name Black Sabbath rather than
Zeppelin as the true font of heavy metal. After all, Sabbath pack an
unparalleled eldritch punch, and in many ways represent a purer source
of bane: the riffs more consistently morbid, the stance more prole,
and the whole shtick more out-of-nowhere and hence more monstrous,
more contrary to nature. But Zeppelin had a vaster palette, a more
richly perfumed darkness; perhaps most importantly, they sold way more
records. Like all origin stories, this one depends on your frame of
reference, your own lineages, your taste. It’s very much like
the question of who deserves blame for the genre of heroic fantasy,
whose multi-volume sagas of dwarf-lords and magic blades continue to
clog the SF sections of bookstores. Hardcore sword-and-sorcery buffs
will rightly name the pulp peregrinations of Robert E. Howard’s
Conan, while more literary types will nominate, with equal
justification, Tolkien’s "Lord of the Rings". Sabbath is Conan;
Zeppelin is "Lord of the Rings." But Zeppelin is a special sort of
"Lord of the Rings," one where you get to root for both
sides.
Daring Fireball: Like a Lead Zeppelin05/16/2004 05:44 PM John Gruber's thoughts on Six Apart's two big mistakes .. Daring
Fireball: Like a Lead
Zeppelin
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Olympic Spy Zeppelin Flies Into Greek Flak (Reuters)
Olympic Spy Zeppelin Flies Into Greek Flak (Reuters)08/06/2004 09:16 AM Reuters - Greek activists say a 200-foot
surveillance zeppelin patrolling Olympic Athens tramples on
civil rights and have launched legal action to ground it.
John Bonham would be proud.
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It must be said that many rock bards name Black Sabbath rather than
Zeppelin as the true font of heavy metal. After all, Sabbath pack an
unparalleled eldritch punch, and in many ways represent a purer source
of bane: the riffs more consistently morbid, the stance more prole,
and the whole shtick more out-of-nowhere and hence more monstrous,
more contrary to nature. But Zeppelin had a vaster palette, a more
richly perfumed darkness; perhaps most importantly, they sold way more
records. Like all origin stories, this one depends on your frame of
reference, your own lineages, your taste. It’s very much like
the question of who deserves blame for the genre of heroic fantasy,
whose multi-volume sagas of dwarf-lords and magic blades continue to
clog the SF sections of bookstores. Hardcore sword-and-sorcery buffs
will rightly name the pulp peregrinations of Robert E. Howard’s
Conan, while more literary types will nominate, with equal
justification, Tolkien’s "Lord of the Rings". Sabbath is Conan;
Zeppelin is "Lord of the Rings." But Zeppelin is a special sort of
"Lord of the Rings," one where you get to root for both
sides.