tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40013302011-09-05T07:11:19.470-07:00"The world is not a lodging-house at Brighton, which we are to leave because it is miserable. It is the fortress of our family, with the flag flying on the turret, and the more miserable it is the less we should leave it." <p>-G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy <p>This here blog is a glimpse or two or three at the condition of the 'fortress of our family' through the eyes Timothy Goddard, a Christian writer with an unhealthy interest in politics living in the Puget Sound area.Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.comBlogger6261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096695347145105382004-10-01T22:34:00.000-07:002004-10-01T22:35:47.146-07:00

Come and see the new and improved Flag of the World at TimothyGoddard.com.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096673687412668002004-10-01T16:34:00.000-07:002004-10-01T16:34:47.413-07:00

Well, local politics just got a heck of a lot more interesting.The Washington state headquarters for the president's re-election campaign was broken into last night, and police are investigating the theft of three computers from the Bellevue office. Missing are laptop computers used by the campaign's executive director, the head of the get-out-the-vote effort and one that had been set for

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096662337439330312004-10-01T13:16:00.000-07:002004-10-01T13:25:37.440-07:00

Mount St. Helens just went up, a little. Duane at The Forest For The Trees is covering it, and the Daily Recycler has video. From the VolcanoCam, it looks like it's all over for now, but it may just be the first of several similar eruptions. Reuters has more.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096651592967065042004-10-01T10:26:00.000-07:002004-10-01T10:26:32.966-07:00

Timothy says: ....I know I can do a better job in Iraq. I have a plan to have a summit with all of the allies.... ....I'm going to hold that summit.... ....But this president hasn't even held the kind of statesman-like summits that pull people together and get them to invest in those states. In fact, he's done the opposite. He pushed them away. .... Timothy says: ....Now, we have a choice here.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096650042770541872004-10-01T09:59:00.000-07:002004-10-01T10:01:41.156-07:00

Last night, Kerry proved something I've argued before: he does not respect the true power of words. This may be because Kerry completely misunderstands that power: he thinks words do what they say. That's why summits and treaties and resolutions are so important to him: if we say something like "hey, Kim Jung-Il, stop making nukes," it will be so. Or, more accurately, he appears to believe

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096601435349662742004-09-30T20:29:00.000-07:002004-09-30T20:30:35.350-07:00

I listened to a little bit of both NPR and Fox News after the debate tonight, and heard pretty much the same thing from both place: this debate was essentially a tie. I will largely agree with this, but I do think that Bush comes out looking better than Kerry for two reasons. First, the race already favors Bush, so a tie is definitely in his favor. Second, he looked better than Kerry on two

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096579270908820632004-09-30T14:20:00.000-07:002004-09-30T14:21:10.906-07:00

No doubt in retaliation for their petulant behavior regarding the Iraq War, we've taken away one of their major league baseball teams, and placed it in Washington D. C. That'll learn 'em. I kind of hope they don't rename the team the Washington Senators, because Patty Murray will probably think they're referring to her (even if she loses the election). Michael Wilbon makes a very convincing

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096493623201763982004-09-29T14:33:00.000-07:002004-09-30T13:45:02.096-07:00

That loud sound you heard earlier today was George Nethercutt launching a massive political warhead aimed straight at Patty Murray. The polls up until this day have meant absolutely nothing, because today's the day that Washington State stops being able to ignore the fact that we have a really, really dumb senator--who says inexcusably dumb things that border on evil: Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.,

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096476389652128602004-09-29T09:44:00.000-07:002004-09-29T09:46:29.653-07:00

The Kerry Spot provides a rollicking fisking of Kerry's foreign policy speech at Temple University, and takes note of Kerry's blueprint for foreign intervention:President Clinton built a real coalition in Kosovo, and now virtually every soldier on patrol there comes from a foreign country. Except that--whoops! They're still there, along with hundreds of American troops.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096401042483867232004-09-28T13:50:00.000-07:002004-09-28T12:50:42.483-07:00

Michael Moore has ordered his minions to ignore the polls that show Bush crushing John Kerry into a fine powder and then using him to bake a pie. This is because polls don't call people who only have cell phones. These people, Moore asserts, are more likely to be young. And young people, Moore asserts, are more likely to vote for John Kerry. "Ergo, my underlings," Moore writes (I paraphrase)

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096402129857146162004-09-28T13:08:00.000-07:002004-09-28T13:08:49.856-07:00

Chris Suellentrop has apparently bought into the idea that Everything Republicans Say Is Wrong so thoroughly that he's decided that the confidence of Republicans is itself evidence that Bush is in trouble. Sounding very much like the Iraqi Information Minister, he compares Republicans to... well, the Iraqi Information Minister, for doing absurd things like considering campaigning in New Jersey (

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096383492748880472004-09-28T07:57:00.000-07:002004-09-28T11:32:53.586-07:00

Calling for an end of all television ads. This sign, like all others in recent days, was brought to you by John "Not in the face!" Kerry. UPDATE: Jonah Goldberg calls this "lameness wrapped in dorkiness swaddled in wimpiness."

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096381728781084842004-09-28T07:28:00.000-07:002004-09-28T07:28:48.780-07:00

It looks like Washington State will attempt to become the only other state in the union besides Louisiana to have a "Top Two" primary. This is a terrible idea on its face: if the only state that does something is Louisiana, then you have to figure it's probably a terrible idea. The funny thing is that everyone should hate this: the Republicans and Democrats, certainly, because it means that

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096344881870404152004-09-27T21:13:00.000-07:002004-09-27T21:17:19.470-07:00

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has committed to eradicating homelessness in the next 10 years. ...Nickels’ proposed budget also increases funding levels for direct human services from 2004 to 2005, investing $2.3 million for a new hygiene center, day center, and shelter for homeless people to be sited near the new Fire Station 10. “Despite these efforts, at times it seems like we are bailing water

Lorrainenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096326362768115542004-09-27T16:05:00.000-07:002004-09-27T16:06:11.403-07:00

Some scientists have apparently cross-bred two terrible strains of thought, and come up with an even worse one: the idea that scientific research is protected by the first amendment.In 1977, four eminent legal scholars -- Thomas Emerson, Jerome Barron, Walter Berns and Harold P. Green -- were asked to testify before the House Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space. At the time, there was

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1096316072981340802004-09-27T13:38:00.000-07:002004-09-27T13:14:32.980-07:00

Matt Rosenburg notes a SurveyUSA poll and a Strategic Vision poll that both show Washington to be a very evenly divided state. As I've suspected, Dino Rossi has the best chance of the major Republican candidates, followed by Bush, and then somewhat longshot Nethercutt--though he has cut deeply into Murray's former doublt-digit lead. Both polls show Gregoire and Rossi neck and neck in the race

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095883180000056722004-09-22T13:51:00.000-07:002004-09-22T13:03:44.136-07:00

Stefan Sharkansky may really be the bravest man in Seattle, after this front-page Seattle Times article on local bloggers. It won't be long now until Ron Sims discovers he's been compared with Robert Mugabe, and after that, I don't know if even parking underground will help him! Shark responsds to his characterization here.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095882181127412472004-09-22T13:39:00.000-07:002004-09-22T12:43:01.126-07:00

This driver of this car would be the bravest man in Seattle, if it weren't for two things: one, I live outside the city, and two, I park underground.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095884544658094162004-09-22T13:19:00.000-07:002004-09-22T13:22:24.656-07:00

H. D. Miller notes the insanity that is seizing some on the left, as they try to maintain two mutually-exclusive fictions in their own mind: first, that the memos are "forged but accurate," and second, that Republicans are behind the whole mess. As Miller notes: This entire RatherGate thing is turning out to be better than Christmas. I'm like a little kid. Every morning I jump up early and rush

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095793608199098472004-09-21T11:42:00.000-07:002004-09-21T12:10:09.856-07:00

My Air Force Guy is a big fan of Electoral-Vote.com, and so he took a bit of umbrage at my semi-dismissal of it yesterday. He pointed out that I had missed what is really the best page on the site, the projected final map, which does a linear regression on all the polls in a state to predict the final outcome. This currently shows a huge blowout for Bush, 318-166, though New York, Maryland,

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095739078322328272004-09-20T20:57:00.000-07:002004-09-20T20:57:58.323-07:00

You may note that my most recent post is the first in quite a while to take place after 5 pm. That's because I have been woefully without Internet here at the Hobbit Hole for a few weeks, after my modem keeled over and died a while back. Today, though, DSL finally came, allowing me sweet, sweet high-speed Internet access from the comfort of my own home. Ahh, sweet bliss.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095737416184673392004-09-20T20:30:00.000-07:002004-09-20T20:30:16.183-07:00

This morning in my analysis of three electoral vote projection sites, I cast very mild aspersions on ElectionProjection.com, and specifically, the formula used to make the projection. I had previously held the site in the highest esteem, and only questioned the formula when I noted that it was moving states like Oregon and New Mexico into the Bush column, despite the fact that no polls had shown

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095710235465152222004-09-20T13:46:00.000-07:002004-09-20T12:57:15.466-07:00

Kerry's position on allies and Iraq just got a bit. Apparently, even being a member of the "trumped-up, so-called coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought and the extorted" is enough to invite terrorist attacks, but we should still convince "our friends and allies" to contribute troops, even though if they did contribute troops, they would invite terrorism. Got that?

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095705273428190172004-09-20T11:34:00.000-07:002004-09-20T16:30:54.076-07:00

I argued two weeks ago that the presidential race is essentially over. After two weeks, I am still very confident in that absurdly cocky statement, and I have at least 270 reasons to feel that way. Three good sites are closely following the electoral college race, and all of their projections show massive wins for Bush. Electoral-Vote.com: Bush 327, Kerry 211 This site simply takes the most

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095460378817722332004-09-17T15:31:00.000-07:002004-09-17T15:32:58.816-07:00

Will Bush beat Kerry, or beat him very, very badly? Recent polls are unclear.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095450990344909642004-09-17T13:53:00.000-07:002004-09-17T12:56:30.343-07:00

How does a lengthy article on the possibility of face transplants go for over a thousand words without once mentioning the thoroughly enjoyable movie "Face/Off"? The mind reels.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095455056468529842004-09-17T13:41:00.000-07:002004-09-17T14:04:16.466-07:00

A key rule of marketing is that you should always, always "undersell and overperform." Looking at the fallout from John Kerry's insistence on making Vietnam a campaign topic, we can see the wisdom of that. Kerry talked up his whopping four months in Vietnam as if he had spent years there, single-handedly saving the country from the Red Menace. Vietnam was his bread and butter all the way up to

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095439172194290652004-09-17T09:37:00.000-07:002004-09-17T09:39:32.196-07:00

Not only does the President have good taste in Mariners, but the Mariners have good taste in presidents. (Via Orrin Judd.)

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095369939225397542004-09-16T14:18:00.000-07:002004-09-16T14:25:39.226-07:00

Via Kevin Drum comes word of the great looking new nickles to be released next year. I am particularly pleased with the return of the buffalo nickle, and the other one is fabulous too, and would have been a very good back of the Washington State quarter.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095370623320380102004-09-16T13:50:00.000-07:002004-09-16T16:37:16.523-07:00

Lorraine's Political Adage #17: When your politics can be dissected and discarded by a 12-year-old, you're cooked. As an experiment, I showed this week's Toles cartoon from US News and World Report to my 7th graders, expecting to lead a basic discussion of this year's election. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Rabidly Republican, my students pounced on Kerry like a murder of crows

Lorrainenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095362009390248912004-09-16T00:13:00.000-07:002004-09-16T12:13:29.390-07:00

Alan Keyes has been getting a lot of flack from conservatives for his admittedly nutty behavior during his run for Senate in Illinois. He's said some off-kilter things, and he's obviously going to get killed in November. But... Check out the latest presidential poll from Illinois. Whatever else Keyes is, he's very persuasive. I theorize that, along with Kerry's obvious implosion, Keyes is--

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095288068983843532004-09-15T15:11:00.000-07:002004-09-15T15:41:08.983-07:00

The big news from the primary yesterday is that nobody likes Ron Sims. At least that's what his pathetic 28% showing--bolstered by fairly rampant crossover voting by Republicans--implies to me. Then again, it could be largely a replay of the Democratic Presidential primary. Perhaps Democrats got wind of the fact that most sane people consider Sims "unelectable," and so, despite their true

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095205070773133532004-09-14T16:28:00.000-07:002004-09-14T16:37:50.773-07:00

The most famous of all forgery experts, Frank Abagnale, has weighed in on Rathergate. The former con-man, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in "Catch Me If You Can," states unequivocally that the memos are forgeries. Robin Kuhl at View from the Nest emailed Mr. Abagnale about the subject and recieved the following answer:Dear Robin: Thank you for your e-mail. Though Mr. Abagnale has not

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095199773754204182004-09-14T15:09:00.000-07:002004-09-14T15:09:33.753-07:00

Today is primary day here in Washington, and the big question is, will Dino Rossi face the liberal Democrat who admits he's a liberal Democrat, or the liberal Democrat posing as a moderate? I'm hoping for the former. Today's an interesting day in Washington politics, as it marks the first time we've had a remotely normal primary since 1935. Our outlandish "blanket primary," in which anyone

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1095103253462062962004-09-13T09:36:00.000-07:002004-09-13T12:20:53.463-07:00

I was at the Puyallup Fair yesterday, the state's largest state fair (yes, we have multiple state fairs here). On a whim, I counted all the open shows of support for either Bush or Kerry--stickers, buttons, pins, signs--that I saw. Final score: Bush 34, Kerry 4. Now, I know Bush does well at state fairs, but this is the Western Washington State Fair! To look at the political stickers, we

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094859410784097222004-09-10T16:20:00.000-07:002004-09-10T16:46:18.070-07:00

...about this whole forgery business (which, of course, I am), here is the single finest explanation of why the Rathergate memos are undeniably fakes. His explanations are entertaining, clear, but unavoidably not concise. That, I assume, is the Achilles' Heel that Rather will attempt to exploit tonight. It's really all they've got, because, not only would a thorough attempt to disprove every

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094838656277390402004-09-10T10:16:00.000-07:002004-09-13T13:36:34.673-07:00

So far, the most entertaining part of this poorly forged memo story (dubbed RatherGate at PoliPundit) has been the numerous Photoshops that have resulted. Of course, the real entertainment starts when Dan Rather gets fired, and John Kerry tanks. But these will certainly do for now: The evil Microsoft PaperclipThe evil Microsoft Paperclip 2The evil Microsoft Paperclip 3Baghdad DanBaghdad Dan 2The

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094759189870401322004-09-09T13:29:00.000-07:002004-09-09T12:46:29.870-07:00

You would think that, if it ever happened, the creation of poorly forged documents that reflect poorly on a political figure, and their unquestioning acceptance by the news media, would be a very big story. But that's silly, right? That would never happen. Powerline has a pile of evidence that the "memos" obtained by CBS that reflect poorly on Bush are fakes--pohies, forgeries, replicas. Fakes.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094751327964827192004-09-09T10:32:00.000-07:002004-09-09T16:49:26.980-07:00

Do my eyes decieve me? Seahawks a superbowl pick? If the Seahawks can be a legitimate condender this year, then perhaps the Washington State Republican Party, another of the state's long-time losers, can get its act together as well. UPDATE: Looking at this poll, things don't look too shabby for the R's at all. Bush is within the margin of error(!), and the trend is overwhelmingly in his

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094746416125894852004-09-09T08:57:00.000-07:002004-09-09T09:13:36.126-07:00

George Will had a great column today (pointed out to me by my Air Force Guy). The key paragraph: Almost any good news, about the economy or war, will help Bush. And the most likely bad news, about the war, is apt to hurt Kerry in two ways. It will make his preferred domestic policy issues seem minor, and will reinforce Bush's theme that he is the candidate most focused on and muscular about the

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094678620945852862004-09-08T14:27:00.000-07:002004-09-08T14:23:40.946-07:00

I heard the first half of Kerry's speech today: the one that was supposed to clear up any confusion that was surrounding his views on Iraq. To sum up: "Bush made the wrong choices, I will make the right ones." Sure you will, bud. Sure you will. One thing he said, though, really got my goat (ok, two things: in an unprepared remark at the beginning, he declared "we need leadership that doesn't

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094596159091398232004-09-07T14:24:00.000-07:002004-09-07T15:29:19.090-07:00

One of the reasons I think that Republican cockiness isn't such a bad thing is that an air of inevitability will convince leftward Democrats that they may as well vote for someone they're sure they agree with. Ramesh Ponnuru is the first big-time pundit I've heard mention this possibility, but I've been pushing it for a while, albeit regarding the Greens, not Nader. Republicans should help this

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094586238251655072004-09-07T13:40:00.000-07:002004-09-07T13:19:00.013-07:00

It is slowly but surely becoming understood that Bush is going to win this election, and he is going to win handily. I've been saying this for a while, but reality is beginning to catch up to my prediction. As evidence of the impending rout, I offer a these: Every single election prediction model gives Bush the edge, usually a substantial one. (Via that fount of Bush-related optimism, Orrin Judd.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094229351909680752004-09-03T09:34:00.000-07:002004-09-03T09:35:51.910-07:00

I thought of another sign of a failing campaign today. Rallies at midnight.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1094147052740236602004-09-02T10:43:00.000-07:002004-09-02T10:44:12.740-07:00

In his interview with Hugh Hewitt, Bush strategist Matthew Dowd pointed out something I also noticed the other day:His key point: There are three signs of a collapsing campaign. First, the candidate who is falling like a rock challenges his opponent to weekly debates. Second, the candidate who is sinking shuffles his senior staff. Third, the candidate who is the walking dead says that the only

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093988964020043872004-08-31T14:46:00.000-07:002004-08-31T14:52:04.343-07:00

Both McCain's speech and Giuliani's speech from last night have been analyzed at length already by others, so I won't bother. If you haven't read them, go do so: McCain's and Giuliani's. No one has noted my favorite line from McCain's speech, though, so I'd like to bring it to your attention: "While this war has many components, we can't make victory on the battlefield harder to achieve so that

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093987067655131202004-08-31T14:15:00.000-07:002004-08-31T15:35:36.886-07:00

So he's intelligent, well-spoken, has a great biography, understands the War on Terror, and, apparently, takes the blogosphere seriously. Keep an eye on this one. (More explanation here.) UPDATE: The more I hear about him, the more likely this seems. First, Franks has been tapped to speak just before the President on Thursday. Second, consider this bit of off-the-cuff speechifying at

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093889308493094782004-08-30T10:36:00.000-07:002004-08-30T11:08:28.493-07:00

Saturday I marched with the Dino Rossi campaign in the Evergreen State Fair parade, and had a chance to chat with the man himself. I was very impressed. I've yet to meet a successful politician who wasn't likeable--politicians generally only get elected because people like them--so the fact that he was likable wasn't too surprising. It was a pleasant surprise, however, that Rossi was so

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093546704675878332004-08-26T11:56:00.000-07:002004-08-26T11:58:24.676-07:00

Buying milk last night got me thinking. Milk prices have been absurdly high recently--the USDA says that Seattle prices are around $4, but it would have been easy to pay $5 last night. This got me thinking about related foods, namely yogurt and cheese, and why their prices are behaving the way they are. Yogurt prices have stayed the same, while cheese prices have edged up a bit, though not as

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093541425120190402004-08-26T10:30:00.000-07:002004-08-26T16:33:32.186-07:00

I caught Hugh Hewitt's interview with Tommy Franks yesterday. It's very good stuff. Franks is an intelligent, well spoken and wise man who worked his way up from an enlisted man to become the most successful American general since Eisenhower. Which got me thinking: mightn't Franks make a very good President? Depending on where we are in the War on Terror in 2008, having a former general--

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093407407077953172004-08-24T22:53:00.000-07:002004-08-24T22:56:40.346-07:00

How it can be done At the beginning of the month, I outlined my arguments for why the Democratic Party must be destroyed. Today, I will outline how exactly this can be done, and why the engine of that destruction must be the Green Party (or something very much like it). Phase 1: Beating Kerry The candidacy of John Kerry provides the Greens with the ideal opportunity to destroy the Democratic

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093371213997846822004-08-24T11:12:00.000-07:002004-08-24T11:13:33.996-07:00

My goodness, this story just keeps getting wierder and more amusing with every day. Yesterday, John Kerry apparently personally called both Bob Dole and a member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. In both conversations, he came off looking foolish, which, by this point, should come as no surprise to anyone. Powerline, the Kerry Spot and Captain Ed continue to have the best coverage of the whole

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093238931724116382004-08-22T22:28:00.000-07:002004-08-22T22:36:30.430-07:00

Here's a wedding picture, as I promised. There may, or may not, be more on the way. It's a little hard to tell from this angle, but Lorraine looked absolutely stunning. I just generally looked very pleased with myself.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1093044248491815312004-08-20T16:02:00.000-07:002004-08-20T16:24:08.490-07:00

I'm downright impressed with just how fabulously poorly the Kerry campaign is handling this whole Swift Boat thing. I guess eight years of Clinton deftly ducking scandal after scandal gave me an inflated view of Democratic political skill. Because, man--Kerry just sucks at this. And there's no other way to put it. First, his campaign pressures the publisher of Unfit for Command to stop

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1092853241084075712004-08-18T11:18:00.000-07:002004-08-18T11:20:41.083-07:00

Why we need to pull our troops out of Iraq as soon as possible, but our troops in Germany need to stay there 60 years after WWII and 15 years after the Cold War? I don't think the American public is going to buy that sort of thinking.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1092782264289147632004-08-17T14:51:00.000-07:002004-08-17T15:37:44.290-07:00

It's always a bit heartrending when things I have perceived as lifelong constants come to an end, even if they don't affect me personally. It's almost a feeling of betrayal when a landmark changes--say the bank on the corner becomes a hair salon, or that big ugly tree halfway across campus gets chopped down, or the Chinese restaurant I always told myself I would go to gives up the ghost. Edgar

Lorrainenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1092767006294192072004-08-17T11:23:00.000-07:002004-08-17T11:23:26.293-07:00

Via the Kerry Spot comes this touching photo of Americans and Iraqis at the opening ceremonies.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1092770616061669652004-08-17T00:20:00.000-07:002004-08-17T12:23:36.060-07:00

I'm very pleased to see that, while I was away, the discrepancy between Kerry's various Cambodia stories, which I noted just before I left, has blown into a full-fledged kerfuffle. Powerline, Hugh Hewitt and the Kerry Spot are covering all the action, which is slowly but surely spilling out into the mainstream media. I expect this will eventually hit with the full force of Al Gore's "invented

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1092690557786663392004-08-16T14:06:00.000-07:002004-08-16T16:28:43.993-07:00

It's fashionable among conservatives to scoff at the Olympics, but I enjoy them thoroughly. They are supposed to be a transcendant, pan-national, utopian event that reminds us all that we are one part of the siblinghood of man. But in reality, it's another way for the US to dominate the rest of the world (though not the men's basketball team, apparently). It's a grand, world-wide nationalistic

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1092686138912840452004-08-16T10:41:00.000-07:002004-08-16T12:55:38.913-07:00

After a fabulous wedding (photos forthcoming) and an equally fabulous honeymoon, I'm back to the daily grind. Suffice it to say, I'm having a wonderful time with this whole "marriage" thing. For example, as I type, my clothes are being laundered--by someone other than me! Such an event has not occured since I was in fifth grade. It's all terribly exciting. I'd like to recommend Craigmyle

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091813764186860692004-08-06T10:31:00.000-07:002004-08-06T10:36:04.186-07:00

This short piece will be included in the programs for the wedding tommorow.The Master’s Paintings Once upon a time, there was a Master Painter. Every picture he painted, whether it was a landscape, a portrait, or any other sort of painting, was beautiful and perfect. Kings and presidents and chancellors and wealthy men of all lands hung his paintings in their living rooms and bedrooms and

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091813435166956902004-08-06T10:26:00.000-07:002004-08-06T10:30:35.166-07:00

I'm off to the wedding rehearsal, and then the wedding, and then the honeymoon. So, I won't be posting anything for about a week and a half. Instead, I'll leave you with another piece of Bright Orange Sweater-Coat.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091760048963601912004-08-05T19:38:00.000-07:002004-08-05T19:40:48.963-07:00

Wow. John Kerry has responded to the Swift Boat veterans' ad in just about the stupidest way possible, having his lawyers send letters to television stations, vaugely threatening to sue them if they run the ads. The letter claims that the ads are "libelous," and supports itself using language that would make Clinton blush. Power Line has a good take down of the absurdities of the letter. They

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091733830334012432004-08-05T12:22:00.000-07:002004-08-05T12:23:50.333-07:00

Frank J. of IMAO is really very funny. If you like politics, satire and laughing at Democrats and the French, his blog is a must-read. And if you don't particularly enjoy laughing at Democrats, his In My World feature lets you laugh at everyone. For your perusal, I present a few of his facts from "Know Thy Enemy: Democrats."* Democrats are big into class warfare. They also are for gun control

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091729528773345092004-08-05T11:10:00.000-07:002004-08-05T11:12:08.773-07:00

I'm reading through the free chapter of Unfit for Command offered by Human Events Online. Unfit for Command is the book put together by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth about Kerry's time in Vietnam. (It's currently the top seller on Amazon.) I'm trying to read this with a critical eye. I don't want to attack Kerry regarding his service. But at the same time, I want us to hear what these people

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091692143621047932004-08-05T00:39:00.000-07:002004-08-05T00:49:03.620-07:00

Since he became the presumptive nominee, I've felt no need to besmirch Kerry's war record. He served. I didn't. That seemed to be the end of it for me. But then he kept talking about it, and talking about it, and talking about it. It got tiresome--it was only four months, after all. But still, no one denies that he was something of a hero there--it's the 25 years afterwards that I take

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091689946472764842004-08-04T23:50:00.000-07:002004-08-05T00:35:07.596-07:00

There was no posting this weekend, because my Best Man and I were off on one last bachelor hike. We hiked into Monte Cristo, a ghost mining town in the North Cascades, and then hiked part of the Glacier Basin Trail afterwards. What transpired then was a tale worthy of Patrik McManus. In fact, I plan to write said tale at some point, so I won't go into it here. I will share some pictures, though.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091655269567989152004-08-04T14:31:00.000-07:002004-08-04T16:21:57.590-07:00

Just today I commented to a friend on how pleased I was that Washington State law clearly outlines that marriage is definitionally between a man and a woman. But today a judge here has decided that, regardless of what the law says, anybody can get married to anybody else! Fortunately, the judge stayed the decision, giving the Washington State Supreme Court a crack at it. Ugh. In the decision,

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091648337934752742004-08-04T12:29:00.000-07:002004-08-04T12:38:57.933-07:00

On the advice of a rather wise person, I've made this blog quite a bit easier on the eyes. Hopefully the new color agrees with you. And since I was messing with the template anyway, I gave my blogroll a long-due overhaul. It now more accurately reflects my reading habits, though not necessarily the quality of the blogs removed from the roll.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091504954799646302004-08-02T20:47:00.000-07:002004-08-25T16:40:48.663-07:00

Many Republican-leaning bloggers lament the potential that exists currently for the destruction of the Democratic Party, saying that “we need a healthy opposition party.” I disagree. The Democratic Party, with its grab-bag of special interest and minority groups, has become a schizophrenic player in American politics, without a clear philosophy or ideology. Thus, it flails wildly for power,

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091501655158879562004-08-02T19:52:00.000-07:002004-08-02T19:54:15.156-07:00

Today, my mother forwarded me a very pessimistic letter from a conservative friend of her father's. Never one for pessimism, I penned a (ridiculously lengthy) response. I've posted each of them below. The letter: I fear the worst. The new false image of Kerry now being cleverly created by the Democrats and touted by their many golden voices is quite contrary to the true Kerry as proven by the

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091220103970337382004-07-30T13:19:00.000-07:002004-07-30T13:41:43.970-07:00

I asked yesterday if the media would turn, subtly, on Kerry if he gave a less than spectacular speech last night. Opinion on the street is split, but Tacitus and Orrin Judd suggest that the media is already abandoning Kerry.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091137459509078522004-07-29T13:59:00.000-07:002004-07-29T14:44:19.510-07:00

Remember what I said about Kerry abusing words?  Check out what is presumably the last sentence in his speech, according to the AP: So tonight, in the city where America's freedom began, only a few blocks from where the sons and daughters of liberty gave birth to our nation, here tonight, on behalf of a new birth of freedom, on behalf of the middle class who deserve a champion and those

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091130919185559012004-07-29T12:40:00.000-07:002004-07-29T12:55:19.186-07:00

It's pretty obvious to everyone that the media wants Kerry to win.  But how long can that last, considering how stultifyingly dull the man is?  Jim Geraghty notes two examples of reliably liberal papers warning Kerry that he had better do something interesting.  Orrin Judd speculates that Kerry will resign from the Senate tonight, in order to keep the energy going.  I'm not so sure--Mr. Judd

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091129757112292322004-07-29T12:33:00.000-07:002004-07-29T12:35:57.113-07:00

From an already entertaining article about a gang of fat South African women who are "terrorizing" shopkeepers in Johannesburg: [Inspector Michael] Read said "several arrests have been made but some of these women are still at large." Via Drudge.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091125874322619322004-07-29T10:57:00.000-07:002004-07-29T11:31:14.323-07:00

This has already recieved a fair amount of discussion in the blogosphere, but I want to comment on one aspect of it that has been largely ignored.  Check out these words from Edwards' speech:Like all of those brave men and women, John put his life on the line for our country. He knows that when authority is given to a president, much is expected in return. That's why we will strengthen and

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091123534863622572004-07-29T10:33:00.000-07:002004-07-29T10:52:14.863-07:00

Following the advice of Stefan Sharkansky, last night I attended the 43rd District picnic in North Seattle where I got to hear a short speech from Washington's next governor, Dino Rossi.  I've been excited about this guy since I first heard about him, but this was the first time I got to actually see him in the flesh, or even hear him speak.  And let me tell you, he's good.  He reminds me a lot

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1091045818891509832004-07-28T13:07:00.000-07:002004-07-28T13:16:58.890-07:00

I said a week ago that John Kerry was supremely foolish to have used the words "flip-flop" in defending himself against charges that he... well, flip-flops.  Today, the Republican National Committee has proved my point in a damning video that demonstrates--via John Kerry's own words--that he has held every concievable position on both Iraq wars.  And their clincher, the final segment that ties it

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090999888081808242004-07-28T00:14:00.000-07:002004-07-28T00:31:28.080-07:00

Matt Rosenberg has a great post up on race in America.  This is really a must read, as are many of Matt's thoughts on the subject of race. Matt is particularly unabashed about discussing the plight of blacks in America, for which he deserves applause.  He, along with others in the blogosphere, is one of the main reasons that the story on Bill Cosby's speech to the NAACP didn't die after the

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090998458495694312004-07-28T00:06:00.000-07:002004-07-28T00:07:38.496-07:00

Democrats may not realize it, but they are being played like a JibJab banjo.  It's already been covered that they have no real message outside "Bush sucks!"  But beyond that, their every action is but a reaction to an action by Bush or Bush supporters.  Consider the recent history of Mr. Kerry's campaign: Kerry began insisting that he wants to strengthen America a long time ago, in response to

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090987486045528252004-07-27T21:04:00.000-07:002004-07-27T23:42:10.270-07:00

UPDATE: I should point out that I shamelessly stole this idea from commenter David Hill at the Brothers Judd.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090955734184108652004-07-27T12:15:00.000-07:002004-07-27T12:22:21.516-07:00

The "Marriage Protection Act of 2004" has passed the House, and is being celebrated by some conservatives as a great victory. The thing is--it's governmentally useless. THe whole idea of judicial review is that whatever passes the United States legislature is up for interpretation by the judicial branch as to Constitutionality. This "limitation on jurisdiction" will simply be overturned as

Lorrainenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090879331025949562004-07-26T15:00:00.000-07:002004-07-26T15:03:56.420-07:00

On Saturday, seeking to escape the oppressive heat that mysteriously attacked our fair land, the very-nearly-missus and I ducked into a blissfully air conditioned movie theater and watched I, Robot.   I like me a good sci-fi here and there, but I've never read any Asimov, so I had no real expectations going in, other than a fun action flick where we humans take down the Matrix robots before they

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090874326796180872004-07-26T13:16:00.000-07:002004-07-26T13:38:46.796-07:00

Yesterday my soon-to-be bride and I attended the first-ever Western Washington Blognic.  It was a good time.  I didn't have a chance to meet everyone I would have liked to, but I did meet quite a few engaging people.  Host and proginator of the whole shindig Stefan Sharkansky has an overview of the event, as does Brian Crouch and Ambra Nykol.  Just like the last time I attended a blog-related

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090739041406245152004-07-25T00:04:00.000-07:002004-07-25T00:23:31.903-07:00

Hopefully, you have by now seen the hilarious "This Land is My Land" flash animation at JibJab.com (be warned that there's a bit of profanity).  The goal of this remarkably piece of work, which has been featured on Fox News and other media outlets, was to mock both Presidents evenly, which it carried out admirably.  You certainly can't tell the political affiliation of the makers from watching it

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090534969151334242004-07-22T15:21:00.000-07:002004-07-22T15:22:49.153-07:00

Words are fascinating little buggers.  They're very powerful, yet also very small and ethereal.  Sometimes, their smallness belies their power, and other times, their power belies their smallness.  In his interview with Dan Rather, Kerry demonstrated that he underestimates their power.  Consider this little exchange:Rather: “But at the core of a attack against you is that you are, quote, 'Senator

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090341940397272422004-07-20T09:43:00.000-07:002004-07-20T09:45:40.396-07:00

For the second week in a row, one of Kerry's foreign policy advisors is in a heap o' trouble--and this time it could be criminal.  If you've been living under a rock the past week--or, say, just watching network news--let me bring you up to speed.  Joe Wilson, the man whose webpage can be reached via http://www.johnkerry.com/honesty, the man who titled his book The Politics of Truth, has been

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1090281945294719602004-07-19T17:04:00.000-07:002004-07-19T17:06:05.876-07:00

Arnold Schwarzenegger's political savvy has struck again--this time he's called California's Dem legislators "girlie-men."  As if on cue, Democrats are whining about sexism and homophobia, drawing far more attention to Schwarzenegger's speech than it ever would have recieved otherwise.  And what was Schwarzenegger calling on Californians to do?  Vote Democrats out of office, those same Democrats

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089920291802935132004-07-15T12:25:00.000-07:002004-07-15T12:38:11.803-07:00

Get out of the gene pool: This one wasn't terribly remarkable, except that it was accompanied by I'm pro-choice and I vote. At least she was consistent... Think multilaterally: This was in small letters just below a UN flag. It's not clear what exactly this means... It's apparently making the assertion that the only valid venue for multilateralism is the UN, and organization that mixes

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089750714225911202004-07-13T13:18:00.000-07:002004-07-13T13:31:54.226-07:00

A fairly amusing article in the Washington Post today reveals the major rift in the coalition of Anti-Bushites the world over. Just who is it that controls Bush? More claims it's the Saudis. Al-Jazeera claims it's the Jews.The failure to talk about Israel is the biggest weakness of the film, said al-Jazeera.net. The Qatar-based news site credited Moore with dramatizing "that democracy itself

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089660253916268722004-07-12T11:51:00.000-07:002004-07-12T12:24:13.916-07:00

There's got to be a more inflammatory term for it than that--it's like racism, but geographical, and somehow it's become mildly acceptable in both wings of political discourse. It's the disparaging and wishing of harm on entire regions based on their political leanings. Both the right and the left are guilty of it, and it's getting worse. One of the most eregious examples of this was when

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089657558035387982004-07-12T11:21:00.000-07:002004-08-20T11:07:47.613-07:00

I am pretty convinced that Bush is going to win this election very handily. But last night I dreamed that he lost (I have the geekiest dreams imaginable... I think I had another dream last night about blogging--it's borderline humiliating), and so I am inspired to consider what he would do should the worst happen. Bush has refused to even consider the possibility (as in the Tim Russert

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089656458382438862004-07-12T11:11:00.000-07:002004-07-12T11:20:58.383-07:00

I don't ever plan on reading Bill Clinton's bloated opus My Life, but now, thanks to the Weekly Standard, I don't have to and neither do you! The Standard's abridged version of the 900+ page tome really sums everything up nicely. One thing you can tell even from the abridged version is that Bill Clinton writes like John Kerry talks--too lengthily. Clinton apparently is unaware of the rule

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089303903872583432004-07-08T09:22:00.000-07:002004-07-08T09:31:43.820-07:00

Well, this is pretty cool. My Andorra post has been linked by a Russian site in a list of web resources on Andorra. Does anyone know what the site is actually about? And specifically, what does the phrase directly after my link say?

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089234498811421972004-07-07T13:53:00.000-07:002004-07-07T14:08:18.813-07:00

Edwards was a spectacularly predictable pick for Kerry, and so while I'm not surprised by it, I am a little saddened, if that's the right word. It's a little disturbing to me that Kerry is so willing to bring on someone who adds nothing of substance to the ticket, just to increase his "electability." (But wasn't that what got Kerry nominated in the first place? Is it not good enough now?)

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1089231065108198382004-07-07T12:58:00.000-07:002004-07-07T13:11:05.110-07:00

I spent the weekend of the Fourth with my bride to be and her family--I may have a picture or two up from that soon, but don't hold your breath. It was a great weekend, though. But you don't come here for this personal information stuff, you come here for mildly insicive commentary and somewhat amusing reflections, both of which have been lacking. So let's get back to that, shall we?

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1088554971654436572004-06-29T17:22:00.000-07:002004-06-30T09:32:01.583-07:00

Read this associated press article on the US reopening ties with Libya. Then, tell me why the Bush administration is doing so. If you had only read the article, you'd assume it was because there's vast amounts of untapped wealth in that desert nation, and American business is chomping at the bit to enter the gold mine that is Libya: An American whose brother was killed in the Lockerbie bombing

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1088452957179398872004-06-28T12:36:00.000-07:002004-06-28T13:02:37.180-07:00

Remember a few months ago when the big question was whether or not the June 30 handover date would work? I think those questions should finally be put to rest today. Michael King has a great photo essay on Bush and Blair's reaction, and Omar and Mohammed have even more important reactions: those of the Iraqi people, who now control their own destiny.

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1088407223854406402004-06-28T00:06:00.000-07:002004-06-28T12:22:31.930-07:00

Homeland Security: fighting terrorism since 1492 There was a picture of a native American on this sticker as well. Clever, isn't it? Because, you see, it's not the planes flying into towers three years ago that matters, it's Wounded Knee! That's the important thing! Wounded Knee! This slogan has actually been in the news recently, and the people using it in that instance at least had some

Timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711116162736358209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001330.post-1088323395791977682004-06-27T00:45:00.001-07:002004-06-28T12:38:48.270-07:00

More kidnappings have occured in Iraq. It's not too surprising. The terrorists have noticed that this gets them much more attention than just killing people, and so they'll probably keep it up for a while. But it seems like this could be their downfall, if the military in Iraq began handing out small radio transmitters to all civilians in Iraq. It would be voluntary, of course, but it would

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