Anal bush
A picture tells the story.
Via Medpundit and The Misanthropes Club.
Monthly Archives: September 2003
Where is America Headed?
As a follow up to last night’s Late Night Reading take a look at Doug Giebel’s article Ending America as We Know It which opens:
The neo-conservative Bush Administration “plan” to remake our American nation intends to alter forever the relationship between government, business and the people.
In the summation to his arguments Giebel asserts:
Americans are being played for suckers by a carnival of macho scam artists, the likes of which this nation has never before experienced.
You read it, you judge.
Via Talkleft.
Paying for Iraq
There’s a lot of material in Cheney’s Meet the Press appearance today. I imagine most of it will be chewed on by one or another member of the blogosphere show I will show restraint and share just this one snippet regarding how the cost of the Iraq debacle will be paid:
But this is not a situation where, you know, it�s only a matter of us writing a check to solve the problem. Iraq sits on top of 10 percent of the world�s oil reserves, very significant reserves, second only to Saudi Arabia.
The fact is there are significant resources here to work with, and the notion that we�re going to bear the burden all by ourselves from a financial standpoint I don�t think is valid. We�ve got a donor�s conference scheduled coming up next month, where the international community will come together and pledge funds to cooperate and supported with the Iraqi operation.
Of course it was never about the oil and I look forward to hearing how much the coalition of the willing will pony up.
Late Night Reading
I’m tired and not doing much reading tonight but I did read through some 9/11 material. Mostly the stuff that conspiracy theory fans would like. Check them out…it appears that there are a few open questions:
Part 3 of Keith Quinnels Could 9/11 Have Been Prevented.
Tom Gevaert’s A Comedy of Errors — Airspace Security on 9/11.
Skippy and Spadehammer ask questions about 9/11.
September 11: Minute by Minute.
Good Night!
Can you hear me now?
Everybody got caught up in Fox’s rediculous ‘fair and balanced’ suit angainst Franken. But how many of you are aware of the effort Verizon is making to play the same game with ‘Can you hear me now?”
Brett Marston has written a number of posts on this trademark issue. Start with his most recent one here and follow his links to his other writings and other materials.
Here is Verizon’s statement of their position:
We are sorry that you feel this way about the lawsuit. However, “The company has spent millions of dollars in advertising and public relations to establish the phrase ‘Can you hear me now’ as a symbol of our network’s quality and our relentless efforts to continue to test and expand our coverage. We will take action against any company or other organization that infringes upon our trademark and damages the valuable brand we have created.”
Apparently Verizon doesn’t like others, especially their union members, using the phrase. As Brett argues it is our language. If Verizon want’s something trademarkable then they should make up some new words.
I think I’ll make an effort to use the phrase regularly, say at least once a week.
Oh, and I wonder what Verizon thinks about this?