Walter’s Free Advice to kerry
Do something liberal.
As Walter says: guaranteed advice on how to win the election.
Monthly Archives: August 2004
Advice to Creative Wannabees
And good advice at that. Thanks to Jen for pointing out this excellent piece on How to be Creative by Hugh Macleod the proprietor of Gaping Void.
Ok, if that is not enough of a hook then go find the section on sex and cash.
Electoral Vote Poll Watching
Michael at Southern Appeal finds David Wissing’s state-by-state rundown interesting.
It is interesting but not near as easy to read and interpret as Electoral Vote Predictor 2004 which also appears to be a bit more current in tracking poll results.
Helping w into the National Guard
Ex Texas Lt Goveror Ben Barnes tells the story:
“I got a young man named George W. Bush into the Texas National Guard when I was lieutenant governor, and I’m not necessarily proud of that. But I did it. I got a lot of other people in the National Guard because I thought that was what people should do when you’re in office, and you help a lot of rich people.”There is apparently a video of Barnes making this statement at the austin4kerry but so far the site seems to be overloaded at the moment (20:22 UTC/GMT).
“And I walked to the Vietnam Memorial the other day,” Barnes continued, “and I looked at the names of the people that died in Vietnam, and I became more ashamed of myself than I have ever been, because it was the worst thing I ever did, was help a lot of wealthy supporters and a lot of people who had family names of importance get into the National Guard. And I’m very sorry about that, and I’m very ashamed, and I apologize to you as voters of Texas.”
Update: PZ Meyers has put up a copy of the video.
Drug War Result
Science and the market are hard at work in the drug war:
DRUG traffickers have created a new strain of coca plant that yields up to four times more cocaine than existing plants and promises to revolutionise Colombia�s drugs industry.Why was it worthwhile to traffickers to spend �60,000,000 on this effort:
Such an investment by drugs traffickers is small compared to the earnings from what is the most lucrative business on earth. Traffickers can produce a kilogram of cocaine for less than �1,500. That kilogram will sell in Miami for �14,000, in London for �34,000 and in Tokyo would bring �50,000.We can all thank the articial pricing created by ongoing domestic and international terrorist activities conducted by US and foreign governments for what promises to be a substantial improvement in both quality and quantity of cocaine on the market.
Via Jacob Sollum at Hit & Run.
NB: At the moment �1 equals $1.79