A Confederacy of Denial (washingtonpost.com): "Ashcroft, Norton and their supporters would do well to go back and look at the words of Confederate leaders before joining any chorus of Confederate nostalgia. In 1861 the vice president of the Confederacy, Alexander H. Stephens, declared that his new government's 'cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.'" I can't believe that there are still people in this country (and people that hold the highest offices in the land) who are civil war deniers. I also can't believe how often issues that should have been decided during the civil war are still with us today. Between these cabinet nominees and the georgia flag debate, the civil war still seems to be a hot topic. Coincidentally, I just started reading Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz.
what can you write when you can't write what you want to write?
[a pause in the silence.]
it's time for a good old fashioned FREAK OUT. who's with me?
CNN: Most members of Bush's Cabinet are millionaires: "A look at Bush's nominees show that most are wealthy, all with a net worth in at least six figures. Many hold stock in companies affected by federal actions."
The mainstream media didn't really cover the inauguration protests though an estimated 15,000 turned out for them in San Francisco alone. [via sfblogs] I sympathize with the protestors and feel it's a good way to show support for a cause, but this kind of statment is ridiculous: "Another part of the group locked arms in front of the Gap. Store management informed the police that they would not arrest the protesters because it 'happens all the time'." I swear these types of protestors are plants for the other side. That's just idiocy.
oneminute.blogspot.com: "...but in 2000 use of the Vocoder spread throughout pop music like gonorrhea in a Navy seaport."
Ralph Nader weighs in on the California power situation: "...the utilities have vast worldwide assets that could more than cushion their financial problems in California – without reaching into consumers' pockets for higher rates and a bailout."
SFBG : Confederate Cartel's war against California: To escape this bind [Governor Gray Davis] should take lessons from Franklin D. Roosevelt. As governor of New York, FDR noticed that electricity cost $19.50 for a typical 250 kilowatt-hour bill in Albany but only $2.79 across the border in Ontario. So he created the New York State Power Authority – along the lines of publicly owned Ontario Hydro – to reduce the disparity...he asserted that the people have the "undeniable right" to set up "government-owned and operated utility services as a national yardstick to prevent extortion against the public."
Jose Gonzalez wrote a Blogger + XML + PHP tutorial as well. He says, "Don't worry, it is not as difficult as it sounds." He's also experimenting with Flash and Blogger. exciting stuff!