“Congressman Kunich, I believe you’re the only person on this stage who had a chance to vote on the PATRIOT Act, right after 9/11, who voted against it –“
“That’s because I read it.”
…The President of the United States is called upon to make the right decision at the right time. You see here tonight, people who voted for the war, voted to fund the war, and now they have a different position; people who voted for the PATRIOT Act… Now they have a different position. People who voted for China trade… Now they have a different position. People who voted for Yucca Mountain… Now they have a different position. Just imagine what it will be like to have a President who’s right the first time. Just imagine.
Month: November 2007
Larry Lessig on Clinton and Spineless Democrats Generally
“But the part that gets me the most about Senator Clinton is the eager embrace of spinelessness. I don’t get this in Democrats generally. I never have, but I especially don’t get it after two defeats to the likes of George Bush (ok, one defeat, but let’s put that aside for the moment). Our party seems constitutionally wedded to the idea that you wage a campaign with tiny speech. Say as little as possible. Be as uncontroversial as you can. Embrace the chameleon as the mascot. Fear only that someone would clearly understand what you believe.”
Lessig supports Obama and Edwards, for reasons given in the article and others it links to.
“TMBG In 4 Chords”
TMBG In 4 Chords – TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base:
Awesome. Last night I got to see TMBGs in concert; it was awesome, and tonight I found this web site full of just-my-speed versions of some of their greatest songs, to give me something to practice the guitar with.
Did I mention I have a guitar now?
Holy Crap: Comet Holmes Bigger than the Sun
So comet Holmes is now bigger than the Sun. It doesn’t appear bigger than the Sun, it is bigger than the Sun.
Wish I had some binoculars or something to check it out with.
Mark Pilgrim, Former Apple User, Is Not At All Bitter
Installing MySQL on Ubuntu (the NSFW way) [dive into mark] — a response to Installing MySQL on OS X…
But Jesus H. Christ, it must suck giant wet donkey balls to be stuck on an archaic OS where you need to be dropping into the terminal and tweaking configuration files and compiling shit all the time. I hope the translucent menu bar is worth it. But please, please stay up to date with MySQL security patches; I wasn’t kidding about that, it’s really fucking important.