I realize that it's nearing the end of a postastic day, but I really can't delay throwing this out, in case it disappears.

By now, I'm sure everyone has heard about the lite-brite guerrilla advertising which shut down Boston today. Reportedly, the city was thrown because the little cartoon creatures were affixed to visible surfaces and because ( Read more... )

Presenting the 2007 Counterterrorism Day Planner from the US Government

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In lieu of a longer post and more in-depth content, here's a quick back and forth.

Part one is an article from Saturday's Washington Post about the problems, a pilot has with clearing airport security because his name is similar to that of a person on the terrorist watchlist, while part two is the summation from a recent Boston Legal which ( Read more... )

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I don't know who contacted who, but last night as a sweeps stunt, an Albuquerque television station filed a long report about our local "First Responder Training Program". The file tape is available on the station's website, as is a written synopsis. They also blew up a car, live on television and this was announced by the university in advance, ( Read more... )

In a previous post, I suggested that if you really oppose the President's positions, then you really have no choice but to vote Democratic this November. Anything else, an unrealistic, idealist vote for a third party, except possibly where the Democrat has a wide and comfortable margin would be throwing your vote away. My comments were intended to ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, I posted an alert about a pre-taped appearance by Bill O'Reilly on tonight's Late Show with David Letterman.

Perhaps the full segment will find its way onto YouTube, but at this time, those who might have missed it can only get a short montage of clips from the show's official site. Throughout the weekend, I expect the video ( Read more... )

Random thoughts during the President's Press Conference;

• Country supergroup Alabama had a hit a couple of decades ago, the opening line was "She and I live in our own little world". My memory was that this was also part of the chorus and it was followed by the phrase, "ain't it wonderful". I now see that my memory was incorrect, but lately whenever ( Read more... )

One of those things that you learn as a child, it is highly unlikely that everyone else is wrong and you are the only one who is right. It appears that Condoleezza Rice may have missed that lesson. Perhaps her parents failed her.

In his 60 Minutes interview, Richard Clarke said "There's a lot of blame to go around, and I probably deserve some ( Read more... )

From the Left: Keith Olbermann's eloquent "Special Comment" (8:45)
From the Center: TV's Craig Ferguson's appropriate and excellent "Show and TellAs a rule, I've tried to avoid all manner of 9/11 Anniversary coverage because I feel the events have been fully covered and I also feel that the topic has become perverted. Late night thwarted my plans, ( Read more... )