Time Flies

I got some confusing e-mail about a apparent spam post to this blog.  Frankly I haven't checked on this for a long time.  More time than I realized.  Guess with another birthday anniversary, the time gap should not have surprised me.

I still think the "Blog Magazine" with multiple authors was and is a good idea, but it sure did not catch on with South Dakota bloggers.

At least, I can still post here if I desire.  For a time, Blogger just would not allow posting.  That is why I switched to TypePad, but apparently the bugs are gone.

Dakota Today

This is a first post of mine in the new format for "Blog Magazine". Still a test.

Now, to find a few more writers willing to gamble on this new blogger format.

)))))) Doug Wiken

LIEBERMAN ANNOUNCES BID FOR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
http://www.ctnow.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=hc%2Dhorgan0115%2Eartjan15 Denis Horgan writes a good editoria for the Hartford Courant-- DEMOCRAT' ISN'T A DIRTY WORD. A couple of paragraphs below:

I hope we didn't mortify Joe Lieberman too much by calling him a Democrat in our headlines. "A Different Democrat," we trumpeted.

"Democrat" isn't a word Lieberman uses much about himself. It was only at the end of his declaration for the presidency Monday that he mentioned any Democratic connections at all, and that was in passing, distancing himself as "different."

In fact, his new presidential web page doesn't mention even once that he is a Democrat or that his successful office holding has been as a Democrat or that he is pursuing the Democratic nomination for the presidency.

Democrats? Who needs 'em? Actually, there are a few other Democratic guys cluttering the way, pursuing the same nomination - assuming that it is the Democratic nomination that Lieberman is seeking after all.

(Even the harshest Republicans have to tip their hats to the Democrats' gigantic jobs program: More people are finding work on "presidential exploratory committees" than are being taken on by the steel industry. What a great job! Explore for a while and boldly announce that Candidate X is a peach for the White House. Has any exploration come up with the result: "Sorry, you are a flop and loser. Stick to your day job?" Of course not.)

In his welcome announcement, Lieberman seven times talked about rising above partisan politics as if partisan interests were only something to be overcome. There are people for whom partisan politics is a measure of philosophy, values and direction

Take a look at the whole editorial. Lieberman is a loser candidate for the Democratic Party. He talks Democratic pious platitudes but votes for Republican lunacy. He may think he is in the middle of the political spectrum, but he is on another disconnected plane isolated from Democratic activists. He communicates like a wet dishrag. I can listen to him for no more than a few seconds without getting something like a gag response. My wife demands that the channel be changed the minute he comes on screen. I had the same reaction with Reagan and I watch bush only to see how he butchers language and logic. Gephardt and Lieberman must be two of the most inappropriate presidential candidates for a Democratic primary of the many announced or rumored to be running. -------- Doug Wiken

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> ANOTHER GOOD BLOG---COUNTERSPIN BY HESSIOD

Counterspin Central: The unofficial "FIRST AMENDMENT ZONE."
December 17,2002 has a pretty good collection of stuff on Lott and Bush hypocrisy of several forms...including awards to Strom Thurmond and more. Take a look. Neat format for a blog too. ------ Doug Wiken

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TIMELINE OF TERROR
MahaChronicles A timeline of Terror. ..apparently from 1997 through August and September 2002. Many reference links here. Not sure of who puts this together, but you may find it the starting point for some serious consideration of the failures of the Bushsub2 administration.

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TIMELINE OF TERROR
MahaChronicles A timeline of Terror. ..apparently from 1997 through August and September 2002. Many reference links here. Not sure of who puts this together, but you may find it the starting point for some serious consideration of the failures of the Bushsub2 administration.

LAT= http://mahabarbara.tripod.com/mahachronicles/id2.html

LOTT STORY HITS MAJOR NEWS CHANNELS BECAUSE OF BLOGGERS
Bloggers and LottTHE INTERNET'S FIRST SCALP By JOHN PODHORETZ (much sniped here)An enterprising leftist blogger named Atrios (atrios.blogspot.com) spent the weekend digging up interesting tidbits about Trent Lott's home state of Mississippi and its record on the matter of segregation. That included the official 1948 Mississippi Democratic Party sample ballot, which asked residents of the state to vote not for Democratic nominee Harry Truman but rather for Strom Thurmond. A vote for Truman, the sample ballot reads, "means . . . anti-lynching and anti-segregation proposals will become the law of the land and our way of life in the South will be gone forever."

By Monday morning, the blogosphere had gone ballistic. Most impressive was the fact that conservatives didn't circle the wagons, claiming that Lott was being mistreated and he'd already apologized and Bill Clinton did worse. Rather, they turned their wagons outward and commenced firing at Lott. (more sniped here)

(((((((((((( Take a look. Bloggers have made a mark in the news business. ------ Doug Wiken )))))))))))))

LINKS YOU CAN FIND IN METAFILTER
"Dry Drunk" Syndrome and.... George W. Bush by Katherine van Wormer in Counter Punch. Katherine van Wormer is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa Co-author of Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective (2002). She can be reached at: Katherine.VanWormer@uni.edu Read the whole article. She concludes with:

"To summarize, George W. Bush manifests all the classic patterns of what alcoholics in recovery call "the dry drunk." His behavior is consistent with barely noticeable but meaningful brain damage brought on by years of heavy drinking and possible cocaine use. All the classic patterns of addictive thinking that are spelled out in my book are here:

the tendency to go to extremes (leading America into a massive 100 billion dollar strike-first war);

a "kill or be killed mentality;" the tunnel vision;
"I" as opposed to "we" thinking;
the black and white polarized thought processes (good versus evil, all or nothing thinking).
His drive to finish his father's battles is of no small significance, psychologically. "

((((((((((((( So read the whole thing----- Doug Wiken )))))))))))))))

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Link was found at .Metafilter on the Bush Doll There are days I wonder why bother with a blog. Metafilter and Slashdot cover the waterfront on both coasts and everything in between. Oh well.....

TOM AND RAY VENTURE INTO CALCULUS AND BEER MATH
CAR TALK..GARAGE STUFF AND A LOT MORE

Finally! Tom and Ray have a solution to Rich's kaput fuel gauge. Here's how they solved it--Dipstick Calculus.

So, take a look again. I'm looking for some of the car music they play one shot at a time every week. Just heard "Dipstick Calculus" this morning, It was not music, but somewhat amusing. I guess the music is available on a CD in their "Shameless Commerce" area ------- Doug Wiken

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CHENEY NEEDS GESTAPO TACTICS TO PROTECT HIM FROM AMATUER PHOTOGRAPHER
Hide your terrorist camerasAn amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested on Tuesday in his home city of Denver - for simply taking pictures of buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing. Maginnis told his story on Wednesday's edition of Off The Hook.
(((((((((More at site. Take a look I don't know whether or not to believe this, but it fits a pattern. Those with the most to hide fear the camera the most. -------- Doug Wiken )))))))))

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