The newest computer can merely compound the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.
This is an essay grounded in simple reality, and intended for the perusal of those who are mentally and emotionally equipped to deal in such terms.
As to those who are not, it is my hope that you will herein acquire such tools.
But I'm not holding my breath.
The schoolin' begins on the jump.
I'm sorry I haven't popped in here lately to say hello, but I've been on the road, as you may know. I visited some coke-heads in Colombia, had some wild times. Also got to visit Gitmo and torture some ragheads. Man, that was fun! But you know what?
Blue Rage has a good piece up about John "I'm really, really, old" McCain: Who is John McCain?.
The free ride that John McCain is getting from the mainstream media continues. McCain has been around so long that the cozy relationship that he's built with the media for many years is turning out to provide a super-Teflon coating for the candidate of 2008. The flip flops, back-flips, miss-statements, and outright deceptions go uncovered by reporters eager to curry favor with the candidate.
In a post he calls "Attack," a very sour blogger who goes by the name of Lemon.Lyman (after an episode of The West Wing in which a website appears that is critical of Josh Lyman-the deputy Chief of Staff to the president-and Josh makes the inexcusable mistake of posting on the site, as himself), derides the Sam Rasoul campaign for not making mincemeat of Janice Lee Allen, the independent who is also running for Congress in the 6th District against Sam, the Democratic Party candidate, and the Republican Bob ("to hell with my term limit promises") Goodlatte.
Lemon is full of juice, and it ain't sweet stuff. First, he concludes from Star City Harbinger's coverage of Allen's campaign that they support her. I doubt it. And Lemon thinks Harrisonburg's Daily News Record supports her, too, and that is completely laughable. The DNR is a wingnut rag and is likely to stand with Goodlatte even if the guy falls over dead before the election, so Allen is wasting her breath and Lemon is wasting his eyesight.
Let's be absolutely clear about this. In Sam Rasoul Democrats in the 6th Congressional District of Virginia have one of the hardest-working candidates we've ever seen in these parts, and that includes tireless Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Watching Sam Rasoul during the 4th of July celebrations in Staunton yesterday (he's shown in this picture just before the parade began) was enough to make me tired. For the full length of the parade, Sam criss-crossed the street (just like Mark Warner!) shaking as many hands as he could, while the rest of us trailed behind handing out his brochures.
After the parade, Sam spent some time in the Democratic Party booth in the park and talked to voters before heading off to two more events scheduled for the afternoon.
If energy and personality were enough, the choice between Rasoul and Goodlatte wouldn't even be close. And I believe that if voters spent some time learning about Sam's positions on the issues that matter to the people of the 6th District, his margin of victory would be even wider. Do yourself a favor: visit www.SAM2008.com, and learn about Sam Rasoul.
Staunton's 4th of July celebration was a blast, so to speak. The parade through Gypsy Hill Park was extremely well attended, and was fun to be a part of. The Democratic Party float looked great, thanks to all the volunteers who helped decorate the big flatbed, and when Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro committee members combined with Sam Rasoul and his campaign staffers, plus several Mark Warner for Senate staffers and Barack Obama staffers, we must have had a good 70 people walking along with the float-handing out pamphlets for each of the members of our ticket, giving away candy, flags and campaign stickers.
After the parade many of us joined the other volunteers who were staffing the booth in the park-giving out balloons and campaign materials, yard signs, bumper stickers. At times it was so crowded with visitors and volunteers I just had to step into the road to get out of the way.
In case you missed it, the Staunton News Leader ran this Letter to the Editor today.
There has been much gnashing of teeth over high oil prices and resulting high gasoline prices. The knee-jerk Republican solution to the problem is to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or offshore. This proposed drilling is a gimmick that offers false hope and a dangerous future.
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