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The current Track You Should Be Listening to Right Now is TV on the Radio's "Dry Drunk Emperor." TVOTR are always good, but inspired by the failure of leadership that has been so evident lately, they really outdo themselves on this song. It's sad and propulsive and somehow heartening. As they say in their dedication, "in the absence of a true leader we must not forget that we are still together" and "the human heart is our new capitol."
It was silly enough that an event supposedly designed as a memorial to the Pentagon victims of the September 11th attacks is going to be called the America Supports You Freedom Walk. Now this news makes the name inapposite in an entirely new way:
Officers are prepared to arrest anyone who joins the march or concert without a credential and refuses to leave, said Park Police Chief Dwight E. Pettiford.
I've never been a huge fan of Macs (who knew that if you controlled/locked down every aspect of a product you could make it work super smoothly but also be super expensive?) but today, I found something that stood out for anyone who likes to talk about UIs.
It's the new ITunes announcement from the perspective of B.M. You have to read it.
Brushed Metal: What do you think I mean? The Special Event. It starts in 30 minutes and no one has called me yet. I’ve been calling Steve’s office all morning, they won’t take my calls. Are they yanking iTunes 5?
Mike: Uh…
Go enjoy it all.
All work and no play and two and a half hours of sleep make edward a dull boy. All work and no play and two and a half hours of sleep make edward a dull boy. All work and no play and two and a half hours of sleep make edward a dull boy. All work and no play and two and a half hours of sleep make edward a dull boy. All work and no play and two and a half hours of sleep make edward a dull boy. All work and no play and two and a half hours of sleep make edward a dull boy.
My god. Have we sunk this low?
In ancient Rome, all a Roman citizen had to do, anywhere, was notify local officials of his citizenship, and he was instantly entitled to certain rights. He was instantly immune from the death penalty, unless he was accused of treason. Interestingly enough, this created a novel situation where people could be accused of treason and then executed, without a trial, simply by order of the consul, if martial law had been declared.
That's what happened to Cicero. He executed a group of people during martial law, and thereafter lived in fear for his transgression, namely, of executing Roman citizens without a trial.
President Bush is no Cicero.
Maybe you didn't know. Maybe you were asleep. Regardless, I'm over 3/4 of the way through moving to a new house. Hence the extremely light posting. The bad news is that the move itself has been super-painful. The good news is that the new house is amazing. As soon as I'm setup, I'll post some new pix to the site.
Okay, back to work. Then more moving. It never ends...
For the simple facts, just check out this timeline.
Simply craven.
I am disgusted.
Ok so Dwight made an excellent point and Ed has been posting about it, Katrina. This is all very sad and I feel bad, but what am I supposed to do? People say "You can send money to help", well I just got my property tax last week and I am figuring out how I am going to pay for that, so what do you do? People are like you should take advantage of life, umm hi I have a mortgage, what do you do? I think Dwight is right just keep doing what you do.
Okay, they know it's bad policy. They know it's bad politics. So why do the feds keep delaying helping the victims of Hurrican Katrina?
Read Olbermann.
And most chillingly of all, this is the Law and Order and Terror government. It promised protection — or at least amelioration — against all threats: conventional, radiological, or biological.
It has just proved that it cannot save its citizens from a biological weapon called standing water.
He's the only reason to watch MSNBC, ever.