Sep. 8th, 2004

winterbadger: (nervous badger)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3636426.stm

How inevitable does it seem that a "once in a hudred years" event like this level of flooding would happen right after work on a controversial and overreaching project like this is completed?

I just hope to G*d, at this point, that the engineers are right and that the dam will hold.
winterbadger: (RockyMountain)
"That purpose is every bit as important now as it was ten years ago when we began it. And frankly they have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. So in effect, our policies have strengthened the security of the neighbors of Iraq, and these are policies that we are going to keep in place"

Secretary Colin L. Powell
Cairo, Egypt (Ittihadiya Palace)
February 24, 2001
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2001/933.htm
winterbadger: (re-defeat Bush!)
President Bush may skip one of the three debates that have been proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates and accepted by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Republican officials said yesterday.

from the Washington Post

Bush aides refused to discuss their opening position. Officials familiar with the issue said he plans to accept the commission's first debate, which is to focus on domestic policy, and the third one, which is to focus on foreign policy.

The audience for the second debate, to be at Washington University in St. Louis, was to be picked by the Gallup Organization. The commission said participants should be undecided voters from the St. Louis area.

A presidential adviser said campaign officials were concerned that people could pose as undecided when they actually are partisans.

This, coming from a campaign that closes its candidate appearances to anyone not already a supporter, is pretty rich.

Edit: This piece by DailyKos is excellent advice for the senator. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/6/233518/4477

Especially point #3

...You need a strong, simple and damning line of attack. That said, the dirty (but open) secret the conservative national media know, yet won't dare utter, is this: Bush is petrified to speak in public about most everything, and especially about policies and his specific record over the past four years. He's scared to do press conferences; scared to allow anyone who hasn't signed a loyalty agreement into his campaign events; scared to debate you; scared to talk about how his prescription drug plan is backfiring among seniors and fiscal conservatives, his immigration policies are backfiring among Latinos and social conservatives, his steel tariffs and tax cut policies are backfiring among blue-collar white workers in manufacturing states, and his No Child Left Behind and stem cell policies are backfiring among suburban white women. The key point is not the specific policies or economic statistics; to mention them, or call for weekly debates, is to fight smaller skirmishes instead of the larger war. Rather, push the macro message that Bush is petrified to talk about any of it. You and your surrogates should use these exacts words: not "doesn't want to," but "scared and petrified." Make the media repeat them, thereby forcing the Republicans to refute your charges in your language. And you need to do this now, pre-emptively, because Jim Baker came on board specifically to negotiate you down to two debates and Bush-favorable rules. You need all three; if you have established the "president is petrified" storyline in advance, no matter how scared Bush-Rove may be of debating three times they'll be more scared of being labeled scared for backing down. And when the tough questions during the debates on the economy, health care and Iraq are asked, and Bush's answers and eyes start darting around, he will ratify the scared-and-petrified criticism with his verbal and non-verbal responses.
winterbadger: (RockyMountain)
It's taking me three and four tries to reply to comments, and half the time it tells em I'm not using the right passwrod.

I'm tired, I'm sick, I hurt, and I have chills. I could really do without extra shit from a web tool.
winterbadger: (RockyMountain)
I confirmed at the gym that I'm down to 261. That's 11-15 pounds in two weeks.

I was thinking I might keep doing the first phase for another week or two, but I'm missing bread too much (I had a peanut butter and jam sandwich yesterday in the first time since forever).
winterbadger: (RockyMountain)
I should note that I'm feeling much better this afternoon. I didn't do a full workout at the gym, but I'm not feeling nearly as rotten as I was this morning. I'm still going to try to get lots of sleep tonight, aand I'm still going to go to the dr. tomorrow afternoon, but I think I can probably work the rest of the day after that.

Many thanks to those who offered to help out, and to [livejournal.com profile] redactrice for picking up some groceries while she was getting her own this afternoon. You guys are wonderful! :-)

Edit: OK, so maybe I was too hasty. The muscles are doing all right, but now the innards are being difficult... :-(

hmmmm

Sep. 8th, 2004 09:00 pm
winterbadger: (RockyMountain)
New thermometer (thank you, [livejournal.com profile] redactrice!) says my temperature is 101*F. Methinks that qualifies as a fever.

Edit: Going to bed now (10.33); thanks to all of you for your good wishes! *hugs*

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