Archive for September, 2009
Planning to Fail
You’ve surely heard the old adage, “when you fail to make a plan, you plan to fail.” Like most old sayings, this is largely true; operating by the seat of your pants isn’t the best route to success; however, people do occasionally manage it anyway – due to sheer luck or brute force – but [...]
Nice Counting There, New York Times!
It doesn’t speak well of the New York Times’ layers upon layers of fact-checkers and editors that this paragraph made it to publication. The demonstrators numbered well into the tens of thousands, though the police declined to estimate the size of the crowd. Many came on their own and were not part of an organization [...]
Washington is Closed Today. Sorry. (UPDATED: An Open Challenge to the Liar Alan Colmes)
As of right now, there are estimates of anywhere from 1.2 million (via local police) and 2 million (via ABC News) people in Washington DC demanding that their elected officials stop playing silly games and listen to them. I expect the attendance number will come out somewhere in between. Stephen Green reported a conversation between [...]
They’re Coming for You Nancy!
How worried is the left of the ginormous tea party gathering that’ll happen in Washington, DC today? Pretty darned worried, I’d say: On the eve of what organizers call a ‘Big Ol’ TEA Party’, the Washington, D.C., offices of FreedomWorks were evacuated by DC Metro police on Friday afternoon after the conservative organization reported to [...]
My New Podcast, “The Delivery”, is Available
“The Delivery” has been, well, delivered! My first show is available for your listening pleasure via Take That! Radio or by clicking this link right here. You can also subscribe to “The Delivery” on iTunes by clicking on this link. You’ll see two episodes there. The one you want is Episode 2. Due to a [...]
That’s What You Said