Anohter attack on states rights

July 13, 2004

As the people of the country wait for the Senate to once again take up the business of running the country (whilst they are currently debating removing civil rights from the constinution) comes word of another attack on states rights. The Bush Administration, after being elected on a platform of states rights, is now trying to strike down state law in Oregon.

In an unusual move Ashcroft asked the 9th circuit to rehear the case instead of taking the case before the Supreme Court. Could it be that the administration woul

Why content management fails

July 12, 2004

I came upon an article by Jeffrey Veen today that makes some very good points. In talking about the general lack of success with Content Management Systems he notes that websites are publications. Further, "all publications require editorial expertise."

His argument pertains particularly to companies and their web-sites. But, what about blogs?

I'll leave that as a rhetorical question today to be revisited soon.

What's in a name

July 12, 2004

Ken Salazar's website is Salazar for Colorado. Mike Miles' site is Miles for Senate.... I wonder who has the interests of the people of Colorado most in mind? A name says a lot about the aspirations held when it was chosen - its not an accident.

Miles campaign gets negative

July 12, 2004

I haven't been commenting much about the Colorado Senate race recently but an e-mail from Mike Miles campaign manager this morning struck me as one of the worst examples of the many gaffs that are made too often in politics. The email is below but allow me to comment. Point by point.

Firstly, if you want be known as the "underdog" then turning to the dirty politicking of calling anyone who endorses your opponent a "cowardly politico" is probably not the way to get started.

The missive then goes on to describe the efforts the "grassroots" campaign is undertaking to win the election. The thing is they are all the steps of a professional politician. Visiting the the campaign's website it is obvious that plenty of money is being poured into a flashy site while real content or innovation are not to be seen... Oh yes you say there is a "blog" section... with a single post from nearly a month ago. Wow that is innovative.

Homeland security threat level

July 11, 2004

When you can't win at the ballot box then move the ballot box. We learned earlier this year that the methods of extracting information from prisioners, borrowed from sadistic dictators, had been added to the adminstration's bag of tricks. Now comes the news that the Department of Homeland Security is looing at ways of postponing elections. Does it scare anyone that a president who was not elected by a majority of the people, who leads his country to destroy a weaker country on the basis of l

Driving Naked

July 9, 2004

I spent most of today driving wihtout a flasher for the turn signals. It would not have been so bad but when it fails the turn signal won't come on. It leads to an odd feeling as though one is driving totally exposed. It is worth remembering for VW Passat owners that the flasher is the hazard flasher. I had two parts stores not sell one telling me it was different than the turn flasher. The $30 part from Volkswagen includes the push-button control for the hazard flashers. The flasher unit itself mounts in the dash right behind the button.

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