Archive for November 2003

The monthlies.

• San Francisco Tree Lighting

  I am somewhere in this crowd at the tree lighting ceremony held in Union Square in San Francisco.

• Fox vs. The Simpsons (or Fox vs. Fox)

  Rupert Murdoch, chairmain of News Corporation, which owns Fox and Fox News, along with many other media outlets, threatened to sue the makers of the Simpsons over a portion of the show that mimicked the Fox News bottom line scrolling headline. Therefore, Fox threatened to sue… Fox. The controversial Simpsons scrolling news: Pointless news crawls [...]

• Eluding Illusion

• De Witt Clinton

  De Witt Clinton, mayor of New York City, was the driving force behind the Erie Canal, which became known as “Clinton’s Ditch” and “Clinton’s Folly” in the early years of the ambitious project. His uncle, George Clinton, was the first governor or New York and the sitting vice-president when De Witt unsuccessfully ran for president [...]

• 1812 Election Results

  The following are the results of the 1812 presidential election. James Madison retained the presidency and Elbridge Gerry became Vice President. President James Madison (Va.) 128 De Witt Clinton (NY) 89 &nbsp Vice President Elbridge Gerry (Ma.) 131 Jared Ingersoll (Pa.) 86

• Big East Prowess

  In the first ESPN/USA Today poll of the season, seven (count them: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven…) members of the all-new powerful Big East are ranked in the top 25. UConn (#1); Syracuse (#7); Louisville (#16); Cincinatti (#17); Notre Dame (#19); Pittsburgh (#22); and Marquette (#23). Without any argument, this is the best [...]

• What would a Bushie do?

  What would a Bushie do… …to clean up the environment? – Let the polluters regulate the polluters. (Because pollution doesn’t really exist, it’s just been made up over the years by the environmental wackos and PhDs at Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, Syracuse, MIT, et cetera. “They know nothing; I know all.”) …to decrease foreign oil [...]

• User Illusion

• Fox News Sleep-Over Conspiracy

  Manuel Miranda, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, forwarded this e-mail from Elizabeth Keys, senior communications adviser for the Senate Republican Conference, to all the top GOP staffers. The e-mail concerns coverage of the Republican protest over Democrats’ filibustering GOP judicial nominees. Here is the forwarded e-mail with a one-line note to other [...]

• Use Your Illusion II

• NFL Halfway Review & Predictions

  Each team has now played nine games, no more, no less. So let me take this opportunity to revise my picks for this year’s Super Bowl. Division Winners: AFC — East – New England Patriots;b North – Cleveland Browns; South – Tennessee Titans;a West – Kansas City Chiefs;b and NFC — East – Philadelphia Eagles;a [...]

• Jupiter’s Quaint Neighorhoods

  This NASA file image obtained 29 August, 2002 shows a view of the planet captured by the Voyager 1 spacecraft. (AFP-NASA/File)

• 1808 Election Results

  The following are the results of the 1808 presidential election, the second following the 12th Amendment to the Constitution which established separate votes for President and Vice President. James Madison became the fourth President and George Clinton remained Vice President. President James Madison (Va.) 122 Charles C. Pinckney (SC) 47 George Clinton (NY) 6 &nbsp [...]

• Use Your Illusion I