Archive for December 2006
The monthlies.
End of an Era
Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, is set to be hung by 7pm, reyonthehill time. Will this act bring peace to the region? Would sparing Saddam’s life have the same effect? I remember first learning about Saddam during the Gulf War when I was young (and the Bills were playing in their first Super [...]
Biden, Edwards Join The Fray
Two more democrats have thrown their hat into the presidential election circle-jerk — John Edwards and Joe Biden. Now conventional wisdom says that Biden cannot win and Edwards is a leading contender. Although I hate to agree with CW, it happens to be frustratingly true. Biden is from the northeast (Delaware), which is not a [...]
Quote of the Day (Belated)
Former President Gerald Ford on the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld war in Iraq… “I just don’t think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.“ Back in May 2005, I blogged some Ford-era retro-style presidential photos featuring Rumsfeld and Cheney.
In the News… An End-of-the-Year Craptacular.
Who needs an end-of-the-year special when you have news items like these… – “President Bush went to his ranch Tuesday to rethink U.S. involvement inIraq.” Could this not have been any Tuesday this past year? – Headline: Flaws Are Detected in Microsoft’s Vista. Um, who didn’t see this coming? – And “because scientists have concluded [...]
Blogging Live from the Apple Store
I am here in Walnut Creek using up a gift certificate at Crate & Barrel (result: two lamps for our living room downstairs), and will head over to Chipotle for a burrito before heading back home. I am working on a MacBook here at the Apple Store, and although I really want one, I am [...]
Late Morning Politoon
Toles crawls through the rhetoric… Image: Washington Post
A Week Off
I am on holiday all this week — jealous??? — and I am in the middle of changing servers for the website (which is not the least bit fun but, at the same time, so very rewarding). reyonthehill is now finally situated at www.reyonthehill.com, and I hope you haven’t noticed, because that would mean I [...]
All Rise
Although I am a born-again Pagan, merry Christmas.
3.5
Another earthquake, in the same exact location (2 miles south of Berkeley), with a 3.5-magnitude just shook my house. It occurred at 9:21am. This is not a good sign; all of these small tremors may actually be foreshocks to the big one that is long due on the Hayward Fault. UPDATE: SFGate’s first report came [...]
3.7, Take 2
This is not a repeat: Another 3.7-magnitude earthquake has hit (just a few minutes ago, at 10:50pm), in almost the exact location: a few miles south of Berkeley, in the hills, along the Hayward Fault. I was falling asleep on my sofa on the third floor of our home when a quick jolt woke me [...]
Bad Idea
In order “to restore the [Democratic] party’s image as one hospitable to ethnic minorities, families, religion, the working class and women,” incoming Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi is throwing a four-day-long party to celebrate her swearing-in. I’ve always despised the presidential galas — especially those at the taxpayer’s expense. Even if the events are funded by private [...]
Late Morning Politoon
Toles on Cheney’s long list of accomplishments… Image: Washington Post
Feeling Sorry For Bush
I guess my idea of a Bush/Cheney ticket in 2008 is out the window. “The unpopularity and dismal job-approval ratings of his brother may have scuttled any plans Jeb Bush may have had [to run for president].” Aww. Wait a minute. Am I feeling sorry for Jeb Bush? (Just like that homeless person’s dog, I [...]
3.7
Sitting around the table with my wife after dinner, a sudden jolt shook our house — a brief second or two of sharp movement. It was the result of a 3.7-magnitude earthquake three miles south of Berkeley in the hills. The earthquake event occurred at 7:12pm. UPDATE: A lot of people felt the earthquake (as [...]
9-to-5 Thoughts: The Pets of the Homeless
What’s worse than bums? Bums with dogs. I mean, now you just can’t walk by not feeling bad about the homeless person, but you can’t help but feel sorry for the homeless person’s dog. The dog is just lying there, hoping for some food, not realizing how much his owner sucks. I mean, what a [...]
In the News
- A recent study finds that most Americans engage in premarital sex. “The data clearly calls into question the federal government’s funding of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs for 12- to 29-year-olds,” says the study’s author. Good point, considering that “under the Bush administration, such programs have received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.“ – People [...]
Reason No. 269 To Not Live South Of The Mason-Dixon Line
Virginia GOP Representative Virgil Goode wrote in a letter to his constituents… The Muslim Representative from Minnesota [Keith Ellison] was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don’t wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the [...]
Currently Reading
I’ve finished the book I was reading — a great book by the way — dealing with the issues a family has following their father’s passing. Very humorous actually; recommended. I am now moving on to another collection of short stories, The Night in Question by Tobias Wolff… Image: Amazon.com This is another one of [...]
CBS Breaking News With Fluff
Please no, CBS; this is not “breaking news.” Well, maybe it is; but it isn’t warranted to be a headline on your website. You’re becoming one of them… Image: CBSNews.com
In the News
- Kos continues his overzealous attacks on California Democrat Ellen Tauscher, who has supposedly “consistently undermined the Democratic Party.” Much like Joe Lieberman, I guess. Alas, Lieberman is still in office. – With the incoming Speaker of the House being from San Francisco, my representative in Congress has more power in Washington. “Rep. George Miller [...]
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