March, 2012 archive
QOTD 0
Robert Orben, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that “individuality” is the key to success.
Endless War 0
John McCain wants to blow up more stuff.
Have Cake, Eat It Too 0
Daniel Ruth reveals the duplicity of Republican reverence for Rush:
But when the Father Coughlin of Palm Beach goes more off script than Ted Baxter, suddenly he’s dismissed as nothing more than an “entertainer” — and you know how harmlessly goofy they can be when they are entertaining.
Vote for Meow 0
The punditocracy is fond of calling for compromise candidates in the wishful, but deluded, belief that today’s Republican Party is capable of compromise.
Perhaps this candidate can fill that bill.
QOTD 0
Marian Anderson, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
The Republican White Paper 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., points out that the Republican Party as it presently exists looks not to the future, but to the past:
In short the days, when old white men were in control (or at least thought they were in control) and no one else mattered or, for that matter, was considered to exist.
Read the rest.
Captains Courageous 0
Dick Polman considers Republican fealty to their media overlord:
Conservative columnist George Will called them out yesterday on ABC News: “Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh. They want to bomb Iran, but they’re afraid of Rush Limbaugh.”
Naturally, Republican leaders have expended the bare minimum of words on the Sandra Fluke episode, hunkering in their bunkers for several days while Limbaugh treated her the way a junkyard dog gnaws meat. I’m referring to the presidential candidates and the Speaker of the House.
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Mid-Life Crisis 0
Alyona and her guests wonders why the sudden Republican focus on birth control and suggests that Republican men might be having identity problems because of not being able to go all Don Draper with (perceived to be) their women:
QOTD 0
Linus Pauling, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
Meta: New OTR Link 0
I’ve added a new Old Time Radio Link to the sidebar, over there, on the right, about halfway down:
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Thanks to CBSRMT for bringing it to my attention.
Back from the Shadows Again 0
Last night I tried installing a plugin that did not work and play well with others.
Attempts to undo the damage to my database were fruitless, so I have dropped back to the my last known-good backup.
I’ve lost a few days of drivel (I don’t kid myself that my daily ramblings are deathless).
When I feel like another visit to MySQL hell, I might try to restore them, but, for now, I’m going to go do a crossword puzzle.
Normal blogging will resume sometime or other.
I have nothing but compliments for the tech support rep at GoDaddy who assisted me. In addition to pointing me to the right process for restoring the database, he took extra time to look up the possible cause of the error that was keeping the site from working properly.
Update:
I just finished testing the corrupt database from last night. If it were any more messed up and useless, it could join a Republican primary.