Comments on: White House Writes Pre-Emptive Signing Statement on Exclusivity

By: siri

siri — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:02:52 +0000

aaaaand…… this is so LAME to be arguing the stimulation legislation WITH FISA! WHAT! a clusterf&#!*ck!!!!!!!!

By: siri

siri — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:01:13 +0000

Oral Hatch has got one hell of a lot of nerve to be asking “do we really need a statute to ensure the separation of powers” after what THIS ADMINISTRATION has done to that concept! He’s on the same list of mine with LIEberman and really really needs to GO AWAY FOREVER!

By: bmaz

bmaz — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:54:33 +0000

Heh, My in-laws have a winter place on the ocean in Naples; been down there a couple of times. Never seen so many cops per capita in my life; not very friendly ones either.

By: phred

phred — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:27:02 +0000

Oh you noticed those, eh? I’m not sure how caucus “votes” are recorded. I think in some cases they are proportional representations, not head counts. However, I have no idea how things work in AK, nor do I know if the Dems and Reps employ a different system to record the tally. Hopefully I’ll find out more later…

By: JohnJ

JohnJ — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:23:10 +0000

Unless you have a strong heart, low blood pressure, and infinite free time; don’t move here! It’ll kill ya’. *g*

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:20:13 +0000

Excellent! Thanks - another bookmark in my folder…
Those Alaska numbers are bizarre, though…. must be a mistype? There can’t be only 302 caucus voterse for Obama, and over 8,000 total Republicans turning out. That doesn’t make sense.

Good resource - thanks!

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:17:43 +0000

Slightly OT, but … bummer. The Apple stores that I go to (I have two that I frequent) are extremely helpful, and once they get to know you, can be a wealth of great tips and info. When you’re ready, head on back.

A lot of good, creative thinking goes on in those Apple stores every day. And the Mac Genius bars are, IMHO, one of the finest customer service setups I’ve ever encountered. Plus, for $90/year, anyone can sign up for 12 months of ProCare one-on-one, tutorials, and you can make appointments as often as once/week if you want — podcasting, video editing… you name it. http://www.apple.com/retail/procare/

My Apple stores have been tremendous resources for myself, and for several teachers that I know — who then use the skills picked up at Apple to create resources that really engage their students. (Now, some of their former students work in thos Apple stores, so the cycle continues… ;-))

Bummer that you had a bad experience; I’d encourage you to try again.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:14:29 +0000

More than welcome to use my travails, that is why I put them out there. This stuff needs to be stopped. Thanks for all the condolences folks; but I’ll be okay. I am one testy little prick when confronted with such BS; I have a pretty good record as to what happened (although the video of the ordeal would have been perfect).

BSRH - Way cool story; and way to go!

EW - Meager food for souls forgot; but thanks.

By: selise

selise — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:11:16 +0000

any time phred!

By: JohnJ

JohnJ — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:09:57 +0000

Ouch, sorry about the lousy grammar; I’ve been writing way too much “C” code this morning to form a proper sentence in English. (Assembler is worse since everything is in RPN).