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Posted on 12/31/2011 6:36:09 AM PST by no dems
Just read on another thread where "American Idol" winner and recording artist, Kelly Clarkson has endorsed Ron Paul (spiking her CD sales 442%). He's also liked by Barry Manilow, White Supremacists, anti-Semites, the "Occupy" protesters, the anti-war crowd, and tons of other Liberals. So, I'm thinking....
Let Ron Paul run as a Third Party candidate. He is more like Dennish Kucinich than he is Rick Santorum. There are a lot of ultra-Liberals who are very disappointed with their "Hope and Change" President, but they'd never vote for a Republican. That would give them an outlet for a "protest vote" against Obozo and would actually probably help the GOP candidate. Am I right or am I crazy? Anybody???
By way of a very small sampling of my son's friends....the 30 year olds (eek!), they all say, to a person, they will now consider voting Ron Paul over Romney. They are extremely conservative and have been fighting the liberals and progressives since their college days. They have long email discussions over this very subject.
Paul's foreign policy is the only stumbling block to him getting this age group's conservative vote.
What crappy choices we have ended up with!
For every disaffected liberal there would be 100 libertarians who otherwise would vote for the Republican candidate.
A Ron Paul 3rd party run would hand the presidency to Zero — in a landslide.
It's not feasible in my judgment because liberals only vote Democrat no matter what. They are undiscerning.
Yes, it's my opinion....and I arrived at that opinion using common sense.
The radicals will use ANY means to get Obama reelected. A 3rd party attempt will siphon off votes to the contrary.
I won't do anything that might make it easier for "the one" to take the throne again.
Perot was a skunk and he deliberately set GHW Bush up for defeat. Paul is insane and should not be allowed anywhere near the WH.
For all those who say a third party vote for Paul vs. Romney insures an obama win: If Romney is the best the republican party can offer then YOU deserve another term of obama.
He's also liked by Barry Manilow, White Supremacists, anti-Semites, the "Occupy" protesters, the anti-war crowd, and tons of other Liberals.Thanks no dems.
"I've never been against a 3rd party run by candidates....except for this year!"
There is NEVER a perfect time to run a 3rd party challenge, and this is part of how the gop keeps conservatives on the Grand Old Plantation.
The left will ALWAYS run a candidate that is horrible from our perspective. What is unusual about this election cycle is that the likely gop candidate is about as horrible.
To rebel only in summer and when the conditions are perfect is to not rebel.
Dead right my friend. Paula is a nut case.A3rd party will secure another 4 years for Obama ..anyone with half a brain can figure that out .
A TRUE conservative is the only way to go
Dead right my friend. Paul is a nut case. A 3rd party will secure another 4 years for Obama ..anyone with half a brain can figure that out .
A TRUE conservative is the only way to go
I truly believe Paul is there simply to cover Romney's backside and assure Romney's win.
3rd party independent conservative run would be just dandy with me
3rd party assures an Obama victory. Man , I though people on FR had some common sense about politics
Paul is a viable alternative
No he's not. He will NEVER be president , NEVER . His published pamphlets alone would sink him in 5 seconds and his out of control radical foreign policy is laughable to a vast majority of thinking people . Never happen and a waste of time thinking of it . 3rd party and Obama is in . Anyone with a basic knowledge of politics KNOWS that
The thread should end at your post since it is the correct call.
IDIOCY...ALL third party runs assure democrat victories...whether it is Looney Tunes Paul or Egomaniac Trump, the result is the same...a democrat victory...
Perot gave us Clinton who had only 41% of the vote.
Not if Mittens is given the GOP crown......I have seen some here state they would rather BO ruin the country than a faux-Republican.
Well, that's where we disagree. I refuse to compromise my conservative principals to keep moderate left leaning republicans in power.
It is my view, those who vote election cycle after election cycle for the lesser of two evils or vote republican...because, well I'm republican are complicit in the march toward socialism. With all due respect of course.
If the republican party ceases to field conservative candidates, it is my responsibility to seek out the candidate that will likely support policy that will save this republic and defend the constitution as a mother with child.
Whether we arrive at a socialistic, liberty inhibiting, constitution usurping society quickly or at a slower pace, it's still socialism.
Folks do our nation no favors voting the party line at the expense of the republic.
The Commited leftists would vote for Obama.
The youth druggie constituence - would very likely go for Wrong Paul.
O'braindead has failed to deliver on the promised utopia, and the kids will abandon him.
Hope and change turned out to be living in their parent's basement with no jobs in site, and Mom and Dad are making them do laundry and be home by ten at night. Who knew change meant you still have a curfew when you're 23?
YEP , you are right my friend. This is THE most important American election ever. Obama must be defeated at all cost and voting for Paul certainly will not attain that goal.
The youth druggie constituency usually winds up watching tv election day and doesn't vote at all.
The youth druggie constituency usually winds up watching tv election day and doesn't vote at all.
I don't give a damn about what paul does.
No, not flippant, just delusional as to the political leanings of Paultards.
Paultards are, almost to a man hedonists who want a life without responsibility or consequence and as correctly pointed out they vote left.
I call bullshit.
Perot spent his own money to rescue Vietnam war prisoners.
Perot was for a balanced budget.
Perot's Company made money by selling IBM services to the Feds with medicare/medicade and the Blue Cross/Shield scam and so was a hypocrite about gummint spending but to say he was like kokospinach is just way off base.
Perot was no Reagan but dennis the menace is a communist through and through.
I've not had an issue with 3rd party candidates in the past simply because the republican party has veered left.
Sorry if that touches your sensibilities. I don't vote the party line.
It's all about perception. I feel those who vote for left leaning RINO's are complicit in the march toward an erosion of personal liberties and a socialistic society.
I will not be responsible for the destruction of this nation because I hold loyalty toward a party..not gonna happen.
Republican party better fix their candidates. Falls squarely on the party's shoulders.
Compassionate conservatism? Really? John "The Maverick for Change" McCain? Seriously? Mitt "used car salesman" Romney? are you kidding?
If this nation falls apart in part due to y'alls blind loyalty, it'll then fall squarely on the shoulders of those deceived by this corrupt two party mafia.
By the way, remember the HUGE sucking sound? Turns out Perot sent up the warning flag of things to come.
We've lost millions of good paying manufacturing position during the HUGE sucking sound.
Turns out, he was right. Problem is, there wasn't enough courageous Americans willing to step outta the boat to make a real difference at that time in history.
Step out of the boat and come on in for the big win...will ya!
They voted in 2008 though. in massive numbers.
Perot was a pro-abort
Perot was for a 50 cent additional gas tax ($1 today)
Perot showed no interest in reducing structural spending
Perot endorsed Clinton
The only third party candidate that would help the GOP is Hillary Clinton, and that won't happen.
So my guess was correct, you have no basis that Obama would win if someone was on a third party. And a bit overreaction ("how dare you") don't you think?
Yeah, I know. That's the problem.
The only way I can see Paul out flanking Obama is on Foreign policy, 911 truther stuff. That's not going to happen.
I think you're taking me a little of context here...
I am not for a 3rd party run this year due to the danger O-bozo presents
I agree with you there . The strategy is for US to take over the GOP ( as they suck for sure ) But this election is VERY dangerous to play with .
My FIRST priority is to make sure Obama looses. If he wins all else is a moot point as there will be no country left to save , not by a 3rd , 4th or 5th party . It won't matter. I HATE Mitt be assured of that .
I am not for a 3rd party run this year due to the danger O-bozo presents
We agree here !
And Clinton still pulled 49.2% of the vote. Perot got 8.4%.
Without Perot that could have been closer than 2000...
3rd party , Obama wins. THAT is the reality . My reality is that Obama MUST NOT WIN . If he does nothing else much will matter afterwards as America will become a bankrupt ,3rd world sh*t hole.
Got ya buddy .
You could be correct, but it would depend on what issues Paul would concentrate on and on how he would direct his attacks. On the whole though, I think that Paul would not attack Obama from the Left and he seems far more likely on the net to take votes from the GOP and to benefit Obama.
Gary Johnson is already running as a Libertarian. And there is also going to be a Green candidate.
I'd love to see a bunch of candidates. I hope there is a leftist challenge to Hussein, such as McKinney, Nader, or someone of that ilk. Someone well enough known to take some lefty votes.
I don't think there are nearly enough "thinking" Dem voters to sway things one way or another. The vast majority of Rat voters are simply mindless sheep that vote whichever way the MSM wants them to, easily controlled with propaganda and scare tactics. Unfortunately, there's a sizable chunk of the Repub voting block that is also easily controlled by the MSM.
So in the end, for a 3rd party candidate to have any chance at all of affecting the outcome of the election, the MSM would have to get behind them - and there's no way that's going to happen. We already know who the MSM anointed candidates are - ObaMao & Willard. I don't believe there are enough independently thinking non-sheeple voters on either the left OR right to change this. A third party candidate would get no support from the MSM, and would ultimately affect at most a percentage point or two in terms of swaying the overall vote. Which camp this 1%-2% swing would come from is anyone's best guess. But either way, we're going to end up with an MSM-anointed status-quo elitist in the executive office once this election is done.
A Romney nomination helps to re-elect Obama, whenter or not Paul runs 3rd party. But people don't seem to be worried about that ... especially the RNC
Problem is turnout would be so high from the left if both Obama and Paul were on the ticket, that even if we won the presidency, we would lose the House and Senate as they all checked off the down-ticket Ds.
Basically, we've got the presidency locked up if we nominate Newt, and definitely can't win if we nominate Romney or Paul. Everyone else has a 50/50 chance.
Don't be stupid, Be a smarty,
Come and join the Ron Paul Party!
Apparently, elephant, you didnt even read the Vanity Post.
Ref. your Post #21: Yes, your last statement is not only reasonable but is exactly the point I made in the Vanity Post.
The reality is that if a socialist wins it does not matter one damned bit if that socialist is Obama, or someone else. A socialist in the Republican party is actually worse than Obama as it gives the left both parties.
You really need to grow up and leave the highschool popularity contest view of politics your post just presented. There is a bigger and deeper view of the world that most adults grow into.
Seems Paul is running to keep his message alive - keep the country strong through sound money and non military involvement. His message is not supported now but lets see in 2016 when he wont be the issue. So I doubt he will run 3rd party unless the GOP kicks him out of debates.
In my view, this election basically ended for the worst for conservatives the day Sarah Palin decided not to run.
Yeah; Sarah, Jim DeMint, Paul Ryan..... the good ones decided, for whatever reason, not to run. So, we ended up with RINOs (Romney and Huntsman), wackos (Paul and Bachmann) and dummies (Perry and Cain). (Yes, I know I did not include Santorum and Gingrich in the RINOs, wackos and dummies). And, as far as Herman Cain, whom you mentioned......
Thank God we found out about Herman Cain before he got the nomination. I still say that if he was innocent of the charges, he would have stood and fought instead of running and hiding behind his wife and God. He let down a lot of people.
By the time Texas gets to vote in a primary....Iowa and NE states have already chosen the candidate.
If Ron Paul comes in first or second in Iowa, IMO, they are no longer relevant and should lose their "first in the nation" status.
Ref. your Post #32: I'll tell you how to explain '96.
#1. It's hard to defeat an incumbent.
#2. The GOP nominated a crusty, old fart who was entrenched in the Establishment just because it was his turn.
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NEWTON District Attorney David Flaherty Jr. says he wont take any action against Assistant District Attorney Jason Parker for accidentally firing his pistol in his office at the Catawba County Justice Center on Friday morning beyond making him pay for a broken window.
Parker, a candidate for district court judge, and Sean McGinnis, another assistant district attorney, were at the county firing range Friday morning brushing up on shooting skills, according to Flaherty. When they returned to Parkers office around 8 a.m., Parkers .380 semi-automatic accidentally discharged, according to Maj. Coy Reid of the Catawba County Sheriffs Office.
The bullet put a hole in a window overlooking the smoking area in front of the Justice Center. No one was injured.
I am disappointed in him (Parker), Flaherty said. He is a friend and a good district attorney. I know he reported it immediately to those who were supposed to be made aware of the incident.
Flaherty said he put a note in Parkers personnel file, but no charges would be filed.
The only thing I would consider charging Parker with is reckless endangerment, but the bullet traveled out the window, not into the building iteslf, said Flaherty. I will make him pay for the plate glass window, however.
Flaherty, district attorney for the 25th Prosecutorial District, said he got a phone call from Parker around 8:15 a.m. on Friday saying that he accidentally fired a pistol in the office that was once used by Flaherty.
Reid said the handgun had a mechanical malfunction with the ejector slide.
Sheriff David Huffman said Parker turned the handgun over to authorities and asked that it be destroyed by the State Bureau of Investigation.
I was on vacation when it happened, but I think that Parker was so shaken by the incident that he just wanted to get it out of his sight altogether, he said.
When someone asks to have a gun destroyed, the SBI checks the serial number to verify the history of the gun before destroying it.
Huffman said his department will also run a check on the weapon today.
Huffman said he assumed the pistol had been registered to Parker, but he was not sure.
North Carolina law does not require a handgun to be registered with the state, said Huffman. When you purchase a handgun, you must first fill out a permit to purchase, which asks for all the pertinent information, such as where you live, why you need the gun, etc. This is essentially the same information that registering a handgun would provide.
When asked about the legality of carrying a handgun into the courthouse, Flaherty said he saw no problem with it.
We are law enforcement officers, and there is no problem with my assistants or me carrying guns, said Flaherty. I carry one myself occasionally, although it is not concealed.
John Bason, public information officer for the state Attorney Generals Office, disagrees with Flahertys assessment of the law.
Bottom line is, district attorneys or their assistants are not law enforcement officers.
Therefore, they must abide by the same statutes that apply to anyone else who is not a sworn officer of the law, said Bason.
Huffman agreed.
I did not know that DAs were considered law enforcement officers. To be in law enforcement, you have to go to law enforcement school, even though I could swear you in right now.
Huffman said he has had several attorneys in the past request permission to bring a firearm into the courthouse for protection, but that the sheriffs office would assign an extra deputy instead.
Retired Superior Court Judge Oliver Noble said it was unwise and improper for Parker to bring a gun into the courthouse.
I have never seen him with a gun, said Noble. I dont know if thats against the law or not, and I have never seen anyone prosecuted for this. However, I have never heard of a law allowing a gun in a state office. If I were to guess, I would say there isnt.
As far as any charges that could have been filed, Huffman said that you have to look at each situation differently.
We treated this as if it was an accident, said Huffman. We dont condone bringing handguns into the courthouse by district attorneys. However, nobody was hurt, and the gun malfunctioned. You have to have some breathing room regarding the law. However, it is possible that I would go back and look at the situation further.
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Oh, yeah, that'll stop him from doing it again...just put a note in his personnel file. This puke should be charged with reckless endangerment. District Attorneys are NOT law enforcement officers...but they sure are treated as such when they screw up, negligently discharge weapons in a public place, and endanger the people they "serve."
Better luck next time.
The only thing I would consider charging Parker with is reckless endangerment, but the bullet traveled out the window, not into the building iteslf, said Flaherty.
Yup, nothing but targets and other Peons on the outside of the Hall of Justice, eh Flaherty?
The gun wouldn't shoot itself anyway - not just because the ejector was broken. Someone has to pull the trigger.
Pretty smart. Once the gun is destroyed, even an assessment that the gun was in fine working condition can be challenged very successfully since some sources of malfunction can be very subtle and cause problems very infrequently.
My guess would be that the trigger was pulled while a round was in the chamber and the gun "malfunctioned" by firing. Chalk up another statistic for the anti-gunners to use against the Second Amendment.
How come my employee can carry and I can't?
That's BS. It takes me less than a second to have my G17 chambered.
You may be right, but his story checks out with the way most .380's work. Most, but not all, are cheap Saturday Night Specials. Most utilize a 'blowback' action which is prone to fire on impact or being dropped.
Regardless, he did not have control of his weapon. Either he had not properly unloaded it or, instead of keeping it concealed, he was playing with it in his office when he dropped it.
Either way, negligent discharge.
If he replaces it, I hope he gets something a bit more serious, that .380 was more than likely to just piss off a bad guy.
The G17 is a nice weapon.
How long does it take you to rack the slide with one hand?
Maybe it's paranoid, but I don't want to take the chance that I might have already been winged when I present my weapon. I can rack it with one hand if I have to, but it takes me more than a second. Most gunfights are over in 3 seconds, I'm not willing to give the BG that much of an edge.
The proper way to carry a 1911 style is cocked and locked, period. It was designed to be carried with a round chambered, the action cocked, and the thumb safety engaged.
The proper way to carry a DAO or DA/SA semi is decocked on a chambered round. You may or may not engage the external safety if one is available. In modern semi, the firing pin cannot impact the primer unless the trigger is pulled.
The proper way to carry a modern revolver with a transfer bar is with all cylinders occupied (contrary to NRA instruction, which advocates having an empty chamber under the hammer -- which is necessary on old-style revolvers with the firing pin integral to the hammer).
Now, you die, and we all move up in rank!
In North Carolina that is less of an issue. We have quite a few 'conservative' democrats in NC. Many were known as 'Dixiecrats' in times gone by.
Your typical NC conservative Dem would vote straight D on county/state offices then pull the lever for Jesse Helms and Reagan in National races. They will often go out of their way to screw up D primaries.
I would be curious if these guys support an armed citizen.
Nah, most serious 380's are "real" guns and not "saturday night specials". And the fact the the mechanism is mostly blowback has little or nothing to do with accidental discharges - the gun's lockup at firing moment is something else than the firing mechanism :).
380's are mostly pure blowbacks - that is, the slide isn't locked at the moment of firing. Mostly, too, they're DA on the first shot and the rest SA. You're meant to carry them with hammer down and SAFETY ON. On my Astra Constable, that means locked trigger, hammer, and firing pin.
Ballistically, a hot 380 round is not too different from a 38spc, and the guns tend to be a bit more concealable.
Well, you go right ahead and keep your weapon in a functionally unloaded condition (round not chambered) if that's what you're comfortable doing. What you are ignoring, however, is the very great chance you will be stressed if you wait to chamber a round when actually faced with a threat. That's when you'll likely cause a feeding malfunction and have to clear the gun before being able to chamber a round and be prepared to fire.
Work on your handling skills, learn your weapon and apply the four rules of safe gun use. The Ass't DA in this situation obviously violated all four rules. The gun wasn't at fault, he was IMHO.
It is these irresponsible gun owners that give us responsible gun owners a bad name. What a nerd he is.
Reid said the handgun had a mechanical malfunction with the ejector slide.There's something fishy here. Most people have broken firearms fixed, not destroyed. I wonder what that trace turns up. (And if that info will be made public!)
Sheriff David Huffman said Parker turned the handgun over to authorities and asked that it be destroyed by the State Bureau of Investigation.
I was on vacation when it happened, but I think that Parker was so shaken by the incident that he just wanted to get it out of his sight altogether, he said.
When someone asks to have a gun destroyed, the SBI checks the serial number to verify the history of the gun before destroying it.
First shot means nothing. First hit means something :).
I don't know the P90, but I don't think it would be prone to a discharge if dropped. Most modern guns are protected against that sort of thing. One of my guns functions in the way you describe (a Steyr GB), and while it will go BOOM on a pulled trigger - which will have to be a trigger pull that cocks the hammer, btw - it will not discharge on being dropped. That is because the firing pin is protected from moving UNLESS the trigger is also being pulled.
Crush the the BAD pistol, that's the solution!
(I wish I had a dollar for every time a BAD pistol with a broken ejector just UP AND SHOT ITSELF OUT A WINDOW! Geez, if it's happened to me once, it's happened a hundred time.)
Rule one firearms do not go off all by themselves. I am willing to bet my house and my boat that I can lay a firearm on a kitchen table with a round in the chamber and it will not go off unless someone touches it. Any takers at even money? It would be nice to pay off my mortgage and get a long range fast trawler.
Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
The idiot can not even make up a believable lie.
Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
If this idiot had bought a .38 revolver instead of an auto, I'll be this would not have happened. Simple guns for simple minds, I say. Me included.)
Of course, since this guy is one of the anointed, he gets off with a wrist-slap anyway. No such luck for us commoners.
(But I didn't get caught.)
"See the bullets. See the cylinder. See the trigger. Don't pull the trigger, no shootee. Pull the trigger, shootee."
I think so, too. By the time I have found which pocket it's in and got it untangled from the car keys and eyeglass toolkit, another second won't matter.
Yes I still like my .357 revolvers and other toys but that Witness is so easy to just slip into a pants pocket it is ideal. It is so good I put my Kimber back in the safe.
Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
I had the same thought.
I picked up a Taurus ultralight 85 38sp with the concealed hammer at the last gun show.
I was getting increasingly uncomfortable toting my Glock 23 in the NC heat and humidity. For the summer, the 38sp with +p ammo, rides very easily in my Dockers pocket. I keep it in a Wild Bill horsehide pocket holster. Nothing else goes in that pocket, eliminating the problems with keys, etc.
When things cool off enough to start wearing the Glock again, I'll probably keep the 38 in my pocket as a NY reload. At 13.7 ounces, it's hardly noticeable.
I have no problem going between the Glock and the Taurus, since they operate the same way. Pull it, point it, pull the trigger.
IOW, if you cannot defend yourself one handed, you may not be able to defend yourself at all.
Further, if you leave a pistol loose in a pocket to get entangled with keys etc, you should seriously rethink your procedures.
The extractor removes the case from the chamber and the ejector removes it from the gun. The only thing I can think that he did was pull the slide back to empty the chamber and when the ejector failed, it sent the live round back into the chamber. That's the only way he could have had a faulty ejector cause the loaded chamber. In IDPA, I have seen too many shooters go throught the mechanical motions to clear, without physically looking in the chamber.
I thought Brady Bill clearance was not supposed to be used as a database for information on either the gun or the purchaser. Stupid me!!
Did not Ashcroft however imperfect he is, specifically ask the courts to enforce the letter of Brady Bill legislation which says this is only for purchase approval and not to create a database?
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I wrote this pretty decent blog regarding Yakuza 3 - and when I submitted it, it does not show up! I think I needed to save it first!!! AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!
How embarressing...
It was fairly lengthy so maybe you guys are being spared! LOL
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Meanwhile, at The Trump Rally in Austin (no, really)
Friday, February 26, 2016
A Short Stay in Houston: Old Pals, Work Stuff, a GOP Debate
This week I was in Houston for a short conference at which I presented. A nice, friendly little conference we have once a year with folks that have known each other a while, and where new folks are usually made to feel very welcome.
I was staying at the hotel on campus, a Hilton commissioned by the late, great Conrad Hilton as part of the hotel management school at the University of Houston that bears his name. During the conference, the candidates for the Republican party were slated to have a debate on the other end of campus, but CNN had set up adjacent to the library. So, yes, yesterday I saw the back of Anderson Cooper's magnificently silver head.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
If you see me on the news, it's going to be because I followed my lesser angels
So, a while back I scheduled myself to be at a conference at the University of Houston. It's a small, local conference and important to my professional community.
And, ha ha, that is the same campus at the same time where the Republican Party has scheduled it's next debate. That's right. As I'm eating the most-food like substance librarian money can buy and talking about the excitement of Thesis and Dissertation workflow over a glass of iced tea, somewhere on that same campus, Trump, Rubio and Cruz will be hollering at each other.
It's gonna be a disaster.
I was working at Arizona State University when President Bush and Senator Kerry had a debate on campus, and it was one of the worst days at that job. And that was a job where I pulled all-nighters and 100 hour weeks. Basically, it was super loud and crazy on campus, and I failed to leave early (because I was working. Like a chump.) and it took me two hours to get home as a post 9-11 Secret Service thought it wise to shut down all the useful roads.
So, we'll see what's up. Could be fine, but I'm staying at a hotel on campus that I assume will be filled with press and party faithful, so, if I get no sleep Wednesday or Thursday night, I blame the free-wheeling ways of an overly-excited bunch of political conservatives loaded up on Pixie Sticks and too many sodas.
Basically, I'm saying - I may go dark for a few days. Unless, of course, I see a news camera. In which case - LOOK FOR ME. Then, send bail. Because I have a LOT to say about this election cycle. Also: workflow for theses and dissertations.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Doc Watch: The American Experience - Murder of a President (2016, PBS Doc)
|James A. Garfield. He wore his beard honestly.
I don't watch as much of American Experience as I once did. I actually go to sleep from time to time these days, so that leaves less time watching TV, I guess. But when I heard The American Experience, PBS's long running documentary series on key events in American history, was making a doc based on Candice Millard's book, Destiny of the Republic (I believe suggested to me by Picky Girl), I had to check it out.
This week's episode, Murder of a President, covers the assassination of President James Garfield.
Yes, it's a case of "the book was better than the movie", but there was never any way a 2 hour doc was going to convey all the story Millard was able to get on the page. And, while the doc does try to capture the true tragedy of the murder, I didn't feel hollowed out in the same way that I did by the time I finished Millard's book. In fact, I teared up a few times getting through the book. Pretty remarkable for a non-fiction accounting of a President nobody talks about anymore.
Nonetheless, the doc is terrific and does a good job of understanding and translating Millard's work, and that of other historians and archivists detailing the story. You can watch it now on the PBS website.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
My Plan for America
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
TX Panhandle, TX Secession and the Freakout in Comic Culture over CosPlay Girls
It's work related. In theory, I should be home in 48 hours.
It is safe to say I am about done with the schedule I've been on for the past 6 weeks or so and the Thanksgiving Holiday cannot really come fast enough. I could really use some time just laying very still while someone else makes cornbread stuffing and lets me silently appreciate the Rockettes during their number at the Macy's Parade.
|if loving the Rockettes is wrong, I don't want to be right
TX Secession
I know it made headlines, but the petition sent to the White House and chatter about Texas seceding is all that it is. Chatter. The petition doesn't have enough signatures to fill half of DKR Memorial Stadium, and a whole lot of those aren't from Texas. I expect that in the years to come "secession" will be the pouty rallying cry of Texans wishing they could take their ball and go home when things don't go the way of insignificant politians from scrubby, backwater towns in The Lone Star State (seriously, press, stop giving these people a megaphone).
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Barack Obama Wins Four More Years
Most of you will guess who I voted for, but this isn't a political blog, and we're not going to dwell on the particulars of who received which vote from me.
I will say I am pleased that Austin voted in geographic representation to the City Council, doing away with the At-Large system that had - as Austin has grown - meant that areas (like the 78745) were not necessarily feeling the love from a city council focused on growth in the urban corridor and leaving those of us in Lower Austin out of future development plans for things we can use, like mass transit.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Texas Voting Demographics
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There's no point here except that I thought I'd share some actual representations of information. I just never really have a feel for Texas' voting patterns outside of Austin and that the majority of Texas is red.
We often say "Austin is a little blue dot in the middle of the state", and that's true. What I didn't know was that Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso would be blue, and I really didn't know The Valley was that blue.
By this time, we should be having a bit of this...
Democracy and Fellowship
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Reminder: Register to VOTE (in the U.S. of A.)
No matter your political stripe, if you live in the U.S., you've had your 18th birthday, and you aren't in prison, it's time to put on your Civic Duty pants and get to the polls.
We may forego the right to private political opinions at seemingly every juncture, but in Rome you had to publicly cast your vote. Which sometimes ended very badly for the guy getting beaten up or murdered as he left the polling location. That @#$% was CRAZY.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Signal Reads: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
It's now been more than 20 years since I sat in class and watched video of Germans dancing on the wall, and I still don't really understand how one day we had An Evil Empire with whom we were locked in the world's worst staring contest, and the next, we had Eastern-block countries cut loose from Mother Russia and spiraling into fresh, new problems (see: Sarajevo) and Russia deciding that a government based on something that looks an awful lot like gangsterism should take the place of the death-mask Stalinist taskmasters.*
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Cap is a Write-In for President In a Comic Somewhere
Was I surprised to read on a mainstream news site that Captain America is going to become President of the United States in the "Ultimate" version of the Marvel Universe? Well, yeah. I mean, that's a pretty drastic idea. Of course, I haven't followed the Ultimate universe in a while, and last I checked they'd also killed off Peter Parker, half the X-Men, and, I think, basically gone "dystopian" with their version of the world. So, you know, whatever.
I mean, Cap over in the mainline Marvel U pondered a run circa 1980 (we got Reagan instead, who, while charming, couldn't have taken Batroc the Leaper). And Superman was elected President in one of those "Imaginary Stories" back in the day, Lex won the election in 2000 as a third party candidate (with Superman's childhood pal, Pete Ross, as VP), and Morrison made a version of Superman President who appeared as recently as Action Comics #9 (Volume 2). And, Superman has been the Prime Minister of Russia over in Red Son. And that doesn't include the dozens of times Superman went crazy and declared himself either king of the gorillas, some locality or of all the Earth.
Back in the 1970's, Batgirl served in Congress for a number of years (it was insane). And, of course, one must never forget DC oddball youth-culture-appeal character Prez Rickard.
|and the President thought he'd really discovered something when he watched his first Kubrick movie...
Friday, August 31, 2012
A few things. I'm going to bed.
1. The mother-in-law, Judy, has returned home! This is big news. She'll be receiving rehabilitation at home for a while, and then, I guess, maybe at a clinic. But watching her progress over the last 20 days or so has been absolutely stunning. And, if I can step back a pace, it's also been completely fascinating.
Judy had damage in her speech center, and so in the days immediately following her surgery, she couldn't say much. And then more words came, and she could sometimes communicate what she wanted, but not very often. It's this slow build up. You can tell all the words are on the hard drive, and her thoughts are complete, but she's having trouble accessing a lot of her vocabulary. So while she isn't slurring not is there any loss of that fashion, she might not remember a word like "California". Even after you say "California".
The really interesting bit is what is there. A lot of phrases are there completely intact, and if you want her to sing a song she knows, she can do it from beginning to end. I sat with her last week and a commercial came on which used "Blue Skies", and when it ended, she sang the whole song. She does this with great regularity. Apparently, songs and phrases are in an easy-to-reach part of the memory bank.
Anyway, Jamie went down today and worked with her and hung out. I think I'm going down Sunday. But it's great to have Judy home and I am sure my father-in-law, Dick, is pretty pleased to not be sitting on the couch or chair in the hospital. Kudos to him for all the hard work.
2. The RNC is on but I haven't watched a minute, just as I haven't watched a convention since high school, so no news there. I'm not really following the election except via Factcheck.org, and, people... it's not pretty coming from either side. Let's just say I think we had a good run with this "democracy" idea, but we may need to move onto the Philosopher-King model.
I would also pitch the notion that we just let a council of scientists who would judge you via videoconference rule us. The one flaw in this plan would be if they ignored crucial, planet-saving scientific evidence. Which would never happen.
3. The annual sale is on at Austin Books and Comics, so if you're in town and want half-off on back issues or to go raid the back-issue store, they're open all weekend.
I had dinner with PalKevin who does not read comics, but he wanted to go with me to ABC afterward, and it was fun walking around with him. I found out he's read all the John Carter books (we agreed to disagree on the movie), but I had a harder time actually selling him on any comics.
As a man who already owns a lot of comics, I do have a strategy. I basically knew of a bunch of back issues I wanted that I didn't want to pay full-price for, and I just waited until this week, and then I bought them. I didn't really look for anything new, and yet, somehow, I was able to spend money. I was a bit more impulsive at the Sidekick Store, but not too much. I realize I am getting picky about the conditions of my Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane issues, and I'm not ready to start with reader copies unless its a book I've just not seen out before.
Came home with a lot of Joe Kubert drawn comics, including Tor, Our Army at War and others. And I picked up the DC Christmas Special with the John Byrne drawn Enemy Ace story which I've had in reprints, but, you know. Enemy Ace.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Well, I found MY candidate
of course, it can't go worse than the guy I voted for in the gubernatorial election 2 years ago...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A round-up of things (Cap Soldier Dad, UT political cartoon, Batman in his Lambo)
Over the past few days I've received a few links from you guys, and I guess its appropriate to comment.
Cap Homecoming
If you haven't seen the video of the little boy receiving a visit from Captain America for his birthday, and then learning that the unmasked Cap is the dad he thought was in Afghanistan where he's serving, then you really need to watch it.
An amazing and poignant moment, and a reminder that the US military is a volunteer military of men and women who are also fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters. Here's to all of our Captain Americas coming home.
Yes, I saw the Gawker article and cartoon. Yes, that's The Daily Texan.
Yes, The Daily Texan is the student paper at UT Austin where I went to school and currently work. Yes, its embarrassing.
I have literally no idea what the cartoonist was thinking, but contextually, just the use of the word "colored", which is only used in Texas in a weird, gallows humor sort of way to suggest backwards thinking, tells me that this cartoonist was trying to make a point which never quite made it into the strip, and instead just made UT's daily student paper look backward and racist.
If the cartoonist was trying to make a point about how the matronly and condescending media is telling the story by framing the story to a child-like audience to scare them, then... okay. I guess I get it even if I don't buy necessarily buy that interpretation. You'd pretty much need to be handed a few sign posts to get you there.
From looking at the rest of the cartoonist's work on the Texan website, all of her strips (if you want to call them that) are terribly inept and seem to fail to actually convey anything other than a general sense of "I watched CNN last night" and a bit of anger at someone running for student government*. Frankly, political cartooning is hard. The skill to create icons and symbolism to convey your opinion or some greater truth with a 2 second glance is hard to come by. Even among comic nerds, political cartooning gets a certain level of respect for the difficult task it represents. This student gets an F in cartooning.
But, pulling Eisner's work would mean The Daily Texan would then need to either fill that space with another cartoon (and lord knows how hard that would be to find), or run an ad for Forbidden Fruit or Tom's Tabooley or something. I just wish the editor or faculty advisor had been able to make a better decision before letting this see print.
Update: Eisner more or less admitted she screwed up the cartoon.
Yes, I saw that a guy who owns a Lamborghini apparently likes to dress up as Batman
And I saw that the cops pulled him over for having a bat-symbol, I believe, as his license plate.
Several comics sites talked about the guy, and who can blame them? A dude who owns a completely amazing black Lamborghini dressed himself up as Batman and drove around in the car (with the top down), pretty much doing what every single person in the world has always wanted to do.
Some were saying this guy does this for kids or a charity or something. Really, I don't know why he does it, but he's okay in my book.
Speaking of Batman
Here's every window cameo on the 1960's Batman program with Adam West and Burt Ward.
And how can you go wrong hiring Andy Devine to play Santa? I will tell you: You cannot.
My Personal Bug-a-Boo of the Day
Mixing historical figures with genre tropes is getting played out. Especially when you can tell that neither the artist nor the person writing the article (a) realizes this, or (b) realizes that this one in particular was done a long time ago and better as "Tales from the Bully Pulpit".
No, I don't care about the Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter movie.
Thanks to everyone for thinking of me and sending me links! Keep them coming.
*dear students: these elections will never matter anywhere, to anyone but to sad people reading grad school applications in basements
Thursday, December 15, 2011
So the internet might be dead by the end of the day today
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
We're not crazy about the SOPA Bill
I've censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet--a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/6377/uncensor
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
So, those guys were hiking the Iranian/ Iraqi border?
How has this not been a part of the story? Why is this buried several paragraphs down in every article where the information actually does appear in some form other than "hiking along the Iranian border"?
I guess I know now why the Iranians thought our friends may have been up to no-good shenanigans. Hell, I'm not sure I don't believe they were up to something.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
And Sometimes Superman Went Crazy and Became King of the World: Action Comics 311
I first saw this cover years ago, and only recently obtained a copy of Action Comics #311, the one where Superman becomes a despotic tyrant over all the Earth. Only, you know, in the kind of goofy way Superman would have become a despotic tyrant during the Silver Age in comics aimed at kids.
|I like that he added the fleecing to his cape. You got to class it up as king.
Superman does nothing by half-measures, so you should expect none of that here. The story in brief: Superman gets exposed to Red Kryptonite, which splits him into two sides, one bad and one good. The bad side remains Superman, but the other becomes human-strength Clark Kent. Bad Superman decides there's no good reason to help people, and so he decides to just lord it over them.
No, no it doesn't make any sense. But where have we seen this good/ bad split before? Well, not exactly before... you saw it in the Star Trek episode The Enemy Within. Also, we see good/ bad Superman as Superman/ Clark in... SUPERMAN 3 where Red-K was also to blame!
So, yeah. Red K. Its a real problem. Avoid it.
I'm going to editorialize like crazy here, but there's also an ad run in the front cover of the comic, featuring Bob Hope teaching kids about loving their neighbor, religious tolerance, wrestling with singular world viewpoints, etc... all in 5 panels! And it is seemingly sponsored by the US Govt.
|clearly, Bob Hope was a sleeper agent for Al Qaeda
Also: apparently kids were still into Bob Hope in the mid-60's.
But it's not that, nor the suggestion the comic makes that China built an entire replica of New York City (to scale, btw) just to blow it up for atomic bomb tests that I want to point to. No, its exactly the manner in which Superman demands the nations of the world crown him Head Cheese.
He heads to the United Nations general assembly, takes the podium, and...
|I invite you to click for full-sized madness
For those of you who didn't look...
|We will SUPER bury you!
Of course, the actual pounding of shoe to podium associated with Krushchev may be Cold War myth, but it was taught to me as fact. I am betting that was one of the more fun panels these guys put together. No idea what readers, their parents, or the CCA said about this one.
And I particularly love that Superman is still going to town, menacing the General Assembly with a bright, red boot as the cameras roll.
|at this point, I imagine Superman has broken out into song
This, by the way, is a two-parter!
And if you missed it:
|You can drop the "tator" part, Olsen


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It's my last Gin and Topics of the year. In fact, it's my last post of the year.
Lisa Gerber has two guest bloggers set up for every day next week. So, for those of you who'll be working, you'll have some good reading material to keep your brain fed.
My friend Michael Schechter (aka Shrek) is going to write next week's Gin and Topics…and I think it's going to be really good. He was working on it yesterday and sending me funny emails as he wrote.
For my last post of the year, I thought I'd make it fun and easy. You have both videos and images that don't require a lot of thought, but will provide family dinner conversation.
5. You Can Get Fired from Using Twitter. I found this on Jeff Esposito's top 50 tweets of the year blog post. Yes, @allhailmaryjane, Twitter is public and even your boss can read what you tweet. Moron.
4. Suburban Housewife. Warning! This has some VERY foul language in it. But if you can get past that, it's a suburban housewife rapping about family, mom duties, and drinking. It's pretty stinking funny!
3. In Which We Teach You How to Join the Boys' Club. Alright. I lied about the whole blog post just being videos and images. This is a really good read, though, and piggybacks on my Women Are Our Own Worst Enemies blog post from a few weeks ago.
2. Giant Pandas Play In Snow. Cute alert! Not only does it have Pandas, they're playing in the snow. I want one for my backyard (well, if I had a backyard)!
1. Building a Gingerbread House. Oh my friend Drunk Kitchen is back! OK, she's not really my friend, but I feel like she is as often as I watch her videos. In this episode, she pours herself some eggnog, tries to build a gingerbread house, and hilarity ensues.
Happy Holidays, my dear friends (and the crazies, too)!
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23 Comments on "Gin and Topics: Moron Award, Pandas, and Drunk Kitchen"
I highly enjoyed me some Drunk Kitchen
@Anthony_Rodriguez Isn't she funny?
Oh my. I think I'm going to have to watch My Drunk Kitchen more often.
@Erin F. You should subscribe to her channel. It's very funny stuff.
Nifty stuff here Gini.
@TheJackB Thanks Jack! Did you get an iPad for one of your gifts?
@ginidietrich Nope, not yet. Got a few nights left so who knows…
@ginidietrich and the precursor to my ruining it all!
@ginidietrich I could use one right now – oh, sorry – topics – got ya 🙂
@FrankDickinson I'll totally send you a gin and TONIC
#3 is great. Thanks Gini. I don't compete anyway, but I especially don't compete with other women. I am not jealous of other women. I think: your greatness doesn't lessen my greatness, and if I can boost you, I will. Sisters gotta help each other out!
ughhhh I so worked at an organization that reminds me of this….that's all I'll say publicly.
@jennwhinnem What?! I thought you and I compete. No?
Okay, drunk kitchen literally made me laugh out loud…and of course you know I love Suburban Housewife. And, I agree, we women need to support each other. I enjoy watching not just women, but men as they embark on a journey and enjoy success.
@debdobson62 I love Drunk Kitchen. She's funny
Drunk kitchen = awesome + Panda = made my afternoon until Santa comes 🙂
@jeffespo I personally love that tweet. So funny.
I'll be away next week too. Two little quick getaways to Boston and Baltimore. 🙂 But I'll look at these when I get back. I'm officially on vacation now… but I still find myself reading your site for fun. 🙂
@Tinu Too bad you don't make yourself further west. Say…Chicago.
Happy Holidays, dear heart. I've enjoyed reading & participating all year. It's been a hooty hoot !!! And, on top of that, YOU are the #TOP #Chef of #Chicago!!!!
@JoyFull_deb Merry, Merry Christmas! I'm so happy to hear your dad is well. xoxoxo
thanks Gini – i can always count on a smile from your posts. (and i learn stuff as well 🙂
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First Announcement for the 15th IMS World Congress on the Menopause.
For further information, including other Announcements and Updates, and to register go to www.imsprague2016.com.
Please note the change of date for the Congress after the first announcement.
It is now taking place from Wednesday 28th September to Saturday 1st October 2016.
Professor Rod Baber, President, visited Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, which is the venue for the 15th IMS World Congress on the Menopause from Wednesday 28th September – Saturday October 1st, 2016.
The Czech Republic is situated in central Europe, bordered by Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria. Prague is a city of 1.2 million people with the Vltava River flowing through it. The historical centre of the city has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1992 and is dominated by Prague Castle.
Prague is a significant traffic junction, well connected by major and budget airlines; 53 airlines fly to 130 destinations in 52 countries.
Being quite compact, Prague is an excellent Conference venue.
The Prague Convention Centre is situated just outside the Town centre. It is a large modern facility with an impressive record of hosting major medical and other congresses (including a NATO meeting). The mix of large and small meeting rooms, audio-visual and catering facilities will ensure the IMS Congress is, as usual, an outstanding scientific and social event. The Convention centre is connected to the city by a metro line with a train station adjacent to it. Also linked to the convention centre are two large hotels with over 650 rooms.
Prague has many hotels within the city as well and there are a wide range of choices and prices available. Delegates to the IMS congress will also be provided with a free public transport card for use during the congress as an added incentive.
It is a wonderful city to visit, full of history and culture and with ready access to other travel opportunities in The Czech Republic and neighbouring countries.
Professor Tomas Fait and his colleagues in The Czech Menopause and Andropause Society will be joining IMS in the organization of the 15th IMS World Congress in September 2016 and we can assure you of the very best in science, culture, entertainment and hospitality.
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As more natural gas vehicles hit the road, the need for refueling stations is becoming urgent, says a Navigant Research report that predicts 40 percent of the stations that will be opened in the next two years will be in North America. By 2020, there will be 30,000 stations worldwide, the report forecasts.
Natural Gas Vehicle Refueling Infrastructure says the growth of natural gas vehicles depends on the availability of compressed natural gas (CNG), and for heavy-duty vehicles, liquefied natural gas (LNG). With the explosive growth in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, making natural gas cheaper than ever, new pipelines offer increased supply.
This will lead to robust growth in refueling infrastructure as companies look to take advantage of the emerging market, but that infrastructure is more expensive than the set up for other types of fuel, the report says.
While CNG has an established component supply chain, building new pipelines to transport the fuel from the gas grid to the stations can be challenging, Navigant says. And LNG does not have a robust supply chain, so it has followed the diesel model by having fuel trucked in.
But despite these challenges, since both CNG and LNG are cheaper than diesel and gasoline, they are becoming more popular, leading to more demand for the vehicles and supply-chain infrastructure. CNG can be used by all vehicle classes but LNG is limited to heavy-duty vehicles. This, according to the report, which is why the market for CNG is more mature than the LNG market.
Fleet operators have begun switching to natural gas because of the price advantage. For example, United Parcel Service expects to save 40 percent in fuel costs by switching its long-haul semi-tractor trailer fleet to natural gas. Scott Wicker, chief sustainability officer at the world's largest package-delivery company told, told Bloomberg that UPS is reducing gasoline and diesel to cut emissions.
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'Wandering truffle hunter' at Ristorante Bartolotta Wednesday
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The restaurant will have regular dinner service tonight from 5:30 to 9, but the chef's menu will incorporate dishes with truffles in the tradition of Piedmont, one of Italy's top truffle-producing regions, with wine pairings. »Read Full Blog Post
Bieber reminds us that he still makes music
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But he's trying to end his year reminding people he's actually a musician with an iTunes exclusive album, "Journals." Released Monday and reportedly only available as a bundle of songs for two weeks, "Journals" features 10 songs that were previously released on a weekly basis starting in October as part of his recent Music Monday series, plus five brand new tunes. »Read Full Article(11)
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No. 5 Holiday Hit »Read Full Blog Post
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The latest dual-core Optimus LTE 2 from LG is now available in Korean market. In case you don't know yet, the LG Optimus LTE 2 is the successor to the original LG Optimus LTE.
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- Install the usb driver
- Do not try to plug the LG Optimus LTE 2 into your PC until you have finished installing the driver and restarted your computer.
This usb driver works for Windows XP, Vista and Win7. Have a nice day.
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