tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628312011-04-21T21:34:29.164-04:00The Green[e]house Effect: a WeblogSkewering the ridiculous and hailing the sublime since 2002.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comBlogger6051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-950424952003-05-29T13:37:00.000-04:002003-05-29T13:37:44.286-04:00Leaving the Station: After a great run with Blogspot, I've set up a new site at http://greenehouse.net. Hold tight — the new page should load in a few seconds. If you run into trouble, just follow the link.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-950423862003-05-29T13:35:00.000-04:002003-05-29T13:35:10.063-04:00Leaving the Station: After a great run with Blogspot, I've set up a new site at http://greenehouse.net. Hold tight — the new page should load in a few seconds. If you run into trouble, just follow the link.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-950022312003-05-28T15:39:00.000-04:002003-05-28T15:39:51.146-04:00Can U-Ga. Republicans Minor in Influence Peddling? [Also posted at the Political State Report.]Courtesy of a friend, I received a fax last week that could raise some eyebrows among state ethics authorities. It's from the U-Ga. College Republicans, and advertises the "Ronald Reagan Golf Tournament" — a one-day event scheduled for the first week of October.The greens fees look steep. (A gold-level Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-949231822003-05-26T23:30:00.000-04:002003-05-26T23:30:49.936-04:00Toast the Buns!: If you need a fix of surrealism, you can get a heady dose from PaRappa the Rappa 2 — a music game that melted my brain Saturday night while I tried to watch a game of chess.
Watching the PlayStation 2 render two-dimensional characters on a wall-sized projection TV would make anyone do a double take. As if that weren't enough, though, the game designers one-upped that stunt withGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-947723512003-05-23T01:07:00.000-04:002003-05-23T01:07:33.090-04:00War on War: That's clearly what's needed, in the wake of this stunner:A small sample of Afghan civilians have shown "astonishing" levels of uranium in their urine, an independent scientist says. . . [b]ut he found no trace of the depleted uranium (DU) some scientists believe is implicated in Gulf War syndrome. Other researchers suggest new types of radioactive weapons may have been used in Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-947713382003-05-23T00:38:00.000-04:002003-05-23T00:38:45.570-04:00Dead Letter Office: Another serving of remaindered links, courtesy of the management. I need to come up with a way to implement a remaindered links sidebar, à la Dominey and Kottke — but with this site on Blogspot, the only solutions I come up with involve some ugly coding choices. [For instance, floating frames. Ugh.]Feh, It can wait until the redesign. Or until greenehouse.typepad.com. At any Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-947562882003-05-22T17:53:00.000-04:002003-05-22T23:19:14.000-04:00 The Digital Groundswell: My boss's affinity for John Edwards notwithstanding, I have to give props to Howard Dean for doing more than I've noticed from any other candidate to spark grassroots support among Democrats. The latest evidence comes in the form of this post-cum-press-release from the Dean Call to Action weblog:Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean has raised $1 million without Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-947208662003-05-22T00:25:00.000-04:002003-05-22T00:25:12.313-04:00Goin' to Chicago, Pt. I: Readers in Chicago should take a look at Gapers Block, a Morning News-style group site launched in the last few days by some of the city's best bloggers. Looks like a great addition to the blogosphere.You know, Atlanta could use a site like that. Shifty Eye comes close, but two guys can only do so much. Some great talent lives here . . . Jessica? Reid? Melanie? Janeane? Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-947090502003-05-21T19:20:00.000-04:002003-05-21T19:22:49.000-04:00The Looting of America (cont'd): More accounts of routine business in the time of George Bush:Wall Street Journal :: "Chemical Manufacturers Elude Crackdown on Toxic Materials." For months after the terrorist attacks, the impassioned desire to protect Americans led even a Republican administration to crack down on important industries. Once those emotions subsided, Washington reverted to the Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-946191132003-05-20T01:31:00.000-04:002003-05-20T01:31:47.416-04:00It Is Not the Silver Spoon That Bends . . . Did anyone — presuming that you and every other sentient being spent time at the multiplex last weekend — notice a brief and well-timed glimpse of a certain Texan during one of the pivotal scenes of The Matrix Reloaded?I missed the trailer for Revolutions after the credits, by the way.A friend who stayed in the theater told me he closed his eyes for it,Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-946129222003-05-19T22:55:00.000-04:002003-05-19T22:55:48.380-04:00Say You Miss Me: So what happened while I was out?Kevin Drum said what I wanted to about Jayson Blair:Here's a question for you: was the infamous "diversity program" that Jayson Blair was part of really an attempt by the New York Times to hire more black reporters? And did they promote Blair too fast and overlook too many mistakes because he was black?That's the conventional wisdom among — well,Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-943436372003-05-14T15:11:00.000-04:002003-05-14T15:11:29.590-04:00iTunes for the Taking: A discovery that's made the rounds on the Pho list blew into the open this morning thanks to a post from Kottke: to wit, anyone with a basic understanding of Cocoa can turn Apple's updated music software into a Napster-style file sharing machine. The modus operandi involves tweaking a feature that lets users stream music between computers connected to a network:However, aGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-940730522003-05-09T16:57:00.000-04:002003-05-09T17:07:05.130-04:00When a Melting Pot Serves as More Than a Metaphor: With Georgia taking a beating [a deserved one] on race matters lately — what with the kids throwing a whites-only prom in Albany and the governor attempting to bring the battle flag out of retirement in Atlanta — it's worth celebrating when you learn a little-known example of how most folks down here quietly get it right.The New York Times | AlexGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-940490522003-05-09T09:08:00.000-04:002003-05-09T16:30:52.233-04:00I Shall Return . . . . . . later today. Scout's honor.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-936206652003-05-01T18:36:00.000-04:002003-05-02T12:51:19.523-04:00Happy Days Are Here Again . . . . . . for Kos, who tells us he . . . um, has some software in beta. =, Go wish him good luck.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-936203882003-05-01T18:30:00.000-04:002003-05-01T18:30:23.800-04:00If Blogging Platforms Were Automakers . . . Blogger: GM (market leading — but dull, and a little unreliable)Movable Type: Toyota (trusty — owners swear by them — and growing fast)Radio/Manila: Chrysler (in third place, and staying there. Comes with firebrand CEO!)TextPattern: Aston Martin (sleek, though a bit eccentric)LiveJournal: Volkswagen (popular with the hip and crunchy)Greymatter: Tucker (Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-936189732003-05-01T18:00:00.000-04:002003-05-02T12:50:14.090-04:00Gals Do It, Geese Do It, . . . . . . even kitchen-goddess filles do it [scroll to end of post]. Somebody get me cold water, stat.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-936181682003-05-01T17:44:00.000-04:002003-05-01T17:44:10.313-04:00. . . Music on the Web: I'll give Steve Jobs credit: he managed to hook a wire straight into my wallet this week. For all its flaws — Tim has some discussion of a few of them, and Joe Gross made some comments about pricing that I'll embargo until he can put them in print — the iTunes Music Store rocks. This really could grow into the celestial jukebox, the Napster-for-pay, that music industry Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-936159362003-05-01T16:58:00.000-04:002003-05-02T12:50:50.410-04:00Music on the Newsstand . . . Those paying attention last week might have noticed already, but for the rest of you, run, don't walk, to your neighborhood bookstore and pick up the Oxford American music issue and CD — a spring tradition back from the dead after last year's hiatus. They made a fan of me in 1998 — I pity the fool who doesn't own that year's disc — and this year's sampler is perhaps Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-936019392003-05-01T12:24:00.000-04:002003-05-01T12:24:09.650-04:00Hire This Man! Now that I'm fresh off the high of that victory, I'm raring to put my well-honed talents to use for somebody else. To expedite the process, I'm setting up an online file of recent projects [with the session done, I can finally share them] — complete, of course, with an obligatory résumé. I'll keep you updated as I make more material available. [I'm still playing with the résumé, byGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-936010012003-05-01T12:06:00.000-04:002003-05-01T12:10:09.040-04:00Whoo-hoo! Oh — I had good news, right?My colleagues and I scored major victories on the last day of this year's legislative session. Not to put too fine a point on it, we cleaned house.We knocked down the water planning bill that some lawmakers were using as a Trojan horse for an effort to let agribusiness and industry pull an Enron on the state. The law — true story — would have let them reap Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-935925962003-05-01T09:21:00.000-04:002003-05-01T17:45:37.310-04:00Fun with iTunes: Want to know how I linked today's 'Current Listening' to the iTunes Music Store? Tim explains the trick. Thanks to Bill Bumgarner for posting the links that let me reverse engineer his technique.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-935700562003-04-30T22:38:00.000-04:002003-04-30T22:38:39.576-04:00Let Me Clear My Throat: I still have good news, but this bad mood I'm in won't blow over without me giving it a shove. So: mind if I vent for a second?I hate being ununderemployed, with a passion.My post from the other day notwithstanding — no, I do relish free time, when I spend it well — having so darned much of it all the time pales fast. I should hardly complain, at least in theory; I know Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-934657242003-04-29T10:08:00.000-04:002003-04-29T12:25:30.276-04:00We Interrupt This Blog . . . Okay — what genius decided that 5 a.m. was just the time to have an earthquake? I prefer my alarm clocks not to function on the Richter scale, thanks.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-934417972003-04-28T23:19:00.000-04:002003-04-29T10:11:20.686-04:00Running with — and From — the Dog: Although I have good news tonight, something — call it empathy — compels me to note a profoundly disturbing post I just read at Stonefishspine.He writes about depression. He seems to be having a tough time with it, which I'd never have guessed from what I've known of his writing before tonight. It just goes to underline his point that "you don't know me" — but Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-931568552003-04-24T00:10:00.000-04:002003-04-24T00:10:51.313-04:00Movable Type for the Masses: I'm in.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-931549602003-04-23T23:34:00.000-04:002003-04-23T23:34:51.306-04:00May My Father Never Sit Me Down for This Conversation: From Sour Bob:Stories I Will Have To Retire, Volume Twoor, Your Honeymoon May Have A Different FocusThe following is a transcription, as close as I can remember, of my father's advice to me on planning the honeymoon for my ill-fated first marriage."You're planning your honeymoon soon, I know, and there are a few things I want to make sure youGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-930276872003-04-22T00:57:00.000-04:002003-04-22T01:00:07.436-04:00Legislative Notes: So, How Goes the Lobbying?: My aching back and I are still recovering from putting in long hours at the Capitol last week — and the session's still not over — but last Thursday, as Ice Cube might have put it, was a good day. Long story short:The Georgia Water Coalition legislative team, with which I have the unalloyed pleasure of working, gave proponents of water permit tradingGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-930236502003-04-21T23:39:00.000-04:002003-04-21T23:40:54.280-04:00And This Month's Book Selection . . . . . . is a curveball: The Human Stain, by Philip Roth. Here's a New York Times review, written by Michiko Kakutani.Thanls for all the suggestions about possible picks. You make me think we ought to get an online book club together once this is all done. Maybe a round robin book-of-the-month arrangement — with, say, Esta making the choice one month, Jessica orGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-930225332003-04-21T23:19:00.000-04:002003-04-21T23:23:58.546-04:00This Is Not the Greatest Post in the World . . . . . . this is just a tribute — a tribute to Nina Simone, the legendary and fiery-tempered jazz vocalist, who died today at her home in the south of France. She was 70.Kieran Healy gets it just right:Here’s a collection of hers that has some of her best recordings, including “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “Mississippi Goddamn” and the astonishing Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-930196372003-04-21T22:27:00.000-04:002003-04-21T22:30:49.200-04:00Legislative Notes: The Flag Gets Supersized: [Reprinted from the Political State Report.]Amidst the ongoing uproar about Georgia's state flag, a key detail managed to escape the notice of the state's lawyers: the banner that Governor Perdue wants the state to adopt is too big.In a report published last Friday, political correspondent Jim Galloway of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted that theGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-927177652003-04-16T10:49:00.000-04:002003-04-21T22:38:07.186-04:00The Clinton Excuse Rides AgainEarlier this morning, Mox — who I otherwise love, don't get me wrong — wrote a post about former President Clinton's latest critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy. Her comments were, shall we say, a bit intemperate.well look who's anti-American nowYep, our buddy Bill Clinton.The guy who sent a few cruise missiles into Iraq to "reprimand the dictator" Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-926902842003-04-15T22:49:00.000-04:002003-04-15T22:49:44.936-04:00It's the One That We Say Hail To: A radio station here in Atlanta just played "There There" — the first track from the upcoming Radiohead disc, Hail to the Thief. The atmospherics are Radiohead through and through, but the arrangement sounds reminiscent of vintage R.E.M. — until the last minute or so, when you can definitely notice hints of the studio trickery learned during the Kid A sessions. Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-926580272003-04-15T12:27:00.000-04:002003-04-15T13:51:35.000-04:00Loose Talk: The Southeastern Legal Foundation is apparently hopping mad with Peter Arnett for giving an interview to Iraqi television — but they seem to think he should get the firing squad for it:ATLANTA: The Southeastern Legal Foundation today called on the U.S. Justice Department to bring criminal treason charges against former MSNBC reporter Peter Arnett, who gave a lengthy interview with Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-926579092003-04-15T12:25:00.000-04:002003-04-15T12:46:31.000-04:00Green Eyeshade, Large Numbers and Small Print: It's tax day for procrastinators, and I've already spent part of the morning plowing through W-2s. [Thank goodness the legislature called a recess today. God really ismerciful.] I envy all with the discipline to get the pain overwith early — and I find myself thinking I wouldn't mind marrying Doc Searls' wife.
Best of luck to everyone in the same Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-926577952003-04-15T12:23:00.000-04:002003-04-15T12:44:34.000-04:00Make No Small Plans: Remember that big talk a few days back about heading up to Alexandria for a weekend to help with Rob's campaign? Well, I'm glad I didn't race right ahead and book a ticket; it looks as though the legislature wants me to stay put. An impasse over the 2004 budget [more on that in a bit] has forced lawmakers to stretch the length of the annual session yet again; now, instead of Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-925804032003-04-14T09:17:00.000-04:002003-04-14T09:19:11.840-04:00We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: I have to take a moment to note that yesterday marked the date known as Founder's Day among my circle of friends at the University of Virginia — which is to say, put in everyday terms, that it was the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. Tim Jarrett has picked out some quotes from the man that seem even more relevant this year than most.“I abhor war and view it Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-925777592003-04-14T08:11:00.000-04:002003-04-14T08:11:52.623-04:00Catch Me If You Can: From Idle Words:This is pretty brazen — the 'hot potato' school of pre-emptive war. How come we can't find chemical or biological weapons in Iraq? Because they were moved to Syria! Washington intelligence sources claim that weapons of mass destruction that Saddam was alleged to have possessed were shipped to Syria after inspectors were sent by the United Nations to find Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-925630282003-04-14T00:31:00.000-04:002003-04-14T00:32:42.310-04:00It Was Ten Years Ago Today . . . . . . that Marc Andreessen taught the band to play.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924884162003-04-12T12:10:00.000-04:002003-04-12T12:21:08.076-04:00Roddenberry, Call Your Office: I learned this morning over at the Expat Egghead that the Pentagon is developing something brutally nifty: a self-healing minefield.The Self-Healing Minefield system is designed to achieve an increased resistance to dismounted and mounted breaching by adding a novel dimension to the minefield. Instead of a static complex obstacle, the Self-Healing Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924875382003-04-12T11:46:00.000-04:002003-04-12T11:46:23.043-04:00The More, the Merrier: I would welcome these two to the liberal precincts of the blogosphere, but Digby and Billmon are already well-known to anyone who frequents the comment boards. They've set up blogs of their own now — and judging by two valuable posts available this morning, not a moment too soon:Billmon details how American troops in Baghdad had to spend a day as armed-and-ready art Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924843492003-04-12T10:18:00.000-04:002003-04-12T11:58:19.450-04:00. . . and the Home of the Lame: Forget about Universal Records — for the sake of all that's good and holy, we need to convince Apple to buy the Atlanta Braves instead. [Before AOL Time F$#*£-up finishes off what's left of them, that is.]
Apple, buying a baseball team, you say? Well, it makes about as much sense as Apple buying 50 Cent and U2.While we're on the subject: has everybody heard about Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924606122003-04-11T21:08:00.000-04:002003-04-11T21:08:00.013-04:00In Case You Missed It . . . New at the Political State Report: Atlanta Mayor Leads Hypothetical Senate Race. Bon apetit!Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924120482003-04-11T02:20:00.000-04:002003-04-11T02:20:28.670-04:00Lavatory Literature: I don't usually study bathroom walls for worthwhile reading — and I can't say I'm about to pick up the habit — but while I was out earlier tonight with the usual environmental suspects, I spotted a limerick during a side trip to the facilities, and it turned out to be one I actually have to credit as kind of clever. [Well, bawdy, of course — look where I found it, for crying Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924116752003-04-11T02:09:00.000-04:002003-04-11T02:12:04.000-04:00Much Music: Listening to an *.mp3 playlist right now that I've been cobbling together for a week or so — it's composed mostly of war songs, mixed in with a few tracks that feel more introspective. Events have superseded it to some extent, but it still sounds good:"To Washington," John Mellencamp"Spit on a Stranger," Nickel Creek"You Never Know," Dave Matthews Band"Look Inside America," Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924109282003-04-11T01:51:00.000-04:002003-04-11T02:31:59.000-04:00The Business of Government: I forgot to mention the other day what was undoubtedly the most important vote that lawmakers cast on crossover day. It was on hamburgers. No, really.At about a quarter past six, the legislators — realizing they were about to pull an all-nighter — tapped the speaker to schedule a vote on what to order from the Varsity for takeout. [For those not from here, the Varsity Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-924102782003-04-11T01:35:00.000-04:002003-04-11T01:41:46.000-04:00More on War It's nose to the grindstone time here at the Green[e]house, as the legislature heads into its final stretch. Still, I wanted to share some commentary from elsewhere on the web about the most recent events in the war:Jeff Cooper:And, like most of those who opposed the start of the war, I'm thankful that it's gone as well as it has. Does that mean that I should now confess error and Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-923408452003-04-10T01:13:00.000-04:002003-04-10T01:13:05.450-04:00Not With a Bang . . . Not to call the outcome with undue haste — bombs are still falling, men still dying, and children coming to grips with a life totally unlike the one they had known just days before. But with the scene in Baghdad, I think we can all but put a fork in this one — Saddam is done. Thank God the war was so mercifully short, considering what might have been.I won't begrudge people Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-922640832003-04-08T23:09:00.000-04:002003-04-09T01:26:37.000-04:00Separated at Birth? Lawmakers forced me to flee from the Capitol tonight — debate was just running too long for any reasonable person to tolerate. Here's the story: South Georgia Democrats and state Republicans decided over the weekend to force a referendum on reviving the Confederate-knockoff state flag through the House. That prompted the Legislative Black Caucus to deliver payback . . . by Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-922221792003-04-08T10:23:00.000-04:002003-04-08T10:31:59.000-04:00Strutting on a Grave: The gracious words of Sen. Norm Coleman, Republican of Minnesota:To be very blunt and God watch over Paul's soul, I am a 99 percent improvement over Paul Wellstone," Coleman, R-Minn., said in a front-page story published in Roll Call. "Just about on every issue."
. . . In the story, Coleman reflected on his election to the Senate and said "there is a lot of anger" still Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-921990782003-04-08T00:25:00.000-04:002003-04-08T00:25:40.640-04:00Let Us Pray: Now here's one faith-based movement I can get behind.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-921497962003-04-07T10:20:00.000-04:002003-04-07T10:28:15.110-04:00Not Cool— Note to bloggers everywhere: either attribute to your sources or do your own work.Wired News // Daniel Forbes :: "Noted Warblogger Cops to Copying":Like any number of webloggers trying to make their mark with commentary on the war in Iraq, Sean-Paul Kelley knew geography and career experience didn't favor him.Kelley -- the man behind the wildly popular site The Agonist -- lives in TexasGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-920517192003-04-05T14:14:00.000-05:002003-04-05T14:14:20.373-05:00Unholy Water: Please tell me that this is Janet Cooke redux, not a true story:Miami Herald // Meg Laughlin :: "Army Chaplain Offers Baptisms, Baths":CAMP BUSHMASTER, Iraq - In this dry desert world near Najaf, where the Army V Corps combat support system sprawls across miles of scabrous dust, there's an oasis of sorts: a 500-gallon pool of pristine, cool water.It belongs to Army chaplain Josh Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-920509152003-04-05T13:54:00.000-05:002003-04-05T13:54:54.513-05:00Quicksand: Ready to get on to the next round of World War IV? It looks as though a few more of our fellow Americans have signed up.Los Angeles Times // Ronald Brownstein :: "Support of U.S. Military Role in Mideast Grows":WASHINGTON — Buoyed by success on the battlefield, most Americans now express support for an expansive U.S. role in the Middle East, with a clear majority backing the war in Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-920490812003-04-05T13:11:00.000-05:002003-04-05T13:16:44.920-05:00Sauce for the Gander: Up in the land of 10,000 lakes, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) has hit on a novel cost-saving measure for state law enforcement; he wants to force demonstrators who get arrested to cut the state a check "for the time it takes police to place them in custody." That the proposal comes on the heels of the arrest of 90 antiwar demonstrators in the Twin Cities last weekend, of course, is Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-920481522003-04-05T12:49:00.000-05:002003-04-05T12:49:31.903-05:00When Peace Is Strength: Someone has managed to combine the story of Michael Kelly's death with Tim's observation about yesterday's significance in history to make a point that's truly profound:[Kelly] had become notorious because of two vicious columns he wrote in the Post after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. These both fiercely condemned all pacifists as evil, liars, Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-920433012003-04-05T10:47:00.000-05:002003-04-05T11:28:03.530-05:00Rock! Enjoyed the best 38 minutes or so of my life — well, perhaps I exaggerate — at Criminal Records last night, where I caught a reading by none other than Neal Pollack, world's greatest writer. 'Twas an experience to savor forever. I don't think I'll ever hear the likes of his clown-band backed rendition of "We Are the World" again.Pollack pulled into town yesterday with a star-studded Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-919912852003-04-04T11:59:00.000-05:002003-04-04T14:53:59.466-05:00Merde. Michael Kelly's columns in the Post reliably raise my blood pressure about 30 percent, but I never, ever wanted to read this. May God watch over his family and bless his soul.More: An official statement from the leadership of Atlantic Media, which owns The Atlantic and the National Journal.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-919419552003-04-03T17:39:00.000-05:002003-04-03T17:39:33.513-05:00Air Aaron: The Stonefish has been dropping some serious acid, but I like the result: he wants to pay homage to one of the more notorious protests-cum-publicity-stunts of the Vietnam era by bringing the antiwar masses down to Atlanta to levitate — that's right, levitate — CNN Center.Now that's one protest I can get with. Especially if it gets the AOL Time Warner ninnies who've ruined the Braves Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-918240072003-04-02T00:43:00.000-05:002003-04-02T00:43:30.780-05:00One Last Bit o' Chocolate: Sorry, but I couldn't resist these:And the Grammy for country/western song of the year goes to . . . "Supersize My Freedom Fries."Television's IQ just went up: Keith Olbermann, at long last, is back in the house at MSNBC.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-918139602003-04-01T21:58:00.000-05:002003-04-01T22:30:37.890-05:00Whitman's Sampler: It's a little bit of this, and a little bit of that:Oh, do I wish I had seen this;A letter to the Ethicalist: "I have launched an attack against an evil regime in the Middle East . . . "At Ftrain: "[E]ven though I hate our so-called president with a passion I usually reserve for conceptual artists working in vaseline, LED lights, and dead frogs — if Putin invaded, I would line Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-918074912003-04-01T20:05:00.000-05:002003-04-01T20:59:09.153-05:00The April Book Smackdown: Let's Get It On! I get to pick the reading selection for my book club this month, and I thought I might take advantage of the weblog by roping you into helping me make a choice. I go into this with a few groundrules:No politics;no politics — really; andnothing by Jonathan Franzen, who was a real prick to Oprah about that whole book club thing.Aside from that, anything Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-918054262003-04-01T19:26:00.000-05:002003-04-01T19:26:25.200-05:00An Aside . . . Okay, I have to ask: was PhotoDude the only one to notice Donald Rumsfeld's fondness for Chaka Khan?Hmmph — apparently not.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-918049062003-04-01T19:17:00.000-05:002003-04-01T19:17:01.890-05:00For an Engineer, Liberty Lost: The White House professes its devotion to spreading freedom to Arabs in the Middle East, but some of us might like it to get more diligent about respecting Arabs' freedoms here. The latest sign that Bush and company have yet to get the message: the detention of Maher "Mike" Hawash, an Intel engineer from a suburb of Portland, Oregon. [Follow this link for a book he Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-917979622003-04-01T17:12:00.000-05:002003-04-01T17:15:25.000-05:00Bounced Out: It's carnage this week in the Green[e]house tournament pool. If you want a mark of just how bad it is, get this: of all the contenders in this year's challenge, only one of us — my brother — has a team in the Final Four. The rest of us? We're out, lock stock and barrel.
What makes this tough to live down is that my picks came up short of a raging Tarheel's. That's right — I let Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-917617292003-04-01T01:35:00.000-05:002003-04-01T01:35:33.640-05:00Notes from the Urbanite: Gourmands of intown Atlanta, rejoice: the Whole Foods mothership on Ponce de Leon is now open, complete with a blessing from Alton Brown. Whoo-hoo!Back in Chicagoland: Meigs Field — the little lakeside airstrip with the great big view — was shut down, possibly for good, when Mayor Daley sent in the bulldozers late Sunday night. I prefer a park there myself, and I Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-917598182003-04-01T00:53:00.000-05:002003-04-01T00:53:10.153-05:00Behold, Rumsfeld the Brave: The Bush team likes to flatter itself for its Churchillian stoutheartedness. After last Friday, though, I doubt we'll hear much more guff of that sort from our secretary of defense.Just before forcing Neville Chamberlain to resign in disgrace, the House of Commons had a no-holds-barred debate on the course of what, up to that point, had Britain's failing effort in the Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-917555572003-03-31T23:40:00.000-05:002003-03-31T23:40:55.543-05:00Back in the Saddle: Okay, so I didn't get back here as soon as promised. That'll teach me not to commit to posting in the middle of a frantic week next time — believe you me. =,Truth be told, I can chalk part of the absence up to work, but some of it owes to a case of the blahs. Call it a "feeling-somewhat-better-but-my-life's-kind-of-a-mess-so-what-do-I-do-now" malaise. I've spent so long just Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-914862312003-03-27T11:10:00.000-05:002003-03-27T11:17:09.000-05:00Something to Tide You OverSince I'm engrossed in work right now, let me give you a taste of what I do — that's right, it's time for some exposure to the subtle art of spin.
I've drafted an op-ed to submit under someone else's name about a water-rights bill some legislators are considering; it should appear in one of the state's major dailies early next week. It might shock you to learn how muchGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-914855642003-03-27T10:57:00.000-05:002003-03-27T10:57:46.123-05:00Otherwise EngagedSorry, folks — the legislature went batty on me yesterday, leaving me running rear-guard actions on two of the pivotal bills on my watch list. I'll post later in the afternoon, but I'll probably be more the anthologist today than the witty observer of all things political. Hope to get back up to speed before the weekend.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-913780542003-03-25T19:25:00.000-05:002003-03-25T19:25:53.763-05:00Up Close and PersonalI whisked Jessica of the Blog of Chloë and Pete around the state Capitol with me today. I don't know whether the proceedings kept her entertained — she told me that parts of it reminded her of model U.N., which gets the tone of the afternoon just about right. [Don't blame me: I had counted on the state Senate to liven things up, but rather than oblige me, it quit early.]It Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-913534522003-03-25T11:42:00.000-05:002003-03-25T11:42:54.076-05:00MoonlightingNew this morning at the Political State Report: Governor's Weight, Poll Numbers Dropping.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-913272142003-03-25T00:14:00.000-05:002003-03-25T00:14:10.186-05:00Stupidly HappyGlenn Reynolds :: "Hundreds of Iraqis Eagerly Surrender":In the town of Safwan, Iraqi civilians eagerly greeted the 1st Marine Division.One little boy, who had chocolate melted all over his face after a soldier gave him some treats from his ration kit, kept pointing at the sky, saying “Ameriki, Ameriki.”This is the "peace" movement's worst nightmare, isn't it?Slate // Nate Thayer ::Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-913141292003-03-24T20:14:00.000-05:002003-03-24T21:19:55.000-05:00Clark for Veep?I touted CNN consultant Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) for the 2004 Democratic ticket a few months ago, and judging from the reviews coming in from other blogs, I've got new friends aboard the bandwagon. Here's what Kos said this morning:Damn! Does Gen. Clark look vice presidential or what? He looks great, speaks great, and knows his national security.Chris Mooney sounds just as bowled Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-913126572003-03-24T19:47:00.000-05:002003-03-24T19:50:19.000-05:00Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesI've tinkered with the site today — I added a link for Sean Paul Kelley's coverage of the war just above the blogroll, and set up a new category of links called 103 Words, set aside specifically for photoblogs. The three sites listed there so far are well worth your time, and I heartily recommend them.
On a more controversial note: I don't permalink news sites here, since I Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-912626682003-03-24T00:33:00.000-05:002003-03-24T00:42:20.000-05:00In the Salt MinesCouldn't bring myself to blog this weekend. What with the perfect weather, I was inclined to blow off the computer at any rate. I wasn't counting on getting waylaid with work instead — but as John Lennon said, life is what happens while you're busy making other plans, eh?
At any rate, I've put so much time into writing for the job over the last couple of days that I'm all Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-911523702003-03-21T18:45:00.000-05:002003-03-21T18:45:29.670-05:00Unintended Consequence No. 1—ABC: Turkish troops gathering along border, preparing to stream into Iraqi Kurdistan. In order to squelch a potentially mortal threat that could possibly develop five years down the road, of course.Territorial integrity? What territorial integrity?Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-911359562003-03-21T13:08:00.000-05:002003-03-21T13:08:00.920-05:00Bombs Over Baghdad: Shock and Awe UnderwayDon't read me — just turn on CNN. F---ing hell.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-911093292003-03-21T01:35:00.000-05:002003-03-21T01:44:01.000-05:00I Need More Time!Darn — just too much good writing out there today.Thoughts from the Real Live Preacher: "I will pray. I will. But I don't know what to say."Jim Henley makes an unorthodox suggestion about who should run postwar Iraq;Michael Kinsley cuts to the chase about the Bush doctrine: "George W. Bush is now the closest thing in a long time to dictator of the world." And, last but not least Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-911078852003-03-21T00:57:00.000-05:002003-03-21T00:57:41.686-05:00Invention of a FalsehoodWhen Apple announced yesterday that former vice president Al Gore had joined its board of directors, wags around the web hardly skipped a beat before reviving the quip about Gore "inventing the internet." MacSlash, for instance, led with this headline: "Internet Inventor Joins Apple Board." Over at Slashdot, more of the same: "[t]he inventor of the internet should be a Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-911050312003-03-20T23:53:00.000-05:002003-03-20T23:53:44.216-05:00Around the BlogsGreat commentary today all over the blogosphere:At A Life Uncommon: sage words on war from great figures of the past;From Off the Kuff: a brilliant — and simple — way to support the troops;The Daily Kos speculates about what the talk of U.S. negotiations with the Republican Guard might be about;Meanwhile, MyDD announces that President Bush has managed to unite the world . . . Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-910955482003-03-20T20:52:00.000-05:002003-03-20T20:55:37.983-05:00Plus Ça Change . . .Time to welcome yet another newcomer to Charlottesville's eternal hotbed of apathy:I head out at noon to give a speech to a poli sci class at the University of Virginia. . . This doesn't feel like a college campus on the eve of a war, though. Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's that clean-scrubbed, Abercrombie & Fitch horsy feeling that always radiates from this school. But, Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-910324072003-03-19T22:10:00.000-05:002003-03-20T20:53:12.233-05:00May God continue to bless the United States of America in the troubled days ahead, and may we somehow recapture the vision which for the present eludes us.— Sen. Robert C. Byrd // "The Arrogance of Power," March 19, 2003.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-910314982003-03-19T21:57:00.000-05:002003-03-19T21:57:31.123-05:00And so it begins . . .Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-909961602003-03-19T10:53:00.000-05:002003-03-19T17:49:49.000-05:00Put Your Biscuit in the BasketUp for some amateur bracketology? Head over to ESPN.com; I've set up a page where Green[e]house readers can go head-to-head with their picks for the NCAA men's tourney. Follow the link, sign up, then make your best guesses — and remember, the group password is 'trogdor'.
Update // 5:45 p.m.: I've fixed the link. Snap to it!Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-909756822003-03-19T01:22:00.000-05:002003-03-19T01:22:06.326-05:00Dean on the WarCourtesy of Stonefishspine, yet again: an official statement — and a stunningly well-put one, at that — from Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean on the pending hostilities in Iraq. The full text:Tonight, for better or worse, America is at war. Tonight, every American, regardless of party, devoutly supports the safety and success of our men and women in the field. Those ofGreg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-909747762003-03-19T01:01:00.000-05:002003-03-19T01:01:56.500-05:00A Change of SceneI feel the need for levity — as Harry Potter said just before the end of Goblet of Fire:. . . I could do with a few laughs. We could all do with a few laughs. I've got a feeling we're going to need them more than usual before long.In that spirit: heard any good jokes lately? Post to the comments. The best one wins a coveted $50 gift certificate for use at Kozmo.com — so don't Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-909091802003-03-18T02:10:00.000-05:002003-03-18T02:10:10.653-05:00What Homeland Security?Gosh, I sure feel better now that the White House has set the terror alert level to code orange — after all, since Sept. 11, President Bush has done a bang-up job of beefing up our domestic defenses, right?Well, no.The New Republic :: Jonathan Chait // "The Sept. 10 President":More dangerous even than the prospect of a chemical attack is the potential for terrorists to Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-909070722003-03-18T01:16:00.000-05:002003-03-18T21:29:34.000-05:00Cheap WineWhineHow do you take a relentlessly mediocre group of restaurants and make it even more so? Simple: by ordering your sommelier to serve your French wines to the fishes.Putting patriotism ahead of profits, the owners of three Atlanta-area restaurants will pour a selection of French wines and liquors into local waterways Monday afternoon.
"As of today, Ray's on the River Seafood House, Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-909015772003-03-17T23:26:00.000-05:002003-03-17T23:26:09.200-05:00A Contest, a GestureCourtesy of Stonefishspine: Melanie Goux of Brushstroke.tv has decided to do her bit for peace — such as she can — by prompting us to do our bit through her peace poster competition. It comes complete with prizes — but the greatest prize in all this is the satisfaction that comes from doing a little bit of good. Hats off to her for thinking it up.Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-909003132003-03-17T23:03:00.000-05:002003-03-17T23:03:03.076-05:00Not Necessarily the News . . .. . . because who wants to talk about that right now?Michael Oh — an old acquaintance from high school days — made the Fast Company magazine Fast 50 honors list for 2002 for an ingenious bit of enlightened self-interest: setting up a free wi-fi network for businesses on Boston's Newbury Street as a publicity-generating move for his Mac-vending business. Kudos to him Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-908774792003-03-17T16:33:00.000-05:002003-03-17T16:33:15.950-05:00Welcome to Iraq™: a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the G.O.P.The Bush administration has a crash reconstruction program in store for the Fertile Crescent — inquire within. Nonprofits and U.N.-affiliated institutions need not apply.Wall Street Journal :: Neil King Jr. // Bush Has an Audacious Plan To Rebuild Iraq Within a Year:The Bush administration's audacious plan to rebuild Iraq envisions a Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-908287422003-03-16T20:49:00.000-05:002003-03-16T20:49:43.153-05:00Lessig on EdwardsStanford Law intellectual property guru Lawrence Lessig nails what intrigued me about John Edwards when I saw him speak at a reception here two months ago:He was asked what were the three top issues, and, almost bored with the question, he rattled of the two top issues that his advisors had fed him (no doubt as fed to them by the polls). But much more interesting were the themes Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-908187072003-03-16T16:43:00.000-05:002003-03-16T16:43:16.840-05:00We Have Nothing to Fear . . .. . . oh, who am I kidding?Newsweek :: Fareed Zakaria // The Arrogant Empire:To support America today in much of the world is politically dangerous. Over the past year the United States became a campaign issue in elections in Germany, South Korea and Pakistan. Being anti-American was a vote-getter in all three places.Look at the few countries that do publicly support Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-907447862003-03-14T22:21:00.000-05:002003-03-14T22:21:38.546-05:00Your Honor, I Strenuously Object. . . and this is why, back in my salad days as a practicing attorney, I always did my own proofreading. Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-907235652003-03-14T14:01:00.000-05:002003-03-14T14:11:55.420-05:00Call Me IrresponsibleTime to finish the second of two op-eds written in a single afternoon. May I just state, for the record, that procrastination can really, really come back to bite you on the kiester? Thank you very much.That sushi jaunt last night did hit the spot, though. *sigh* . . .Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-906710872003-03-13T17:12:00.000-05:002003-03-13T17:12:18.966-05:00There's Your Trouble, Mr. BushEverybody knows that country artists are just a bunch of mush-headed liberals, right? That must explain this:And they don't know when to stop. "Just so you know," says [Dixie Chicks] singer Natalie Maines, "we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." It gets the audience cheering — at a time when country stars are rushing to release pro-war Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-906562652003-03-13T12:36:00.000-05:002003-03-13T12:36:33.983-05:00How to Lose a Game of Chicken with the TurksSpeaking of the Ottomans: the bit about the new Turkish government rolling over for a U.S. troop deployment doesn't seem to be working out so well. Funny, that — apparently, alternating blasts of browbeating and condescension haven't exactly won us the Turks' trust. Imagine that.The Bush administration, of course, has yet to take a lesson from any of Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-906514882003-03-13T11:10:00.000-05:002003-03-13T11:10:43.670-05:00Calling Bu--sh-- on the White HouseJosh Marshall:Speaking for myself, and perhaps for some other internationalists who feel as I do, part of our frustrated anger over the current impasse is watching the present administration traduce and plow under the work of half a century and seeing the administration's acolytes greet every new disaster and *&$#-up as a grand confirmation of their beliefs and Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62831.post-906482202003-03-13T09:52:00.000-05:002003-03-13T10:36:38.373-05:00A Tuba Solo?!Hey, um, have you heard about the new Strokes album? I don't think I have either — but when I realized it I hit the floor laughing 'til it hurt. Read it yourselves; I guarantee it's the best fake album review you'll have seen in many an age.Link courtesy of Joe Gross.More: In other music news, the I Am Trying to Break Your Heart double-DVD set — featuring the Wilco documentary and 17Greg G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660079995637862241noreply@blogger.com