I have a general rule of thumb when climbing onto airplanes. If the pilot appears sober; if he is not chanting in Arabic, and if he is willing to go up in the air, I’m willing to hitch a ride with him. Doesn’t matter if it is raining, snowing, windy, or hailing. He knows more […]
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Damned YouTube!
http://youtu.be/aufAtuTwKlE This just up on Drudge sure to make its way around this week…
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President Obama’s re-election narrative got a lot worse today, with Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune urging him to forgo running entirely in 2012. That’s tough stuff for someone struggling to get up from off the mat. Chapman enumerates the President’s re-election challenges — the economy, the economy, and the economy — and then writes: “But there is good […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Youth Vote, Part 67
http://youtu.be/RYhV2E-ennQ I apologize for harping so much on the youth vote, but here is a new ad from the College National Republican Committee that rings irresistibly true. It is playing on programming that appeals to the the under-30 age bracket on cable stations, including MTV and Comedy Central. My gut says it will be explosively effective. I remember hearing messaging that […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Disappearing Debt Issue
I don’t care what anyone says, debt is the number-one issue in America. Polls say otherwise. They consistently report that the issue is jobs, but it’s debt as far as I can see. It should stay front-and-center on the national radar. I can hear it when talking to people on the campaign trail. I hear it from […]
Read the rest of this entry »Man on a Mission
Many messages can be taken away from the NY-9 congressional election Tuesday – the President has problems among Jews and Catholics, machine politicians are an endangered species, and Watch Out!: voters of all parties are now in play – everywhere. But my chief takeaway is the lesson that can be learned from Bob Turner the […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Internet Archive, 9-11
Temporarily back from the fishing expedition, but just to post this. A friend and colleague is working on this project. It is an archive of television footage — worldwide — for the week of 9/11/01. The idea of the Internet Archive is to preserve every bit of digital information in the world for future generations. The 9/11 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Gone Fishin’
Due to a rather overwhelming work and campaign schedule, The Blackberry Alarm Clock will suspend publishing until Thursday, September 15. That should spare you all two weeks of mindless filler. Thanks and stay well.
Read the rest of this entry »Bachmann’s God-Awful Comment
Michele Bachmann didn’t help her cause today. The Minnesota congresswoman and Tea Party Caucus leader provocatively suggested that the recent earthquake and Hurricane came about because of God’s wrath over the federal deficit. The Bachmann campaign quickly walked the comment back as “jest.” “I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Another One Bites the Dust
Is this just happening in politics or has it become the rage in banking and real estate, too? On a brighter note, for Google anyway, Android phones seem to be dominating in these bathroom mirror spreads by about 3-1.
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