The T-word

Thanks to mactavish for pointing this out in her LJ.

What's Missing From This Article? By Mr. Terence Chua, pondering what you're probably pondering.

( Mail bomb injures 3 in Scottsdale, AZ. )

[Obit] Man, they're dropping like... uh, sorry.

( Robert Pastorelli, 1954-2004 )

And while I'm at it, I'm wishing for a pony

"Economic forecasting isn't an exact science, but wishful thinking on this scale is unprecedented. Nor can the administration use its all-purpose excuse: all of these forecasts date from after 9/11. What you see in this chart is the signature of a corrupted policy process, in which political propaganda takes the place of professional analysis."

(New York Times OpEd by Paul Krugman. Registration Required.)

Okay, so maybe Ho Chi Minh didn't invade North Korea

( Previous generations not that hot on history either. )

Pot? This is Kettle. You're black.

( Molly Ivins: And you say Kerry flip-flops? )

More from Karen Kwaitkowski

( Ex-military officer spills the beans on Pentagon planning for the Iraq war. )

Spring Break? Is that when your mattress needs replacing?

In the midst of throwing all these news links at you, you might want to know what's going on in my life this Spring Break.

( In case you're not... )

Press enter to accept proposal

( Geek proposes to girlfriend by giving her a computer. )

Am I bugging you?

Noticed I lost a couple of people off the friends list. Usually, I'm not that concerned - hurrah for a slightly more secure ego - but the thought occurs to me that I've been posting a lot of political stuff again.

So, am I spamming people with news items? Should I cut back?

[Poll #260778]

Re: The Poll

Thanks for the feedback. It's not that I'm taking people unfriending me personally - I know better than that. It's just that I am aware of the limitations of friends pages and I don't really want my friends' LJ reading experience rendered more painful by having to slog through my political rants if they're only really interested in my life.

On the other hand, splitting the journal is not a palatable solution because at the end of the day it's easier for me to keep everything down onto one journal. And frankly, the political ranting is part of who I am, as well as my desire to point out pieces of news that I find interesting. But in the end, I am soliciting opinions because I'm pointing these things out for you guys. If you don't wanna read them, I can just as read them myself and not point them out.

I briefly considered a [politics] filter, but that would mean friend-locking those entries and I don't want to do that, either, because they are of a public nature.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I'm going to leave things as they are. There are going to be cut-tags, and you can probably tell from the context whether those entries are political or news-related or not. Best I can say is that I'll try not to post too many entries a day, or do a "Political Roundup" kind of entry.

And let's put it this way: with any luck, once the Shrub is out of the White House, I'll have less reason to rant and rave.

So save your LJ friends page from spam. Vote Democrat.

Create your own Bush-Cheney Poster!

( Oh, the possibilities... )

One more poster

( Last one, I promise. )