The Diebold touchscreen machines are clunky, with blocky, aliased text against a pink background, and the printout is behind a door that most people don’t think to open. Don’t you think a few hours with someone who can spell “usability” might have been called for?
I voted mostly in line with Steve Patterson, but I […]
Tag Archives: politics
Election day observations
November 7, 2006 – 9:38 am
Growing into naiveté
July 7, 2006 – 8:09 am
George W. Knox, director of the National Gang Crime Research Center, said he has trained hundreds of police officials in how to cull intelligence on gang membership, rivalries, territory and lingo from these Web pages.
“In order to understand any subculture, be it al Qaeda, witches, devil worshippers or gangs, you have to be able to […]
Cartoon justice
June 13, 2006 – 9:24 am
IM misfire from an overseas business partner:
1:52:46 AM redacted: Very important news!!! The artist who drew the pictures of the Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H)has died in a fire. He was burned alive. Denmark government is hiding the news from the public and everyone has got to know. Plz spread this…. (Its the price one must pay […]
2004 Presidential candidates
September 18, 2004 – 9:37 pm
This is a fun one.
My SelectSmart.com matches:
Candidate
Party
Match
Cobb, David
Green Party
60%
Nader, Ralph
Independent
60%
Badnarik, Michael
Libertarian
58%
Kerry, Senator John, MA
Democrat
57%
Brown, Walt
Socialist Party
51%)
Bush, President George W.
Republican
27%
Peroutka, Michael
Constitution Party
19%
But Kerry gets the vote I’m casting against Bush, since we don’t have ranked voting in Missouri.
Deutschland uber alles
April 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
This morning I foolishly responded to Chris, the local SUV-driving, suburban-dwelling “patriot,” when he asked if I supported the war now that chemical weapons had been found (according to rumor.) I asserted that, no, even if we found dozens of nuclear ICBMs aimed at American soil, I would never grant the unilateral nature of […]
Against everyone
April 2, 2003 – 12:00 am
Posted by moi at insteadofwar.org:
Both sides of this issue have plenty of people who are an embarrassment to their peers.
…but in Steven’s defense, being anti-war does not require being a pacifist any more than it requires anti-military sentiment.
I agree with Slo on this last point. Voluntary service does not mean that every […]
Go USA!
March 20, 2003 – 12:00 am
At the peace rally this evening, a meta-protester was marching behind the crowd with a megaphone exclaiming “Go U.S.A.” quite repetitively.
The child next to me eventually asked his father, “Is the man yelling back there for or against the war?” He appeared genuinely confused.
So am I.
