New Statesman – Hands off our gas! The battle is not really over gas, but over who calls the shots in Bolivia. And remarkably, it is the mass-based organisations, representing indigenous and peasant populations, which are setting the political agenda. Next year a constituent assembly will draw up a new constitution to incorporate them in […]
Wherein I relate the misfortunate series of events that almost resulted in me not being able to participate in our American democratic process. This morning I woke up early, at 6:30am, to get to the polls before driving in to work. I’d coordinated with my sister to go vote together and then car pool in
Thank you to my DC United ticket rep who called me at home to return my call earlier this afternoon for tickets to this Saturday’s Eastern Conferece Final between United and the Revolution. I tried to buy 10 tickets this afternoon but got sidetracked at work on, well work, and thought I’d have to call
This is primarily for my father-in-law, a list of links to useful and free software for windows PCs: Viewing PDFs: Adobe Acrobat Reader, the Download page Opening Compressed Zip Files: 7Zip Jason Lefkowitz also has The Big List O’ Quality Software and I’ve also recommended software before Behold the Flash Drive of Wonder.
It’s two days before the big election, and like me, you may be wondering where you’re supposed to go to vote. If you live in Virginia, you can find out by visiting the Virginia State Board Of Elections. The form is a little particular and forces you to break up your street address but other
George Bush was voted year’s top film villian by readers of a british magazine. I really though Kim Jong-il would win it, but he’s a comic genius in Team America. Bush on the other hand, is really scary.
In business, a mantra you often hear is that you should “eat your own dog food”, but what’s the point if most of the pack doesn’t care if its mediocre dog food and can put up with picking out stuff they don’t want. Everyone doesn’t have to eat the dog food, just the people that
Two reasons – first, the realization that I’ve had this blog for a a year and five months, and having 45 minutes to kill on my way to and from work – made me wonder why I have this blog in the first place. I’d like to write for more than just my own interests.
As if this election weren’t important enough. If you need something more competitive to keep your interest in the outcome, Jason is running the The JWM 2004 Election Day Prediction Contest. The winner gets a a shiny new copy of the Political Game, President Forever The way to win the contest will be to most
Two new things you’ll notice on the left bar of my blog: The list of recent comments now includes the name of the person who made a comment. A form to subscribe to a weekly email of what I have posted to this blog. This is primarily for people who don’t use a syndication feed