Billmon: By now you’ve probably heard the news that President Bush has nominated House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss to be his new CIA director. Goss – last seen in Farenheit 9/11 giving out the number to an entirely ficticious civil liberties complaint hotline – is a former CIA operative turned Florida hack congressman who [...]
Archive for August, 2004
Get Up with MorningWood
August 10, 2004
Get Up with MorningWood, on 70,000 Watt Community Radio WMNF 88.5 fm, Tampa, and streaming at wmnf.org. 4 to 6 am (eastern) every Tuesday! Studio line: 813-239- WMNF WOOD THANKS! Thanks again to all the loyal WMNF and MorningWood listeners who called in during WMNF’s recent marathon fundraiser for our new building. Blogging on the [...]
Reading past the headlines
August 9, 2004
In a weekend article headlined “Absentee Isn’t a Guarantee,” The SP Times seems to be going out of its way to imply problems with voting absentee, despite the fact that their piece fails to back their argument. Follow the link above to read the article. I’m not gonna bother directly quoting from it – it [...]
Jeb! wont even consider paper ballots (unless they are for Repuplicans)
August 6, 2004
Lots of voters are wondering if their votes will be counted correctly this November. In Florida, every county that uses touch screen voting machines for elections uses optical scan machines for absentee ballots. These counties already have the technology and training to count paper ballots. All they need is a little more equipment to handle [...]
City of Tampa prays to Jesus
August 6, 2004
Today’s Christian sermon from the Tampa City Council will be called an invocation. The speaker will not be allowed to invoke the name of any specific deity, uh, unless that deity happens to be Jesus, ‘cause, like, Jesus is awesome, you know, and anyone who says that they don’t like Jesus is just being a [...]
Bush answers critics with rare utterance of truth
August 5, 2004
Update – mp3 here. Bush Insists His Administration Seeking ‘new Ways to Harm Our Country’ – from TBO.com “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we,” Bush said. “They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” No one in Bush’s audience of military [...]
Harris answers critics
August 5, 2004
“Okay, so I made up the part about the plot and the explosives and the power grid, but a swarthy type was recently spotted in or near Indiana, and if we let brown skinned people just run around free, then the terrorists have won..” State: Harris now :regrets her tale of terror plot U.S. Rep. [...]
Piggies on TV
August 4, 2004
Tonight before 5:30 (probably) on ABC Channel 28, WFTS. More Piggies! (I knew the headline on my last post was a blatant lie, but I didn’t think I’d be called on it quite so soon.)
Last word on the Pigs?
August 4, 2004
Uh, probably not. A client just pointed this Sandra Thompson column out to me. I had somehow missed it over the weekend. Apologies for the light posting activity the last few days. My day job has been screaming for attention, but I’ll be back soon with a vengeance. I think. The party was going strong [...]