Monthly Archives: November 2005

Inside the Mind of a Rightie

Posted on 11/30/2005 by Terrance

Wow. Just…wow. This post from Jill over at Feministe reminds me of something Oprah Winfrey Maya Angelou once said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” It’s probably a good rule of thumb when it … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Culture, Current Events, Feminism, Politics | 6 Comments

Dubya’s Kiss of Death to FMA Sponsor?

Posted on 11/30/2005 by Terrance

That’s Dubya you see in the picture, putting the smooch on Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (CO-04, R) at a Denver fundraiser for her re-election campaign. For those who may not know, Musgrave is the mother of and prime mover behind the … Continue reading →

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Death Squads Redux

Posted on 11/29/2005 by Terrance

Meet the new regime, same as the old regime. Back in January I blogged about the Pentagon musing about employing the “Salvador Option” in Iraq. Just to refresh, though. Now, NEWSWEEK has learned, the Pentagon is intensively debating an option … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Human Rights, Iraq, War on Terror | Comments Off

NaNoWriMo: Novelist

Posted on 11/29/2005 by Terrance

It is finished. Sometime around two o’clock this morning, I wrote the last words in the last scene of my novel for National Novel Writing Month. The button pictured here was given to me by a fellow metro-D.C. NaNoWriMo participant, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Life, NaNoWriMo | 3 Comments

Bush Crony & Bird Flu Bubble Up the Blogosphere

Posted on 11/28/2005 by Terrance

One of the more interesting aspects of the political blogosphere is how often a story or an issue breaks further down the food chain — on less highly trafficked blogs — and goes unnoticed until it breaks on one of … Continue reading →

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NJ Lesbian Couple’s Story Spreads

Posted on 11/28/2005 by Terrance

Last night, before going to bed, I copied my previous post about Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree — the lesbian couple dealing with one partner’s impending death from lung cancer, and the reality that the surviving partner will lose their … Continue reading →

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Allawi on Iraq Under America

Posted on 11/27/2005 by Terrance

From our post-Saddam Iraqi strongman. “People are doing the same as (in) Saddam’s time and worse,” Allawi said in an interview published in Britain on Sunday. “It is an appropriate comparison,” Allawi told The Observer newspaper. “People are remembering the … Continue reading →

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Turkey Shot

Posted on 11/27/2005 by Terrance

I’m not even going to ask for captions on this Yahoo photo from the recent protests in Crawford, TX. The caption supplied by Yahoo pretty much says it all. Michael Rowe, 12, of Ft. Hood, Texas, takes part in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-War, Bush, Current Events, Iraq, Protest | 2 Comments

Still Making Movies

Posted on 11/27/2005 by Terrance

I’m still playing around with The Movies, one of the computer games I picked up last weekend. The screenshot above is from the last movie I uploaded. It’s not the most recent one, though, and I plan to upload a … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer Games, Politics | 3 Comments

Justice for Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree

Posted on 11/27/2005 by Terrance

Take a good look at these five guys. They are the face of compassionate conservatism, or at least one of its faces. They are the five Ocean County freeholders who denied lesbian cop Laurel Hester’s request that her pension go … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Politics, Religion | 11 Comments

Bush Buyers Back for Remorse

Posted on 11/27/2005 by Terrance

I probably shouldn’t say anything in the first place, because voters like Leesa Martin, Phil Niemie and Dave Panici are far more important than voters like me. Given the choices, it’s pretty clear which lever I’m going to pull in … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading

Posted on 11/26/2005 by Terrance

Not much to say on this end at the moment. Just spending time with family, doing some writing (offline) and catching up on reading (offline). It’s been a while since I’ve posted links to various blog posts, etc., that caught … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo: Winner

Posted on 11/25/2005 by Terrance

Oh shit. I totally hadn’t expected this to happen today. I’ve been writing off and on all day, and I’d entered the new word count from my word processing program, which had me at about 50+ words over the 50K … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Life, NaNoWriMo | 9 Comments

Brown’s Golden Parachute

Posted on 11/25/2005 by Terrance

Further proof of the Mediocre Fratboy Theory. Former FEMA head Michael Brown continues to fail upwards, and his golden parachute lands him in Colorado heading up a disaster planning firm, of all things. Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Current Events, Katrina | 5 Comments

A Few More Thoughts on Thanksgiving

Posted on 11/25/2005 by Terrance

Wow. The Thanksgiving post generated more discussion than I expected, and more heated discussion than I expected, though that was probably naive on my part. It seems like much about the holiday falls into the category of that which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race | 4 Comments