June 2005 Archives
30 June 2005
Ten And Only Ten
KTRK-13's Mike McGuff put me on the spot with one question for his excellent article on weblogs, and that was when he asked me to name my five favorite blogs.
One any given day, that Top Five would look quite a bit different depending on my mood. So I tried to be "diverse" and include a mix of the political (Brothers Judd, Powerline), media (Press Think), Gloriously, Sensibly Texas (The Fat Guy), and Thoughtful Local (Houston's Clear Thinkers).
Laurence's Ten and Only Ten exercise would have made things a little easier. Here's how that Top Ten list would look as of today (no rankings are implied, other than Brothers Judd, which is tops):
[Read More]Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/30/05 23:22 | Other | Technorati | Comments (6)
Wasn't That Guy President Once?
Bush says US to double Africa aid (BBC News)
The president announced the US would double its aid to Africa over the next five years, "with primary focus on reforming countries".
The West's greatest challenge, he said, was to "get beyond empty symbolism and discredited policies".
"Economic development is not something we do for countries, it is something they achieve with us," he said.
Wolfowitz stresses private-sector role in Africa (Reuters)
New World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz encouraged business leaders on Thursday to look for, and help expand, opportunities in Africa as the continent strives to turn a corner on development.
The former Pentagon official told a dinner meeting of American and African business leaders a flourishing private sector was vital to Africa's prospects.
"The record of the last 50 years could not be clearer, that the countries that have developed successfully have developed strong private sectors," Wolfowitz told the U.S.-Africa Business Summit.
Bono talks of US crusade (Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian)
Bono points to a number of breakthroughs in American policy on Africa as signs that his campaigning is paying off. The US signed up to the 100% debt relief package agreed last weekend at the G7 finance ministers' meeting in London. He also cites the fact that aid to Africa has nearly trebled under George Bush and the US in 2003 initiated a $15bn (£8.2bn) five-year programme on Aids.
Geldof hails Bush's commitment to Africa (Victoria Ward, The Scotsman)
LIVE 8 organiser Bob Geldof claimed yesterday that George Bush had done more for Africa than any other US president.
Geldof said he had recently defended Bush on the issue in France. "They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American president for Africa," he told Time magazine. "But it's empirically so."
Clinton appeal on Africa poverty (BBC News)
Former US President Bill Clinton says the generosity of those who gave to the tsunami appeal could be harnessed to help end Africa's severe poverty.
It's amusing to see some people begin to credit President Bush for being the African president they wanted the last guy to be, even if it makes the last guy feel left out.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/30/05 10:08 | Other | Technorati | Comments (1)
29 June 2005
MP3: Adios, Mofo!
In case anyone else is interested in an mp3 of Gov. Perry's infamous "Adios, Mofo" moment, the most popular talk radio host in town (Chris Baker) has posted it on his KTRH-740 page (direct mp3 link here).
I've downloaded and saved a copy just in case it goes away at some point, but we can all burn Ken Charles' bandwidth for now.
Note that nice plug for blogHOUSTON on there as well. We like that Baker fellow.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/29/05 14:57 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (1)
Too Bad DeLay Didn't Have This Screencap As A Prop
Last week, our friends on the Left jumped all over comments from House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) that appeared in the Houston Chronicle with no context:
"You know, if Houston, Texas, was held to the same standard as Iraq is held to, nobody'd go to Houston, because all this reporting coming out of the local press in Houston is violence, murders, robberies, deaths on the highways," DeLay said.
"And if you took that as the image of what is a great city that has an incredible quality of life and an incredible economy, it's amazing to me. Go to Iraq. And see what's actually happening there.
"Everybody that comes from Iraq is amazed at the difference of what they see on the ground and what they see on the television set."
Here's a fun screencap of "local" headlines from KTRK-13's website this morning:
So, does that screencap give the impression that we live in a great city with an incredible quality of life and an incredible economy? Or does that screencap give the impression our city is all about violence, murders, robberies, and deaths on the highways?
Houston is not Iraq, and our honest friends on the Left know that the House Majority Leader didn't say it is. However, negative news does dominate the news cycle -- everywhere, including Iraq.
I'm a professional political risk analyst. I'm not going to tell you that Iraq is idyllic. And neither is the House Majority Leader. But just as the reality on the ground in Houston is NOT reflected accurately by that screencap above, the reality on the ground in Iraq is not simply burning buildings and body bags.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/29/05 10:45 | Media Matters | Technorati | Comments (2)
28 June 2005
Edloe, RIP
Laurence has lost Edloe.
Please join me in sending some nice thoughts and comments his way, okay?
Thanks.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/28/05 23:03 | Houston | Technorati | Comments (3)
Blog Line Of Some Time Period
I haven't done a Blog Line of the Week in a while, so I'm not sure if I should even call it that.
Regardless, here's a nice line from buddy Tom Hanna:
Wouldn’t it do more to stop global warming if we could scale back the hot air coming out of TSOB John McCain’s mouth?
No doubt!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/28/05 22:38 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (0)
Is It Editorializing Or Fact?
Hutchison makes bid for third term official (AP)
No prominent candidates have announced plans to challenge Hutchison.
Hutchison says fear not a factor (Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas Morning News)
She is widely expected to cruise to a third term; Houston lawyer Barbara Ann Radnofsky is seeking the Democratic nominationHouston lawyer Barbara Ann Radnofsky is seeking the Democratic nomination.
Some of our friends on the Left are upset with the AP's characterization, criticizing it as editorializing.
But is it editorializing if it is factual?
Surely a "prominent" political candidate for a statewide office ought to possess some of the following characteristics: 1) enjoys statewide name recognition or at least strong recognition in some part of the state, 2) holds or has held significant political office(s), 3) can raise significant political funds or can fund a significant part of a campaign.
Looking at Radnofsky's website, I don't see ANY of those characteristics. Rather, I see her highest political office has been Democratic precinct chair, I see that she's "delivered" over 140 publications/speeches, I see that she appears to be a successful attorney (currently partner of a prestigious firm), and I see that she won a National Merit Scholarship to college. I don't see anything that suggests that the AP writer was off base in not recognizing her as a "prominent" candidate for U.S. Senate.
That said, I would have phrased it like the Dallas Morning News writer did for one simple reason -- it's more informative. Barbara Radnofsky is not a prominent candidate, but she is an announced candidate. As the DMN writer included, Sen. Hutchison is widely expected to win, and win easily against the announced candidate. That's more informative reporting.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/28/05 18:13 | Media Matters | Technorati | Comments (2)
27 June 2005
A Model For Texas
Va. lawmakers to bar home seizure for private uses (Bob Lewis, AP)
Shocked at a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to raze homes so developers can build private hotels, malls and office parks on the land, state lawmakers called for legislation to ban the practice Friday.
The high court split 5-4 in a Connecticut case Thursday that under the Fifth Amendment, municipalities could take private property for private development because the project in question met a public purpose: creating jobs and revenue.
But in an impassioned dissent, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that the court majority had forsaken the middle class and gutted the American principle of individual property rights to further enrich the wealthy.
At least eight states already forbid local governments from using eminent domain to take private property for private development. The high court's majority opinion said states may adopt protections against the practice if they see fit.
In conservative Virginia, the ruling stunned and angered legislative Democrats and Republicans, some of whom began exploring ways to nullify the ruling in the state.
Del. Johnny Joannou was on his way Friday to consult with bill-drafting experts in the General Assembly's Division of Legislative Services about a remedy, possibly a state constitutional amendment.
It's time for Texas to do the same thing.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/27/05 21:44 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (5)
The 40% Chronicles
Some of our friends on the Left are actually upset over Gov. Perry's goofy "Adios, Mofo" remark, which was even more funny to me because it came at the expense of Ted Oberg.
Others of our friends on the Left find a truly bizarre birthday cake to be a source of hilarity.
I'll just offer it up as tonight's peek into the Texas political wilderness. Make of it what you will.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/27/05 21:34 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (8)
Whim Substitutes For Constitutionalism
Breyer casts decisive vote on religious displays -- Justice: Old monuments with Commandments are OK; new displays are not (Tom Curry, MSNBC)
One important factor for Breyer: The Austin Ten Commandments monument was in a park with other historical monuments around it. “The setting does not readily lend itself to meditation or any other religious activity,” Breyer decided.
Hinting at practical political consequences, Breyer also worried that if the court banned long-standing displays of the Ten Commandments, it might spark public outrage, “the very kind of religiously based divisiveness that the Establishment Clause seeks to avoid.”
The Establishment Clause, of course, was intended to act as a check on the Congress (not states), an assertion consonant with the fact that some states actually had established religions in our early national history. Since there was no attempt by Congress to establish a religion in the cases presented, that would have ended the inquiry for me. Instead, Breyer's (and the majority's) whims are going to be the source of years of litigation to try to sort out just what in the world he meant. One wonders if he even knows.
Still, the majority reasoning, along with expected Court vacancies and confirmation battles, should give the GOP a nice boost in various 2006 Senate races.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/27/05 21:03 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (6)
26 June 2005
The Sky Is Not Falling, II
Fossil fuels' demise oversold: Boring fact is oil not soon tapped out (Scott W. Tinker, Houston Chronicle)
PEAK oil.
As the U.S. Senate debates the national energy policy, many are aware of the hype surrounding this academic construct. A Web search of "peak oil" turns up an array of experts who believe that a pending peak in world oil production will soon lead to global economic collapse.
In their rosier scenarios, experts predict sky-high gasoline prices that will crush oil-dependent economies like the United States. In their darker forecasts, they say people won't be able to obtain food, heat their homes or live securely during a period of global famine and resource wars.
All of this might be entertaining were it another subject for a Hollywood film, but it has become almost a subculture (and cottage industry). For those who wonder if the global production of oil will peak and begin to decline some day, the answer is yes, it will. The more pertinent question is: Should you care?
I sometimes call the Hubbert Peak geological enthusiasts cultists because some of them indeed offer up those "darker forecasts" mentioned by Tinker -- forecasts that are political and economic in nature, despite the fact that so much of their forecasting depends upon ignoring economics and politics. Tinker's op-ed is a fairly succinct rebuttal to Hubbert Peak geologists, although I'm not that enthusiastic about his generic endorsement of "planning and coordinated investment" (fine if he's referring to industry, not so fine if he's wanting centralized bureaucratic planning).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/26/05 22:41 | Other | Technorati | Comments (1)
Claremonsters And Associates Weigh In On Kelo
Property rights and wrongs (PowerLine blog)
In Vindicating the Founders, Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Thomas West sought to present a historically accurate picture of the founders' views and policies on issues of race, sex, class and justice. He did so because he found the founders' views to be superior in truth and fairness to the views of their historical predecessors and successors, foremost among them the Progressives.
Professor West first addressed the founders' view of property rights in a 1992 Claremont Institute briefing paper that was expanded and elaborated in the second chapter of his book on the founders. The following observations are based on Professor West's work.
In his 1992 paper, Professor West began by noting that the debate over the meaning of the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment misses the point -- the point being the political importance of the right to property. The right to property was central to our founding; it occupied a vital place in the system of free government the founders built. The right to property was an instrument to defend common people from the power of the establishment.
In our time the right to property is widely misunderstood, above all by liberals who do not share the vision of justice that animated our Constitution. This week the liberal assault on property rights reached one kind of culmination in the Supreme Court's Kelo decision.
For the past hundred years the attack on private property has been central to the Progressive assault on the Constitution, beginning with J. Allen Smith's The Spirit of American Government (1907) and continuing most importantly with Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution (1913). Smith and Beard portrayed the constitutional protection of private property by the founders as the weapon of an elite interested in preserving its privilege. (By the time scholars got around to debunking Beard's book in particular -- few serious works of history have been as definitively disproved as Beard's -- the damage had been done.) Today the Progressive assault on property rights continues in the scholarship of liberals such as University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein.
The entire PowerLine post is worth reading, and of course anything by Professor West is good reading.
I would quibble with one assertion in the post, however. I think the attack on private property is a symptom of the Progressive critique of the Founders' constitutionalism, not a central tenet or principle. The real aim of the Progressives and their progeny has been to decouple the Constitution from the principles of natural right elaborated in the Declaration (which of course rejected Wilson's historicist notion of a "living constitution"). That's as much a philosophical as a legal project.
Several other posts by Claremont-oriented bloggers are available here, here, and here.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/26/05 16:15 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (0)
Bigger In Alberta, Better In A Dodge?
One of these things is not like the other (Michael Devers, LoneStarMusic.com blog)
Cooder Graw, Kevin Fowler, Cross Canadian Ragweed, and..... Terri Clark?
What in the world is Dodge thinking? After working with Texas artists for the past few years to sell trucks to Texans, Dodge has tapped Terri Clark to sing "Bigger in Texas, Better In A Dodge". She also gets more face time in the spots than all other artists combined before her. Surely there must be something I'm missing. Let's take a look.
Mike Devers goes on to do a great job pointing out that non-Texan, native Albertan Clark doesn't exactly have much street cred to pitch things "bigger in Texas."
It's an old (February) post, but I hadn't seen it and wasn't aware that LoneStarMusic.com had added a blog or that Mike was doing it.
LoneStarMusic.com also has added a streaming radio feed that seems quite good so far (and that works just fine with my Slim Devices Squeezebox, aside from not passing the mp3 tags), and maintains quite a nice list of stations that play Texas country music.
I haven't been seeing much music this year or paying as much attention to the scene as I once did, but the LoneStarMusic folks really are doing some nice work for the genre.
UPDATE: Well, the LSM feed is nice, except it doesn't play so well with the Squeezebox after all, timing out after a few songs. That's a shame.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/26/05 15:41 | Music | Technorati | Comments (1)
25 June 2005
New Media Imitates Old?
New media wants to be just like old media (John Wagner)
Seems to me that creating and promoting a list of influential bloggers simply recreates the "old media" model, where a handful of elites hold all the power and other voices are kept silent.
In his post and comments (which should be read in their entirety), Wagner is referring to the Open Media 100.
Such lists are kind of interesting (especially to the self-important folks who compile them), but I don't know that they're all that useful.
For one thing, they tend completely to ignore local blogging, which can have far more influence than punditry on international and American politics. For another, they tend to ignore blogs that focus on other niche topics, which can be much more influential on those niche topics than mainstream media or generic A-list bloggers.
As a purely local example, our little blogHOUSTON project is NEVER going to show up on such a list. But, it has several thousand influential readers (media, political, legal, and business types) per day, and some of the ideas we push wind up being implemented. I'm not saying we necessarily influenced that, but we've been part of the discussion about it, and any number of other purely local issues. And so are other local blogs.
I suppose I would simply advise to take such compilations of "A-List Blogs" with a huge grain of salt -- especially if you're a new blogger trying to break into things. Good writing on good topics will find an audience over time, there are plenty of niche subject areas just crying for blogs, and the entry costs are minimal. That's why blogging as open-source media is not going to emulate the old-media model that Wagner criticizes, however much some list compilers might make it seem that way.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/25/05 10:57 | Media Matters | Technorati | Comments (2)
24 June 2005
Who Knew It Could Get Worse
CNN breaks up 'Capital Gang' (Netscape News)
The political roundtable -- featuring Robert Novak, Mark Shields and others -- has been on the air for 16 years. But like Novak's other show, "Crossfire," it has reached the end of the road as CNN attempts to retool itself in content and ratings under the leadership of CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein. Its last show will be Saturday.
In its place is an expanded version of "On The Story," a one-hour weekend show originally launched to provide the news channel's female correspondents with a platform to talk about the major stories of the week.
"On The Story" will now expand, adding chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour and others on a rotating basis. CNN said the new rotating cast will include male correspondents and reporters from throughout the world, who will talk about global hotspots.
It will also include "never-before-seen raw footage, reporter diaries and questions from viewers," according to CNN. It will be done before a studio audience at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where "Crossfire" had been telecast.
CNN's answer to getting killed in the ratings by Fox News is to ditch one of the best-sourced conservative writers in the business, boost Christiane Amanpour's profile, and include more diaries from female journalists?
Good gawd. They're out of their minds.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/24/05 23:31 | Media Matters | Technorati | Comments (1)
23 June 2005
Just Wait Till Tilman Fertita and Mayor White See This
SUSETTE KELO, et al., PETITIONERS v. CITY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, et al. (U.S. Supreme Court)
Justice Thomas dissenting:
There is no justification, however, for affording almost insurmountable deference to legislative conclusions that a use serves a "public use." To begin with, a court owes no deference to a legislature's judgment concerning the quintessentially legal question of whether the government owns, or the public has a legal right to use, the taken property. Even under the "public purpose" interpretation, moreover, it is most implausible that the Framers intended to defer to legislatures as to what satisfies the Public Use Clause, uniquely among all the express provisions of the Bill of Rights. We would not defer to a legislature's determination of the various circumstances that establish, for example, when a search of a home would be reasonable, see, e.g., Payton v. New York, 445 U. S. 573, 589-590 (1980), or when a convicted double-murderer may be shackled during a sentencing proceeding without on-the-record findings, see Deck v. Missouri, 544 U. S. ___ (2005), or when state law creates a property interest protected by the Due Process Clause, see, e.g., Castle Rock v. Gonzales, post, at __; Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U. S. 564, 576 (1972); Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U. S. 254, 262-263 (1970).
Still worse, it is backwards to adopt a searching standard of constitutional review for nontraditional property interests, such as welfare benefits, see, e.g., Goldberg, supra, while deferring to the legislature's determination as to what constitutes a public use when it exercises the power of eminent domain, and thereby invades individuals' traditional rights in real property. The Court has elsewhere recognized "the overriding respect for the sanctity of the home that has been embedded in our traditions since the origins of the Republic," Payton, supra, at 601, when the issue is only whether the government may search a home. Yet today the Court tells us that we are not to "second-guess the City's considered judgments," ante, at 18, when the issue is, instead, whether the government may take the infinitely more intrusive step of tearing down petitioners' homes. Something has gone seriously awry with this Court's interpretation of the Constitution. Though citizens are safe from the government in their homes, the homes themselves are not. Once one accepts, as the Court at least nominally does, ante, at 6, that the Public Use Clause is a limit on the eminent domain power of the Federal Government and the States, there is no justification for the almost complete deference it grants to legislatures as to what satisfies it.
What is entertaining about the outcome of this case is the consternation it has raised both on the Right and the Left. On the Left especially, it is fun that so many people sound like born-again proponents of Lochner-era "substantive due process," a doctrine of substantive constitutional protection of economic interests long thought dead, and long misunderstood (in my view and the view of some revisionists).
As much as I would like to see a revival of substantive due process (or the classical legal approach, as legal historian Morton Horwitz deemed it) in this area, that's probably not going to happen. But, if people really are so concerned about the potential for such questionable "public" takings, they can certainly work to amend their state constitutions to afford greater protection in eminent domain cases than the national constitution (which provides far less protection as a result of this ruling).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/23/05 21:32 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (6)
Maybe Rove Really Is The Evil Genius
Rove criticizes liberals on 9/11 (Patrick D. Healy, New York Times)
Karl Rove came to the heart of Manhattan last night to rhapsodize about the decline of liberalism in politics, saying Democrats responded weakly to Sept. 11 and had placed American troops in greater danger by criticizing their actions.
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers," Mr. Rove, the senior political adviser to President Bush, said at a fund-raiser in Midtown for the Conservative Party of New York State.
Citing calls by progressive groups to respond carefully to the attacks, Mr. Rove said to the applause of several hundred audience members, "I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble."
Dems say Rove should apologize or resign (Jim Abrams, AP)
Democrats said Thursday that White House adviser Karl Rove should either apologize or resign for accusing liberals of wanting "therapy and understanding" for the Sept. 11 attackers, escalating partisan rancor that threatens to consume Washington.
Rove's comments — and the response from the political opposition — mirrored earlier flaps over Democratic chairman Howard Dean's criticism of Republicans, a House Republican's statement that Democrats demonize Christians and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin's comparison of the Guantanamo prison to Nazi camps and Soviet gulags.
Leaving aside the question of whether we are offended by one set of remarks or the other (which will almost certainly track significantly but not completely with whether one identifies as a conservative or as a liberal), the whole dustup might give liberals more reason to think of Karl Rove as even more of an evil genius than they already do.
Why?
Because while Dems like Sen. Durbin are calling American soldiers Nazis and solidifying their position as the 40% party, Karl Rove now has Democrats demanding his resignation for criticizing those who are soft on terrorism and terrorists (liberals, he said, and not Dems per se).
In other words, Rove's on the 60%+ position in both instances.
Prominent Dems probably should have let Howard Dean wave his arms and complain (his credibility really can't sink any lower), and ignored the comments themselves. Sometimes, they just make it easy for the evil genius.
Jeff Harrell and Orrin Judd have more on all this.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/23/05 18:12 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (1)
22 June 2005
UH To Play Oklahoma State
OSU adds Houston to 2006 schedule (John Helsely, Daily Oklahoman)
Oklahoma State is growing quite comfortable in Houston.
The Cowboys, who recruit the area as a base, will return to Reliant Stadium in 2006 to play the University of Houston. OSU beat Southern Mississippi in the 2002 Houston Bowl at Reliant Stadium, home of the NFL’s Texans.
The matchup with Houston starts a three-year deal that will bring the Cougars to Stillwater in ’07 and ’08.
This is a really good deal for OSU. They get a team they should be able to beat (but that should be fun for fans to watch, at least on offense) to travel twice to their place, AND get to play in an NFL stadium in fertile recruiting ground.
For Houston, it's not such a great deal, BUT these are potentially a winnable "marquee" games against a major conference foe IF they catch OSU in a down year and play a great game. It beats scheduling two unwinnable "marquee" games against Oklahoma and Miami in the same season, which was a bad move on the part of Dave Maggard last season and hurt the program.
These three games could be fun if Art Briles can get things moving in the right direction again. I wouldn't mind a couple of roadtrips to Stillwater.
Incidentally, I've not seen coverage of this bit of scheduling news in Houston's Leading Information Source.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/22/05 16:11 | Big 12 Football | Technorati | Comments (1)
21 June 2005
KBH: The most popular figure in Texas politics?
Hutchison followed rules of etiquette (David Hill, The Hill)
Despite the anticipated nastiness of the potential primary, I don’t know anyone around Texas politics who believes Sen. Hutchison would have lost to Rick Perry. Hutchison is a certifiable conservative who has served her party and her Texan president with grace and distinction. She is arguably the most popular figure in Texas politics today. That’s saying a lot.
Laura Bush is probably the only man or woman who would have higher favorable ratings. Barbara Bush would be in the popular mix, too. No male even approaches the 70 percent favorable ratings that Hutchison routinely garners in polls. Numbers like those would have formed such a formidable defense around Sen. Hutchison that Perry’s anticipated attacks would never have penetrated.
[snip]
Hutchison was also doubtless mindful of the effect a divisive primary would have had on the party and the state. A struggle between Perry and the senator would have made everyone uncomfortable and harmed the sense of community in our party. Challenging an incumbent from your own party would violate informal rules of civility, thereby threatening the political order. That’s how etiquette looks at things.
Politics, of course, looks at this situation very differently. When Democrats ruled Texas elections, there were lots of ugly intra-party primary contests. Securing the Democratic nomination was tantamount to winning the general election, so you couldn’t always allow every incumbent a free ride in the primary.
I have thought Republicans, now the dominant party, would also fall into this manner of thinking. And perhaps we will. Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Texas controller and a Republican, announced last weekend that she will challenge Perry. But Hutchison made a different decision and ultimately paid tribute to the rules of etiquette that have served our party well.
Perry couldn't beat Hutchison in a general election, but I thought he had a good chance in the primaries. But, we'll never know I guess, and Dr. Hill certainly is the expert.
Of course, our friends on the Left are just delusional if they think there's any chance of the Senate race being competitive.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/21/05 23:13 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (3)
You know the Rockies are bad...
Astros survive Lane's blunder to edge Rockies (AP)
One night after Andy Pettitte pitched a gem against one of baseball's worst offenses, rookie Wandy Rodriguez was in the midst of another impressive night in his first career start against Colorado.
That was before right fielder Jason Lane cost Houston a run, and eventually its lead, in the sixth with an almost-comical attention lapse on defense.
With runners on second and third, Colorado's Garrett Atkins drove in Helton with a sacrifice fly to right. But after making the catch, Lane turned around and flipped the ball into the stands, apparently thinking the inning was over.
Preston Wilson took the opportunity to score on Lane's gaffe, bringing the Rockies to 4-2. As Wilson crossed home plate, Lane put his hands on his head and stood there with his mouth agape.
And still, the Rockies were worse.
This is the worst time of year. The college baseball season is over (at least for local teams). NFL training camps haven't started. And I have almost no interest in professional baseball.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/21/05 23:00 | Sports | Technorati | Comments (4)
The Sky Is Not Falling
One energy forecast: Oil supplies grow (Ron Scherer, Christian Science Monitor)
According to the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas, the end is near - when the earth's oil reserves start to run dry and scarce petroleum will go to the highest bidder. Seers have written books detailing that time, and websites such as EnergyShortage.com forecast a steady rise in prices - such as Tuesday's oil price of more than $59 a barrel.
Not so fast, maintains a new report issued Tuesday by the widely respected group Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). Instead of the wells running dry, CERA says petroleum supplies will be expanding faster than demand over the next five years, according to an analysis oil field by oil field. In good news for the SUV set, the new oil will be light, sweet crude - ideal for making gasoline. And since supply will grow, CERA forecasts prices will fall, possibly below $40 a barrel.
"We expect supply to outpace demand growth in the next few years, which would take the pressure off prices around 2007-2008 or thereafter and even lead to a period of price weakness," says Peter Jackson, a coauthor of the report.Kjell Aleklett, a professor of physics in Sweden and president of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas, says the CERA report is overly optimistic. In addition, he says, one of his students looked at a draft of the report and concluded that CERA double-counted.
One of the Hubbert Peak cultists' students figured this out? Color me shocked.
In the interest of full disclosure, I should admit that the parent company of the company for which I work acquired CERA recently. CERA, of course, is world renowned for its high-level consulting and strategic forecasting in the energy industry. Our company is world renowned for having the most comprehensive scouting system and database of worldwide exploration and production. Now, it's entirely possible the best consultants in the world using the best E&P database and scouting system in the world could have gotten some things wrong.
But if I had to pick from the CERA guys backed up by the best data in the industry, or a student of a Hubbert Peak cultist, I think the winning bet most times would be the CERA guys.
RELATED: CERA press release.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/21/05 22:36 | Other | Technorati | Comments (9)
Danger Train: Collision #93 and #94
Another car and MetroRail train collide (Houston Chronicle)
A motorist and a MetroRail train collided about 10:45 a.m. today at Main and Alabama in Midtown, barely 12 hours after a downtown collision between a MetroRail train and a van.
The motorist, whose name was not immediately available, allegedly ran a red light, said Metropolitan Transit Authority spokesman Ken Connaughton. There were no injuries, he said.
At 10:33 p.m. Monday, a southbound light rail train driven by Narvin Logans, 54, and an eastbound van driven by Harred Dixon, 24, of Houston, collided at Main and Dallas.
Dixon was ticketed for allegedly running the red light, Connaughton said. Both drivers sustained minor injuries, he said.
Two collisions in one day? And one day after KPRC-2 broke a story on the TRAIN running red lights?!
That, my friends, is world class!
For those of you keeping score, those would be Danger Train Collisions #93 and #94.
Unless METRO's not been forthcoming with recent collision reports, in which case we'll have to wait for Tom Bazan to file his regular public information request.
[Read More]Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/21/05 21:51 | Danger Train | Technorati | Comments (2)
20 June 2005
Perry vetoes HB 2193
Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas (Governor Rick Perry, June 17 2005) (pdf)
House Bill No. 2193 would reduce the maximum period of probation for certain third degree felonies from 10 to 5 years. This bill would shorten the probation for those who are convicted of assault on a peace officer and taking a weapon away from a peace officer. I will not sign legislation that reduces penalties for offenses against law enforcement officers.
This bill would also reduce the maximum period of probation for offenses such as kidnapping, injury to a child, repeated spousal abuse, intoxication assault and habitual felony drunk driving. These are serious crimes and I do not believe Texas should reduce probationary sentences for offenders who endanger the lives of others in such crimes.
House Bill No. 2193 would also add court fines to expand drug courts in Texas; however, there was no appropriation of these new revenues and the intended purpose would not be funded.
Attempts to improve this legislation that would have provided greater public safety were rebuffed, ensuring a flawed piece of legislation that would endanger public safety made it to my desk instead of one that could have made needed improvements to our probation system.
This legislation has raised concerns from many on the front lines of prosecuting these crimes, and I can only conclude their opposition stems from good cause.
Governor Perry has a way of just making the heads of liberals progressives explode, as he stakes out 60% positions on issues during an election cycle.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/20/05 22:09 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (2)
Something Out Of The 1950s
Talking down, drugstore cowboy (Marc Campos)
The members of congress from the Houston area that represent Latino and African American constituencies, who also happen to be METRO's biggest supporters, were left out of the decision making process. In fact, Commentary can't find any leader of color that was in the deal making room. Not good. Heck, ditto what the former METRO Chair said.
Some folks like to tout Houston as one of the most diverse cities in the whole, wide world. Maybe so, but not when it comes to making a key public transportation policy initiative like the one that was just shoved down our throat. Let's see, people of color vote for expanding light rail, local GOP members of congress oppose, light rail wins in large part because of the people of color vote, local GOP members of congress that supported losing side get to help cut the new METRO deal, people of color don't participate in negotiations. Sounds like something out of the 1950s.
Mayor: Blame me, if you don't like rail plan (Bill White, Houston Chronicle)
If people want to blame someone because they don't like more federal funding for mass transit or don't like some aspect of Metro's plan to build more rather than less, sooner rather than later, in a cost-effective fashion, then don't blame members of Congress, who, like Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison or Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee or Rep. Gene Green, have long fought for transit. Don't blame Rep. Tom DeLay or Rep. John Culberson, because they have agreed to use their critical leadership and committee positions to get the maximum reasonable amount of funds. Don't blame the Metro board for creating a plan to provide the maximum service with the dollars available. Blame me. I was hired by voters to get this city moving, and have asked all community leaders to help.
Well, there's the easy answer for Mr. Campos. He can blame Mayor White for this state of affairs from the 1950s!
I bet THAT is not going to happen.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/20/05 21:46 | Houston | Technorati | Comments (0)
Discouraging abortion in the Lone Star State
Abortion court cases could rise (Terri Langford, Houston Chronicle)
But the second girl, a 16-year-old from the Houston area, did what at least 262 girls in this state have done each year since parental notification became law more than five years ago. She asked a total stranger, a Texas judge, for permission to have an abortion without notifying her mother....
Chron: Parental notification is bad (Jeremy Weidenhof, Lone Star Times)
I would assume that any abortion doctor the girl saw would also be a total stranger, would this be a problem as well? Should we try to find a judge the girl knows?
Weidenhof's observation amused me.
Amusement aside -- the tougher parental notification law is quite obviously designed to discourage abortions in our state. If you're pro-abortion (as Hearst newspapers tend to be), then that's a problem. If you're anti-abortion, obviously it's heartening. If you claim to be anti-abortion but hate this law because Republicans passed it, you're really confused.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/20/05 21:33 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (5)
19 June 2005
Penders Makes Room For Stud Recruiting Class
Transition game (Michael Murphy, Houston Chronicle)
Cedrick Hensley didn't want his UH career to come to a premature end, but now he's bound for Minnesota State.
The attention tends to make Hensley uncomfortable because he would rather let someone else take the spotlight. Hensley, who is usually content to sit quietly in the background paging through the Bible he always carries with his textbooks, is far more comfortable observing than being observed.But Hensley finds himself the center of attention — not for one of his amazing dunks or his triple-digit night at Heritage Christian that made national headlines and turned him into a must-get recruit.
No, the talk is about Hensley's departure, part of a seismic shake-up of the University of Houston basketball program. A fortuitously timed change in recruiting rules has allowed UH coach Tom Penders to bring in a seven-player class that is being hailed as among the best in the nation.But to accommodate that group, five spots had to be opened up in addition to those created by the loss of seniors Andre Owens and Bryan Shelton, so four players were told to transfer — Hensley (headed to Minnesota State), Dwight Jones II (Houston Baptist), Englebert Cherrington (Houston Baptist) and Rodney Hannah (mulling his options).
[snip]
Penders, like every other coach, is in the business of winning, and his track record indicates he has been successful. That's why he was hired by UH athletic director Dave Maggard to rebuild a program that once had been a national power.
But Penders surprised many — including several of the players from the previous year's nine-win team — by exercising patience.
"Tom came in and told everyone that he was going to give everyone a shot, and he did," Maggard said. "I think that most everybody will understand (the moves) because I feel that he has been fair with everyone.
"But this is a one-time thing, and that's it."
Like it or not, this is the state of affairs in major college basketball today. The past season for UH was exciting and that team will always be remembered for turning around what was a dismal stretch for a once-proud program, but the players whose scholarships were not renewed honestly didn't show much last season.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/19/05 22:53 | Sports | Technorati | Comments (1)
Software Upgrade
I've upgraded the weblog software and some of the plugins to take advantage of some new features.
The only thing visitors should notice (unless I've broken something) is a new plugin that requires the entry of a Captcha alphanumeric sequence before a comment can be posted. This is intended as yet another spam prevention measure.
I have a redesign in the works, but it's not quite ready yet.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/19/05 19:43 | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (2)
A Party In Disarray
The master plan for party suicide (Wesley Pruden, Washington Times)
But the Democrats, in their desperate search for an alchemist who can turn Iraq into Vietnam, stumble into one soft cowpie after another. Harry Reid called the president "a loser," and that didn't work. Howard Dean mocked Christians for both race and faith, and fell over backwards. Dick Durbin thought he had the formula, telling how an FBI agent told him interrogators at Guantanamo chained an al Qaeda terrorist to the floor, turned up the air-conditioning, turned on a hip-hop recording and dialed up the decibels. Making someone, even a terrorist, listen to hip-hop may well be beyond the ordinary limits of civilized behavior, but what can Mr. Durbin and his colleagues expect ordinary Americans to make of this: "If I read this [e-mail] to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime -- Pol Pot or others -- that had no concern for human beings. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners."
His Democratic colleagues, despairing of buttoning the lip on the fattest mouth in the United States Senate, tried yesterday to avoid the senator and his firestorm, much like embarrassed parents whose four-year-old used the f-word in describing to dinner guests what daddy said to mommy. Harry Reid first hid between a bookcase and the Xerox machine and sent a female aide out to take the heat. She could tell reporters only that Mr. Durbin had "spotlighted" a problem and everyone ought to take "the FBI's concerns" seriously, although the FBI had said nothing at all about "the problem."
Hillary Clinton, having wrapped up the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and eager not to offend allies before actual campaigning starts, insisted that she hadn't read "the senator's speech." When a reporter read the offending passage to her she could only say, primly, that she had nothing to say.
If true, the senator's revelations that American war crimes at Guantanamo, consisting mostly of irreverent attitudes toward the Koran, had caught up with the atrocities of the Holocaust (9 million dead, including 6 million Jews), Stalin's gulags (2.7 million dead) and Pol Pot's Cambodian attempt at genocide (1.7 million dead) were surely the story of the new century, but the party's friendly press organs tried to look the other way. Neither The Washington Post nor the New York Times found room in yesterday's editions to report the controversy. But there was no press lollygagging in the Islamic world. Al Jazeera, the Arab-language network that regularly broadcasts dispatches from Osama bin Laden's cave, quickly put up the Durbin remarks in fulsome detail.
Durbin slanders his own country (Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times)
The senator from Illinois' comparisons are as tired as they're grotesque. They add nothing useful to the debate. But around the planet, folks naturally figure that, if only 100 people out of nearly 300 million get to be senators, the position must be a big deal. Hence, headlines in the Arab world like "U.S. Senator Stands By Nazi Remark." That's al-Jazeera, where the senator from al-Inois is now a big hero -- for slandering his own country, for confirming the lurid propaganda of his country's enemies. Yes, folks, American soldiers are Nazis and American prison camps are gulags: don't take our word for it, Senator Bigshot says so.
This isn't a Republican vs Democrat thing; it's about senior Democrats who are so over-invested in their hatred of a passing administration that they've signed on to the nuttiest slurs of the lunatic fringe. It would be heartening to think that Durbin will himself now be subjected to some serious torture. Not real torture, of course; I don't mean using Pol Pot techniques and playing the Celine Dion Christmas album really loud to him. But he should at least be made a little uncomfortable over what he's done -- in a time of war, make an inflammatory libel against his country's military that has no value whatsoever except to America's enemies. Shame on him, and shame on those fellow senators and Democrats who by their refusal to condemn him endorse his slander.
'Nazi' comment disgraceful (Boston Herald)
The second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has compared American servicemen and women to Nazis on the floor of that body. Has political debate sunk so low that a comment that hideous can be made by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) without repercussions?
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) lost his leadership position for the lesser if still odious offense of praising Strom Thurmond's presidential campaign which had taken place decades earlier.
``If I read this ... and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime - Pol Pot or others,'' Durbin said of Guantanamo ``abuses'' like ratcheting up the air conditioning in detainees' cells.
When Amnesty International makes such comparisons it irreversibly damages its credibility. When a U.S. senator does so, he damages the institution and the country he serves.
Durbin must go.
Howard Dean's the man for a tough rebuilding job (Stan Merriman, Houston Chronicle)
Concerning Howard Dean's rhetoric: His Democratic critics misunderstand Dean's strategy. Moderate Republicans and independents are not the target group Dean has in mind to rebuild and move our party to the winning column once again. Nor is that group the responsibility of an opposition party offering a better solution. In this period of renewal, our target is the 40 percent of the electorate who have opted out of the system because we Democrats are not speaking to and for them. And our target are the Reagan Democrats who left us because we were not addressing their economic needs and speaking to them in populist, bread-and-butter, dinner table language.
How is any recent behavior by the Dems designed to appeal to Reagan Democrats? It seems suited (if not designed) to attract 40% of the overall electorate. Why would any of the recent behavior by that party persuade Reagan Democrats, many of whom are now simply mainstream Republicans, to return to the party they abandoned?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/19/05 10:19 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (0)
18 June 2005
She Really Must Hate The Drugstore Cowboy
Strayhorn announces candidacy for governor (R.G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle)
With the Capitol as a backdrop and a scorching sun beating down, Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn turned the political heat up on Gov. Rick Perry today, formally announcing as a challenger to his re-election.
Strayhorn, saying she will run against Perry in next year's Republican primary, wasted no time in attacking her new opponent.
"You know that Texans cannot afford another four years of a governor who promises tax relief and delivers nothing," she said.
"Now is time to replace this do-nothing drugstore cowboy with one tough grandma," Strayhorn told a cheering crowd.
Thank goodness this woman's political career is now ending.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/18/05 19:58 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (1)
Perry puts the lege on the spot
Perry vetoes state funding, calls legislators back to Austin (April Castro, AP)
Republican Gov. Rick Perry today vetoed the state's $35.3 billion public education budget and called lawmakers back to the Capitol to finally find a solution to the school finance dilemma.
"I recognize this is a bold step, and frankly one I wrestled with," Perry said.
"Ultimately, I determined this action was necessary to ensure we fully fund our schools, provide needed reforms in the classroom, and pass real and substantial property tax relief," he said.
Without state funds, K-12 schools will struggle to educate Texas' 4.3 million students when the new school year starts in August.
Such a scenario could give lawmakers who have been uninspired to find a school finance solution the impetus they need to get the job done.
I should think so. The governor doesn't have all that much power in Texas, but his veto and the power to call a special session were used effectively here.
Wasn't someone going to announce something about running for governor today? I guess that little bit of news just got buried.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/18/05 12:58 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (0)
17 June 2005
The Perry Machine Revs Up
Lawmaker: Special session on school funding next week (David Koenig, AP)
Lawmakers will return to Austin Tuesday for a special session on school finance, state Sen. Florence Shapiro said today.
Shapiro, a leader on the school funding issue, said Republican Gov. Rick Perry will announce the special session Saturday. Perry's office wouldn't confirm the announcement.
The announcement would come on the same day Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn is expected to announce whether she will challenge Perry in the 2006 governor's race.
Hutchison won't take on Perry (Wayne Slater and Todd J. Gillman, Dallas Morning News)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced Friday that she will seek a third term in the Senate, declining to wage a difficult battle against Gov. Rick Perry in next year's Republican primary.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's announcement Friday came as a surprise after several moves foreshadowing a statehouse run.
Ms. Hutchison decided only Friday to seek to keep her Senate seat. She scheduled a news conference for June 27 to explain her decision.
"She's doing it because she thinks it's best for Texas," said spokesman Chris Paulitz.
Ms. Hutchison, who would be expected to cruise to re-election with little opposition, could rise to the No. 3 position in the GOP leadership in the Senate, and one person familiar with her thinking said that was a factor.
The senator also did not relish the prospect of a hard-fought battle with Mr. Perry, who has worked in recent weeks to shore up support among religious conservatives who dominate the base of the GOP, the person said.
What had been a rough stretch for Governor Perry has suddenly calmed considerably.
He's been able to dominate the press and steal all the attention from Carole Keeton Strayhorn with the constant leaks about a coming special session, and even has the audacity to time the announcement on the day Strayhorn will apparently launch her gubernatorial bid. Strayhorn may have enjoyed her slams of the governor from time to time, but his campaign has demonstrated once again that they know how to demolish amateurs who like to shoot from the hip. One tough grandma is probably doing a bunch of sputtering and swearing about now.
In the meantime, Perry gets the added gift of Sen. Hutchison coming to her senses and deciding to stay right where she is, no doubt with encouragement from senior GOP leaders.
As for the special session, I've been hearing (like most anyone else who's listening) that unlike Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Tom Craddick still wasn't all that interested in passing any sort of school finance plan. Gov. Perry's threat to veto school finance provisions and force the special session(s) to come up with a plan certainly ups the ante.
This ought to prove interesting.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/17/05 21:01 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (1)
15 June 2005
Flying By The Seat Of Their Pants
On the 10pm news, KTRK-13's Dave Ward announced that they were "flying by the seat of their pants" with their coverage of the power blackout in eight or so counties surrounding Houston.
Then the live remote with Jessica Willey proceeded to go to green static intermittently. It looked nice with her lavender suit.
During the break, however, KTRK-13 reminded they are still number one in the morning.
This is more fun than it should be.
(Update): Oh dear, they're giving Ted Oberg lots of talk time. He just started carrying on about the Texas Power Grid, and how we're Texans and don't need power from other states! They should go back to Jessica and intermittent green static.
(Update 2): Now Ilona Carson is reporting via phone from Conroe. They are showing DAYTIME stock footage of Conroe! In case you've never seen Conroe.
(Update 3): Now Ed Brandon is drawing on the weather map and illustrating the power outage!
(Update 4): KHOU-11 left their power outage coverage to run a good report by Jeff McShan on the HPD manpower shortage. Nice work, KHOU!
(Update 5): The power outage coverage seems to be winding down.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/15/05 22:11 | Media Matters | Technorati | Comments (7)
He's Not Gay, He's Just Enthusiastic!
For a time when Barry Switzer wasn't getting along with his Super Bowl quarterback, there were rumors around Valley Ranch that Troy Aikman was gay.
Dom Capers seemingly gets along with his quarterback, which is probably a good thing considering this photo.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/15/05 20:04 | Sports | Technorati | Comments (0)
13 June 2005
Ho Hum
This blog isn't dead.
Really.
I even have a plan for a redesign finally.
Really.
It's just going to take a little while.
Thanks for your patience. :)
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/13/05 22:22 | Other | Technorati | Comments (3)
10 June 2005
Blog Line Of The Week
It's been a few weeks (I think) since I've posted one of these, but Orrin Judd has a nice one today:
You know you're a permanent minority when you think that your opponents repeating your ideas aloud is a dirty trick.
Heh.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/10/05 09:32 | Other | Technorati | Comments (1)
09 June 2005
Shawn Mullins
I haven't been paying much attention to local music, but happened to notice that Shawn Mullins is playing the Mucky Duck tonight.
I don't really know his stuff, aside from "Lullaby" and one other hit that got some play, but the guy apparently likes playing some acoustic gigs in intimate venues. He probably doesn't have to do that anymore, so good choice on his part. I'm planning on checking it out later.
(Update) The Mullins show was really good. The guy seems really to like singing his stuff with an acoustic guitar in a small room. He's got a killer set of pipes (he reminded me of John Hiatt on a few songs), but it really surprised me how nicely he plays acoustic. Very nice touch.
We saw the guy walking his dog before the show, which was kinda cool. Hard not to like a dog person who plays so well!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/09/05 19:10 | Music | Technorati | Comments (6)
06 June 2005
Danger Train Update
It turns out that METRO hasn't been the most forthcoming public transit agency about recent Danger Train crashes.
Thanks to the work of Tom Bazan, who filed Texas public information requests with METRO, we now know of three Danger Train collisions that were previously undocumented here and at Gaver's site, bringing the grand total to 92 total, 20 this year, with 1 fatality this year, or 92 (20) (1) for short.
I think.
According to the METRO document, the collisions were on 4-2-2005 (Main and Pease), 5-9-2005 (Fannin and Dryden), and 5-16-2005 (Main and McGowen).
Interestingly, some incidents reported here and on Gaver's site are not listed in the METRO documents, giving these two sites a more accurate count than is possessed even by METRO.
How's that for world class?!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/06/05 22:26 | Danger Train | Technorati | Comments (0)
05 June 2005
Yeah, I Can't Make Up My Mind
I had pretty much talked myself into an iBook, which is a tiny machine for the money.
But then Dell came out with absolutely ridiculous coupons (up to $750 off) for the teeny little 700m.
Decisions, decisions.
I have to say, I lean towards the Dell.
(Update) I should note Dwight's post about the annual rumor that Apple may be going with Intel chips. This time, the rumor might have legs. Somewhere, Den Beste is probably smiling.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/05/05 21:59 | Other | Technorati | Comments (20)
01 June 2005
Float Trip 2005
Cathy has posted some photos from this year's float trip.
You'll have to create an account and login to her site to see them.
(Update) Cathy seems to have turned off registration for the time being, so you shouldn't have to register after all.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/01/05 21:20 | Other | Technorati | Comments (2)
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