March 25, 2003

There were 2 posts published on March 25, 2003 (this is page 1 of 1).

Is Our Children Learning?

I’m currently in the middle of a lightweight read, but entertaining, nonetheless, called Is Our Children Learning?. It’s a blatently partisan but factual account of George W. Bush’s political life.

How on God’s green earth did this guy get this far? It’s the strongest argument I’ve heard yet against social promotion in the school system.

The funniest part of the book is the Bushisms, one of which became the book’s title.

A fresh one from Slate’s website that I couldn’t resist posting:

“The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.” – Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003

It doesn’t get any better than that, folks.

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Reading, reading, reading

Kelly and Hallie are up visiting Kelly’s parents. I’ve spent the evening getting sucked into weblogs again. Seems that every day I find another wonderful source of opinion.

The gem of the evening is Monkey Media, a site which I was going to create if it didn’t already exist. My time spent on various local mailing lists made me realize that the local techie illuminati could do nearly as good a job reporting news as our local news media. Monkey Media was also one of the few places that pointed out the media manipulation that occured during the coverage of the Feb. 15th Raleigh protests. Even without Photoshop, the camera lies, my friends.

More blogging (damn, I lost track of where I got what) brought me to a Slate article on watching Iraqi TV. I have always been an AV geek, and satellite is the mecca of AV geeks. I have also always been interested in hearing from all sides, so you can imagine my interest in this topic. The article lists some Internet-bound methods of viewing, which I personally would pass on in favor of tuning in myself.

Weblogs have not only filled my mind with more viewpoints than the Official One, they have spurred me to define and share my own viewpoints. Bloggers have discovered that communication truly is a two-way street.

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