Archive | October, 2007

31 October 2007 4 Comments

Complete Bushisms

The Complete Bushisms – By Jacob Weisberg – Slate Magazine:
 
"I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, ‘Mr. President, here’s what’s on my mind.’ And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I decide, you know, I say, ‘This is [...]

31 October 2007 Comments Off

A new record!

I managed to make it four days this time before getting a blister on my foot.  This is a new record for me.  At SpeechTEK West last February it was day 3, and at SpeechTEK/CRM in August, it was the very first day.  I think its the venue.  This place has a great back hall [...]

30 October 2007 Comments Off

Political Fact Check Websites

The U.S. presidential election is more than a year away, but scrutinizing the claims, statements, debates, and stances of the numerous presidential candidates can feel quite overwhelming.
read more | digg story

29 October 2007 Comments Off

Full Version of White House “Edited” CDC Climate Report

More on that post I made the other day qabout the edited CDC report.

Full Version of White House "Edited" CDC Climate Report – with highlights! | DeSmogBlog
"Edits" does not even come close to describing the grammatical massacre the White House undertook with CDC Director Julie Gerberding’s Senate testimony on the public health effects of climate [...]

28 October 2007 6 Comments

Windows 98 Sucks!

People trust technology too much these days.
I got up at 6:30 this morning so I could be at the conference office by 7:15.  the morning workshops start at 9:00am so Bill and I figured that would give us plenty of time to set up the rooms with projectors and laptops.  I was a bit early, [...]