It was inevitable. A lot of us began speculating when Dobelle would be forced out after Governor Lingle was elected in 2002 (Dobelle publicly endorsed Democrat Mazie Hirono in that race). In retrospect that probably had less to do with it than his constant feuding with the Board of Trustees, and I think that blame needs to be laid equally with the board. The hostility flowed in both directions. Dobelle didn’t seem to want to be accountable to anyone but himself, and the board seemed to want to put him on a short leash. What is most interesting that the…
BTW, Dave, I like the format of your morning coffee notes, but you need a logo for it.
Maybe a shot of you sitting in Starbucks with your mug. I’ll have to borrow the format for my NahenaheNet weblog. Like I said before, I only steal, er, borrow, from the best
Dave shares his thoughts on the week long RonnieFest.
I was thinking the same thing. If Clinton or Carter had died during the Bush presidency there is no way we would have had a week long pageant celebrating their lives. Not that Carter deserved one; he was basically a decent man who was in over his head in a turbulent era. Clinton will probably be most remembered for a stain left on someone’s dress. I’m not sure that Reagan would have gotten this treatment last year when Bush’s reelection seemed assured. Now it’s been a week-long excuse to move the media focus away from Iraq. I was 20 years…
Satellite Cat Fight!
Echostar (Dish Network) and Viacom (CBS network, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, BET, among others) have sharpened their claws and going at each others’s throats. I first became aware of this last week when watching Comedy Central. The channel started to superimpose a text message addressed to “Dish Network Customers” over the programming, but it was quickly blacked out, assumably by Dish Network staff. This happened a few times during the show. Today we got home and found all of the channels out of service, with a message from Dish Network to direct our frustrations at Viacom. With all of the…
Dave finds it interesting that no candidate weblogs show up on the Share Your OPML Top 100.
I don’t find it suprising. To me subscribing one of those would be like tuning into a cable channel that broadcasts nothing but political advertising generated by the candidates and their parties. I’m not subscribed to any political weblogs. Why? I need balance. I don’t need to hear any more Bush-bashing, Dean-trashing crap, or pie-in-the-sky “I can cure all of the world’s ills” baloney. I’d like to read someone’s fair coverage of their policies and plans and how it affects Joe Average Citizen without the spin. Does such a beast exist? Is it possible?
Men like gadgets, women like make-up.
“”In cyberspace, no one may know you’re a dog, but it’s depressingly easy to tell if you are a man or a woman, depending on the internet sites you visit,” says Karlin Lillington. “What do men buy? Consumer electronics, sporting goods, computer gear, including hardware, software and peripherals, cars and accessories, and – but of course – video games.” For me, delete sporting goods and video games, and add music and music-related gear.
Governor Arnie?
Now that California has the Governator, I’m wondering which of these will happen first: A) there will be a new recall petition put in place to remove him, or B) someone will begin a movement to amend or remove Article II of the US Constitution, Section 1, Clause 5, which states “No persona except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.”
Welcome To The 21st Century, Scott!
My old Maui buddy, Mac guru and favorite caracture artist Scott Waters has finally got himself a blog, one of the new iBlogs. Scott’s responsible for the incredibly handsome caricature portrait of me to the right.
Do Not Call List On Hold.
This is annoying as heck. 50 million people want this, and one asshole federal judge can toss it aside. How does one get a judge recalled? If Bush wants to impress me, he needs find a way get rid of this incompetent loser. I agree with one aspect of this, but not enough to see the entire program get delayed. I don’t want politicitans, charities or people conducting surveys intruding on my dinner either. We should be able to choose what, if any, kinds of unsolicited calls we get. If we don’t want any calls, we shouldn’t have to get…
Where Were You?
It seems that “where were you when the twin towers fell?” may be the defining question for this generation, as the Kennedy assassination was for my parents, and the Challenger explosion was for my generation (in my opinion). I was at home, getting ready for work, and as is my habit, checking out Scripting News. We don’t watch TV in the morning, so that was where I first learned about the attack. Looking back at that day’s reporting gives me the same sick-to-my-stomach feeling I had that morning. Our whole family just stayed home, watched, and talked all day.