Making Progress: 11/8/04
For progressive minded people the election was a dark day but the election results were not all bleak. There were a few positive results from the election which I'll provide below. Let's try to stay focused as we go forward...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 8, 2004 04:18 PM
Straws Grasped: The Election and Cognitive Dissonance
Unexpected, jarring events — such as Sen. John Kerry's relatively decisive loss to President Bush in last week's election — can cause a cognitive dissonance that some seek to explain by denying "apparent" reality rather than coming to terms with...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 8, 2004 12:20 PM
News at the Speed of Light: CBS Taunts the Blogosphere
Must be remnants of sour grapes from the Rathergate debacle. What the big media dinausaurs don't understand is Blogging is not a one-way monologue...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 8, 2004 01:59 AM
Is it possible that the vote was hacked?
Is it possible that the vote was hacked? You know... I'm not being a sore loser here so don't even suggest it. I would be asking this question regardless of who won the election. I want my vote to be...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 7, 2004 11:52 PM
Watch out Bush... the kooks are comin'!
Welcome to monday. I know some of us are very distraught about the latest political atmosphere lately — OK, WE'RE FRIGGIN' PISSED!. There, I said it. Anyway, we are recovering and getting on with our lives, planning, and thinking of...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 7, 2004 10:39 PM
Why Bush Won: The Ingrate States
You know how some people react to being helped. They're in need so you give them a hand up and they're grateful at the time. But from then on ...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 7, 2004 04:07 PM
THE GREAT BLACK HOPE?
Did he really say it? Yes he did: "This is no longer George Bush's war. This is America's war." — Barack Obama, speaking this morning about the war in Iraq on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopolous." Too bad what...
Posted in Straight Up on November 7, 2004 02:48 PM
THE DEBATES? WHAT DEBATES?
The Blessed Reverend Repulski writes: "Dropped into the Albany town library and there noticed Hunter Thompson's name on the current Rolling Stone cover. Guess what? He fell for the shoe-in Kerry jive too. Some forecasts are too painful to consider....
Posted in Straight Up on November 7, 2004 02:41 PM
What's so bad about Alan Keyes anyway?
I was one of the many progressives that had to reassess things a bit after the last election. The comments made about that reassessment…okay, they weren't about the reassessment but they attached to the post…make need to ask the question...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 7, 2004 07:28 AM
Article comments
1 - Jason Koulouras
Eric, this compilation is a great resource site - thanks!
2 - Eric Olsen
thanks Jason! It's a good way to follow along in chronological order, and with it all in one place you can spot trends and relationships between stories and themes you might not have otherwise noticed
3 - Mike Kole
Eric- I'll second the note of thanks, with a special appreciation for a pic of Badnarik that is standard fare rather than one of him blowing his nose or the like. The Nader image is his own, so nobody could get too riled about it, but it looks like a Gary Numan album cover to me.
4 - Eric Olsen
we strive to be ecumenical!
5 - geekgirl2
Great set of info re the US election. The Australian elections are on soon too - I still think it's more a plague on both their houses type of thing in both countries!
6 - Eric Olsen
thanks gg2, I am certain Australians are doing a much better job of following our elections than we are of yours
7 - RJ
Eric:
I just added a link to this page onto my site, like you requested. EVERYONE SHOULD DO THIS!
8 - Eric Olsen
Thanks, and that would be great. Certainly everyone who has written posts linked from this master post would benefit greatly from as much traffic going to it as possible.
9 - Ernie Fitzpatrick
Who are we to believe on the conditions in Iraq? A man who is risking his life every minute of the day who lives there (Allawi) and is the Prime Minister, or a man running for president that would benefit by worsening conditions(JFK)?
10 - Eric Olsen
everyone has an angle, including Allawi, but that is not an unresonable question
11 - Helmut
Have any of you guys seen the new Bushisms DVD? I just bought it from www.bushism.net. It looks pretty funny. Al Franken and Brian Unger are it. Any comments?
12 - Eric Olsen
thanks Helmut, I'll add it to the Amazon list above
13 - RJ
I just linked to this page again in another post to my site. EVERYONE SHOULD DO THIS!
14 - Eric Olsen
thanks RJ, I agree
15 - Eric Olsen
and by everyone, we mean everyone who owns a computer
16 - andy marsh
it is most definately a good source, thanks for the compilation Eric!
17 - Claire
This is, in fact, a wonderful source for issues, personalities and the important things we need to consider at this time. It has been wonderfully put together and should serve as a model for the future.
Claire
18 - Eric Olsen
thanks Claire, much appreciated!
19 - Alicia Whitaker
You suck