Monday, October 23, 2006
Whats does a T6 ECLAD look like?
T stands for tons of fun... S stands for sleep next door. What should a T6 ECLAD look like? Share your vision. If it involves seizing every single government position in the local government, I'm not coming. (Note this is not for place discussions. Logemann has establisted that post already.)
T6 ECLAD in North Carolina
This post is mostly for my friend Steve, who is convinced of (but has little data to support) the idea that North Carolina is a bad state for single people, and thus would make a poor site for the hypothetical T6 Experiment in Communal Living and Discipleship (or T6 ECLAD, for short). “The Triangle” area of North Carolina (comprised of the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) boasts the many elements vital to the T6 economy: major research universities for the academics like UNC, Duke and NC State; high tech (and high-paying, no doubt) companies for those more practically inclined (for example, those with *ahem* computer science degrees, perhaps?) including Cisco, DuPont, Freescale Semiconductor, GE, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Sony Ericsson, and Verizon, among numerous others; several NPR stations; throngs of smart, interesting and available young women (some probably even with southern accents); and inexpensive real estate. You can read a little more (but really not much more) in this Wikipedia article.
Also of interest, the Triangle's population is the most educated in the United States, with the highest number of Ph.D.s per capita. Sounds like an interesting place to me... how about you?
Also of interest, the Triangle's population is the most educated in the United States, with the highest number of Ph.D.s per capita. Sounds like an interesting place to me... how about you?
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
A Link
The following information will be presented in the form of a cheezy radio commercial.
[Cheezy radio commercial music- dee de deee dip daaa!]
"Hi Marshall!"
"Oh, Hi Jenny; wow, you look excited!"
"Well, I just found out about this exciting new website called Library Thing!"
"Library Thing? What's Library Thing?"
"Library Thing is a wonderful online application that allows serious book-owners like me to enter my whole library to my own online database—it's an easy, library-quality catalog!"
"Wow, that does sound exciting, tell me more!!!"
"I'd be glad to, LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things; I've already met over FIFTY PEOPLE who love differnt books that I love!"
"Wow! . . .wow wow wow wow WOW!"
"I know! And signing up is easy! Just go to http://web1.librarything.com/ to start your account today!"
"Wow! That's great, I will."
"Hurray!"
[Da dee Daa [pause] Library Thing!]
[Cheezy radio commercial music- dee de deee dip daaa!]
"Hi Marshall!"
"Oh, Hi Jenny; wow, you look excited!"
"Well, I just found out about this exciting new website called Library Thing!"
"Library Thing? What's Library Thing?"
"Library Thing is a wonderful online application that allows serious book-owners like me to enter my whole library to my own online database—it's an easy, library-quality catalog!"
"Wow, that does sound exciting, tell me more!!!"
"I'd be glad to, LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things; I've already met over FIFTY PEOPLE who love differnt books that I love!"
"Wow! . . .wow wow wow wow WOW!"
"I know! And signing up is easy! Just go to http://web1.librarything.com/ to start your account today!"
"Wow! That's great, I will."
"Hurray!"
[Da dee Daa [pause] Library Thing!]
Monday, October 02, 2006
Goodbye Denny
Resign, Mr. Speaker
TODAY'S EDITORIALOctober 3, 2006
The facts of the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a disgrace for every Republican member of Congress. Red flags emerged in late 2005, perhaps even earlier, in suggestive and wholly inappropriate e-mail messages to underage congressional pages. His aberrant, predatory -- and possibly criminal -- behavior was an open secret among the pages who were his prey. The evidence was strong enough long enough ago that the speaker should have relieved Mr. Foley of his committee responsibilities contingent on a full investigation to learn what had taken place, whether any laws had been violated and what action, up to and including prosecution, were warranted by the facts. This never happened. Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois, the Republican chairman of the House Page Board, said he learned about the Foley e-mail messages "in late 2005." Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the leader of the Republican majority, said he was informed of the e-mail messages earlier this year. On Friday, Mr. Hastert dissembled, to put it charitably, before conceding that he, too, learned about the e-mail messages sometime earlier this year. Late yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hastert insisted that he learned of the most flagrant instant-message exchange from 2003 only last Friday, when it was reported by ABC News. This is irrelevant. The original e-mail messages were warning enough that a predator -- and, incredibly, the co-chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children -- could be prowling the halls of Congress. The matter wasn't pursued aggressively. It was barely pursued at all. Moreover, all available evidence suggests that the Republican leadership did not share anything related to this matter with any Democrat. Now the scandal must unfold on the front pages of the newspapers and on the television screens, as transcripts of lewd messages emerge and doubts are rightly raised about the forthrightness of the Republican stewards of the 109th Congress. Some Democrats are attempting to make this "a Republican scandal," and they shouldn't; Democrats have contributed more than their share of characters in the tawdry history of congressional sexual scandals. Sexual predators come in all shapes, sizes and partisan hues, in institutions within and without government. When predators are found they must be dealt with, forcefully and swiftly. This time the offender is a Republican, and Republicans can't simply "get ahead" of the scandal by competing to make the most noise in calls for a full investigation. The time for that is long past. House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once. Either he was grossly negligent for not taking the red flags fully into account and ordering a swift investigation, for not even remembering the order of events leading up to last week's revelations -- or he deliberately looked the other way in hopes that a brewing scandal would simply blow away. He gave phony answers Friday to the old and ever-relevant questions of what did he know and when did he know it? Mr. Hastert has forfeited the confidence of the public and his party, and he cannot preside over the necessary coming investigation, an investigation that must examine his own inept performance. A special, one-day congressional session should elect a successor. We nominate Rep. Henry Hyde, also of Illinois, the chairman of the House International Relations Committee whose approaching retirement ensures that he has no dog in this fight. He has a long and principled career, and is respected on both sides of the aisle. Mr. Hyde would preside over the remaining three months of the 109th Congress in a manner best suited for a full and exhaustive investigation until a new speaker for the 110th Congress is elected in January, who can assume responsibility for the investigation.
TODAY'S EDITORIALOctober 3, 2006
The facts of the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a disgrace for every Republican member of Congress. Red flags emerged in late 2005, perhaps even earlier, in suggestive and wholly inappropriate e-mail messages to underage congressional pages. His aberrant, predatory -- and possibly criminal -- behavior was an open secret among the pages who were his prey. The evidence was strong enough long enough ago that the speaker should have relieved Mr. Foley of his committee responsibilities contingent on a full investigation to learn what had taken place, whether any laws had been violated and what action, up to and including prosecution, were warranted by the facts. This never happened. Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois, the Republican chairman of the House Page Board, said he learned about the Foley e-mail messages "in late 2005." Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the leader of the Republican majority, said he was informed of the e-mail messages earlier this year. On Friday, Mr. Hastert dissembled, to put it charitably, before conceding that he, too, learned about the e-mail messages sometime earlier this year. Late yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hastert insisted that he learned of the most flagrant instant-message exchange from 2003 only last Friday, when it was reported by ABC News. This is irrelevant. The original e-mail messages were warning enough that a predator -- and, incredibly, the co-chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children -- could be prowling the halls of Congress. The matter wasn't pursued aggressively. It was barely pursued at all. Moreover, all available evidence suggests that the Republican leadership did not share anything related to this matter with any Democrat. Now the scandal must unfold on the front pages of the newspapers and on the television screens, as transcripts of lewd messages emerge and doubts are rightly raised about the forthrightness of the Republican stewards of the 109th Congress. Some Democrats are attempting to make this "a Republican scandal," and they shouldn't; Democrats have contributed more than their share of characters in the tawdry history of congressional sexual scandals. Sexual predators come in all shapes, sizes and partisan hues, in institutions within and without government. When predators are found they must be dealt with, forcefully and swiftly. This time the offender is a Republican, and Republicans can't simply "get ahead" of the scandal by competing to make the most noise in calls for a full investigation. The time for that is long past. House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once. Either he was grossly negligent for not taking the red flags fully into account and ordering a swift investigation, for not even remembering the order of events leading up to last week's revelations -- or he deliberately looked the other way in hopes that a brewing scandal would simply blow away. He gave phony answers Friday to the old and ever-relevant questions of what did he know and when did he know it? Mr. Hastert has forfeited the confidence of the public and his party, and he cannot preside over the necessary coming investigation, an investigation that must examine his own inept performance. A special, one-day congressional session should elect a successor. We nominate Rep. Henry Hyde, also of Illinois, the chairman of the House International Relations Committee whose approaching retirement ensures that he has no dog in this fight. He has a long and principled career, and is respected on both sides of the aisle. Mr. Hyde would preside over the remaining three months of the 109th Congress in a manner best suited for a full and exhaustive investigation until a new speaker for the 110th Congress is elected in January, who can assume responsibility for the investigation.
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