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Entries from September 2004

Presidential debate blogging

September 30th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Ok, so I’m getting started a little late, and thus, I’m not going to discuss the first 2 questions that were asked. Though I do believe Kerry is off to a good start in the debate and is focusing on Osama Bin Laden.
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34 Children Killed in Baghdad

September 30th, 2004 · No Comments

Sad. Reuters is one of multiple newswires carrying the story, Car Bombs Kill 34 Children in Baghdad.

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Some new stuff up at david.mcnelis.biz

September 30th, 2004 · No Comments

Well, I’ve got my subdomain david.mcnelis.biz up and running, with a little bit of a website. Its pretty shoddy design, and not all the pages are there yet. However, there are a couple raw, and I empasize, RAW audio tracks that will be featured on the upcoming CD. So feel free to […]

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Mount St. Helens near eruption

September 30th, 2004 · No Comments

I just hope the scientists are right. The worlds geology and weather the last few years has been really hinky in my uneducated opinion. If they are wrong, and it is not a small eruption, then I kind of worry about our other data models regarding seismic activity. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is […]

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A victory for Privacy

September 29th, 2004 · 1 Comment

In my hiatus today, due to lower back pain, I’ve spent 5 minutes looking at the web. This is, what I believe, to be a very important court case, and a big when for privacy advocates. MSNBC is carrying a story entitled, Federal judge rejects part of Patriot Act. Definately worth a […]

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I love stoned slackers

September 28th, 2004 · 3 Comments

And who better to talk to stoned slackers than John Stewart! MSNBC is carrying the story entitled,
Stoned slackers watch Jon Stewart?.
Best quote, on the undecided deciding the election…

“This election is going to rely on the undecided And who is more undecided than stoned slackers? Ice cream or pretzels? Ice cream or pretzels? Whats it […]

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All History is a Fiction

September 28th, 2004 · 11 Comments

David DeLauro, over at Lest Blood Be Shed has an interesting post about the cultural bias present in the telling of history, and how, as his article is entitled…
All History is a Fiction.
My favorite excerpt, the last paragraph of the post, is regarding History and Christianity.
I would say that Theology is the same but […]

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Daley and the Renaissance 2010 plan

September 28th, 2004 · No Comments

Back in June Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Public School C.E.O.Arne Duncan decided that they were going to initiate a program called Renaissance 2010.
I think this is a very bad idea, and if you want to know why, click

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If we could just shake our dependence on oil

September 28th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Then things like rebels battling with a government over oil wouldn’t be an issue, like it is in Nigeria right now.
I don’t know much about the situation over there, and am not about to takes sides in a fight where I am ignorant of the mitigating factors. But it saddens me that the way […]

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Changes with Chicago Taxis

September 28th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Ok, so I understand the need to increase revenue for Cabbies, so that they can be paid a decent wage. Lets face it, it can take 1/2 and hour to get 1 mile in this city sometimes. So when the Chicago Tribune runs a story on putting advertisements on the outside of […]

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