Thank you, Steve Eley! You have put into words some feelings that I've been having on the sub-atomic level for a while now.
I guess I've had my angry, cathartic exchanges already. It's time to move forward and do what we can do to prevent a 3rd straight Republican presidency. That means (to me, anyway) convincing more moderate Bush supporters that we have more to offer them than the other guys do. We aren't going to do that by telling them that they are idiots.
Thanks for your 'blog, Teresa. Whether I always agree with the sentiments here or not, the level of passion I see here encourages me immensely. When we stop caring, we really have lost.
You realize, of course, that this thread has now left me with the indelible mental picture of Karl Rove as Nyarlathotep, face turned to the moon with a look of triumph with John O'Neill and Rumsfeld licking his hands...
Scott (who knows that there is naught but chaos lurking beneath...)
[In response to the Military books thread earlier]
Sara E:
By all means, read a book on military logistics. There is a quote (which I cannot attribute right now, shame on me) that says "Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics".
In the real world (and in better wargames), battles and even wars can be won and lost with logistical planning (or lack thereof). If you can't manage to keep your troops supplied with food, ammunition, replacement parts, etc., they will eventually lose to a force that can maintain those supplies.
Emphasizing the importance of logistics is a tactical operation (sometimes called "deep strike") that directly targets the opponent's logistical chain. These attacks can, when properly employed, decimate an enemy's logistical resources and communications and cut the front-line troops from critical resources, reducing or even neutralizing their combat effectiveness.
We now return you to your reguilarly scheduled thread...
Mongo - You really need to sell this to The Onion. It's one of the better AC pieces I think I've ever seen. Kudos for a truly inspired post.
heh... Democrats in Congress as Jar Jar Binks.
I wonder what Star Wars characters this revelation makes the other candidates? Now I'm having a really hard time NOT seeing Howard Dean as a small Wookie... ;-)
Worth a shot. Maybe someone will reconize it and NOT download that particular nasty.
Good luck getting this one shut down.
Hmmm. I wonder if this is related:
from http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3297661
"Another day, another virus.
Unsuspecting Internet users were greeted Friday with an e-mail message purportedly from windowsupdate@microsoft.com to update their computers. The message has the subject line: Windows XP Service Pack 1 (Express) - Critical Update. Problem is, the message isn't from Microsoft and the patch is actually a back door Trojan."
This particular Trojan, called Xombe, downloads a file that launches DoS attacks. I heard about this today from my EDUCAUSE subscription, and when I saw you were getting hit again, it rang a bell.
Stoppard - now THERE'S a great candidate for a time traveler. Watching his work gives me the distict impression that he has had some incredible "technical advisors" from the last several centuries...
Hello to all (and quick recovery to TNH!),
Just thought that the readership might enjoy getting the straight skinny on the next great threat to American Democracy - librarians (according to Rich Lowery at the National Review)
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/welcome.shtml
And you thought we just ran around in our Birkenstocks saying "SHHHH!" and providing access to literature and information. Little did you know that we are all highly deluded and dangerous threats to the Reich - er, republic...
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