So, it’s a couple of hours before the President delivers his sixth State of the Union Address, and the White House Communications Office has released some excerpts from the speech. Most notable excerpt: an admission that this country is addicted to oil. I’ve long believed that the only way we, as a country, will be [...]
Archive for January, 2006
State of the Union Preview
January 31, 2006Presidential IMs
January 31, 2006Courtesy of Danielle Crittenden…I just couldn’t resist. The best part:
Kickass43: whoa steve
Kickass43: still reelin here
Kickass43: *as much oil as in Saudi Arabia *
Kickass43:
Kickass43: wa-hoo!
Kickass43: so like–screw ANWAR?!?!
NationalSecurityGuy: Something like that, sir. If they can extract the oil from the sand, which is not an easy process.
Kickass43: wait
Kickass43: r ther like any cute [...]
Oscar Nominations
January 31, 2006The Oscar nomination list is out…and while I’m not going to bother with the tech awards, here’s my take on who gets the little naked gold man in the main categories. A lot of this depends on what kind of mood the voters are, and that’s impenetrable right now. I could see any number of [...]
Better looking than Brad Pitt, anyway…
January 30, 2006So, apparently, Big Media Ezra has gotten into a tiny spat with the spry Katrina vanden Heuvel.
Most of what they’re arguing about is dry and policy-related. But vanden Heuvel kicked off her post by taking what was, to me, an unfair dig at Ezra–she called him ugly.
Now, Ezra’s a lot of things. Ugly, however, ain’t [...]
And…we’re live!
January 30, 2006Yep. It’s finished. I finished migrating the last of the posts that I could find over here, and if you’re looking for new “Better Angels” material, this is the home.
I’ve no complaints about Typepad; it’s been a good home. But when you’re a starving student, you can’t beat free. And this is. Free, that is. [...]
Pithy Truths
January 30, 2006There are only three types of people who maintain complete consistency on complex subjects in the face of changing evidence: the stupid, the dishonest, and the insane. We require our politicians to be one of the three.Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Thanks to Mark Kleiman
Upcoming…
January 27, 2006Relax, folks, I haven’t totally disappeared. I’m in the process of migrating from Typepad to WordPress. And, I’m in school, too, so my time’s not exactly totally free.
But, for the first time in 7 years, I’m a free man. And, man, does it feel great.
