Kinsfire's Page O'BlatherKinsfire's Page O'Blather - LiveJournal.comPolitics- October 29, 2006 I mention this here because I'm going to try to split my politic stuff away from my LJ.I have decided to move my political rants to www.kinsfire.com. It'll probably develop some stuff about my writing, but for now, I'm going to try to keep it purely to politics.You'll see stuff mentioned there that you might have seen in my LJ - because quite often, I'll have seen it in this person's or that person's LJ and carried it over to have it all in one place.http://kinsfire.livejournal.com/52993.html It's at times like this that I realise ...- October 21, 2006 ...that Heinlein was right. When you are a writer, that's it. You're caught forever. There is no getting over this, and there is no cure.What leads me to say thisI have been looking forward to the book Variable Star, by the Grandmaster Himself and Spider Robinson. It came out on September 19, 2006, and I was unable to pick it up until today, for monetary reasons. I have started reading it, and it is as gripping as I expected it to be.We left the restaurant, where I had begun reading it, and...http://kinsfire.livejournal.com/52989.html Arnie makes my day...- October 12, 2006 http:www.washingtonpost.comwp-dyncontentarticle20061011AR2006101101597.htmlAccording to George Will, Arnie vetoed a bill that crossed his desk that would have utterly destroyed the Electoral College system.The idea was that a coalition of six states, with a combined total of at least 270 electoral votes, would no longer vote the way that their voters wanted, but the way that the rest of the country seemed to be voting. Colorado has already passed this.So, as I understand it, even if the entire..http://kinsfire.livejournal.com/52630.html Haap Happy, Joy Joy!- October 8, 2006 As you can see by the music I'm listening to, I've found my Technical Difficulties tapes.I am currently recording them onto my computer.By this time tomorrow, I will have TD's albums sitting happily on my iPod.And I'll run a much lower risk of losing the songs forever.You bet your damned ass I'm ecstatic at the chance to save my favourite filk!bounces happily in chairhttp://kinsfire.livejournal.com/52386.html Do not go gentle into that good night; rage, rage against the dying of ...- October 6, 2006 ...the republic as we know it.As per filkertom :In all, Bush has challenged more than 800 laws enacted since he took office, most of which he said intruded on his constitutional powers as president and commander in chief. By contrast, all previous presidents challenged a combined total of about 600 laws. (He got this information from here.)Mind you, if you doubt this, you can check this site, which not only lists them in annotated and unannotated form, but also has an RSS feed for every...http://kinsfire.livejournal.com/52125.html |