Governor Cashmore's DiaryThe political and social observations of the Governor of a Southern state.With friends like these- November 5, 2002 I just don't get it. Sharon asks us to take out Iraq for him. We go all out stoking up the blood lust for a war and before we even get it started Sharon is already asking us to start another against Iran. I just hope that Safire and Co can keep this out of the papers, last thing we want is for our base to start asking questions about who the war is intended to benefit.http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,834074,00.html Keeping the wrong sort of voters at home- November 5, 2002 Fred from Baltimore sent me a copy of the flyer they have been sending out in the black areas: Come out to vote on November 6th Before you come to vote make sure you pay your: Parking tickets Motor vehicle tickets Overdue rent AND MOST IMPORTANT ANY WARRANTS The old ones are certainly the good ones.http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/11/04.html#a18 NYC got Nothing- November 5, 2002 Spoke to Bill. So it turns out that NYC did not get the Olympics after all. Apparently there is some UN committee or something that makes the actual decision and that NYC is just the US nomination, to compete against our plucky allies in Britain(London), and Mpwthe Bingobongoland Which pretty much settles it for Mpwthe since W seems to have everyone in the world apart from our plucky allies in Britain looking for any excuse to stick one in our eye. Even Blair will have to have his guy vote for..http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/11/04.html#a17 NYC got the Olympics- November 4, 2002 Of course they should have lying and hypocrisy as an Olympic sport. We could sweep the medals every year. Take Chattering Coleman for example, after spending how many months calling Wellstone a naive tree-hugger plotting to sell the country out to Iraq he has had to spend the past week pretending that he was his best friend on earth. Today's debate was a real humbugfest. Coleman apparently forgot whose side he is on and started attacking Mondale for being on corporate boards. I guess it is an...http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/11/04.html#a16 Its the Pitts- November 2, 2002 Man, is there no limits to the man's incompetence One would think that as the rich people's party the powers that be would realise whose money is being stolen here. One can only think that the Harken and Halliburton stuff really needs the lid kept on it.http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/11/02.html#a15 Microsoft- November 2, 2002 Damned court let Microsoft off the hook. So that means one less contributor next time round. Perhaps we could start an investigation of some other computer companies who have failled to 'play a social role'. I can't remember getting a check from Sun or Apple. Of course the original judge messed the case up good and proper for everyone, and not for the first time. I wonder if Penfold Jackson is a relation of Jackass Jackson, my opponenthttp://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/11/02.html#a14 CamPAIN trail- November 2, 2002 Maybe I'm getting to old for this, hang on I'm not yet 40. But the campaign trail would wear down anyone. Up at six, meet, greet, move and shake for 18 hours then start over the next day. And for what If you have a 2 minute conversation with each person thats 30 people an hour, 560 in a day, not counting the time it takes to travel. So instead of talking to the voters you talk to the real electors, the ones that vote with their wallets. So instead of 560 votes you get 560 checks which...http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/11/02.html#a13 |