Saturday, August 14, 2004
Disclaimery
Charleyblogging
Covering the storm: Sean Bonner, Dolphinsdock, Elizabeth, All the World's a Cage, Fluke, Velociworld, Weatherbug, Rogers Cadenhead, QuietChaos, Road to Braj, Buzzmodo. From the latter:
I live in Winter Park, FL 32789, tremendous numbers of trees down everywhere. The storm really was pretty remarkable. The headlines indicate that it cut across Florida just like a power mower.
If we're against terrorism, what are we for?
so the irony of the US using Guantanamo in Cuba as a holding station for alleged Al-Qaeda and Taliban members is striking to me because we are doing to these people all the things we feared that communism would do if it was "allowed" to spread.
we have held these people for a couple of years now. we have not given them lawyers to defend them. we have not charged them.
we just basically locked their asses up.
even in cuba you are told why youre being locked up.
in all of this patriotism that we're hiding behind, theres a dirty little not-so-secret happening right in front of us that something should be done about.
my question to the president is, if these are bad people, and we know how theyve been bad, why arent we putting them on trial?
and if these are bad people, but we have no proof why they are bad, then how do we know they are bad without a trial?
my other question is, whats the delay?
youve had nearly three years now to build a case against these people. if you dont have enough evidence to fuck them, then quit fucking them.
is that so hard?
Are we ready to sentence these guys to another four years without a trial?
All due disrespect
White House West is funny as shit. Unequal time: Rush's pile of parodies.
A triumph of sense over sensation
Frank Payner says Yellow Tooth Trumps Testosterone, in IT Garage:
I'm going to package the Yellow Tooth Messaging System... a legal pad and a Bic. I think I can find a price point somewhere below the Treo 600.
Twinterviews
Two terrific interviews with personal heroes: Reason's with John Perry Barlow and Business Week's with Howard Rheingold. Both are so packed with quotable stuff I hardly know where to begin. So instead I'll just tell ya to go there and read the whole things.