California Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bill Jones has had his web site shut down by his service provider because he was sending out spam.

Boo hoo.

“I have concerns about an Internet provider who is stifling free political speech a week before the election,” said Sean Walsh, Jones’ deputy campaign manager. “This is an intelligent, thoughtful and appropriate way to campaign.”

Let’s parse this. For “…stifling free political speech…” read “…unwilling to involuntarily spew millions of spam emails to people who aren’t even eligible to vote…” For “intelligent, thoughtful and appropriate” read “…obnoxious, stupid, and counter-productive…”

With idiots like this running his campaign, it’s no wonder he’s tanking.

My money’s still on Simon. And I have hopes for him in the general election as well.

California Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bill Jones has had his web site shut down by his service provider because he was sending out spam.

Boo hoo.

“I have concerns about an Internet provider who is stifling free political speech a week before the election,” said Sean Walsh, Jones’ deputy campaign manager. “This is an intelligent, thoughtful and appropriate way to campaign.”

Let’s parse this. For “…stifling free political speech…” read “…unwilling to involuntarily spew millions of spam emails to people who aren’t even eligible to vote…” For “intelligent, thoughtful and appropriate” read “…obnoxious, stupid, and counter-productive…”

With idiots like this running his campaign, it’s no wonder he’s tanking.

My money’s still on Simon. And I have hopes for him in the general election as well.

California Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Bill Jones has had his web site shut down by his service provider because he was sending out spam.

Boo hoo.

“I have concerns about an Internet provider who is stifling free political speech a week before the election,” said Sean Walsh, Jones’ deputy campaign manager. “This is an intelligent, thoughtful and appropriate way to campaign.”

Let’s parse this. For “…stifling free political speech…” read “…unwilling to involuntarily spew millions of spam emails to people who aren’t even eligible to vote…” For “intelligent, thoughtful and appropriate” read “…obnoxious, stupid, and counter-productive…”

With idiots like this running his campaign, it’s no wonder he’s tanking.

My money’s still on Simon. And I have hopes for him in the general election as well.

Ahhhh…the power of Google. This cracked me up.

The Space Frontier Society (and others) have come up with the acronym CATS (Cheap Access To Space) as the goal for those of us who want to develop the High Frontier. So at their web site, they have a bulletin board called the CATS board.

Apparently some idiot has been (repeatedly) posting plaintive queries about his lost tabby.

This page has nothing to do with cats. It is about Cheap Access To Space — “C.A.T.S.” — an acyronym. I’m sure everyone here sympathizes with you and the plight of your pets, but the people who read this board are located all across the US and abroad, not in your neighborhood. It is *HIGHLY* unlikely that any of us have seen your cats. Put a sign up at your local supermarket instead. Please.

I just heard Tom Ridge say on Fox that “I don’t feel [emphasis editor] that pilots should have guns in the cockpits…”

Yeah, that’s the problem. Too many government boobacrats, like you and Norm Mineta, are making decisions on feelings, instead of thought.

I hope the pilots strike over this.

I just heard Tom Ridge say on Fox that “I don’t feel [emphasis editor] that pilots should have guns in the cockpits…”

Yeah, that’s the problem. Too many government boobacrats, like you and Norm Mineta, are making decisions on feelings, instead of thought.

I hope the pilots strike over this.

I just heard Tom Ridge say on Fox that “I don’t feel [emphasis editor] that pilots should have guns in the cockpits…”

Yeah, that’s the problem. Too many government boobacrats, like you and Norm Mineta, are making decisions on feelings, instead of thought.

I hope the pilots strike over this.

and throw off your Bravenet counters! You have nothing to lose but your page delays!

Here lies indisputable proof, that anyone, regardless of intelligence level or lack of a shift key, can start a weblog.

I see that Instapundit is still talking about Hashemite restoration.

From the Jerusalem Post article he cites:

The answer is to dismember Iraq, create an independent Kurdistan in its northern third, which could be viable with the oil reserves in that area, and give the southern two-thirds to Jordan, as payment for its readiness to incorporate the Palestinian territories. That would constitute a fulfillment of the post-World War I dream of the Hashemites – who were driven out of Hejaz by the Saudis – to rule a major kingdom from the Jordan River in the West to the border of Iran to the east.

That’s all well and good, but the problem is, the Turks have their own Kurdish separatist problem, and I can’t see them being willing to go along with any deal that creates an independent Kurdistan–it would be too destabilizing in eastern Turkey. There’s got to be some kind of deal sweetener for them, too.

[Update on Monday morning]

An alert reader notes that my title is mistaken. The capital is, of course, not Instanbul, but Ankara.