Democrats on Colombia

09Jul08

John McCain took a lot of flack for being out of the country during the July 4 weekend, but it was only to his benefit that his visit to Colombia coincided with the dramatic rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and eleven other hostages held by the FARC.  Images such as the one above flashed [...]

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Reduced to getting music tips from advertisements

11Apr08

This has been on regularly on CNN for over a month now, but at some point it occurred to me that the song they use here is better than the average car commercial song.  In fact, if you’re not VW around the turn of the century, your music is probably awful.  [...]

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Some things you might read here….

10Apr08

Good blogs find a specialty and stick with it, right?  Just like lawyers, consultants, musicians, authors… you know, separation of labor.  Or target marketing.  Well, this won’t be good.  But if you want to read about any of the following topics:
- Politics/world affairs
- Business stuff
- Urban planning/living
- Scandinavian pop
- Colombian music
- Late 20th century/contemporary American [...]

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