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Tonight’s Debate Winner? Jim Lehrer

Posted in Bush, Democratic, McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Paulson, President, Republican, bailout on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was trying to figure out what happened to the audience. Since I missed the first three-four minutes, I now see that Lehrer chided them to keep it quiet. And they listened. Then he chided the candidates to talk to each other and not the camera. Then he stayed out of the way, asking good [...]

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P.J. Corkery – One of the Great Writers

Posted in Democratic, P.J. Corkery, President, bailout on September 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

It tore a hole in my heart to learn today that my friend and mentor PJ Corkery had died. I hope that there will be an effort to publish his letters, as they were as thoughtful and intelligent as any set pieces. He was a wise and caring person. Here is an excerpt from an [...]

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Meth Will Change That

Posted in Boise, Idaho, foreclosure, meth on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Boise, Idaho is an interesting and sad city. … For this California native, Boise’s capitol is reminiscent of Sacramento. It is not a large city. Beautiful old houses are interspersed with the central business district. There are churches everywhere. Very old churches, churches under construction, churches right next to one another, and churches next to [...]

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Amnesia

Posted in Government 2.0 on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

how apt at telling others’ stories, so unprepared to face one’s ownin that groggy half-state between first alarm and foot on the floorI think about my grandpa, dying nowThe last of four, one of which I never knew and the other gonebefore I really had anything but that adolescent aweTwo then, he the last and [...]

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Tech Link

Posted in BACC, Bangalore, San Francisco on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

San Francisco and Bangalore to become sister cities – http://tinyurl.com/4rjcpa

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Social Networking for Govies

Posted in Government 2.0, Web 2.0 on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Great networking site for advancing the “do good” mission of government at all levels: http://www.govloop.com

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DHL’s Poor Service

Posted in DHL, complaint on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This company has NEVER successfully delivered a package to my door. VS perfect service by UPS and USPS. …

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Quake!

Posted in Alamo, Earthquake, San Francisco on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Felt that one. …

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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Posted in Hiroshima, Japan, Nancy Pelosi, Nuclear, Speaker Pelosi on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking U.S. official to ever visit the A-bomb Memorial in Hiroshima. I am intensely proud of Speaker Pelosi – sad only that a sitting U.S. president has never made that visit, and hopeful that one soon will. … I visited the memorial in early 2002. [...]

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‘" " Killer’

Posted in Chrome, Firefox, Google, IE, Mozilla, Vista, iPhone on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

For every new app or hardware that challenges a popular product, the tech world sure likes the cliched “killer” label. … BusinessWeek on Google’s “Chrome“. …

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