it's really come to this: "I am a single issue voter in the aftermath of George Bush: namely, I vote for the candidate who appears to be most closely connected to objective reality. I don't even care about their policies anymore: we are beyond policy considerations. McCain has consistently proven that his only vision is of his inner world of subjective "fuzzy facts". Regardless of policies, we need to return the rational world to the office of the President. VOTE RATIONAL in 2008." - Christian Crumlish
"you can never win an argument against cutting taxes. that's one reason why Obama recently said "Look, we'd cut everybody's taxes if we could."
I've recently thought Democrats should all the Republicans bluff. Eliminate all taxes, or all income taxes, and then challenge them to cut spending, raise new taxes, or run the government entirely on Chinese credit." - Christian Crumlish
"McCain's claim to fame was that suddenly he could reconcile the split in the Republican party between (faux-?) populists and corporate crony capitalists?
And then he failed to do that too?
Don't see how it's a bipartisan failure." - Christian Crumlish
"the gaffes are already factored into biden's favorability, so he gets about one free one a week.
i remember when that was working for dean. they tend to be kinsley gaffes, which are a bit like a wink to people that you aren't phony enough to always be putting on a show.
other times i wince and remember why he used to bug the shit out of me sometimes in the past. i've got a lot of irish in my family, and i recognize the blarney when i hear it. he gets on a roll and he enjoys his own stories a bit too much and that's usually when he takes it one step too far. it's a really good thing he doesn't drink." - Christian Crumlish
"McCain's response to the crisis: "How can I hijack the narrative and make this all about me again? Oh, right. I can't debate Barack on Friday because WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
Obama's response to McCain's crisis: "We both have planes with big logos painted on them that will take us wherever we need to go."
I half expected him to order a martini after than pithy comment.
Or shoot a three pointer. You can never tell." - Jason Toney
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The Poor Man sayeth "Perhaps she isn't retarded. Perhaps she is using the Burroughs 'cut up technique' of answering questions, in which fragments of sane answers are arranged, at random, to give an answer which blows open the doors of perceptions and allows one to glimpse the infinite hidden possibilities of the universe beyond our bourgeois 'reality'; or, if not, at least an answer which blows. I get spam which makes more sense than this. I get spam which makes more sense as an answer to Couric’s question than this. Jesus." - Christian Crumlish
"By the way, if media wants to claim that McCain 'had to do this' because he was losing, then they owe us the honesty of telling us he was losing. Funnily enough, they never do that part. No matter. We do." - Christian Crumlish
"Whit, maybe you can write up something along these lines and contribute it as a sidebar to the social interfaces book I'm writing with Erin." - Christian Crumlish
"I don't think it's self centered to confess to feelings of disappointment. It's totally normal.
Whitney it sounds like you've identified a key program that needs work: mentorship.
How the institute does (and can better) offer this service to up-and-coming user experience designers (potentially)interested in IA, regardless of title or professional identity, relates directly to the concerns you expressed above.
Let's talk about what's broken with the mentoring program and how to fix it!" - Christian Crumlish
Christina Wodtke shares some insights (some analogized from Christopher Alexander's pattern language) regarding social architecture - Christian Crumlish
