Wednesday, March 31, 2004
New motto
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I decided to change the motto. "Life without baseball" seemed inappropriate now that a new season is here and I'm going to be ...
Irish-American Votes & the Bush visit
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To Patricia McKenna , MEP, Green Party: {I am paraphrasing here, so please overlook my poor grammar.} There's no Irish-American votes...
Baseball in Afghanistan
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I mentioned yesterday that baseball had gone global, but I hadn't realized the "Field of Dreams" had been transplanted to east...
Richard Clarke & politics
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Dick is still trying to come to grips with Richard Clarke and his testimony to the 9/11 Committee. Dick, a few things to bear in mind. Clar...
Casey at the bat
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Two towns battle it out to be known as the Mudville, where the Mighty Casey did strike out. {Note the traditional Irish road sign poin...
Taiwan vs. Hong Kong
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The Washington Times argues that the election mess in Taiwan illustrates how healthy democracy is there. And, when compared with with recen...
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Second hand spittle
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I mentioned back in August that I was against the smoking ban. I'm no more in favor of it now that it has come to pass than I was then....
Wind farms - noise polluters
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This is from more than a month ago (okay, I get behind sometimes), but it seems that wind farms put out some serious noise. I had heard som...
Olympic security
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The Times (of London) had an article this morning indicating that American athletes were worried about security at the summer games in Athe...
Al Qaeda & "the Irish"
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Seaghán Ó Murchú writing in The Blanket about Irishman Sean Ó Cealleagh, who is threatened by deportation from America, made use of assumpt...
Global baseball
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I know most Irish people believe that baseball is a peculiarly American sport and to a large extent it is. However, yesterday I was watching...
Monday, March 29, 2004
O'Hanlon & R. Clarke
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Michael O'Hanlon is a regular on RTE and not a "Bush cronie". Here's what he has to say about Richard Clarke's char...
"The stakes are too high"
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Those are the words of Representative Peter King and explain why he will not apologize for referring to Muslim leaders in the US as "e...
Saturday, March 27, 2004
"Trigger-happy"
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Some interesting history and a complete "in your face" on Green Party MEP Patricia McKenna by Ryle Dwyer in today's Irish Exa...
Clarke on pre-emption
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An editorial in today's Toronto Globe & Mail brings a good helping of common sense and reason to the Richard Clarke & September...
Friday, March 26, 2004
And, while I'm at it . . .
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What I'm really trying to accomplish (see directly below) is to get all my old work files off the old PC by establishing a network with ...
Techie wannabee
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That's probably how I should describe myself. Ideally I want to be a knowledgeable PC-tinkerer who has no fear and doesn't mind gett...
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Clarke vs Clarke
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When Time turns against a Bush-basher , you know it's not going to get any better for him. The accounts of high-level conversations and...
Encyclopedia
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I'll be 40 on my next birthday. Anyone interested in getting me a present, well . . . this would certainly be welcome ! I imagine the po...
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Richard Clarke — whistleblower or hornblower?
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Mr. Clarke is making big news, which can only help his book's sales. However, it's only 3 days since his appearance on 60 Minutes ...
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