“It’s amazing to be interested in history and living– making history. It’s an interesting coincidence.”
Bush, C-SPAN interview, February, 5th, 1999.
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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But I can’t figger out how to unblock them…
Anybody got a clue (Firefox 1.0.1)?
If you have Adblock, click on it and you will see this in the lower “new filter” bar: http://www.boomantribune.com/images/favicon.ico
It is now adding all the ads from this site to its filter. It kind of works too well. There’s probably a way to configure it, but the easiest solution is just to disable it. Click tools -> Adblock -> Preferences, then disable it. FF already has really good pop-up blocking built into the browser. I see all the ads at every site, but never get any pop-ups, which is all you probably want.
BTW, there’s a recent release (1.1.3 I think) that fixes a serious security hole, if you don’t already have it.
I do wonder how he got his degree in the first place – history wasn’t it? Wow what a coincidence.
The worst ‘coincidence’ to me is that I happen to be living during the same time frame as this buffoon is.
As usual he also lied when saying he was interested in history unless it involves him personally and his ego in thinking he’s making ‘good’ history. When he finally met recently with various black legislators and leaders he was asked about the landmark Civil Rights Bill to which he replied he really had no idea about it but he’d get back to them. Just makes me cringe when I read shit like that.
Isaiah Berlin The Pursuit of the Ideal
Here are the results of a worldwide poll on the world perception of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council
France Most Widely Seen as Having a Positive Influence in World
US and Russia Mostly Seen as Negative Influences
Britain and China Mostly Viewed Positively
A public opinion poll across 23 countries finds that in 20, a majority (17) or a plurality (3) of citizens think it would be mainly positive for Europe to become more influential than the US in world affairs. Currently, Europe is seen as having a mainly positive influence in the world in 22 countries. Among specific major countries, the one most widely viewed as having a positive influence is France –viewed positively in 20 countries. The countries most widely viewed as having a negative influence are the US (viewed negatively in 15 countries) and Russia (14 countries).
The poll of 23,518 people was conducted by the international polling firm GlobeScan together with the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland . The 23-nation fieldwork was coordinated by GlobeScan and completed during December 2004 in most countries. The poll included some questions (previously reported) that were fielded for the BBC World Service.
On average, across all countries polled, 58 percent favor Europe becoming more influential than the US in world affairs. Excluding European countries, the average is 53 percent. The most enthusiasm for greater European influence (other than in Europe ) is among US neighbors– Mexico (66%) and Canada (63%)–and China (66%), South Africa (63%), Australia (62%), and Russia (60%). The only countries where a majority sees this prospect as negative are the Philippines (54%), and the US . However, among Americans only 55 percent see it as negative while 34 percent say it would be positive, reflecting the deep political divide among Americans over US foreign policy. Indians are divided, with, 35 percent saying mostly positive, 38 percent mostly negative.
Kinda hard for the people in the US to think of ourselves as a world leader anymore when so much of the world has a negative view of us or our impact on the world. We’re no longer number one in healthcare, education and science anymore and many others issues as well we seem to be falling behind on. The very worst aspect of this is once falling behind is that it can take decades to repair the damage and only with concentrated efforts by our leaders-and us here.
This trend and attitude will never be reversed under republican leadership and will only get worse.
Sorry if I’m late to the party, but this is the first time I’ve had a chance to visit since yesterday evening.
I can’t tell you how delighted I am that JG is no longer leering at me as I type – what a welcome surprise on a lovely Saturday evening!
to the site and asked and he posted a diary apoligizing, called open letter to Booman site and removed pic.
Thanks Diane – I felt compelled to send a polite e-mail myself, so I’m glad something worked. I know it may seem hyper-sensitive on my part, but that picture really disturbed me.
too and that’s why we wrote, I still do not like the Jesus one either, so maybe we should email them also.
I saw the origional pics of JG on Americablog before ‘private parts’ were air brushed out the next day and I don’t want to ever bring up that memory again and that’s why the pic bothered me so much.
Perhaps I’m just obtuse, but I don’t understand the meaning behind the Jesus picture. And while it disturbs me a great deal, I’m sensitive to the fact that I’m sensitive 🙂
it’s a link to his website. So you should click on it and see what Dan’s up to.
Thanks Boo – I’ve checked out the site in the past through Faith Forward links on PastorDan’s comments.
I shamefully admit that I’m guilty of laziness in expressing concerns without first finding answers on my own. But. . . I need to ask for a bit of leniency because I just finished working 19 hours straight on a client project involving statistical analysis of investment transactions over a nine year period – and I ain’t got me no skills when it comes to number crunching. (Just stopped by to chill before going to bed, and I should have sent a note directly to Dan.)
about Argentinians taking over abandoned factories and working them. They are going through the courts and have won their first victory. Tough men are sitting around quietly sobbing. All they want is a job. Many go hungry in Argentina.
While I was watching it, I scrolled through an amazing diary here about the “failure” of the person who worked hard to put up this site. By the way, BooMan, my congratulations on the site. It is really great!
What a contrast. A grown man DB, whining over ratings
and Argentinian men weeping because they will have a job to feed their families.
for putting that into perspective in a most interesting way. Yes ‘whining’ about a rating in view of all the suffering in the world is a bit shallow to say the least.
Perhaps a lesson to us all?
I like your blog – it speaks for the people of Iraq.
Have you read Mark Danner’s article on the election?
It ties in with one of your blogs. Danner wrote the
book on the Florida election. “How Bush Really Won.”
See it here:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=2307
so much for your comments about my blog. Did you see my recent diary on ‘my friend’ in Iraq.
I try to post important stories on my blog about Iraq, but there are so many and I feel hopeless at times that it doesn’t matter anyway, who will care. I try to put a human face on Iraqis’ and relate the very real face and voice that I have seen and grown to love so much. I went through the elections with her on chat line and she was a non voter and would not even discuss the elections beyond a few brief statements and then asked me to not talk about them any more as they distressed her so much when her real problems were electricity and water and being forced to stay in her home for the week preceeding the election. While we chatted and often when we chat online there are nearby explosions and she stops to check what is happening. I have a hard time finding the words to say to her other than “I am so sorry for what we have done,” and just try to cheer her on and let her vent her pain. I never know if each time will be the last.
She often says to me “Diane, this is Iraq, you can never and will never understand what it is like to live here. There is no other place on earth like it.”
I wish I could say more and louder and more often, but I don’t know even if my little messages do any good.
I will check out your link. Thanks