JIM PROPOSED TO PAM!!
I am so, so happy.
My god, I'm pathetic.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
From CNN's Chris Welch and Rebecca Sinderbrand
(CNN) – McCain senior domestic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin said Tuesday the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a “miracle that John McCain helped create.”
Addressing the nation’s economic crisis, Holtz-Eakin told reporters traveling with the campaign “there’s no magic solution. And I don’t think that it’s at this moment imperative to write down exactly what the plan has to be.” He also said a president isn’t someone who needs to be heavily involved in policy specifics, which should be handled by “quality” advisers, and echoed McCain’s assessment that there might be a need for a “9/11-style commission” to determine what went wrong with the nation's economy, and to issue recommendations.
He added, though, that McCain — who has struggled to stress his economic credentials this cycle — did have experience dealing with the economy, pointing to his time on the Senate Commerce Committee. Pressed to provide an example of what McCain had accomplished on that committee, Holtz-Eakin said the senator did not have jurisdiction over financial markets — then held up his Blackberry, telling reporters: “He did this.”
“Telecommunications of the United States, the premiere innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create,” said Holtz-Eakin. “And that’s what he did. He both regulated and de-regulated the industry.”
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Al Gore drew controversy when he said that during his time in Congress, he “took the initiative in creating the Internet” – based on his work promoting funding and early research in that area.
UPDATE: The Obama campaign responded to the comments minutes after they were reported. “If John McCain hadn’t said that ‘the fundamentals of our economy are strong’ on the day of one of our nation’s worst financial crises, the claim that he invented the BlackBerry would have been the most preposterous thing said all week,” said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
Meanwhile, McCain senior aide Matt McDonald said that the senator "laughed" when he heard the comment.
"He would not claim to be the inventor of anything, much less the BlackBerry. This was obviously a boneheaded joke by a staffer," McDonald said.
(CNN) – McCain senior domestic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin said Tuesday the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a “miracle that John McCain helped create.”
Addressing the nation’s economic crisis, Holtz-Eakin told reporters traveling with the campaign “there’s no magic solution. And I don’t think that it’s at this moment imperative to write down exactly what the plan has to be.” He also said a president isn’t someone who needs to be heavily involved in policy specifics, which should be handled by “quality” advisers, and echoed McCain’s assessment that there might be a need for a “9/11-style commission” to determine what went wrong with the nation's economy, and to issue recommendations.
He added, though, that McCain — who has struggled to stress his economic credentials this cycle — did have experience dealing with the economy, pointing to his time on the Senate Commerce Committee. Pressed to provide an example of what McCain had accomplished on that committee, Holtz-Eakin said the senator did not have jurisdiction over financial markets — then held up his Blackberry, telling reporters: “He did this.”
“Telecommunications of the United States, the premiere innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create,” said Holtz-Eakin. “And that’s what he did. He both regulated and de-regulated the industry.”
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Al Gore drew controversy when he said that during his time in Congress, he “took the initiative in creating the Internet” – based on his work promoting funding and early research in that area.
UPDATE: The Obama campaign responded to the comments minutes after they were reported. “If John McCain hadn’t said that ‘the fundamentals of our economy are strong’ on the day of one of our nation’s worst financial crises, the claim that he invented the BlackBerry would have been the most preposterous thing said all week,” said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
Meanwhile, McCain senior aide Matt McDonald said that the senator "laughed" when he heard the comment.
"He would not claim to be the inventor of anything, much less the BlackBerry. This was obviously a boneheaded joke by a staffer," McDonald said.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Happiest Days of our Lives
Dear Universe: THANK YOU!
And THANK YOU, AUSTRALIA, for being kickass!
And specifically thanks to the Australian Pink Floyd Show for coming to DC on October 12th to rock my universe. This is huge for me. I've loved Pink Floyd, particularly the album "The Wall" since I was ten years old and my cousin, Arshia, played it in my basement. I always figured I'd never see it live, and that was okay with me.
And now? The Australian Pink Floyd Show is playing The Wall, in its entire length, at the Warner Theater. Musically this is the equivalent of the reissue of Star Wars into theaters in 1997. And to top it off, a friend of mine whom I've spoken to for YEARS and never met is going to do his best to get to DC from Boston to go see the show with me!
Sincerely, the happiest girl around,
Raine
Aussie Floyd in Caracas, Venezuela:
And THANK YOU, AUSTRALIA, for being kickass!
And specifically thanks to the Australian Pink Floyd Show for coming to DC on October 12th to rock my universe. This is huge for me. I've loved Pink Floyd, particularly the album "The Wall" since I was ten years old and my cousin, Arshia, played it in my basement. I always figured I'd never see it live, and that was okay with me.
And now? The Australian Pink Floyd Show is playing The Wall, in its entire length, at the Warner Theater. Musically this is the equivalent of the reissue of Star Wars into theaters in 1997. And to top it off, a friend of mine whom I've spoken to for YEARS and never met is going to do his best to get to DC from Boston to go see the show with me!
Sincerely, the happiest girl around,
Raine
Aussie Floyd in Caracas, Venezuela:
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Dear People....
Please stop praising Govenor Palin when you're intelligent enough NOT to waste your breath or energy on someone so horrible. And yes, I'm specifically targeting you, RM.
Govenor Palin is a book-burning extremist. I don't care if she's physically attractive to you, she's evil. As Mayor of Wasilla, she asked the library how she could ban books with "offensive content" and threatened to fire the librarian if she didn't give her full support. She also claims that Iraq is a "task from god" and that the US needs to carry out "god's plan."
So stop throwing support, even in jest, to this maniac. Because it's making me like YOU less. And you know I adore you.
To leave you on an interesting/funny/scary note:
And yes, that ad is real. You can check it out on their official web site.
Govenor Palin is a book-burning extremist. I don't care if she's physically attractive to you, she's evil. As Mayor of Wasilla, she asked the library how she could ban books with "offensive content" and threatened to fire the librarian if she didn't give her full support. She also claims that Iraq is a "task from god" and that the US needs to carry out "god's plan."
So stop throwing support, even in jest, to this maniac. Because it's making me like YOU less. And you know I adore you.
To leave you on an interesting/funny/scary note:
And yes, that ad is real. You can check it out on their official web site.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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