bill backwards

Up early to head to Belfast for the day. First time in Northern Ireland (and Ireland for that matter). Looking forward to that. Easyjet…not.

A well-organized, well-funded, well-connected, well-experienced lobbying effort on Capitol Hill was outflanked by an ad-hoc group of rank amateurs, most of whom were operating independent of one another and on their spare time. Regardless where you stand on the issue — and effective copyright protection is an important issue — this is very good news for the future of civic engagement.

David Binetti

The week the web changed Washington - O’Reilly Radar

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The Joy Of Primary Politics

I love how the now conservative rallying candidate in the Republican primary is nothing but a social conservative hypocrite. It essentially sums up the essence of those who busy themselves with demanding how others live their personal lives. This is going to be a fantastically enjoyable election. Too bad so much wasn’t at stake.

As a conservative columnist (Daniel Larison) in the US wrote yesterday “Republicans are faced with an unfortunate predicament entirely of their own making: they can rally behind the Republican Bill Clinton to try to stop Romney, or they can nominate the liar.”

Go team.

Despite a decade of heavy business travel it never ceases to amaze me what a pain jet lag is…especially when you’re working all day long. Can’t wait to sleep this weekend.

Laptop battery replaced (inexpensively). So…happy my computer is going to be okay for awhile longer. I’m very attached to this one and the journey we’re on right now. I probably should have noticed that the oval shaped battery on my lap was not functioning ‘correctly’.