tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152574312024-03-14T07:31:16.207-04:00CounterProgrammingNews, Opinion, and the Usual Internet DriftwoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-85197382794001701012010-03-23T22:35:00.001-04:002010-03-23T22:45:57.988-04:00I Agree With the Vice PresidentThe Great Commuter marks the occasion (language warning!):Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-44523948263367249022010-03-22T01:23:00.001-04:002010-03-22T01:24:58.883-04:00Get Ready for the Annual Health Care FightFred Barnes on why the health care wars are just beginning.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-62793265379083912972010-03-22T01:16:00.001-04:002010-03-22T01:18:55.041-04:00Rep. Paul Ryan: Obamacare is "about what kind of country we are going to be."Ryan gets to the heart of the matter in laying out the case against the health care bill:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-33142031439076056732009-07-23T14:43:00.004-04:002009-07-23T14:49:42.674-04:00The Great Pacific Garbage PatchSomebody on the Dennis Miller radio show mentioned something about a giant floating garbage dump in the Atlantic which has collected due to ocean currents. I had to Wiki that one.Turns out its true; they call it the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," and it's estimated to be twice the size of Texas. If I understand correctly, it is largely bits of plastic, and has gradually formed because of ocean Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-65482695640633247272009-07-23T14:16:00.004-04:002009-07-23T14:28:19.451-04:00Walter Mossberg on Migrating to Windows 7Walter Mossberg, the venerable personal tech guy at the Wall St. Journal, likes the new Windows 7, which Microsoft is releasing on October 22nd. But while upgrading should be pretty smooth for Vista users, XP users like myself are out of luck:While this latest operating system stresses simplicity, the upgrade process will be anything but simple for the huge base of average consumers still using Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-46374382168549624252009-07-22T10:26:00.002-04:002009-07-22T10:30:11.525-04:00Robo-Ethicists Want to Revamp Asimov’s 3 LawsFrom Wired News, a new look at Artificial Intelligence by "robo-ethicists.":Two years ago, a military robot used in the South African army killed nine soldiers after a malfunction. Earlier this year, a Swedish factory was fined after a robot machine injured one of the workers (though part of the blame was assigned to the worker). Robots have been found guilty of other smaller offenses such as an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-27043836390799818332009-02-16T01:09:00.001-05:002009-02-16T01:14:07.194-05:00Despondex: World's First Prescription DepressantCourtesy of The Onion:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-48883580029740108402009-01-20T22:00:00.003-05:002009-01-21T16:14:00.945-05:00This is a Parody too, right?I think this is a joke, like this one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-40813182515516889182009-01-04T17:03:00.001-05:002009-01-04T17:05:06.781-05:00"Stop Breaking Down"Another video uploaded to my YouTube channel. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-2067796275149131262009-01-02T23:39:00.009-05:002009-01-02T23:48:40.562-05:00"Hey, Rita" I'll be uploading more videos to my YouTube channel (user name is GregErken).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-42459954113687703452008-11-07T01:19:00.004-05:002008-11-07T01:41:12.415-05:00"Brothers Should Pull Up Their Pants!"Here at CounterProgramming, we want to reach out to President-Elect Obama in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation and work together to blah blah blah. Thus, I am pleased to report that only days after his election -- an election I strongly opposed -- I have already found an area of strong agreement with our incoming Chief Executive.In an interview a couple weeks ago with MTV, Obama made excellent Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-6390620945933070512008-11-07T00:28:00.006-05:002008-11-07T01:42:33.144-05:00A Black PresidentTruly incredible. To think that just during my lifetime, we have moved from a bitter battle over legal segregation to a convincing presidential victory for a black man, with support from three states of the old Confederacy.President Bush had some eloquent remarks outside the White House on the occasion:It will be a stirring sight to watch President Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their beautiful Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-25639019579514778582008-11-07T00:16:00.003-05:002008-11-11T19:48:45.029-05:00Looks like the mythical Youth Vote finally materialized. As National Review Online's Andy McCarthy notes:Preliminary indications are that the youth vote (ages 18-29) was way up: an increase of somewhere over 2.2 million (maybe way over) from 2004 (a year in which it was very high), and as much as 13% over 2000. The Left's dominance of the academy is now having a material impact on electoral Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-34953286146003259292008-11-04T16:41:00.004-05:002008-11-07T00:09:54.726-05:00I Voted for Senator John S. McCainPoll workers told me turnout at my Northern Virginia precint (Falls Church) was heavy this morning, probably record-breaking. I voted at 4:00 PM, and there were no lines. Scanning my paper ballot, I laughed out loud when I saw the presidential lineup, which in addition to GOP and Dem included Independent (Nader), Green (McKinney), and Independent Green (Baldwin).Shades of the Judean People's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-88909638235101588762008-10-14T10:58:00.001-04:002008-10-14T10:59:11.893-04:00"A McCain-Palin Tradition"Hank Jr. comes out swingin'.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-34252434328202770872008-10-09T01:34:00.003-04:002008-10-09T01:35:59.180-04:00You Should Listen To This GuyNow this is what I call Straight Talk.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-68810309976542707892008-10-04T01:22:00.002-04:002008-10-04T01:35:04.172-04:00Bill & Barney Go At ItTwo of my least favorite people discuss Fannie/Freddie:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-63243218679238642232008-10-03T01:15:00.004-04:002008-10-03T02:15:09.230-04:00Barack Obama and Bill AyersBelow I note how a debate question to Obama or Biden about Bill Ayers is long overdue. Do we even have to wonder for a millisecond what would happen if a Republican had even a distant relationship with Timothy McVeigh? Trick question: that Republican wouldn't even be on the stage. He would long ago have been hounded out of his first race for dog catcher -- and justifiably so.It is truly sad and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-88842437287859082802008-10-03T00:16:00.014-04:002008-10-03T02:57:40.338-04:00Palin-Biden Debate Reaction1) I thought both candidates were at their best. Like the first McCain-Obama debate, there were no real gaffes (defined as an oops! immediately obvious to those watching, not the "fact checking" stuff the next day). Palin obviously exceeded expectations, but Biden also avoided his tendency to talk his way down the long and winding road, or say anything outright silly. Most likely, Biden will be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-29980716766893610832008-09-30T19:47:00.004-04:002008-09-30T19:59:36.327-04:00Murphy's LawsMike Murphy has a funny piece in Time on debate prep. (H/t Weekly Standard's Matthew Continetti)My favorite bit:Finally, the savvy viewer should remember that any moment that looks too perfect to be true probably isn't. I once worked on a campaign in which we made a big show of opening our secret debate-prep session to reporters. The highlight was the part when the candidate dramatically rejectedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-24200835726305928362008-09-15T03:02:00.004-04:002008-09-15T03:04:36.867-04:00Who Says All Politics Are Local?I just realized I now know more about the politics in Wassila, AK than I do about my town of Falls Church, VA.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-23515831501898510652008-09-11T00:48:00.005-04:002008-09-11T01:41:52.666-04:00Dem Fundraiser: "It's Happening Again"A major Democratic fundraiser described it a good bit more starkly afterdigesting the polls of recent days: “I’m so depressed. It’s happening again.It’s a nightmare.”Politico piece. Check out this graf:“The [Obama] campaign is beginning to look like other campaigns,” said a former top strategist for past Democratic presidential campaigns, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “Obama is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-50297730262088908342008-09-10T07:42:00.004-04:002008-09-10T07:46:33.195-04:00Worst Ad I've Seen In a Long Time...I was hoping the McCain campaign wouldn't go this route. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-50877518870682652492008-09-08T00:32:00.002-04:002008-09-08T00:38:38.405-04:00Can You Say "Backlash?"MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are out as election anchors, to be replaced by David Gregory, according to the New York Times.I love this bit:NBC Universal executives are also known to be concerned about the perception that MSNBC’s partisan tilt in prime time is bleeding into the rest of the programming day. On a recent Friday afternoon, a graphic labeled “Breaking News” asked: “How Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257431.post-52681572240764677162008-09-04T19:49:00.005-04:002008-09-05T01:16:20.264-04:00Palin Debate VideoPrestoPundit has video of Palin debating her two general election opponents in the 2006 Alaskan gubernatorial election.Note that you can use your left/right arrow keys to get to the good parts. She handles questions on rape/incest abortions and embryonic stem cell research with aplomb.Via NRO Corner.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0