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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Charter Commission almost finished

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

I’ve avoided writing anything substantive about the Groton Charter Revision Commission, on which I’ve been serving for over a year, though I’ve mentioned the meetings in passing. I haven’t discussed it primarily because I think I would have been less effective as an advocate on the Commission if I had discussed our deliberations in this […]

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Hagee running interference for Lieberman?

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Via Think Progress we learn that John Hagee’s lawyers have demanded that youtube remove almost 120 videos featuring John McCain and Joe Lieberman’s favorite bigot. The lawyers are claiming copyright infringement, but in fact they appear to be exploiting a loophole in youtube’s policies in order to dampen viewership about Hagee as we approach the […]

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Fuzzy math, squared

Monday, July 7, 2008

John McCain has released his economic plan. Among other things, he promises to balance the budget by winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and using the savings to pay down the deficit. No doubt the media will have tremendous difficulty seeing this fantasy for what it is. According to the McCain campaign: “The McCain […]

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Book report

Sunday, July 6, 2008

I marked a birthday recently (too old to celebrate) and my son gave me a copy of Takeover, The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy, by Charlie Savage. I just finished reading it. I found this book to be a bit of a tough slog. It’s a little bit like […]

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The Bush Farewell Tour

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

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Flower blogging

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Totally slowed down for the holiday weekend. I spent a good part of the day watching the groundhog, chipmunks, and squirrels run wild over our yard. The Hav-a-hart is on the way for the groundhog, which has grown sleek and fat eating the fruits of my wife’s garden. At this point it considers us of […]

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Second thoughts from a founding father

Thursday, July 3, 2008
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Another successful meeting of Drinking Liberally

Thursday, July 3, 2008

I’ve been living in this area for many years, but this is the first time I’ve found myself strolling on Bank Street late on a summer night. It was with some trepidation that I stepped into the street to cross it, as there was a gang of motorcyclists, lined up and revving their engines looking […]

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Bush Legacy Tour coming to a town near you.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

I hadn’t heard of this before. The following announcement arrived in my email today: Washington D.C. – In what supporters of the President have dubbed his “legacy year,” Americans United for Change, the progressive issue-advocacy group best known for leading the successful fight to beat back President Bush’s effort to privatize Social Security in 2005, […]

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When corporations battle, we lose.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Verizon is currently suing Google/youtube, claiming that youtube has committed sundry acts of copyright infringement. Recently, a judge ruled that youtube’s source code was a trade secret, and youtube did not have to hand it over to Verizon in connection with the lawsuit. But the same judge ruled that youtube had to hand over 12 […]

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