] Kerry is at the Sharpton line. Edwards is below it.

HA! Sharpton is used as a metric!

Daily Kos || New national Q-poll

] The cover story in this week's New York Times magazine
] described Howard Dean (news - web sites)'s hardcore
] support as consisting primarily of impotent nosepickers
] hoping to make some friends and unsuccessful auditioners
] for Gap commercials. That is to say, the followers (as
] opposed to leaders) of tomorrow.

by ann coulter. could we please do something to silence this lying bitch? please? could she be any more incorrect in her article? i think everyone should read al franken's most recent book. the entire thing is a list of lies these conservative commentators have stated in their own books, as fact-checked by students of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. good lord i *loathe* her.

Yahoo! News - VEGAN COMPUTER GEEKS FOR DEAN

] So maybe we can stop having the tiresome argument over
] Big Government vs. Small Government. The Republicans have
] shown themselves to be no different from the Democrats on
] that score.
]
] The argument was always a little off-point anyway. The
] size of the government matters, but not as much as
] something else - whose side the government is on. Does it
] work for the general public or the favored few?

DesMoinesRegister.com | Opinion: Editorial: A short history of government

] The Atlanta Falcons on Wednesday announced that head
] coach Dan Reeves has been released from his contract
] effective immediately.

this is the first time i have actively disagreed with Blanks. Reeves is an incredible coach. check out these qualifications:

Reeves began his head-coaching career in Denver where he compiled a 117-79-1 record from 1981-92. He led the Broncos to three Super Bowls, four AFC championship games, five AFC West Division titles and eight winning seasons. He was named Coach of the Year in 1984, 1989 and 1991.

In 1993, Reeves was named head coach of the New York Giants. He again was named Coach of the Year after leading the Giants to an 11-5 record and a wild-card playoff victory.

Reeves became the Falcons' head coach in 1997. In his second season with the Falcons, Reeves was named Coach of the Year for the fifth time as he led the Falcons to the NFC West title with a 14-2 record and the club's first Super Bowl appearance.

Reeves leaves the Falcons having become just the seventh coach in NFL history to reach 200 victories. He also was the winningest active coach in the league.

Overall, Reeves has participated in 50 playoff games and nine Super Bowls as player, assistant coach and head coach.

SI.com - NFL - Reeves released as Falcons' head coach - Wednesday December 10, 2003 10:33AM

] Kennesaw (AP) -- A high school student suspended for
] hacking into the school's computer system says he
] stumbled across private student information using only a
] password given to all students who use school computers.
]
]Pike's parents argue he merely uncovered a security flaw in the ]school system's computer network.

ah, local news covering technology-xor.

11Alive,ATLANTA,News, Student Suspended for Hacking Computers

] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said
] Tuesday that it had hired the director of the federal
] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
] to head its antipiracy operations.

!!!

Briefly: Record label group signs ATF chief | CNET News.com

] Simon blended fiscal conservatism and social liberalism.
] Raised during the Depression, the son of a Lutheran
] minister, he saw the great needs facing the country and
] how government responded through New Deal programs.
]
] "Government is not the enemy," he said in 1988.
] "Government is simply a tool that can be used wisely or
] unwisely. We can do better, my friends."

A good man died today.

CNN.com - Former Sen. Paul Simon dies after surgery - Dec. 9, 2003

] But Pelosi's deputy, Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer,
] D-Md., reminded Republicans how they reacted angrily when
] they were in the minority in 1987 when then-Speaker Rep.
] Jim Wright, D-Texas, held a vote open for 30 extra
] minutes to win a budget bill vote. Hoyer quoted Vice
] President Dick Cheney, then the House Republican whip, to
] make his case.
]
]
] "The Democratic tactics are the most grievous insult
] inflicted on the Republicans in my time in the House,''
] Cheney said at the time. "It was the most arrogant,
] heavy-handed abuse of power in the 10 years I've been
] here.''

remember, republicans kept open the vote on the flawed medicare bill for three hours. parliamentary rules, judicial nominees, double standards galore.

Democrats decry Republican tactics in marathon vote / GOP leadership abused rules, twisted arms in late-night session, Pelosi says

] It is now beyond dispute that retiring Rep. Nick Smith,
] R-Mich., was offered a $100,000 bribe to vote for the
] Medicare pharmaceutical bill. Smith turned down the
] bribe—a promise of campaign funds for Smith's son Brad,
] who is seeking the GOP nomination to succeed his father.
] Smith then described the offer, angrily but somewhat
] enigmatically, to various media outlets. After Chatterbox
] pointed out that an offer of $100,000 in exchange for a
] House vote met the statutory definition of bribery (the
] recipient can be a third-party "entity"), Smith clammed
] up. Then, late last week, just as the Justice Department
] was promising to review the case (the House ethics
] committee is also poised to investigate), Smith recanted:
]
]
] I want to make clear that no member of Congress made
] an offer of financial assistance for my son's campaign in
] exchange for my vote on the Medicare bill. I was told
] that my vote could result in interested groups giving
] substantial and aggressive campaign "support" and
] "endorsements." No specific reference was made to money
] [italics Chatterbox's].

A Drug-Company Bribe? - The Medicare vote scandal, continued. By Timothy Noah

] Former Vice President Al Gore -- the Democratic party's
] presidential candidate in 2000 -- has decided to endorse
] former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean for the party's 2004
] presidential nomination, Democratic sources told CNN
] Monday.

CNN.com - Sources: Gore to endorse Dean - Dec. 8, 2003