Bill O’Reilly, theologian: Every company in America should be on its knees thanking Jesus for being born. Without Christmas, most American businesses would be far less profitable… Or they could, if they were of that persuasion, thank Jesus for being born because he died to redeem us. But, forget that, because Christmas is all about…
Month: November 2005
I like caucuses
Over at Western Democrat I implied that I didn’t agree with David Sirota’s post about the shifting schedule of the Democratic primaries. Shifting primaries good, caucuses not so good he said: …we need to be on the lookout for those who are trying to use the current primary process negotiations and the desire to shift…
(very) limited wi-fi proposal for the city
I’m reading and learning about muni wi-fi lately. Been talking over email, considering impact… all that fun stuff. If you’re really all that interested, here are my posts so far on it: Two ways to look at muni wi-fiOly Muni Wi-fi updateMuni Wi-fi (in Oly)? If a city-wide system (with its dual streamlined gov’t plus…
Christmas Culture War that nobody actually wants
I’ll get to Jerry Falwell’s “With us or against Us” Christmas farther down, but first I want to explain something: Christmas is two distinct holidays. One is secular, commercial and begins the day after tomorrow with Black Friday and ends Christmas morning. It is the center of our consumer culture, the reason for our season…
Two down, five to go
A couple of days ago TJ Johnson became the second Olympia City Councilmember to register and participate at Olyblog. Good on TJ for making the effort. TJ is the second city councilmember (well, kind of) to get in on the action at Olyblog. Sorry, Jeff you’re only a city councilmember “elect” right now. And, it…