brentashley

Rick Klau reports that Barack Obama will be on Letterman on Friday night.

Rick also points out that Barack is the #2 candidate for the Democratic leadership race for the 2008 Presidential election. I assume Hilary Clinton is #1.

Both of these people are outstanding candidates to be sure, but I can’t help but wonder that with conservatism momentum having won the day this time around, whether the next election is a bit of a precarious time to be breaking ground with the first black or female presidential candidate. I guess we’ll see how it evolves.

Blogging dynamo Joey deVilla, Accordion Guy managed to get his dream job at Blogware after the blogger get-together I hastily arranged last year when Doc Searls was in town visiting the folks at Tucows.

Now Joey’s getting married to fellow blogger Wendy the Redhead, which will undoubtedly be a big todo in the blogosphere.

Good on ya, mate.

William Gibson quotes John Cleese:

How many Bush administration officials does it take to change a light bulb?

None. There’s nothing wrong with that light bulb. There is no need to change anything. We made the right decision and nothing has happened to change our minds. People who criticize this light bulb now, just because it doesn’t work anymore, supported us when we first screwed it in, and when these flip-floppers insist on saying that it is burned out, they are merely giving aid and encouragement to the Forces of Darkness.

With dubya’s drop in the polls, I’m betting this ever-so-opportune October Surprise will come to pass. Just you wait and see.

Is there any limit to the depths to which dubya’s campaign will stoop to get its way?

I saw the Cheney/Edwards debate last night.

Although I anticipated Edwards to come off as a ineffective, a tingly-smile Ted McGinley with no chops, he did extremely well. He’s articulate and can think on his feet, and he didn’t shy from laying in the punches.

Cheney was as I expected – party line, on the attack on perceived weaknesses, lots of repetition.

One thing I haven’t seen anyone comment on is that as the debate went on, Cheney seemed to me to be making less and less eye contact with the camera, the moderator and his opponent. His body language appeared to me to be that of someone who knows he’s not giving the straight goods.

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brent: What ho, matey.

Via John Robb, from an interview with someone called Dr. al-Faqih (emphasis mine):

I think they will not attack before Bush is re-elected in November. Al-Qaeda is praying for a Bush victory, because Bush is facilitating the polarization between the Muslim and Western worlds and he is causing more and more Muslims to hate America.

I had a serious choking episode today at sunday dinner with my wife’s family. I was probably only a few seconds from losing consciousness when my 11-year-old daughter Jasmine came to my rescue and used the Heimlich manoeuvre on me, dislodging the chunk of roast beef from my windpipe.

I’m very proud of Jasmine for recognizing the problem, knowing exactly what to do, and stepping right in to deal with it.

I was surprised that a kid of her size could effectively perform the manoeuvre on her 6-ft 230-pound dad. Take my advice – learn about choking and how to deal with it, no matter how old you are.