it's one thing that a governor (in this case, Iowa's Tom Vilsack) admitting that he can't read email, it's quite another when another leader (in this case, the current resident of the whitehouse) bounces it. from today's slate:

Finally, the NYT fronts George W.'s new email address, in case you want to weigh in on any of the above. The new address dumps you smack into an e-bureaucracy, however—you've got to wade through nine Web pages, pick your topic from a list and then state your intentions, i.e., friend or foe? After your message is sent, you have to confirm that you really meant to send it. Jimmy Orr, first identified in the article as a White House spokesman and then, two paragraphs later, as Internet news director, calls the new system an "enhancement," but he adds that the old address is still perfectly fine—except that your message may not be read or responded to.

my letter to the editor of the globe gazette

there's just too much to track, so to enlist some help here's a couple of links:

ITN

and

BARTCOP

DesMoinesRegister.com | Opinion: "Cozy ties between business and government get in the way of economic freedom, too. When governments intervene on behalf of various businesses, give welfare to corporations or adopt supposedly business-friendly policies, it skews the market. Business and government must maintain an arm's-length relationship for both business and democracy to function correctly, argues The Economist. When business lobbyists dominate government, public policy is inevitably twisted into the service of private greed."

DAMN i wish he'd run for president.
Janeane Garofalo Interview | Elizabeth DiNovella | May 2003 Issue: "Question: Why are you so active in social justice and peace issues?
Martin Sheen: I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are."

NBC’s instant expert. Appearing by phone from Baghdad on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning on Thursday, NBC News reporter Tom Aspell complained about the lack of electricity and suggested U.S. officials aren’t being forthcoming about why there isn’t guaranteed electricity as he asserted that “we're being led to believe that the blame is entirely at the feet of saboteurs.” Noting how hot it is, Aspell suggested the solution is easy: “It's really quite unbearable and so easy to fix if they'd just rolled in and brought a lot of power lines and really did make a concentrated effort, I'm sure things would calm down a lot sooner."

So how much time has Aspell spent in Baghdad to gain such expertise on how the solution is so easy? Imus: "How long have you been there?" Aspell: "Two days.”

http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030711.asp#2

give this girl a ceegar
DesMoinesRegister.com | Opinion: "We continually hear that drug companies need the money to continue their research into new medications, yet their advertising budgets far exceed their research budgets."
Carol Dupic,
Emmetsburg.