Megan Pollnow and CinWeekly have weighed in on the Forbes ranking of Cincinnati as the #39 out of 40 metro areas on scale of the best cities for "singles."
Cin repeats much of the common criticism that has been floating around about the article, but Megan brings up great examples of people and groups who are seeking to make life for singles and all other people better in the city.
Barry Gee and Cincinnati Tomorrow where given special highlight including a GQ quality picture of Barry overlooking Fountain Square.
Beryl Love also provides an editorial.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
QCF Split is Nearly Complete
We now have Queen City Forum on one hand that is a publication sitting in limbo and we have the Blue Chip Review. They look remarkably similar. More change is in store for QCF. Will the Blue Chip live up to the conservative viewpoint its name implies?
Steve Fritsch has announced that he was removed as publisher of QCF. QCF at this point is a publication non grata.
Steve Fritsch has announced that he was removed as publisher of QCF. QCF at this point is a publication non grata.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Why Bush is Wrong
Bush Tried to defend invading Iraq. What makes Bush so very wrong is the meaty quote he uses:
What is the bottom line? The ends do not justify the means. The means of fighting this war were forged out of choice, not out of necessity. This basic concept is the foundation for every credible argument being made against the Iraq war, and it has not been answered by BushCo or any of its supporters.
I now will wait for the attacks: “do you want Saddam back in power?” “Do you support the terrorists?” There are other talking points that will be put back at a me, but none of them will address my point, that the ends do not justify the means.
We will get the WMD bullshit again by someone, “they found weapons, no really they did.” Sorry, folks, anything found was at a best left over junk someone found in by chance and used it with no effect, because the WMD was do degraded that it was not a significant danger.
If anyone really tries to play the Iraq-Al Qaeda, I will just laugh. That person is just never going to believe that they were lied to by the Bush Administration.
So, have at it, let the beatings begin.
"Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq," Bush told lab employees assembled in an auditorium. "We removed a declared enemy of America who had the capability of producing weapons of mass murder and could have passed that capability to terrorists bent on acquiring them. In the world after September the 11th, that was a risk we could not afford to take."Why Bush is wrong is simple: he shows that Iraq was no threat to the USA. Iraq had no ability to provide WMD to anyone and with UN attention and if need be force, we could have avoided killing thousands of people and toppled Saddam from within. There was no need to invade when we did, other than politics maneuvering.
What is the bottom line? The ends do not justify the means. The means of fighting this war were forged out of choice, not out of necessity. This basic concept is the foundation for every credible argument being made against the Iraq war, and it has not been answered by BushCo or any of its supporters.
I now will wait for the attacks: “do you want Saddam back in power?” “Do you support the terrorists?” There are other talking points that will be put back at a me, but none of them will address my point, that the ends do not justify the means.
We will get the WMD bullshit again by someone, “they found weapons, no really they did.” Sorry, folks, anything found was at a best left over junk someone found in by chance and used it with no effect, because the WMD was do degraded that it was not a significant danger.
If anyone really tries to play the Iraq-Al Qaeda, I will just laugh. That person is just never going to believe that they were lied to by the Bush Administration.
So, have at it, let the beatings begin.
Hate and Ignorance
This is what racism looks like and it is not absent from our society. We are lucky this does not happen more often, but a comment from a local official is anecdotal evidence as why this still can happen:
Now, how many times will I be called names for posting this? Anyone care to start a pool?
County Judge-executive Gary Moore said he had never heard of a cross burning or anything like it in the county.Mr. Moore, dude, you are living in a southern state. It has happened there before, I think I am safe to say that. Mr. Moore may be ignorant of it and it may have been years since something like this was reported, but it still happens.
Now, how many times will I be called names for posting this? Anyone care to start a pool?
Monday, July 12, 2004
Theocrats on the March: Episode #47
Why don't the theocrats stop wasting their money?
Is there not a poor family in Adams County who could use a new roof or a new car instead of paying conservatives to push religion on everyone else?
Is there not a poor family in Adams County who could use a new roof or a new car instead of paying conservatives to push religion on everyone else?
I-Team Whining?
This is what the WCPO's I-Team comes up with? No local wine at the Taste of Cincinnati? You might think this would have been better promoted like say over a month ago when the festival was going on?
No Elkington story or something on the police? Hell, why not a story on the plans for government reform? I expect we’ll see something on the absence of local paper towels at Oktoberfest come November sweeps.
No Elkington story or something on the police? Hell, why not a story on the plans for government reform? I expect we’ll see something on the absence of local paper towels at Oktoberfest come November sweeps.
'We don't do them'
Josh Marshall points to the best rationale as to why we don't need any new policy on election delays: "We don't do them."
The idea of needing to postpone a national election is preposterous. If we can have plans to collect taxes after a nuclear exchange with the USSR, then I think we can have an election without any delay after a terrorist attack.
One issue that does cause problems: electronic voting. No power, no voting. This is another reason to have printed ballots, at least as an alternative. Some of the electronic systems might have battery power to keep the polls open for a time, but do all of the systems have that ability?
The idea of needing to postpone a national election is preposterous. If we can have plans to collect taxes after a nuclear exchange with the USSR, then I think we can have an election without any delay after a terrorist attack.
One issue that does cause problems: electronic voting. No power, no voting. This is another reason to have printed ballots, at least as an alternative. Some of the electronic systems might have battery power to keep the polls open for a time, but do all of the systems have that ability?
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