...in Egypt. Mubarak, our buddy has been ruling under an emergency decree since he took over in 1981. You'd think he would have got a handle on it by now.
In any event, it's time for Hosni to move on...and by that I'm not suggesting his son Gamal take over the reins either.
Funny how nobody seems to have any heartburn over Egypt's emergency rule. I doubt any troubleshooter will be going over there any time soon to suggest that Mubarak begin to share power with the opposition.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Radio Notes
Items of note while tooling around in the greater DC area
Give credit where its due to 98 Rock (a Baltimore active rock station) that put one its HD stations (playing alt-rock) on the air on its terrestrial signal. I'm still not inclined to get an HD radio but at least I know one thing I'm missing.
DC 101 was playing the history of Generation X music. (If you don't know it, don't worry about it, you're not missing anything.) However, the DJ when describing the late 1980's radio scene in Seattle talked about that era and how it gave birth to "grunge" -- plenty of rain, wearing flannel shirts, and then unnecessarily mentioned that Reaganomics sucked. I don't think so -- and I'm not talking about the weather or the fashion.
CBS News had a bottom of the hour report last night on the UN report about how it's now or never time to act on global warming. So how do they add to the report? Then get some Greenpeace mouthpiece to urge governments to come up with a plan. (I'll ignore the fact that they were too lazy or incompetent to get someone who would dissent with the UN report.) But here's what got my goose -- the Greenpeace rep (she had a British accent for what that's worth) stood atop the moral high ground and demanded that government do the heavy lifting. That's a sweet gig.
Give credit where its due to 98 Rock (a Baltimore active rock station) that put one its HD stations (playing alt-rock) on the air on its terrestrial signal. I'm still not inclined to get an HD radio but at least I know one thing I'm missing.
DC 101 was playing the history of Generation X music. (If you don't know it, don't worry about it, you're not missing anything.) However, the DJ when describing the late 1980's radio scene in Seattle talked about that era and how it gave birth to "grunge" -- plenty of rain, wearing flannel shirts, and then unnecessarily mentioned that Reaganomics sucked. I don't think so -- and I'm not talking about the weather or the fashion.
CBS News had a bottom of the hour report last night on the UN report about how it's now or never time to act on global warming. So how do they add to the report? Then get some Greenpeace mouthpiece to urge governments to come up with a plan. (I'll ignore the fact that they were too lazy or incompetent to get someone who would dissent with the UN report.) But here's what got my goose -- the Greenpeace rep (she had a British accent for what that's worth) stood atop the moral high ground and demanded that government do the heavy lifting. That's a sweet gig.
Fighting the Last Battle
At first blush, when I heard that John Kerry was going to refute the "Swift Boat" attacks that played a role in losing the 2004 election -- I thought it was a case of three years too late. (Something akin to a pair of prizefighters duking it out in a rematch when both are way past their prime. Who cares?)
Then it dawned on me -- Kerry's center of of gravity is being a senator from Massachusetts. Sure he's got plenty in the bank and wouldn't have to work a day for the rest of his life. But by the same token -- who cares about a has-been liberal from Massachusetts? Nobody. And if there is one thing that Kerrey cannot stand -- in my estimation -- is to be ignored.
Well he's up for re-election and I'm sure the Swift Boat attacks (and more tellingly the pathetic response they engendered by Team Kerry) is likely to come up again as his Republican challenger, Jeff Beatty has carefully established his military bona fides.
Kerry can't ignore the fact that he lost to a President with staggering low approval numbers, but he can shore up his image by taking on the Swifties. But he better be careful for what he wishes for -- because if he blows this opportunity he may lose yet another race.
Then it dawned on me -- Kerry's center of of gravity is being a senator from Massachusetts. Sure he's got plenty in the bank and wouldn't have to work a day for the rest of his life. But by the same token -- who cares about a has-been liberal from Massachusetts? Nobody. And if there is one thing that Kerrey cannot stand -- in my estimation -- is to be ignored.
Well he's up for re-election and I'm sure the Swift Boat attacks (and more tellingly the pathetic response they engendered by Team Kerry) is likely to come up again as his Republican challenger, Jeff Beatty has carefully established his military bona fides.
Kerry can't ignore the fact that he lost to a President with staggering low approval numbers, but he can shore up his image by taking on the Swifties. But he better be careful for what he wishes for -- because if he blows this opportunity he may lose yet another race.
Chucking Chuck
OK, I gave it a couple of shots but "Chuck" ain't getting it done. I shudder to think what shows didn't make the cut, so they could put this on the air.
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