Monthly Archives: August 2003

POST BUSH: REBUILDING THE AMERICAN CIVIL STATE

Posted on August 21, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The Bush regime has done, and continues to do, enormous damage to America as a civil state. Almost everything has been corrupted: balance of powers, separation of church and state, fiscal and monetary policy, foreign relations, the electoral process, civil … Continue reading →

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SUPPORT THIS COMIC

Posted on August 19, 2003 by Dave Pollard

New from Christopher Baldwin, creator of the world’s wordiest and most ornate comic strip Bruno, comes Little Dee, a much simpler strip with four characters, a bear, a dog, a vulture and the title character, a little lost girl. Simpler, … Continue reading →

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SEVEN DEADLY SINS

Posted on August 19, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I blew up today. I mean, I got really mad. People who are unreasonable can do that to me. So can people who are unfair, cruel, dishonest, greedy, intolerant, or relentlessly negative. I suppose those are my seven deadly sins … Continue reading →

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TEN SURVIVAL TIPS FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Posted on August 18, 2003 by Dave Pollard

It’s probably not a bad time to be thinking of setting up your own business. The outlook for employment, thanks to Bush’s insane debt levels and the massive export of jobs by big business to third world countries, is grim. … Continue reading →

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JOURNALISM 101

Posted on August 17, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Every once in awhile I go back to school: I read up on the basics of writing a good story or essay. Here are some of the lessons I’ve recently learned, courtesy of the Columbia School of Journalism’s site, journalism.org, … Continue reading →

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RHAPSODY

Posted on August 16, 2003 by Dave Pollard

There is something magical about the experience of walking in the dark after a torrential rain, surrounded by nature, with the sounds of wind and crickets, the smell of earth and grass and wet foliage, the sight of trees covered … Continue reading →

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FAIR AND BALANCED

Posted on August 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

In case I disappointed my fellow bloggers who honoured Fair and Balanced Reporting day today throughout the blogosphere by renaming their blogs to include the revered and copyright term of the preposterous Fox News, Fair and Balanced, I offer this … Continue reading →

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DOONSBURY ON BLOGGING

Posted on August 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Gary Trudeau’s strip takes on bloggers’ block and the temptation that we’re all sometimes prone to. Read the whole strip.

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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT?

Posted on August 15, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Noon Friday and we just got power back after 20 hours. I thought I’d set aside the usual heavy stuff and let those affected, especially those without blogs of their own, tell their stories in the Comments about how the … Continue reading →

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CORPORATIONS VS. CITIZENS – WE LOSE ANOTHER ROUND

Posted on August 14, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Incredibly, Consumers’ Union, publisher of Consumer Reports has been told it must go to trial after all to defend itself, and all of us, from Suzuki’s claim that CU’s 1996 ‘Not Acceptable’ safety rating of the Suzuki Samurai (because of … Continue reading →

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