HOME Tuesday, January 06, 2004 How To Save the World Congratulations to Dave Pollard over at How to Save the World!  His Salon Blog has just been nominated for the Koufax Best Blog award for the year.  To qualify how prestigious this nomination is, consider some of the other blogs nominated-- CalPundit, Daily Howler, Daily Kos, Eschaton (Atrios), Liberal Oasis, Matt Yglesias, Orcinus, Ruminate This, Talking Points Memo, Talk Left, Tapped, and Tbogg, to name a few.  A few of the nominations are blogs I link to; a fact I'm quite tickled about right now. Dave's blog is an amazing mix of information--blogging, writing, storytelling, politics, economics, sociology, business, and environmentalism, to name a few.  One aspect I find most refreshing is his use of graphics and tables to accentuate a post.  This nomination is well deserved. 10:55:02 PM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] Bush is Serious about Finding the Culprit of the Plame Leak Scott McClellan was quoted in today's Washington Post as saying: "The president has always said that leaking classified information is a serious matter, and certainly no one wants to get to the bottom of this more than he does."                          How serious is the president about getting to the bottom of this? I doubt very seriously at all. Why? Look at the amount of time it has taken for him to accomplish the things he believes in.  For example, both tax cuts were handed out within months of being made known. The war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda started three months after that attack on the WTC.  Likewise, the invasion of Iraq started two months after troop buildup began. Yet, the Plame leak occurred in June.  Seven months later and the president is still tip-toeing through the tulips spouting off the same rhetoric as he did in late summer. Other good reading about the latest news of Ashcroft recusing himself from the investigation can be read and accessed over at The Agora. 10:29:24 PM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] Blog banner taken from the oil painting "The Departure" (40"x 30") by Michael Parker, 1999. January 2004 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Dec   Feb Click on one of the calendar days to read my journal posting for that day. E-MAIL ME Film Page PREVIOUS POSTS Woman Gives Birth While Driving Van to Hospital Young Adam (2003) Concert Review: Duran Duran, Astronaut 1. The Aviator 2. (tie) House of Flying Daggers 2. (tie) Hero 3. Million Dollar Baby 4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 5. Sideways 6. Hotel Rwanda 7. Finding Neverland 8. A very Long Engagement (France) 9. Before Sunset 10. Ray Honorable Mentions 2004 Duran Duran Concert On Bullying in Schools The Head Bonker 77th Annual Academy Awards Shine on Baby Oscar Predictions Sidetracked Oscar Watch: Best Short Live Action Film, Little Terrorist (India) Writer's Guild Awards for 2004 The Notebook (2004) Where to Find Screenplays Less Relevant? FAVORITE BLOGS    Archives [Macro error: Can't call the script because the name "monthlyArchiveLinks" hasn't been defined.] MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: Updated Salon Blogs Salon Rankings