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Archive for October, 2008

Why I Will No Longer Recommend WordPress

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 18, 2008

Sorry, WordPress, but I’m fed up with your ham-handed restrictions on what I can do with my blog. I like the layout choices you give me. I like the design and look.

But when are we going to be able to use the cool javascript widgets and gadgets that other blogging platforms permit? I just wasted 20 minutes trying to add a little FriendFeed widget to this site, so people could post to their FriendFeed from here. Nope, you blocked it over and over. I had to settle for the little chiclet link, instead.

I have friends who know I blog, and when they want to get started blogging they ask me what platform they should choose. I used to say WordPress, but now I plan to send them elsewhere. You’re holding us back, as well as yourselves, WordPress.

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The Daily Show at Joe the Plumber’s House

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 18, 2008

Joe the Plumber is funny enough on his own, but John Oliver of the Daily Show ratchets up the humor even higher.

more about “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Offic…“, posted with vodpod

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GOP Rep. Rants Against ‘Anti-American’ Forces In Congress

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 18, 2008

Ms. Bachman, an elected Republican in the House of Representatives, is truly scary. She’s a pretty version of Joe McCarthy.

Here’s a passionate, rational response to the fascist Rep. Bachman [R]

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Obama’s Roast of McCain

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 18, 2008

Obama could have a future in stand-up! Don’t miss this — McCain’s roast of Obama is pretty good, too, but Obama had the better comedy speechwriters.

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Peggy Noonan, no liberal, tears apart Failin’ Palin

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 18, 2008

I’m no fan of Peggy Noonan, and there is much in this column of hers that I don’t agree with, but it’s interesting to see a conservative’s analysis of Palin’s failings.

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The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 12, 2008

The headline of this column might be misleading, implying that I think Obama is a terrorist. However, it’s just citing the line that the McCain campaign has been suggesting. The McCain campaign has crossed the line between tough negative campaigning and inciting vigilantism, and each day the mob howls louder.

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The Class War Before Palin

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 10, 2008

What had been the Republican Party’s disdain for liberal intellectuals has slipped into a disdain for the educated class as a whole.

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The Stupid Vote

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 8, 2008

John Oliver polls the stupid vote to see what issues are most important to them. This is hilarious! Sorry, Cubs fans, but the joke’s on you, too.

more about “The Stupid Vote | The Daily Show | Co…“, posted with vodpod

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Federal Judge Orders Release of Chinese Muslims

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 7, 2008

Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay must be freed and allowed into the United States, the judge ruled.

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Sarah’s Pompom Palaver

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 7, 2008

Watching Gov. Sarah Palin’s strenuously folksy debate performance, we could wonder when elite became a bad thing in America.

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