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My host forgot to renew my domain name over the weekend, so if anyone had tried to email me over the weekend… i didn’t get it…

Sorry about that…

I wish I could say I’m not watching The Bachelorette Wedding right now… but I am.

Against my wishes.

From a news item at Forbes, Ineffective Steel Tariffs Now Illegal, Too

“The United States should not buckle under pressure from the European Union,” Daniel DiMicco, vice chairman, president and CEO of Nucor and chairman of AISI, said in statement last week. “The steel industry is a test case for problems facing all sectors of U.S. manufacturing. The way to send a clear message that the U.S. is truly committed to a level playing field for domestic manufacturing is to keep the president’s steel tariffs intact. This is the tip of the iceberg and all of America is watching.”

Level the playing field by keeping the tariffs. Right… right… that’s the ticket….

People should stop whining and figure out how to compete on the world stage… Without tariffs and protections from our supposed “Free Trade” President.

The title says it all. If you are not some sort of freak about user-interfaces, this may be way too much. But suffice to say, I ate my soup and read this tonight.

It’s strange to have gone from years of uncertainty and vaporware to a steady annual supply of major new operating system releases from Apple.

Paul Krugman writes about Howard Dean’s confederate flag “quote” from last week…

Flags Versus Dollars

Howard Dean’s remarks about the need to appeal to white Southerners could certainly have been better phrased. But his rivals for the Democratic nomination should be ashamed of their reaction. They know what he was trying to say ó and it wasn’t that his party should go soft on racism.

Mr. Krugman is easily my favorite columnist at the NYTimes, and this is another fine column.

I’ve been back and forth on Dean in the past couple weeks, because although I think Dean would make an excellent President, more than anything we need to stop the slow motion train wreck in progress that is our current administration. So whoever that is, I’m happy. But I still think Dean can do it. There is something special about the whole campaign. We’ll see how it goes.

Pantagraph.com – Business/Finance – All Aboard Amtrak 11/04/03

Ridership on Amtrak totaled more than 24 million passengers in fiscal 2003, which ended Sept. 30. It was the highest annual ridership experienced by the nation’s intercity passenger rail service in its 32-year history.

America still needs a better inter-city rail system. There is obviously a market for it.

I saw the Matrix last night.

I will refrain from posting any sort of review or thoughts until the weekend so I don’t blow it for anyone…