I’ve shut down comments and trackbacks temporarily. Over the past 12 hours, I’ve been pummelled to death with SPAM from (what appears to be) a single server. Hopefully they’ll get tired of the bounce backs and I’ll be able to reopen soon.
Sorry.
UPDATE: OK, it’s been 36 hours or so. I’ll open things back up and see if it’s safe.
The blog is pretty weak today. Too many things got in the way, and now it’s late and that’s that. I’m leaving for Germany on Saturday and will be attending the Frankfurt Book Fair in the middle of the week. I’ll be in Munich before that. Travel prep has a way of shifting priorities, and there is no way to avoid the extra time needed to align the ducks properly. It won’t get any better before I leave either. So, it’s hard to know what the blog will look like between now and then. Just a mild warning.
Yeah, OK, so I did it. I drank the Kool-Aid.
Gerhard Schroeder is a sore loser.
Outgoing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has aimed a broadside at US President George W. Bush, saying Hurricane Katrina showed what happened when a state neglected its duty.
Schroeder made his comments in a speech to a trade union in Hanover on Wednesday in which he warned of the dangers of eroding the welfare functions of the state.
“I can think of a recent disaster that shows what happens when a country neglects its duties of state towards its people,” said Schroeder, who will soon cede his post to conservative rival Angela Merkel.
“My post as chancellor, which I still hold, does not allow me to name that country but you all know that I am talking about America,” Schroeder said to laughter and applause.
Whatever.
Gerhard, it’s time for you to go.
Al Gore says he has no plans to run for president again. Riiight.
“I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again,” said Gore, who lost the 2000 election to President Bush.
However, Gore did not completely shut the door to political endeavors.
“I don’t completely rule out some future interest, but I don’t expect to have that,” he said during a visit to Sweden.
Al, we’re on to you.
Why do politicians play this game? More importantly, why does the MSM constantly publish these non-denial denials? It’s so boring.