Abooooout Face!

Gen. Wesley Clark's campaign stumbled early on by giving the cold shoulder to the legions of online activists who'd launched a grassroots movement to "Draft Clark"—the same kind of network that's proved so vital to the success of Howard Dean. Now Wired is reporting that Clark's people have seen the light: They're developing open source social-networking applications to orchestrate campaigining.

Comments

[Andy D.]

I did a bit of Googling, and it seems that what was signed into law on 12/13/03 was a bill that included ~some~ of the provisions of Patriot II. There was an earlier bill that enacted other parts of Patriot II.

See: http://vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2003/12/94248.php

and

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=14000&c=206

[Evilcor]

UNRELATED TOPIC WARNING:
Has anyone heard about PATRIOT II getting passed on 12/13? It seems that - coincidentally, I'm sure - Bush signed Ashcroft's wet dream while we were distracted with Saddam's cavity-checks.
Kill me.

[Phil]

That seems like the kind of news one would provide a link for, Evilcor. It's not as if the Congress and White House don't have websites. I'm just saying.

[Douglas Fletcher]

Just as John Edwards is too pretty to be taken seriously (according to his wife, at least), I think Wesley Clark may be just too personable to win an election. It's hard for the electorate to take a candidate to heart when the aura he gives off is of a good old boy knocking back Blue Ribbons at the VFW hall.

What I wouldn't give for a six pack of Falstaff.

[Gadfly]

Current US debt - $7 trillion
Annual cash flow - $2 trillion
Annual debt payment - $350 billion
Annual defense budget - $350 billion (less Iraq)
Annual deficit - $400 billion (20% of budget)

Anybody care to consider what really matters?

[Jason Ligon]

gadfly:

The rate of growth of the economy?

The YTD return of the Dow, the S&P, or maybe the NASDAQ?

The direction of unemployment figures?

Maybe the Consumer Price Index?