Ashcroft Flying High: (CBS) Fishing rod in hand, Attorney General John Ashcroft left on a weekend trip to Missouri Thursday afternoon aboard a chartered government jet, reports CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart. In response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice … Continue reading “July 26, 2001: Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft”
Category: Politics
John McCain: Still a Spammer
More spam from John McCain… From: “John McCain” <JohnMcCain@coppermail-usa.com> To: <ME> Subject: Paving The Path to The American Dream Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:56:40 UT Dear Small Business Owner, Small Business Owner? I suppose in way I could be considered a small business owner, but there’s no way you would know that. I had … Continue reading “John McCain: Still a Spammer”
John McCain: Bigamist
John McCain: Spammer
More Republican spam: From: “John McCain” <ecampaign@gop.com> To: <ME> Subject: Putting My Country First MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=”—-=_NextPart_F41_72961840.98E30F03″ Message-Id: <20080710091302.825ED1F1783@sm2.presidentialvictoryteam.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:13:02 -0400 (EDT) My Friends, I am often asked why I want to be President of the United States. And my answer is that I believe in the greatness … Continue reading “John McCain: Spammer”
John McCain: ‘I Hate the Bloggers’
(via Eschaton) An admitted computer illiterate said: Now we’ve got the cables. We’ve got talk radio. We’ve got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers. We’ve got all kinds of sources of information. — John McCain
I find myself actually agreeing with Rush Limbaugh…
(via This Modern World) NYT Magazine puff piece on Limbaugh: At dinner the night before, Bill O’Reilly’s name came up, and Limbaugh expressed his opinion of the Fox cable king. He hadn’t been sure at the time that he wanted it on the record. But on second thought, “somebody’s got to say it,” he told … Continue reading “I find myself actually agreeing with Rush Limbaugh…”
John McCain and the Internets
(via The Talent Show) John McCain admits that he’s computer illiterate. ‘The Google’ “You don’t actually have to use a computer to understand how it shapes the country,” he says. “You actually do,” former Edwards blogger Tracy Russo responds, suggesting he try to explain Twitter to his grandmother and then ask her how that applies … Continue reading “John McCain and the Internets”
Congressman Timothy V. Johnson: Still a Spammer
More spam from Timothy V. Johnson… Subject: passport From: Congressman Timothy Johnson <timothy.johnson@houseenews.net> Reply-To: 1999892812.27566.458@houseenews.net Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:20:26 -0700 (PDT) To: Janice Hopkins Who the fcsk is Janice Hopkins? Dear Friend: Under new rules passed last year to help ensure the safety of our Nation, travel by air to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda … Continue reading “Congressman Timothy V. Johnson: Still a Spammer”
DNC and RNC Web Sites (2004 election)
Democratic National Committee democrats.org Apache/2.2.3 (Linux/SUSE) Republican National Committee rnc.org Microsoft-IIS/6.0 The Republican National Committee is running Microsoft IIS (not free) on Windows, while the Democrats are running Apache on Linux (free). Draw your own conclusions… (more…)
Obama vs. McCain on the WWW
Candidate Web Site Webserver information Barack Obama barackobama.com PWS/1.2.29 John McCain johnmccain.com Microsoft-IIS/6.0 No surprise that McCain’s campaign is hosted on a expensive, buggy, and relatively insecure web server.