jordanzimmerman

Hey LiveJournal - long time no see

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:35:39 GMT

I'm posting at LiveJournal as I'm boycotting Facebook for a day. Facebook changed it's UI for the worse a week or so ago. Someone organized an online boycott. Me and probably 10 or so (!!) other Facebookers are boycotting today.

A friend of mine needs help

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:25:43 GMT

http://www.helpgerrygibbs.com/

A friend of mine is facing $60,000 in dental bills. In this day of universal health care, I'd like to show that charity doesn't require the government pointing a gun at our heads.

Please help if you can.

Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:42:39 GMT

BB Netanyahu was brilliant and moving in his speech at the UN. This is a MUST watch.

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HkjBDQz_k

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofIwsB7xDm8

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gkjEUjK4as

Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPEdIWa5H9k

The Facebook borg and the future of blogs

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:53:34 GMT

I've noticed that almost everyone I know (and many I haven't heard from in decades) are on Facebook. Also, many people who used to post here don't anymore or do so infrequently. I find myself posting to FB first these days - my thoughts reach more people. But, I still see value in this blog. Facebook is like a bar - lots of quick short conversations that get lost minutes after they're said (you can scroll into the past, but it's not common). I like the permanence of this blog. It's mostly a compendium of my political thoughts in a diary form.

It'd be nice to be able to cross-post to both when I want to. I tried Posterous but it's not very good. Are there any other good cross-posting tools? I guess I could write one. Maybe I will...

I guess Posterous isn't working :(

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:33:03 GMT

I've made several posts using Posterous. They made it to Facebook, but not here. Time to find something else.

Obama is shaming the USA by supporting despots

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:46:27 GMT

President Obama's lack of vigorous condemnation of Iran was terrible, but his continued support of the proto-dictator in Honduras is truly shameful. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090706/ts_nm/us_honduras

Testing of Posterous

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:58:27 GMT

I'm testing a new service called Posterous that allows me to post to my blog, Facebook, etc. all at once.

Dark day for freedom

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:44 GMT

Al Franken has been declared the winner in Minnesota. This means that the Dems have a filibuster-proof majority in the Sentate. I shudder...

Rest In Peace: Billy Mays

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:05:11 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/29/mays.death/index.html?section=cnn_latest

I really admired Billy Mays. He embodied many great qualities of America. He was a self-made man, an innovator, and unendingly positive. I always got a laugh out of his commercials. I love TV pitchmen. I just can't take my eyes off of them. There are TV pitchmen - and then there was Billy Mays. He was the best of the best. I gained additional appreciation for him watching his show "Pitchmen". I'll really miss him.

The cable news channels have gone nuts

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:34:12 GMT

It's Michael Jackson all day, all night, all the time. WTF!

Will we ever know the full extent of Iran's brutality

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:55:08 GMT

Iran's evil leadership is squelching information as much as possible. The reports that are filtering out depict horrible brutality.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/world/middleeast/25iran.html?_r=1&ref=world

http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2009/06/unimaginable-horror-in-tehran/

Hello Facebook

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:42:19 GMT

If I've updated my settings correctly, this post to my LiveJournal blog should also post to my Facebook.

Barack Obama shameful coward

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:40:25 GMT

As Iranians protest in the streets in the face of violent retaliation from the Iranian Government, we hear no support from the administration. Worse, we hear mushy measured platitudes.

Horrible regulation begets even more horrible regulation

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:47:47 GMT

President Obama today proposed a huge new regulatory system to be placed on the already insanely regulated financial industry: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/06/17/obamas-financial-reform-plan-the-condensed-version/ The two main culprits of the current financial mess, Senators Dodd and Frank are enthusiastic.

Every day I think we've hit rock bottom with this damned administration and each new day we descend lower.

Saab is free from the black hole of GM

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:35:17 GMT

http://www.saabsunited.com/2009/06/general-motors-and-koenigsegg-group-ab-reach-tentative-agreement-on-saab.html

I've been a Saab fan forever. I buy cars and hold 'em. I'm on my second Saab. I had the first for 8 years (900T), and my current one (9-5 Aero Wagon) is 9 years old.

Happy day!!!

iPhone 3GS

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:23:06 GMT

Reserved for delivery on June 19th. Woot!!!

Bill Ayers on C-SPAN

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:45:01 GMT

I'm watching Bill Ayers on C-SPAN's In Depth program. This is a disgusting person. The worst thing is his equivocation on his terrorist past. An email question came in asking why he doesn't apologize about, and I quote, "his past in bomb making and terrorism." Ayers then talked at length about how wrong the war was, who was against the war, etc. At no point did he say he didn't make bombs nor did apologize. He only said "I did what I did... I've never said ... what we did was right or perfect ... But, people who did nothing were wrong."

Larry Kudlow speaks truth to power

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:53:08 GMT

http://kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-green-cars.html

A racist for the SCOTUS

Thu, 28 May 2009 20:29:55 GMT

Read the whole thing and weep: http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Berkeley_La%20Raza_2002.pdf

Choice quotes:

"No one person, judge or nominee will speak in a female or people of color voice."

"I accept the proposition that … there is no objective stance but only a series of perspectives …"

"…seminal decisions in race and sex discrimination cases have come from Supreme Courts composed exclusively of white males."

Justice O'Connor said "a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases … I am not so sure that I agree …"

The Climate Industrial Complex

Fri, 22 May 2009 18:39:36 GMT

Bjorn Lomborg coins a useful phrase: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124286145192740987.html

A real hero: Dick Cheney

Thu, 21 May 2009 23:47:30 GMT

While I have my differences with him, Dick Cheney rates as a hero for what he did to keep the USA safe. I also admire him for speaking out today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S60PplS1qcA

Good News! Wikipedia determines that James Valliant is unreliable

Mon, 18 May 2009 19:31:13 GMT

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Objectivism_and_Ayn_Rand_Cross_Talk

Quote: Following several discussions calling into question the work of James Valliant as a reliable source (e.g. 1, 2, 3), I propose that all references to it be removed from Wikipedia until such time as it is shown to satisfy the criteria for reliable sources. If there is consensus to do so, I will begin in one week's time. Skomorokh 15:15, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I know it's only a TV show, but...

Mon, 18 May 2009 19:08:21 GMT

Lost is my favorite TV show. I am a complete and unapologetic fanboi. In the season closer this year, it appeared that John Locke is really dead. In a recent interview, the actor that plays Locke, Terry O'Quinn, confirmed this:

"I think, unfortunately, I think it's ended for Locke. But I'm still there, as far as I know," O'Quinn said. "I don't know how it's going to end for this other guy. I'm sad. I miss John Locke, poor guy. He was a pawn.

I feel foolish, but this makes me very sad. I'm terribly sad for this made-up character, John Locke, who's entire life consisted of being lied to and used as a pawn in other people's schemes. Rest in Peace John Locke, your life is finally your own.

Ann Coulter is a godess

Wed, 06 May 2009 18:16:05 GMT

And Joy Behar is, uh, you decide...

Dom Deluise - Rest in Peace

Tue, 05 May 2009 19:17:51 GMT

One of the funniest people of all time. Thank you, Dom, for all the laughs.