Holy crap. Hands down it’s my new favorite album. The cover of the Postal Service tune (Such Great Heights) is an interesting listen (I wonder what I’d think of it if I wasn’t familiar w/ the original version). Also, Colin Hay’s tune confirms my belief that he is an outstanding songwriter.
[Updated]
I just came across this meta-mix of Garden State-ish tracks that I need to get my hands on.
It seems that Chris’ displeasure with reading is shared by many Bush supporters. To wit: a new study that finds Bush Supporters Misread Many of His Foreign Policy Positions.
Excerpt:
As the nation prepares to watch the presidential candidates debate foreign policy issues, a new PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll finds that Americans who plan to vote for President Bush have many incorrect assumptions about his foreign policy positions. Kerry supporters, on the other hand, are largely accurate in their assessments.
[Please keep any comments related to the above post limited to original analysis of the study cited above. Or alternatively, comments that attempt to defend the position that an informed electorate is not important in a democracy will also be entertained. Any tangential, generic political punditry will be moderated out. It’s good to be the king ;-)]
Several years ago when I was really knee deep in Hegal, the notion that extremists are necessary for–or at least intriniscally part of– social/cultural progress began to solidify in my mind. Meaning, it takes all kinds.
Coolio. I pitched in my 2cents on Jason Kottke’s Voter Info Guide and it got a reference on Boing Boing today.
jj forwarded this to me.
i thought it only fair to let you read it.
Good or Bad?
> I’m trying to get all this political stuff straightened out in my head so
I’ll know how to vote come November. Right now, we have one guy saying one
thing. Then the other guy says something else. Who to believe. Lemme see;
have I got this straight?
> Continue reading ‘it will be over in november.’
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