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Friday, November 28, 2003In a stunning move, President Bush celebrated Thanksgiving dinner with U.S. troops in Iraq. Air Force One secretly flew into Baghdad Airport Thursday morning, the same place a cargo plane was shot down less than a week ago. Talk about an example of confident defiance! He puts himself at risk, mingles with the enlisted men, raises troop morale. No wonder people love this man. "Risk also brings rewards," said retired Air Force lieutenant general Tom McInerney. "It sends a signal to the troops and to the American people." I wasn't sure about George W. Bush at first, and I still disagree with some of his domestic policies. However, he has done an amazing job motivating Americans to fight the War on Terror. There was the post 9/11 moral clarity and refreshingly (non-Clinton-y) plain talk, but also a sense that, despite what his critics say, he has a definite plan on how to defang terrorist groups, starting with a crackdown on states that sponsor terrorism. He also has the knack for these kinds of motivational events. Sure they are preplanned, but they always come off as genuine, not staged photo ops like that video of Clinton pensively walking the Normandy beach, stopping to arrange a small memorial out of pebbles. Bush has charisma and connects with small groups in informal settings. Even though-- or perhaps because-- he is not a slick politico or master debater ("Heh heh. Heh heh." "Settle down, Beavis."). If Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator, maybe George W. Bush is the Great Motivator. posted by Nate on 12:21 AM link Thursday, November 27, 2003Happy Thanksgiving everyone. In the immortal words of J-Lo, "It's turkey time... Gobble gobble." Once more, I was in charge of cooking the turkey. At this point you may be aghast, asking, "A man, cooking on Thanksgiving? Missing the football game to mash potatoes and simmer a delightfully seasoned turkey neck and giblets for gravy?" Yep, that's me. Go ahead and mock me as a pansy, refer to my website as "Queer Eye by that Nate Guy." I don't care-- I'm secure enough in my sexuality that I can bake pumpkin pies and not worry that it will turn me into a girly man. And besides, the 3:30 game's halftime show was the manliest thing ever. First, it's a football game, so its manly already. Then Toby Keith starts singing a Patton-esque song about bombing the shit out of terrorists while Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are gyrating about wildly and practically falling out of their costumes when WHOOSH! suddenly thirty foot high plumes of fire start spurting from the stage. I feel so masculine right now, I could put on a dress and wear a seaweed guava wrap to deep moisturize my cuticles, and I would still be The MotherFreaking Hemingway Hero. Only I'd be cooking hors d' oeuvres using paprika instead of having to die. Alone. In the rain. posted by Nate on 11:10 PM link Monday, November 24, 2003It's the PC PC!!! The other day I read a blog post somewhere (how's that for giving credit?) about Los Angeles County banning government-contract-seeking companies from using the tech terms "master" and "slave." (For those of you who aren't computer people, hard drives and CD-ROMs are set up so there can be two devices per cable, a master device-- which controls the IDE bus timing-- and a slave.) I must admit that, at my tech support job, I have felt a tad self-conscious while describing hard drive settings to African-Americans. I am Whitey after all, even though my people, the Irish, are the N***ers of Europe. However, this is too stupid for words. Perhaps they'll rename the drive settings PIMP/ HO. That won't offend anyone, fo snizzle. UPDATE: Slashdot has picked up the story. This comment is funny as hell, as is this one. posted by Nate on 11:30 PM link
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