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A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind, but won't change the subject. -- Winston Churchill


Friday, September 03, 2004


An interesting question

Given that TIME Magazine has given Bush a double-digit lead in its most recent poll (52%-41%-3%, for Bush, Kerry, and Nader, respectively), we can start to accept that there is a VERY strong probability that Bush will be re-elected.

That leads us to an interesting situation. Bush will be a two-term POTUS, and when his term expires in ‘08, it seems unlikely to the point of “impossible” that Cheney will be the heir apparent, for health reasons, if nothing else.

Jeb is not the statesman his brother is. Giuliani can give a great speech, but there are character issues (let’s be honest). Ah-nuld is Constitutionally ineligible (Article II, Section 1). Mitt Romney might be a Republican, but he’s from Massachusetts, and people are going to be sick of that state (no offense, Deb!). Colin Powell is too liberal for the party faithful, but maybe…

I know it’s a little early to start thinking about it (the Convention hasn’t even finished cleaning up yet!), but who would be a strong contender?

Condi? Rumsfeld? Who would you want to run?

Posted by Drumwaster at 05:13 PM | (0) Trackbacks
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery

For those who hadn’t heard, for President Bill Clinton has entered the hospital for heart bypass surgery.

Speaking on behalf of all of us here at Drumwaster’s Rants, we wish to express our hopes for a safe and speedy recovery. (Hey, we may disagree with his politics, his honesty, his judgment, his actions, his attitudes and all the rest, but that doesn’t mean that we wish him any physical suffering.)

Posted by Drumwaster at 01:01 PM | (0) Trackbacks
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Haven’t had a chance to write about this yet

But Holy Sh*t!

I ran across this story over at Fark earlier, and I can only stare slack-jawed at how far and fast computers have come during those early days of monochrome screens (either ugly amber or eye-straining green) and 300 baud modems.

Money quote:

The team, which included folks from AMD, Cisco, Microsoft Research, Newisys, and S2io, transferred 859 gigabytes of data in less than 17 minutes. It did so at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second between the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland, and Caltech in Pasadena, Calif., a distance of more than 15,766 kilometers, or approximately 9,800 miles.

***

This record speed of 6.63Gbps is equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD movie in four seconds.

Wow. I remember when I thought that a Megabyte of HDD storage was impressive.

Posted by Drumwaster at 12:49 PM | (1) Trackbacks
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Yet Another Update

Welp,

I spent yesterday awaiting the results of the biopsy and the wait was apparently in vain because I got the results today (and people ask me why I don’t like doctors).  The mass is benign, just a collection of cells that shouldn’t be where they are.  So, I have two choices: One, medication to get rid of it, apparently there are drug treatments out there that have come along in the past 5 years or so that can be used in cases such as mine.  Or, two I have it removed via surgery.  The surgeons pushed the surgery angle (naturally) since there is a remote chance the tumor can turn malignant, and it is one they are not willing to accept.  My regular doctor along with the neurologist want to try to treat it medically first to see if it responds to drug therapy.

Of course there is always the third choice.  Let sleeping dogs lie and just deal with it.

Posted by Kevin at 12:37 PM | (0) Trackbacks
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One surprise, and my take…

First...surprise....Andrew Sullivan has come to the hard, painful conclusion that he cannot support the President. 

I’m shocked.....shocked, I tell you!  This is the biggest surprise since, well, the sun came up yesterday morning. 

Now....my take on Bush’s speech.


Posted by John Cross at 06:37 AM | (0) Trackbacks
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