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Wednesday, May 19, 2004 OUR MOVE IS PERMANENT: As of today you'll go to our revamped blog at Typepad if you type in www.themoderatevoice.com and this blog now becomes home to our early archives of some 1,300 posts. It may also be used for special writing projects. SO: (1)If you're here, it means you book marked it with the old blogspot address. (2)If you used a link on another website, please let us know via email which truth about enzyte website so we can contact them to have them update their link. But from now on The Moderate Voice will be at www.themoderatevoice.com (our fowarding address which we have changed as of today). With the exception of special projects, NO NEW POSTS will be put on this site. So come visit us at our new home! See ya! WE'VE MOVED THIS BLOG...at least temporarily. A reminder of our note below: CLICK HERE TO GET TO OUR BLOG since the blog you're now visiting will be in suspended animation for a while (probably a long while) until some technical problems are solved. All new posts will be done at the NEW address which -- again -- you get to by CLICKING HERE. Sorry for the inconvenience...but this change will halt the problems that so many readers emailed us about. SO VISIT US AT THE NEW ADDRESS ABOVE. Thanks! DETOUR: Due to continued technical problems here The Moderate Voice will be experimenting with a new address. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NEW ADDRESS for the preliminary version of our makeshift new blog. Do continue to type in www.themoderatevoice.com to get to this blog. The fowarding changeover will made made later in the week. If you have a link on our site, we'll be adding all inks at the new address later -- and expanding our blogroll to add reciprocal links to those who request them (plus a few others of our own). If you scroll down you'll see that whole parts of previous posts have now appeared in boldface. That coupled with severe loading problems a few weeks ago have brought us a slew of reader complaints and we're going to make this switch at least for a while. This blog here at Blogspot will remain intact just in case and even if the switch is permanent it'll remain as a archieve plus a spot for special writing projects that are on the drawing board. But CLICK HERE WHEN YOU VISIT THIS SITE to get to the new address and new postings. NOTE TO READERS: We are having continued problems here at Blogspot. The latest (if you scroll down) is whole sections of old posts showing up in boldface. We have not done any editing on these. Please bare with us on this...it's as unacceptable to us right now as it is to you. Original posts will resume on Sunday...but you may see some in boldface. Hopefully this latest problem will be resolved soon. JOE GANDELMAN WHOOPS! WE MADE A BOO-BOO!!! We're still over at Dean's World -- and will be posting over there today (back to normal here on Sunday). But yesterday we gave you a link to CLICK to see our posts over there...and it lead you back this page! Sorry! This time, we'll give you the RIGHT one. To see what we posted yesterday and today, just click here or if you want to exercise your fingers type in www.deanesmay.com. Comment (0) .... e-mail address not required. HEED OUR ADVICE!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's why you should never put your picture on the Internet... I haven't seen it yet but the unspeakably cruel video of the beheading of Nick Berg is being viewed on the Internet by many. Here's one reaction to what is becoming one of the most widely viewed "snuff films" in history. IS PRESIDENT BUSH'S CAMPAIGN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE? The New York Times and the Washington Post think so. We still think it's too early, although you easily state these facts: (1)The adminitration isn't getting much good news these days. (2)The Kerry campaign is uninspiring...But if the news trend continues as it is, unless he badly stubs his toe John Kerry could be a viable option for many voters. (3)On many issues the administration seems behind one or two beats on properly responding. They've been hurt by delays and denials as much as by revelations. "AHHNOLD" continues to dominate the California political scene as a force almost bigger-than-life -- as much the "star" of state politics as he was in the movies...and highly convincing in his new role as governor. One of his key tactics is to run rings around the politicosl, essentially planning to governor without them if they don't go along with his plans. Would The Moderate Voice mislead you on this? Nope. Read this... (NOTE TO READERS: We have no idea why part of this post has gone into BOLD FACE. It is one of our many problems here at blogspot, notwithstanding the impressive upgraded package. There's no symbol on our editing to show why it's in boldface...but it is NOT intentional and we apologize. Stay tuned for changes here, hopefully later next week....) HE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK: Democrats will be thrilled, Republicans appalled, and Rush Limbaugh's nonstop references to "Clinton Clinton Clinton Clinton" will actually have relevance once again. President Bill Clinton has delivered his memoirs (all 900 pages of them) and is now showing signs that at 57-years-old he does not intend to vanish from the political scene. In fact, based on his recent behavior it's safe to predict that within a short time his wife Hillary and Democratic presumptive nominee John Kerry will be upset that they're being upstaged by Sean Hannity's favorite reference point. An article by the Washington correspondent of England's Independent contains some tantilizing tidbits, such as Clinton's decision to open up both verbal barrels against President George Bush: What happened was the Bush team's obsession with toppling Saddam, he claimed, regardless of the facts about Iraq's WMD and Baghdad's non-involvement in the 11 September attacks. It was an unprecedented volley. Former presidents largely follow a code that sees them keep quiet about the performance of their successors. But Mr Clinton appears ready to re-enter the fray and his book will give him the platform to do so. "I've been in writer's jail," he told his audience. "For three months I've been reliving my life - and it was hard enough the first time." But now, the 900-page volume My Life is ready. In barely three weeks, the hoopla will start, at a convention in Chicago. Then comes a worldwide tour to accompany publication in late June. We can expect to see some of the following: (1)Democrats love Clinton and he will be out on the hustings. Despite all the conspiracy theories about him and Hillary wanting to sandbag John Kerry's tepid campaign, the former President craves an audience and loves political battle. He'll be out there to help the Kerry campaign. (2)Republicans will try to link Clinton to Kerry. UPSIDE: There are some independent voters and (that vanishing breed) conservative Democrats who are happy Al Gore didn't win because Bush came down so strong on terrorism. DOWNSIDE: Some voters long for the happier times of the Clinton years...especially the economy. So it'll be a wash if the GOP uses Clinton. (3)Clinton's book will probably be one of the most successful ex-president memoirs and suck up a lot of summertime media attention that would otherwise go to Kerry. (4)If Clinton takes an activ e role in going after Bush (either on his own or in a surrogate role) and he is joined in his criticism by former President Jimmy Carter it again could influence on swing voters. Various pollsters and experts note that there are fewer swing voters around but in a close election they will be more vital than ever. (5)Clinton's real value to the Demmies will be as a talking head. He can get on virtually any news show or news magazine he wants to. Will he use this access to go after the Bush administration aggressively? And what would the Bush administration's response be...and how would that response impact the election?
NEW POSTS WILL APPEAR LATE TONIGHT due to all day and early evening schedule today in Salinas. GOOD BY "FRASIER" ("WAHH!" or "THANK GOD!"): Finally someone expresses our view about Kelsey Grammar. Here's the real buzz, honey......... ARE BLOGS GOOD OR BAD? Are blogs a new form that competes with, supplement |