May 2008
31 posts
If you are jumping to conclusions about Rev. Wright, like Obama, different is not deficient. Please watch this: http://johnjwright.com …
“While all the presidential candidates were railing about lost manufacturing jobs...”
– Dumb as We Wanna Be - New York Times
Rev Wright NAACP Speech (Video) →
Kudos to CNN for airing this great speech by the Rev. Wright in it entirety, including speakers from the NAACP. I came away from this speech with a renewed hope in myself, my family, my friends, and my world. Different is not deficient! I was hesitant to say it before but I will say it confidently now, the Rev. Wright is a great man and should not of been denounced by Obama. They are men of...
“Here’s something we can all agree on: Jeremiah Wright is no Joel Oesteen, that’s...”
– Something Within » Wright or Wrong?: My Take
“After all, the real target is Obama; he’s the real trophy. The prospect of a...”
– Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!
“At a news conference the following April 29th, Barack Obama effectively severed...”
– Jeremiah Wright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I totally disagree with Barak here. Jeremiah Wright’s speech was against racism and hatred, not for it. I think Barak is just offended by being upstaged by Wright but who cares, America needs to hear Wright just as much as Barak.
The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Speaks for Himself... →
mattpayton: You can see here the whole press conference he gives to the National Press Club. Not only does he not say anything offensive, he only gets jovial at the end during the inane questions. I have to agree with Jon Stewart on this one - I like this guy. I feel less connected than ever with mainstream American public because I am hard pressed to find positive coverage of this except...
April 2008
80 posts
“Bush Says Pain From Economy Defies Easy Fix”
– Bush Says Pain From Economy Defies Easy Fix - New York Times What vision, what foresight, what a leader!
The next iphone commercial: http://mattpayton.tumblr.com/post/33143507
“However little television you watch, watch less.” - David McCullough”
– Quotes Matt, you are excepted because you are a pro. Thank-you Dad and C.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do...”
– Quotes
“Speed counts, but a programming language is first of all a tool for thinking in.”
– Design Philosophy This is somehow related to why I am falling for Javascript.
“It’s easier to tell good design from bad when you’re not looking at...”
– Design Philosophy
playing with Ruby on Rails at 1:30 am, dumping rails for something that feels better, trying merb
I feel so bad, I am falling quickly in love with Javascript - so much expressive power.
My broken Gaydar
Because I have sucked a couple cocks in my life, I always think I have a better gaydar than everyone else which is apparentely not true. I have had this long running theory about a co-worker who always acts moody around me and looks dreamingly into my eyes. I always wondered why he wanted to have lunch alone all the time. It turns out that he isn’t gay (or perhaps just gay), he wants to...
Watchmattpayton: A tenacious and inspiring leftist senator was interviewed on a Comedy Central show last night, which I very much enjoyed. And no, it was not Barack Obama on the Daily Show; it was the only Independent in Senate, Vermont’s Bernie Sanders on the Colbert Report. And now my “Chief Ranter” in my heros list. America listen up!
Watchmattpayton: “If there’s anything this president responds to - it’s written criticism.” -Rob Riggle It’s comforting to know that there are people out there like Rob Riggle.
I know I keep saying this, but Ajax with jquery is sweet and elegant
Michael Bloomberg on fiscal conservatism
Being a fiscal conservative is not about slashing programs that help the poor, or improve health care, or ensure a social safety net. It’s about insisting services are provided efficiently, get to only the people that need them, and achieve the desired results. Fiscal conservatives have hearts too - but we also insist on using our brains, and that means demanding results and holding...
“Well, one thing’s for sure: We can profile strange members of our...”
– Area Oddball Prefers God Over Girls | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Watchmattpayton: Breath of fresh air alert: Charlie Rose interviews Michael Bloomberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger Warning - if you (and as Americans we all are) use to a much higher bullshit-to-truth ratio, you might want to avoid watching this great interview with two men who have shown actual leadership Holy fucking shit, that was inspiring. Leadership, with a capital L, these guys are true...
Duh moment -The importance of clean version...
I came across “The Thing About Git” on my tweet can for Git today and it has led me down this 2 hour path of reading about Git features that I have never used. I came across this insight for myself about version control and history that I have before now missed because I have only used VCSs like CVS or SVN in the most primitive ways. To everybody this should be a duh but here is the...
learning about stgit http://tinyurl.com/5bdcda, a stack based way of managing your workspace in git
The thing about git, it realizes that it all goes to the same place anyway, http://tinyurl.com/69xpm2
“There was at least one thematic element shared by the G.A.O., the White House...”
– Slamming Efforts to Find bin Laden, on Screen and Off - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog A man who murdered 3,000 Americans.
“It’s a big deal and it’s obviously threatening a lot of governments. There are a...”
– Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger - New York Times Is anybody else getting really nervous about the effect of this coupled with an impending major recession in our economy?
Superdelegates Unswayed by Clinton’s Attacks - New... →
Encouraging!
“No words of mine could describe the pain and harm inflicted by such abuse,” the...”
– Benedict Meets With the Victims of Sexual Abuse - New York Times Just like they got before.
great Missouri muxtape http://containshotliquid.muxtape.com/, playing via fluid
“Since 1913, the United States witnessed only one other year of such unequal...”
– Wall Street Winners Get Billion-Dollar Paydays - New York Times The lightly regulated free market at it’s finest.
“What does it mean to speak of child protection,” the pope asked, “when...”
– Pope Praises U.S., but Warns of Secular Challenges - New York Times Fuck the pope! How dare he mix what is going on inside his corrupt church with adults watching pornography. Why are we so stupid to let this buffoon come in and talk to us about secularism. Who gives a shit what he thinks!
“He hasn’t pulled a John Kerry and asked for a Philly cheese steak with Swiss...”
– Eggheads and Cheese Balls - New York Times Barak is not like John Kerry, contrary to Dowd’s claims. John Kerry did a poor job of pretending that he was comfortable with the common man. Hillary on the other hand, as Steven Colbert recently pointed out, does a great job acting comfortable when...
“Hillary knew a young, inexperienced Obama would slip up sooner or later and be...”
– Obama Dogged By ‘Bitter’ Remarks | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source This is pretty much how I felt when I heard it.
“8:26 p.m. | ‘C’ is for Cookies: Mr. Obama turns the tables on Mrs. Clinton,...”
– Live-Blogging the Democratic Debate - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog Damn straight! I call that an Obama Alley Oop.
“Americans “need your message that all of life is sacred,” President Bush told...”
– The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia Bullshit, Mr. I allow the killing of around 1 million Iraqis and 4000 Americans. I wish you cared as much about Iraqis as you do about unborn children.
Need some errors msgs for your apps (Adam, you have lots of errors): http://randomerrors.com
amazon taking cloud computing to a new level with persistent storage for ec2 instances http://snurl.com/24imp
“Regarding the specifics of your comments, the fundamental difference is...”
– Amazon takes EC2 to the next level with persistent storage volumes « RightScale Blog This sounds like the experience I am having on git. It changes my whole way of working with test changes. This AWS stuff is definitely pulling me in fast.
Fuck our president and other leaders and all of us who have created or allowed this crisis in Iraq! http://snurl.com/24hzy
“Orwell explained this well. Some things can be defended, he said, only by...”
– Memo to Petraeus & Crocker: More Laughs, Please - Dick Cavett - Opinion - New York Times Blog No fucking shit. I am sick of this fuck fuck blight on our country. It’s a fucking disgrace. Generals getting up there and defending this shamble of a war with stupid techno-speak while as in...
