For any of my blog readers that might have missed it on Facebook, here is how a brand-new Grandpa celebrates. Chandler James Gohring was born at 11:28 Friday, December 17, weighing in at 6 lbs., 13 oz and 20 inches long. Papa Steve had a work Christmas Party that night, and was part of the entertainment.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Friday, December 03, 2010
Today's News
I have to admit, I am posting this link entirely because of the last two words of the fourth sentence. It made me smile that the author did not call the man a "Muscovite" (the proper way to refer to a person from Moscow), but rather went with "Moscow man". This prompted me to start singing "Moscow, Moscow man, I've got to be a Moscow man."
While we are on the subject of Today's News, this was in the NY Times today. To my mind it is representative of slanting the way an article is written to prove a point that just isn't there. Rep. Rangel is quoted as saying that the vote for censure was "very, very, very political", and the author states that he (Rangel) denounced the vote as partisan, and then the author points out that only 2 of 79 votes against censure were cast by Republicans. What the author (conveniently?) skips over is the basic fact that of 255 Dem votes, 170 were cast in favor of censure. Granted, 91% of Republican Reps cast a vote in favor of censure, which taken by itself seems large, but if it were really a partisan vote, doesn't it seem like the Dem votes would not have come in with 66% in favor of censure?
Here's a partisan vote. 240 Dems and 14 Reps voted "Yes", 3 Dems and 149 Reps voted "No". Now if the Rangel vote had run along those lines (actually the opposite of those, but you get my meaning), then he would have room to make his assertions, but as it is, he appears to have gotten a fair shake.
While we are on the subject of Today's News, this was in the NY Times today. To my mind it is representative of slanting the way an article is written to prove a point that just isn't there. Rep. Rangel is quoted as saying that the vote for censure was "very, very, very political", and the author states that he (Rangel) denounced the vote as partisan, and then the author points out that only 2 of 79 votes against censure were cast by Republicans. What the author (conveniently?) skips over is the basic fact that of 255 Dem votes, 170 were cast in favor of censure. Granted, 91% of Republican Reps cast a vote in favor of censure, which taken by itself seems large, but if it were really a partisan vote, doesn't it seem like the Dem votes would not have come in with 66% in favor of censure?
Here's a partisan vote. 240 Dems and 14 Reps voted "Yes", 3 Dems and 149 Reps voted "No". Now if the Rangel vote had run along those lines (actually the opposite of those, but you get my meaning), then he would have room to make his assertions, but as it is, he appears to have gotten a fair shake.
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