"And I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide"
[O]n the day of the Opening Ceremonies back in August -- about six months after Janet Jackson bared her breast during CBS's broadcast of the Super Bowl -- NBC took some questions from sports reporters who were on the scene. These were guys who apparently don't go to museums much and had watched the dress rehearsal and seen performers representing classical Greek statues and mythological gods and goddesses in the various states of undress that were so fashionable in days gone by. They demanded to know whether NBC intended to subject the flower of American youth, watching back at home, to such a wanton display of Greekness.Personally, I can't find a pic right now, but I'm guessing it had something to do with that lighting ceremony...
(The Opening Ceremonies also included thespians depicting lovers frolicking in the world's largest puddle and a young woman in a shift wading about aimlessly in the same puddle. She appeared to have been impregnated by someone who was radioactive, but we cannot say with certainty whether that was Greek or just weird.)
Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert said on Thursday.But...but... it's a lap-top! If you put it on a desk, it becomes just a really small desktop!
Laptops, which reach high internal operating temperatures, can heat up the scrotum which could affect the quality and quantity of men’s sperm.
“The increase in scrotal temperature is significant enough to cause changes in sperm parameters,” said Dr Yefim Sheynkin, an associate professor of urology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
“It is very difficult to predict how long the computer can be used safely,” he told Reuters. “It may not be at all, if the testicular temperature goes up high within a very short period of time.”
Adolescents and young men who use laptops several times a day over many years face the greatest risk. Sheynkin fears that if laptop use is not curtailed, in 15-20 years when they want to start a family the men could face problems.
A little while back, at a fundraiser, a woman came up to me. She identified herself as an evangelical Christian from Texas. I asked her what you are all wondering -- why was she supporting me. She said there were two reasons. The first was that she had a child who had poly-cystic kidney disease, and what that illness made it impossible for their family to get health care.I don't think this is a shot at the Kerry campaign (though certainly one that should reverberate among the Reed-From set), but what it is, however, is an importnant comment about perception. I believe that John Kerry is a man of very deep convictions. However, his opponents and their allies launched a comprehensive effort to foster widespread perceptions to the contrary, and for a long time the Kerry campaign did nothing to counter this (they went completely dark in August, at the height of the Swift Boat Liars and their thoroughly-debunked bunk).
The second thing she said was, "The other reason we're with you is because evangelical Christians are people of deep conviction, and you're a person of deep conviction. I may not agree with you on everything, but what we want more than anything else from our government is that when something happens to our family or something happens to our country -- it's that the people in office have deep conviction."
There is a Party of fiscal responsibility... economic responsibility.... social responsibility... civic responsibility... personal responsibility... and moral responsibility.Dean argues that the best angle we have against the Republicans is on their divorcing themselves from reasonable claims to the responsibilities listed above, and I'm inclined to say that's a good way to start. Read the rest of his speech for more on that. Anyway, back to finals...
It's the Democratic Party.
We need to be able to say strongly, firmly, and proudly what we believe.
Because we are what we believe.
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