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Re: God has something to say to you, Gov. Palin

Karoli — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:35:17 -0000

Gosh, I didn't think your reply was inadequate at all. In fact, you came
right to the point in a straightforward, direct manner. Thanks for sharing
the link!

I'm as white-hot angry as I've ever been, particularly since tonight's
debate is in Nashville, land of intolerance. Their convenient overlooking
of hate speech is immoral, not just irresponsible.

Re: God has something to say to you, Gov. Palin

Karoli — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:34:41 -0000

Please, do examine him. You go first.

Re: When Their Supporters Call Obama A Terrorist And Demand His Assassination, McCain And Palin Remain Silent

Karoli — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:58:10 -0000

Of everything I've seen in this campaign so far, today's events were the most depressing. Really horrible to see him just pass it on by without even stopping to set things straight. This is how craven the man is, how hungry he is for power. And it's disgusting.

Re: roses in a row

Karoli — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:59:05 -0000

Heh. Gotta give you something to look forward to. :) And thanks!

Re: Why Evangelical Christians Should Vote for Obama

Karoli — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:54:10 -0000

I read both books and then decided to vote for him. Amazingly, if one
actually reads the quotes you left in context like an adult, you discover
that they are neither unpatriotic, unamerican or particularly shocking. And
at least he tells the truth, which is something your candidate does not and
cannot do. so save the trolling for someone who cares.

Re: Why Evangelical Christians Should Vote for Obama

Karoli — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:47:08 -0000

It is my fondest hope that evangelical Christians will consider the mehtod of advancing christian principles as one to exist in the world instead of washington. When they're as ready to take care of the poor, needy and sick in their own communities, they will be upholding true christian principles. The flailing at government is nothing more than legalistic demagoguery.

Re: Fading Reflections of Summer Afternoons

Karoli — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:11:08 -0000

Thank you, it's one of my favorite subjects. Water and reflections fascinate
me.

Re: Freedom and Forgiveness

Karoli — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:33:10 -0000

Thanks, Joel. :) All hugs welcome.

Re: A Proper Obituary For My Father

Karoli — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:13:11 -0000

Katharine,

Thank you for your kind words. :) Fortunately I was lucky enough to have a
great role model in my mom, which was helpful when it came to parenting. :)

Re: Contact

Karoli — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:31:49 -0000

Thank you for your condolences. I'm glad that my post helped you in some way and strengthened your resolve to keep calling even though yes, you're right...he should call you once in awhile.

It's a hard process, but one worth doing.

Re: Freedom and Forgiveness

Karoli — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:29:44 -0000

Thanks to you all for your kind comments. It really is a form of freedom to let go of that stuff. :) Life is too short to hang onto the ugly stuff.

Re: Challenge to Republicans and Progressive Democrats

Karoli — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:20:47 -0000

John,

The mark-to-market rules are a big part of the problem here though. They should have been phased in over time instead of having to appear suddenly on balance sheets all at once. Pension plans went through the pain of mark-to-market accounting 20 years ago, and it was hugely painful. Now we're seeing that effect magnified sixty times. Mark to market is the correct method, but a phase-in would have allowed less shock to the markets.

Re: Dodd Refines Bailout Rules

Karoli — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:01:13 -0000

the real problem, though, is the derivatives. once the underlying assets go, the value of the derived assets goes, too. It's a big pyramid scheme that never should have been allowed to happen. I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of JP Morgan, BofA and Goldman Sachs owning the world, but I'm not sure there's a way out without some sort of intervention.

Re: Election Twitter: Nice try, but…

Karoli — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:01:04 -0000

All Twitter has to do is stop being paternalistic and give power back to the people; e.g. restore track and IM services. Let us figure out how to make it interesting to us.

Re: A Proper Obituary For My Father

Karoli — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:00:37 -0000

All,

Thank you so much for your kind comments, notes on Twitter, and private messages. I would like to believe that after all of us leave this world, someone will document the good we did, no matter how small or large. This was my attempt to do that. I'm touched that it sparked you to take the time to leave a comment.

Many hugs to all of you. :)

Re: A Proper Obituary For My Father

Karoli — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:11:18 -0000

Thank you. It is at least one I was prepared for, though I confess to not being prepared for the way I was informed. But that's a topic for a different post. :)

Re: Buying Digital SLR Cameras

Karoli — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:42:08 -0000

Nice post, and I agree, though my eyesight sucks enough that I let the nikon do the focusing for me. I control the lighting manually, however. Some really good tips in there.

Re: Things just got tough for Disqus

Karoli — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:02:26 -0000

I love Disqus (though not so much on my Blackberry -- that earlier blank message from me? was because it didn't give me the post box on the BB).

What I love the most is being able to deal with comments from my email box -- reply, approve, delete, all that. I was really distressed when I heard that Intense Debate had been acquired, because I would much rather see the competition continue between ID and Disqus on equal footing. I also don't want lockin to Intense Debate when I'm happy using Disqus.

Now, they just have to get the comments formatted for lame BB browsers and I'll be totally 100% satisfied.

Re: Why Evangelical Christians Should Vote for Obama

Karoli — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:29:12 -0000

Mary, I'd love to read your post when it's written. It is so sad to me that
the dogmatic and extreme segment of Christianity is hijacking reasonable
debate in favor of pronouncements like that. I can only remember "judge
not, lest you be judged..." and wonder why they don't?

Re: Banners for President Palin

Karoli — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:53:40 -0000

Stefania,

I loved your post on Momocrats with the banners. Rockin' :)

Re: We won't get fooled again (Scripting News)

Karoli — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:22:42 -0000

It'll never happen. Better that the Congress takes the Gingrich advice and stands down, really looking at prudent and long-lasting ways to resolve this.

It took 30 years or so to come to this point. It cannot be fixed in a day or a weekend or even with the sweeping pen on a bailout plan that is so flawed it doesn't pass the smell test.

Bush wants to tell folks the markets will melt down tomorrow if something doesn't happen tonight, and that's just not necessarily so. That Bush says so with the endorsement of Paulson looking on does not make it true, any more than Colin Powell's statements were true about Iraq.

Re: Quick question (Scripting News)

Karoli — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:43:25 -0000

No. what utter insanity. my verdict would be the same today as it was when I wrote my own post on this last night: we would get the dictatorship we deserve.

Re: Open Letter to Sen. Barack Obama

Karoli — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:14:06 -0000

I want you to be right. The attention still flows to Palin. She's meeting with Karzai next week -- a meeting that should be hammered upon by Obama, Biden, and every other surrogate out there. Karzai is a shill installed by the Bush admin, and trying to paint a meeting between the two as evidence of her readiness to be President is the most cynical, bogus PR move I've ever seen.

I hope you are right. But I'm telling you, she's a trojan horse that needs to be taken care of before she explodes in October.

Re: Open Letter to Sen. Barack Obama

Karoli — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:12:23 -0000

I disagree, of course, and ironically, that comes from conversations I've had with independents. (See my reply to roadkillrefugee below).

With that said, I'm willing to be wrong. I WANT to be wrong. I want this election to go to Obama. But I am seeing some swings in the downticket races that are concerning, and leave me wondering about whether the national polls are really accurate.

Re: Open Letter to Sen. Barack Obama

Karoli — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:09:40 -0000

For the better part of two weeks I've been able to ignore those who contended that he needed to go after Palin. Two things this week changed that. Bill Clinton's incredible interview where he did everything but endorse Palin, and two conversations. One with my not-entrenched-not-convinced spouse, and one with my oldest friend. The spouse thinks Palin is unqualified and a terrible choice, but not bad enough to turn away from McCain. Frankly, I'm not sure what IS bad enough to turn away from McCain if this week didn't convince him. The oldest friend said to me, "I wasn't going to vote for McCain, and then I heard Palin. She convinced me."

This is someone who leans indie but definitely buys into the culture war. When I hear McCain snark on the trail my head goes back to the traction Clinton got with the same tactic over and over and over again.

I don't believe Obama can continue to ignore Palin. Even if it means drawing attention to what Biden says about her, he has to point her out and call her the elephant in the room that she is.

Polls are capricious. Even though he's up overall right now, there are still some swing states in play that matter. We all know that there are efforts at voter disenfranchisement and the old standard ballot-box hijackings that seem to go with Republicans, so he needs a very large margin to overcome every negative.