June 20, 2011 by vortmax.

Jon Stewart appeared with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday this weekend.  Wallace tried to nail down Stewart, trying to call him partisan, but Jon Stewart came back with a larger point that Wallace just didn’t seem to grasp:

“You can’t understand, because of the world you live in that there is not a designed ideological agenda on my part to affect ideological change, because that is the soup you swim in… Ideological regimes can’t understand that there is a free media somewhere, because they take marching orders.”

It’s a fascinating interview, with Jon Stewart finally making the point that his kind have been around forever.  That comedians have always pointed out absurdity wherever it exists.  If Jon Stewart is like anyone, it’s more a Mark Twain or a Will Rogers.”Only the jester dare utter the truth.”

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June 18, 2011 by vortmax.

NY State Sen. Roy McDonald (R-Saratoga) had this to say:

“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing,” McDonald, 64, told reporters.

“You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, f— it, I don’t care what you think. I’m trying to do the right thing.

“I’m tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background. I’m trying to do the right thing, and that’s where I’m going with this.”

We need more independent-minded folks in office.  To hell with those that demand loyalty to “the party.”

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June 17, 2011 by vortmax.

Given Apple transferring to iCloud (and thus discontinuing MobileMe), I’m going to start posting again.  I have a few ideas for posts, so watch this space.

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