http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com One of probably a thousand Mike's Blogs out there... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:34:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you who are not aware (where have YOU been!?), Jaime and I host a little radio program called America's Debate Radio, the complementary program to our main America's Debate website. From time to time, we create audio cutups. We've been doing it for several years now. We made ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2010/02/09/obama-audio-cutups/ I don't know how many people actually read my blog, but for those who do... Tonight is President Obama's first State of the Union Address. It begins at 9:00 PM Eastern. If you're interested in politics, please join us over at America's Debate tonight during the President's first official State of the ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2010/01/27/2010-state-of-the-union-chat-simulcast-and-radio-show/ Does anyone out there know any good alternatives to Picasa that run on Windows XP? I've been using Picasa for years now. In the past, it has always been very good. Now, however, it has grown slow and bloated to the sacrifice of essential features, like easy transfer of new images, ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2009/12/21/alternatives-to-picasa/ Has anyone seen the MSNBC show "Morning Meeting" with Dylan Ratigan? Oh-- you haven't? Fair enough-- there's only about a dozen or so MSNBC viewers, and we can't all watch all the time. Let me tell you, you aren't missing much. The host, Dylan Ratigan, is just terrible. He demonstrates one ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2009/07/17/morning-uhh-meeting/ No, I'm not a AAA customer, and no I'm not a drinker, but I do have to say that AAA and Budweiser have gotten together to do a good thing on St. Patrick's Day here in Savannah. It seems they have teamed up and implemented a program called Tow to Go. ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2009/03/16/good-companies-aaa-and-budweiser/ I get a ton of spam. No surprise-- I have a catchall account for my domain, and you can pretty much make up any address and I'll get it. Most of it is caught by my email client, but one came across today that just cracked me up. Here's a ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2009/03/11/thanks-for-the-heads-up/ What a sad day. Back in July of 2002, Jaime and I had an idea to start a website called America's Debate. We needed a host and I was clueless, so I reached into the hat and pulled out Burton Hosting. Over the years, I established a relationship with Matthew at Burton. ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2009/02/24/so-long-burton-hosting/ The news desk. The satellite desk. The political desk. And the new one I just heard– the inauguration desk. Note to MSNBC: I don’t care where the hell you sit when you read the news. That is all. http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2009/01/08/the-many-desks-of-msnbc/ Screw you, Fedex. You suck, and you ruined Christmas! I dropped five packages off at your Savannah Airport facility on Friday, December 19. I asked if the packages would arrive by Christmas, and was told they would. I told the clerk that I would gladly pay for the next level of ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/12/29/screw-you-fedex-you-suck-and-you-ruined-christmas/ So I just gave a quick read to the Obama / Blagojevich report, which can be found at The Smoking Gun. To me, something seems fishy. Relevant quotation: Mr. Emanuel had one or two telephone calls with Governor Blagojevich. Those conversations occurred between November 6 and November 8, 2008. Soon after he ... http://mikesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/12/23/something-odd-about-the-obamablagojevich-report/