Since I unveiled the New Look several people have complimented me on the photos. Of course, I’ve been changing them out so fast that you’ve probably missed some of them. For instance, I just took down one of Stephen Colbert and me, and put up the one you see now on my home page, which shows Rudy Giuliani in Columbia back in 2007, while he was still a contender in the GOP nomination race.
Like most of the pictures I’m using (except the ones other people shot of me with somebody), I shot it with my little digital Canon, which you see me using to shoot video of Obama in the picture you get when you call up individual posts. Here’s the video I was shooting, by the way.
The one now gracing my home page was taken on August 14, 2007, at the convention center in Columbia. Here’s video I shot at the same event. I chose this image because, even though the focus and resolution aren’t great, it worked with the extreme-horizontal format. So we’re talking form over content. But let’s examine the content: Local political trivia buffs will see some familiar faces sitting listening to Rudy, such as Gayle Averyt and Rusty DePass. Rusty, who plays piano at my Rotary, made some news of his own recently, until the governor was kind enough to draw attention away from him.
And just to get WAY deeper into the recent political past than you probably care to go, here’s a piece Rusty wrote back at about this time explaining why he was for Rudy.
One thing this blog’s got, folks, is depth. Layers upon layers of info, whether you want it or not…
I’ll explain another picture tomorrow. And yes, the photo below is from the same event.
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Everyone should go back and replay the Republican debates last spring where Ron Paul was talking about how the economy was going to collapse while Rudy and McCain responded like the condescending know-it-alls they turned out NOT to be.
Rudy may have chosen the dumbest strategy ever in the history of political campaigns. He turned the highest approval rating two years ago into nothing.
Forget the election, ask why the taxpayers money is being wasted again holding confirmation hearings on Sotomayor. She is a dead lock for confirmation and will be seated in time for the October session.
So far, the questions have been soft, underhand, slow arching pitches and she has been prepared for each one. Both sides have been doing nothing but preening for the cameras and the news media are trying to play it up as if the Republicans were coming at her with swords flashing, daggers gripped between their teeth, and cannonballs hitting all around her. Total BS.
This is a waste of time and money. Instead of opening an investigation into a non-starter CIA program intended to kill al Quida leaders, open one to investigate these hearings and flagrant abuse of campaign laws. Each senator should be charged for television time for their opening statements or campaign speeches.
This is ridiculous. Sotomayor will be confirmed and the vote won’t be close. At worst, 80-20, at best 97-3.
Forget Rudy, Ronnie and Sotomayor. What did they do with Michael Jackson’s brain???
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Depth… Huh?
Depth..? Depth..!? What depth?
I donno, Brad, a post and thread about which picture you’re using in your header… seems pretty shallow to me.
Unless… wait a minute… does this have something to do with the conspiracies that Burl and Lee are talking about?
I guess it’s all just too subtle for me.
Or rather just too deep…
Birch, it has been transplanted into the body of……..never mind!
Layers, Sarge — layers of info. That’s all I’m saying. Not that it’s exciting or anything. I’m just surprised myself at how MUCH I’ve posted over the last four years…