Happy 10th Birthday cabq.gov – December 2004 – City of Albuquerque

www.cabq.gov Celebrates 10 Years Online
Born: December 16, 1994, 1:55 pm
Size: 19 bytes (but by the end of the day it had grown to 200 bytes)

On December 16th 1994 a little website was born. Its first words were, “Can you see me?”

On this day, the City of Albuquerque was one of the first governments in the state of New Mexico to “give birth” to a website. In fact, based upon our research, Albuquerque’s website appears to be the 3rd oldest municipal website in the country, just behind the City of Palo Alto, CA.

In 1994 a lot of people still hadn’t heard of the world wide web and few websites existed. Today, cabq.gov receives nearly 4 million visits a year….

[Thanks, Pika!]

New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan

“Let Me Off The Plane, I Gotta Blog!”

THURSDAY, 16 DECEMBER, 2004

Philip K. Dick said, “Insanity is sometimes an appropriate response to reality.” … He thought he saw a face in the sky. He wrote, “It was a vast visage of evil with empty slots for eyes, metal and cruel, and worst of all, it was God.” … He was fascinated that he could no longer tell what was real and what wasn’t.

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“One of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the delusional is no longer marginal. It has come in from the fringe, to sit in the seat of power in the Oval Office and in Congress. For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a world view despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality. When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind. And there is the danger: voters and politicians alike, oblivious to the facts.” — Bill Moyers

The brilliantly articulate Bill Moyers is a great journalist reviled by the Radical Right. His retirement leaves us poorer, weaker and more in danger. mjh

Arts > Television > Moyers Leaves a Public Affairs Pulpit With Sermons to Spare” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/17/arts/television/17moye.html?ei=5090&en=e634685e55090435&ex=1261026000&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=all&position=”>The New York Times > Arts > Television > Moyers Leaves a Public Affairs Pulpit With Sermons to Spare By DAVID CARR

His tendentiousness in choice of targets has earned him the fealty of public-television audiences and the enmity of conservative observers.

[A] conservative Web site published a detailed retrospective earlier this month on Mr. Moyers, describing him as a “sweater-wearing pundit who delivered socialist and neo-Marxist propaganda with a soft Texas accent.”

And Mr. Moyers has done nothing to endear himself further as he heads for the exit, telling anyone who will listen that “the conservative press is a propaganda wing of the current administration and the mainstream press thinks only of the bottom line.”
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Radko, Christopher: Grand Patriot Christmas Ornament

Proudly waving Old Glory, Santa carries his sack full of presents . . . hopefully best-selling conservative books!

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No goddammit, Santa Claus is not exclusive to the US. He is not a patriot. To literally wrap Santa Claus in the American flag pretty much goes against the modern concept of Santa Claus giving gifts to the children around the world doncha think? He doesn’t only go to American houses to bring presents! He doesn’t even live here! The north pole is not a US territory.

New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan

That flag photo accompanying today’s lead piece may not look familiar, but it was in our state’s early days. From 1912 to 1925 it was the official state flag. Since then the easily recognizable Zia symbol flag has flown proudly.

The Onion | Republicans Call For Privatization Of Next Election

Citing the “extreme inefficiency” of this month’s U.S. presidential election, key Republicans called for future elections to be conducted by the private sector.

Santorum calls for the removal of big government from the election process.

“When the average citizen hears the phrase ‘presidential election,’ he thinks of long lines at polling places and agonizing waits as election results are tallied,” U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) told reporters Monday. “Putting the election of our public officials into the hands of private industry would motivate election officials to be more efficient.”

“There’s too much talk about the accuracy and fairness of our national elections, and not enough about their proficiency and profitability,” Santorum added. “Who bears the brunt of bureaucratic waste? Taxpayers.”

U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) called for an end to “big government overseeing the election of big government.”

“It’s time we opened the election process to competition,” Burns said. “The free market is the petri dish for innovation, be it in telecommunications, the healthcare system, or democracy.”