Priceline goes wacky

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Thursday September 22, 2005 · 9:16 AM PDT

2005/09/22 · 09:16

I have had my Priceline reservation for 9/23 (which I made Monday) canceled "because of Hurricane Rita," according to an e-mail I received only last night from Priceline. Below the fold is the e-mail I have sent to Priceline and Radisson (Carlson) customer service and management, and the Texas Attorney General's office. It gives plenty more detail.

(Update: Predictably the hotel is pointing the finger at Priceline, and vice versa.) Read More

The speech Kerry didn't give at Faneuil Hall

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Thursday November 04, 2004 · 7:39 AM PST

2004/11/04 · 07:39

This is my first diary. I have lurked for several months, and finally was able to take my first time off to work the last two days of the election with ACT in Youngstown, OH. (FWIW, the precinct I walked on 11/2 had over 90% turnout).

I'm not liberal, at least as the term in used now; in many ways, I am a classical conservative who believes, for examiple, that the state recognition of heterosexual marriage (as anything other than an encapsulation of contracts) is silly and that outsourcing is primarily a result of the weak currency. I supported John Kerry because I thought his priorities and his thought processes were in the right place, and the values that those priorities and processes reflected were important.

I read some diaries earlier today that talked about how to reshape the anti-neocon message for the future, and the following speech began forming in my head. I wanted to meld that idea with defining what it means to unite following an election. So I guess this is my concession speech. I haven't the time to really proof-read it, so here goes...(below the fold) Read More

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