It has long been believed that the source of Boston’s sorrows is the legendary Curse of the Bambino, brought on by selling young Babe Ruth to the Yankees. This is untrue. Boston is actually cursed because the Red Sox took an unconscionably long time to get around to hiring any black players.
— Teresa Nielsen Hayden in explaining the context to a newcomer to the U.S.
The Red Sox were the last team to integrate; they did so in 1959.
From AP via the Chicago Tribune —
A northeastern Indiana congressional candidate said she abruptly ended a debate because she got stage fright.
Democrat Maria Parra walked off a television stage Thursday, ending what would have been her only debate with incumbent Republican Mark Souder in the 3rd District congressional race.
“I’m not used to being in front of the camera. … I couldn’t get my words out. I was just overwhelmed.”
“I’ve been deeply disappointed. They’re fundamentally decent human beings, but you couldn’t tell it by their campaigns.”
Albuquerque Tribune editor Kate Nelson commenting on the negative campaigning for Congress in NewMexiKen’s district, as quoted by Joe Monahan.
From the The Albuquerque Journal:
Kim Griffith voted on Thursday — over and over and over.
She’s among the people in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties who say they have had trouble with early voting equipment. When they have tried to vote for a particular candidate, the touch-screen system has said they voted for somebody else.
It’s a problem that can be fixed by the voters themselves — people can alter the selections on their ballots, up to the point when they indicate they are finished and officially cast the ballot.
For Griffith, it took a lot of altering.
She went to Valle Del Norte Community Center in Albuquerque, planning to vote for John Kerry. “I pushed his name, but a green check mark appeared before President Bush’s name,” she said.
Griffith erased the vote by touching the check mark at Bush’s name. That’s how a voter can alter a touch-screen ballot.
She again tried to vote for Kerry, but the screen again said she had voted for Bush. The third time, the screen agreed that her vote should go to Kerry.
She faced the same problem repeatedly as she filled out the rest of the ballot. On one item, “I had to vote five or six times,” she said.
…Bernalillo County Clerk Mary Herrera said she doesn’t believe the touch-screen system has been making mistakes. It’s the fault of voters, she said Thursday.
NewMexiKen expects to have trouble voting for County Clerk Herrera next time around.
As suggested at Body and Soul (who apparently got the idea from Roxanne), the first 10 songs when I shuffled iTunes:
“These are not arguments. They are rhetorical drive-by shootings.”
— Harvard Law Professor Laurence H. Tribe writing in a review of The People Themselves
Mark Cuban has an interesting post about how to get his attention and money.
Please, please, please. Do not get the Mavs office address, or the address of any of my companies and send me a package with a shoe or a fake foot so you can get “your foot in the door”.
…If you are looking for money for any of the millions of wonderful or painful reasons someone might ask for money, DO NOT send it to me in a fed-ex or overnight delivery package. My first thought is always, if they need money so badly, why are the spending so much to send me this package.
… of Kevin Kline. The Oscar-winning actor (Best Supporting for A Fish Called Wanda) is 57 today. NewMexiKen thought he made a good president in Dave.
… of F. Murray Abraham. The Oscar-winning actor (Best Actor for Amadeus) is 65 today.
… of Bill Wyman. The Rolling Stones’ bassist is 68.
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