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Proximity is kind of a vague concept in cyberspace, but if you want to know my physical neighbors in the Blog World, then click on this link.

Hey, this might be fun... AudBlog will let you post audio to your weblog by calling them on your phone. I'm going to have to upgrade our Movable Type to version 2.6 or better and give this thing a try! Might be another thing I can promote in our bid to do some work with local education and youth groups.

audblog : sounding out

audblog is a service that provides bloggers with the ability to post audio to their blogs from any phone. At the end of the trial sign up we will provide you with the telephone number...all you have to do is call the number and the world hears you. Use it to make a difference...Use it to make your voice be heard.

update:: Hmm... it looks like this service costs money; money that I don't have. Oh, well... maybe next time.

Today's Noon Concert at Berkeley's Hertz Hall.

Noon Concert Information

FRIDAY, MAY 2, NOON, FREE

SHAW PONG LIU, violin, MONICA CHEW, piano

CHAUSSON Po?me, SARASATE Zigunerweisen

Bush promises 1.5 million jobs from a $550 billion dollar tax cut. Hmm, that comes out to be a cost to the government of $366,666.67 per job.

That doesn't seem like a good deal -- that seems like a terrible deal! Our schools are firing teachers and Dubya's brilliant plan is to spend $366,666 on each NEW job he creates? Remember, without a respective $550 billion cut in spending, the burden of this tax cut will fall on current and future tax payers. You, you and you!

Of course, what Dubya promises isn't what he means. He means that most of the money will go to his rich friends and political allies, and we the tax payers will be paying for it. The billions will be used to cut dividend tax, which nobody but the richest even pay the slightest attention to. The money that millionaires and billionaires receive from the government may lead them to hire some more chauffeurs, butlers, maids and other minimum wage staff. Maybe a few more for the shoe factory! If they hire 1.5 million of them because of the Bush tax cut, Bush's promise will become a reality.

Meanwhile... aren't our schools broke? Aren't there homeless people who could use some money? Isn't Bush seeking to take money out of school lunch programs? Isn't he promising to rebuild Afghanistan and Iraq? Where's the money going to come from?

One day, I'll be looking at my taxes, and I'll be thinking -- hey, I'm paying for the money Bush gave to his rich friends, and all those jobs that Bush created. I could've bought a house, maybe a small apartment, but instead I'm paying for that millionaire's boat payment and those outrageously expensive jobs Mr. Bush created through his tax cuts! Hurrah!

Beck's got a weblog going. :: beck :: journal ::

Can't wait to see him at the Greek Theater, but $48 a ticket is borderline unaffordable. And you know there's no skimping on whiskey on the nights leading up to the concert either with Mr. Sean Simpson coming to town. All right then.

I think this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long, long, time. Nature figured out how to be terminator 2 before we ever thought of it.

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