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The Relevance of a Town Hall Debate |
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BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/8/2008 12:52:59 AM
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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Tonight is McCain's night to bring the Right to this fight on his behalf. Palin has done that already and continues to do that. Tonight, it's McCain. Can he do it? It's not hard to win polls when pollsters give you a double-digit lead in the sample of your supporters over your opponent. I've been beating up on McCain, and rightly so. He deserved it. I heard some of what he said today. He's putting on his war paint. Cool. On decK? Mr. Fragility, The One himself. I'm aiming squarely at his prominent glass jaw. ETC: Tamara and I watched the full debate. I don't like McCain personally, but he's far more substantive than Obama. Obama's a much better speaker, but half of his answers are so full of crap that it's obvious he's making it up. For example, his bit about how the current crisis and its remedies will impact the young guy who asked the question. Obama said, "If employers can't get loans to make payroll, then you won't have paychecks." I've never known any employer who takes out a loan to make payroll. What he might have meant, but missed it by a mile, is that employers - small business owners and larger - work on vendor credit usually for inventory. If the vendor dries that up, then the goods don't get made or sold. It's revenue (receivables) that pay for payroll. He doesn't understand business. Or economics. He doesn't know what he would cut. He has no plans to cut anything, and this after his answer to the woman where he told her that if your family doesn't have the money, then you don't spend it. Then he talked about solutions that would be - spending. I really hope the American people are smart enough to see through this sham. |
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BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/7/2008 7:31:23 PM
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As I've been messing with my LG Dare, doodling around and trying to keep up with something creative each day, I've found myself getting hungry for actual, you know, painting. For me it's the color restriction. I long for real color. Or at least the ability to massage it into the shades I crave. I've also been working pretty heavily on 247Toolset. Localsgive.com is going through some modifications. The purpose is to create an ideal hub for finding and donating to non-profits. I feel good about that... Today, I'm kind of emotional. I have the perfect partner for me in Tamara, and we spend quality time together each day, something for which we both strive. Sometimes I can just look at her and puddle right there, amazed at my luck that a girl from Augusta, Georgia, could meet up with a boy from Sioux City, Iowa, and find bliss together. Life is rich. If today was my last day on earth, I'd die fulfilled. That's a cool thing to say... So I think what I'll do is try to accomplish daily art - whatever medium that might be - and that'll be what I send out to the little group that receives my LG Dare stuff every morning. There's a notion on the web of "pocket paintings." I stumbled into the concept myself in June 2007, saying: They're small. And fun, actually. I'm surprised by the satisfaction I get in painting these rough thumbnails of what is to be a larger work. These things are small, maybe 2" x 2", which is only a little bigger than what I'm doing now with the Dare.I've also taken to sending picture messages to Tamara, like someone would send a card, but via my phone. Like this:  And the text of the message might be: "You're my best friend..." If people had access to a bank of pictures to send little phone cards to each other... I mean, hey, we're enjoying it. Me, I'll think of every creative way I can to romance my beautiful wife. So maybe my pocket art sized for the phone can be made available to others. I dunno, but what if a phone company offered the bank of images for free? More people might sign up for unlimited text/picture messaging if they could send little phone cards to each other. I'm having fun... :) |
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BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/7/2008 1:00:02 AM
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I have a bank of about 600 quotes that randomly spawn at the top of my blog. I just saw this one from Richard Bach: A professional writer is an amateur that doesn't quit. Frankly, we're all amateurs. It's the measure of practice we put into our craft (or hobby) that shows how seriously we invest ourselves to where it becomes our "profession" - that for which we feel called and avowed. Consider that a doctor has a medical "practice..." How much time has a doctor devoted to their profession?So, where do we spend our time? What do we talk about? What do we habitually profess? Where, in life, won't we quit? Therein lies profession. |
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BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/6/2008 11:15:54 PM
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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     Regarding the last picture, consider this: As a result of those actions, gas prices have come down because the perception of increased supply has taken root. I fully expect gas to stay in the range of $2.XX for some time. But give credit where credit is due: Bush and the Republicans were right, and the Obama and the Democrats were wrong. Because they don't understand economics. |
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Drawn on my Verizon LG Dare Drawing Pad:  (You can sign up to have a new drawing sent to you daily by picture message.) |
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