Thank you for participating here at our Blogspot. This site will now be used for C2 announcements only, and as a backup site should the primary site go offline for some reason. If you are looking for us, we can be found at CorrespondenceCommittee.com.
Thank you!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move websites.
It's moving day.
First, we want to thank everyone who has ever lifted a finger to help around here - moderators, contributors, everyone - it couldn't have been done without you. We also want to thank all those who have contributed their intelligence, insight, wit, puns, and experience in the comments - you made this place, and we're confident it will be you who make the new site as well.
Hopefully, everything is going smoothly enough for all of you that you're inside already - but if not, you can report any difficulties you're having here and we'll check in from time to time.
If you didn't receive an invitation to c2.com and you expected to, or if you would like to be included in the community, you may send mail to membership@correspondencecommittee.com.
This blogspot will remain our emergency backup site, and a place where we'll make announcements; we will eventually be setting comments to moderation here, meaning they will need to be approved before they're published - we won't be able to watch the site, so we feel that's best. Typically there will only be the occasional open thread available for posting if you can't, for some reason, use the new site but need to connect.
It could take a few days to get everyone settled in and comfortable (and as of this writing, there are at least three recurring bugs happening - and just know that we can manually set up accounts if we have to, so if you have a lot of trouble working that out, we can take care of it), so again, your patience is very much appreciated. And if you see light at the end of the tunnel, that's the sky, not a train. I think. ; )
Now let's finally DO THIS THING!!! : )
P.S. Oh yeah: http://correspondencecommittee.com/
UPDATE: No one will be able to watch Blogspot overnight, so we'll close comments until tomorrow and open it back up on this thread so you can let us know if you're having technical issues preventing you from getting into the new place. You'll be able to post here sometime tomorrow, late morning Pacific Standard Time. Good night!
Today in History: November 2nd
Happy 237th Birthday, Correspondence Committee! (See the 1772 entry below for details)
Highlights of this day in history: President Harry Truman wins re-election in an upset; South Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem killed after coup; Howard Hughes flies his 'Spruce Goose'; Game show scandal rocks early TV; Singer K.D. Lang born.
Other notable November 2nd events include:
1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
1783 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".
1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station.
1936 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
C2 Bug reports here please/Fruitcup ongoing downstairs.
Fruitcup is going on downstairs, but if you have an issue with the new site (can't log in, can't post, etc.) please report your issues here if you are unable to post them in the Help & Support forum on the new site. Bare can take a look at this thread tomorrow and see what he can do.
A couple of hints so far:
Some people using Firefox are having trouble posting; if they leave the thread and come back, it often works. (Still trying to figure that one out.) Some people using Safari are seeing a string of characters across the top of their screens that randomly go away.
If you attempt logging in too many times (I'm sorry, I don't know how many chances you get), you'll be locked out and you'll have to get unlocked by one of us, and go through password recovery.
Bare probably knows what a lot of this is about, but he has a real job and probably won't get to it for a few hours - but you can let us know here, or there if you are able to post.
Thank you for your patience. This will likely take a few days to get all straightened out, but it's part of the process, so go through it, we must. : )
UPDATE: Please post any C2 technical issues in the "we're moving" thread at the top of the page from now on; it will be closed overnight but will most likely open up sometime late morning Pacific Standard Time if you need to get in touch with us and can't get in the new site. Thanks!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
C2 Afternoon OPEN - we're moving soon!
Guys, here's an open. Sorry for the amount of news neglect you're suffering today, but we are very close to being ready to send you all your registration emails (you may wake up to them), and we're making final preparations for that. We expect to be "home" tomorrow (oh - and wait until you hear the bit of history trivia Pi Guy made us aware of last night!) - so please keep each other informed on what's happening in the world for the next 24/48 or so hours while we tie the bow on this site for you. We're just about there, and things are looking good. The Pub will be open and hopping as usual at 5:00PM PST/8:00PM EST. More info to come SOON! - CC
"Republican" Scozzafava Endorses Democrat After Exiting N.Y. Congressional Race
Republican Dede Scozzafava endorsed her former Democratic opponent Sunday in the race for an upstate New York congressional seat, shaking up the contest for the second day in a row after exiting the race Saturday.
Scozzafava dropped out after Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman experienced a late-in-the-game surge. The move was expected to consolidate GOP voters behind Hoffman on Tuesday.
More...
NAIL MEET HEAD: Krauthammer (again)
In Afghanistan, President Obama has run out of "blame Bush" passes
Old Soviet joke:
Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev.
"Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble."
A few years later, first crisis. Khrushchev opens envelope 1: "Blame everything on me. Uncle Joe."
A few years later, a really big crisis. Opens envelope 2: "Blame everything on me. Again. Good luck, Uncle Joe."
Third crisis. Opens envelope 3: "Prepare three envelopes."
In the Barack Obama version, there are 50 or so such blame-Bush free passes before the gig is up. By my calculation, Obama has already burned through a good 49. Is there anything he hasn't blamed George W. Bush for? The economy, global warming, the credit crisis, Middle East stalemate, the deficit, anti-Americanism abroad — everything but swine flu.
Read the rest.
NFL Sunday OPEN
Rush Limbaugh: Hutch Writes a Hot Column
Partial transcript:
RUSH: Well, look who got through. Our good friend the Reverend Dr. Ken Hutcherson from Seattle, former player, National Football League and now a man of the cloth in Seattle. Hutch, great to have you here. What's up, buddy?
HUTCH: How you doing, my man?
RUSH: Pretty good.
HUTCH: Are you okay?
RUSH: Yeah. Oh, yeah, I'm fine.
HUTCH: Hey, that was great from the Senator from Iowa. I just want to congratulate you. He laid it out on Goodell.
RUSH: Steve King, I was stunned when I saw that. It was a fabulous job. I was very moved by it.
HUTCH: I tell you that's the kind of defense that needs to be done about what's going on in America. And, Rush, you know, I sent you an article that I was asked to write. And I just laid it out on the truth, and it's too much to talk about on the air, but I have sent it out to places like the American Thinker, sent it out to American Spectator, Washington Post, but it seems it needs to be said, it needs to be said why they are attacking you. I'm not going to let it go. I'm going to get to the bottom of this. They have attacked my friend and brother. There's things that need to be said to African-Americans that they need to hear, that they don't want to hear. That's in the article. And there's things that need to be said to America about why the white male is being attacked, and that's coming from an African-American. And I'm going to get this out because it needs to be said.
RUSH: He [Hutch] sent me the column that he wrote. He was asked by -- I won't mention the publication -- he was asked to submit it. When they got it, it was too hot, it was too hot, it was too hot. So he's shopping it to other places. Did you say the American Thinker just now? Did you send it to them?
HUTCH: Yes, I sent to American Thinker --
RUSH: You sent to the Washington Post -- all they'll have to do is read it Hutch and they'll be blown away. I don't think they'll ever, ever publish it, but if it's too hot for anybody, we'll put it on my website.
RUSH: Absolutely. We'll give them a chance to try it, bro. I just want you to know, I'm not dropping this.
RUSH: I appreciate it. I love you.
HUTCH: Love you, bro.
Sunday Morning Above the Fold
We're Governed by Callous Children
Americans feel increasingly disheartened, and our leaders don't even notice.
The new economic statistics put growth at a healthy 3.5% for the third quarter. We should be dancing in the streets. No one is, because no one has any faith in these numbers. Waves of money are sloshing through the system, creating a false rising tide that lifts all boats for the moment. The tide will recede. The boats aren't rising, they're bobbing, and will settle. No one believes the bad time is over. No one thinks we're entering a new age of abundance. No one thinks it will ever be the same as before 2008. Economists, statisticians, forecasters and market specialists will argue about what the new numbers mean, but no one believes them, either. Among the things swept away in 2008 was public confidence in the experts. The experts missed the crash. They'll miss the meaning of this moment, too.
HT:Littleoldlady
After all the fuss, govt health plan to cover few
After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in:
Two percent.
That's the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who'd sign up for the public option plan under the health care bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is steering toward House approval.
The underwhelming statistic is raising questions about whether the government plan will be the iron-fisted competitor that private insurers warn will shut them down or a niche operator that becomes a haven for patients with health insurance horror stories.
HT: Realwest
Today in History: November 1st
Highlights of this day in history: The Stamp Act takes effect; The United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb; Sistine Chapel paintings are first shown to the public; The Algerian War of Independence begins; Walter Payton dies.
Other notable November 1st events include:
1520 – The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1611 – William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1800 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
1870 – In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
1896 – A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
1957 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio.
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