It is not surprising that when Bill O’Reilly invited Jeremy Glick - who’s father was killed on 9-11 - to appear on his show, things got heated. Glick had signed an ad put out by “Not In Our Name,” opposing the US war in Iraq. He made his points quickly as O’Reilly beat him down and told him to “shut up.”

After continuing to lie and attack Glick over the next few months, Lawrence Lessig decided to write O’Reilly a letter. Check out Lessig’s blog, letter and excerpt from “Outfoxed,” which replays the encounter and details the situation.

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Was it a totally unintentional coincidence (as I claimed) that I rented the movie “Babe” for the kids to watch last night? Was it simply because I love the movie? The sweet message of acceptance, love, and communication is easily reason enough for renting it, but was there more to it than just that? More than there has been in the past? Could it have had anything at all to do with today’s trip to Pennyslvania for Julie’s Uncle Tom’s annual pig roast? I’m sure that the thought never crossed my mind.

That’ll do pig. That’ll do.

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Adjusting to life in Maryland is not the smoothest piece of work I’ve ever sunk myself in to. The issues with in-laws are sorting themselves out. I’ve had a few job interviews. Things are proceeding apace. Now, if only the Passat that we bought new 2 1/2 years ago - with the idea that we’d spend less in repairs if we had a new car - hadn’t just killed itself, we’d be sitting pretty.

Yeah, that’s right: Dead. Apparently it needs a new engine. Well fine then…I guess I’ll just take that $5000 we had saved away and…oh yeah, that’s right. We don’t HAVE $5000 dollars. Fucking fuck. Well, thank goodness the warranty is…hmmmm? Excuse me? Did you just say that the warrany is actually void becaussssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss…………….

{sound of white noise immediately preceeding my head exploding}

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Across the U.S., awareness is rising about the dangers of paperless electronic voting and the need for election integrity. Rallies nationwide on July 13 will deliver petitions to top election officials in each state and ask state election officials to Sign a pledge.

Check out locations for your area.

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Two jobs loom in my headlights. One that I’m really excited about, and another that I’ll tolerate. Actually, I’m sort of excited about both, but I’ve been told “I’ll call you early next week,” for over a month now and I’m just about done with it. Since all (none) of you who read this blog are surely on pins and needles about what I’m going to do, I’ll be sure to let you know what happens.

In other news, a life of leisure is dreamy, to be sure, but wasted when lived with the parents of one’s partner.

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We’ve arrived at Julie’s folks house in Maryland. It sucks. I didn’t think it was going to suck this much - or in quite this way - but make no mistake: it sucks. What’s that sound you hear? That’ll be me drinking.

Well, at least it seems to suck for them too!

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It’s my last day at my job; my last two days in Cincinnati. I hate this feeling. It’s like being a ghost. I’m already gone. Plans are going ahead without me. It feels sort of…thin.

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I was born in Sandusky, Ohio in December of 1967. I have no memory of life on the shores of Lake Erie beyond a fuzzy image of a a small, brown, single story house on a snowy street and, maybe, another snapshot vision of looking out a frosty window down a hilly street. After moving to Missouri the next year, Kansas a couple of years after that, Oregon when I was in second grade, Seattle in my 20s and a year in Nairobi, I never thought I’d see Ohio again.
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