in the park
my dog fetches
a better stick
brushing her horse
the young girl’s hair
back and forth
pet store
nose prints
both sides
credits – “pet store” – frogpond XXIII:2 (2000)
“in the park” – Modern Haiku XXXI:3 (2000)
“brushing her horse” – black bough 15
by dagosan:
not yet sunset –
mottled clouds
blush at my stare
[Nov 7, 2004]
Despite Prof. B’s suggestion, you don’t have to be a Bush supporter to agree with John Podhoretz’s assessment: “the Democrats lost the election ignominiously in part because of the self-destructive hate and venom they spat at the president, which caused Democratic voters to flee in droves.” (New York Post, Nov. 4, 2004) Hate and venom doesn’t help convince independents, moderates, or people of good will (and it can even turn off your allies). They should not be the public face of a great Party with great principles and values — nor the primary argument of thoughtful adults hoping to unseat a President.
All who care about the fairness of presidential elections should applaud today’s New York Times editorial (Nov. 7, 2004) which recommends many necessary, uniform, federal electoral reforms, And, they shouldn’t take 4 years to achieve.
Craig Williams and Walter Olson are both spotlighting the Spray On Siding controversy this weekend. The Sprayed-On Review was launched to publicize problems of homeowner-customers with the work of Alvis Spray On Siding. Alvis has sued to stop the Review website, invoking trademark protection. (see complaint against the website here). Craig hopes we’ll get “some good guidelines about what can and can’t be said” on such website. We do, too; more precisely, we hope to see guidelines that are so clear that: (1) nonlawyer customers will be able to easily follow them on sites that criticize a product or service, and (2) a “reviewed” company’s lawyers will face frivolousness sanctions if they attack such sites with meritless trademark suits.
