Posted by Trott

30-Second Soundcheck Single Project: I have received the artwork from four artists so far. I have eight artists volunteering their artwork. I'll probably start pushing this project a bit harder once I post one or two of the singles with artwork to eBay later this month.

District-By-District Project: 7 districts down, 4 districts to go (including District 4, currently represented by Ed Jew!). I've got a few possibilities for some of the districts we haven't yet played. If they don't pan out by the end of July, I'll go to plan B which will involve performing guerrilla style. Actually, I'll probably go that route no matter what.

Comments on recent things discussed on PFSH.Com:

Commutation of Libby's Prison Sentence: I had nothing to say about this, but the Gambling Poet posted about it. Here are some of the more interesting things I've read on the topic:

• Perhaps the commutation opens legal questions that will ultimately undermine the Justice Department. I doubt it, actually, but an interesting read anyway.
• Clinton pardon/commutation (ab)uses compared to G. W. Bush (ab)uses by conservative Clinton-basher Jack Kelly. He's correct to note that there's some hypocrisy involved when liberals don't get at all upset about Sandy Berger or Marc Rich but fly off the handle about Scooter Libby. However, Kelly himself seems to be none too exercised about the Libby prison sentence commutation and is therefore apparently guilty of the same exact hypocrisy in reverse. (The end of Kelly's article might be construed as a weak and unconvincing attempt to buttress against just such a charge.)
• Hypocrisy In The Libby Commutation described by liberal columnist Clarence Page
• Nancy Pelosi's short statement on the subject
• One of many posts on the Sentencing Law and Policy blog that talks about Libby and compares it to last year's Rita case where Bush's Justice Department asked for a harsh sentence.

Bicyclists vs. Motorists: There's no shortage of jerkfaces in this city (San Francisco) whether they are on two wheels or four wheels. Soon after my recounting of a particularly stupid and obnoxious motorist verbally assaulting a law-abiding and courteous cyclist (i.e., me), the Gambling Poet used an expletive to describe people who cycle on sidewalks. Around the same time, a stop-sign running cyclist nearly flattened me while I was walking through a crosswalk. And I guess no one will be surprised that when I beeped (and I mean a little beep, not a big honk) my horn at a cyclist who ran a stop sign when I had the right of way, he gave me the finger. (Uh, gee, thanks jackass. If it wasn't for the fact that I was aware that that road was a busy cycle route, I might not have even thought to look for some moron blasting through the intersection with complete disregard for the stop sign and I might have hit and killed your braindead ass.) In short, I hate everyone no matter what you are driving/riding. (Don't even get me started on taxi drivers.)

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