http://www.kpmartin.com I always wanted my name painted on the office door. Mon, 23 May 2011 18:21:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This Ken Martin from Minnesota (who is not the MN DFL chair) would be just fine with Tim Pawlenty becoming U.S. president, thank you. "That" Ken Martin has been mentioned here before, for his campaigning for the very bad idea called the ”Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.” Which, sadly, passed. http://www.kpmartin.com/2011/05/23/ken-martin-supports-tim-pawlenty/ Almost. But I have renewed intentions. Stay tuned. :) http://www.kpmartin.com/2010/06/07/a-year/ This one is more fun. :) Philadelphia July 3d. 1776 Had a Declaration of Independency been made seven Months ago, it would have been attended with many great and glorious Effects .... We might before this Hour, have formed Alliances with foreign States. -- We should have mastered Quebec and been in ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/07/04/president-john-adams-to-abigail-adams-on-july-3-1776/ July 1 1776 A Resolution of the Convention of Maryland, passed the 28th. of June was laid before Congress and read: as follows: That the Instructions given to their Deputies in December last, be recalled, and the restrictions therein contained, removed, and that their Deputies be authorised to concur with the ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/07/04/president-john-adams-diary-from-july-1-and-4-1776/ Dear Congresswoman McCollum, Please consider voting no or abstaining from voting on the "Cap and Trade" bill so quickly coming to a vote today. I have a family of eight in your district. The CBO estimates concerning the financial impact on my family have varied wildly - from $7,000 to $700 for ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/06/26/dear-congresswoman-mccollum/ While I well understand that things were a little tense when President Obama spoke at Notre Dame's commencement, one would think that grads at this level might have put a little more thought into the counter-protest: Obama entered the arena to thunderous applause and a standing ovation from many in the crowd ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/05/17/probably-should-have-picked-a-better-chant/ The Apple developer sites for both "Web Apps" and "Safari" are not responding at all. Ken's Paranoid Prediction: Apple's pulling back on the stunningly cool and advanced CSS functionality (transforms and animations) now available in Safari Mobile and iPhone native WebView in favor of the same functionality in native iPhone ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/05/14/somethings-afoot-with-apple/ OK, folks. This will take about one minute and you don't need your thinking cap. It's about budgets and stimulus and stuff. Total U. S. Population: $280,000,000 Proposed 2010 U.S. spending: $3,400,000,000,000 So, 2010 per person (man, woman, and child) spending: $12,000 Average number of people in a family: 3.1 So, 2010 per family spending ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/05/07/simple-financial-considerations/ I am forty-five years old. Two-thirds of a long life are past, and I have done nothing to distinguish it by usefulness to my country or mankind. I have always lived with, I hope, a suitable sense of my dutes in society, and with a sincere desire to perform them. ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/05/03/john-quincy-adams-birthday-reflections/ I know... you're asking "so what?" Well, we've been working on this iPhone application for a while, and it's just been accepted into the iTunes Store! Yay! UPDATE: "We" being folks at Digital Cyclone, where I work. And mom, don't click the link. I don't think you're using iTunes. I'll tell ... http://www.kpmartin.com/2009/04/02/my-cast-onelook-is-out/