August 12, 2004

Mystery o' the day: Any guess as to what this is, its meaning, or who created it? (Roll your mouse over the images.) It's all the talk of Washington today. Several large ads for it in the WashPost. Some kind of political marketing ploy, but for what?
  • whois: Domains by Proxy, Inc., 15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160, PMB353, Scottsdale, AZ. I've seen that place before in whois, but it was associated with sites having a lot more controversy than simply having a political opinion.
  • Looks like pre-hype for a book.
  • oo! surly!!! you might just be correct. i just ran across this, an upcoming Press Club luncheon... Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:00 AM John Sperling (NPC Newsmaker) Description: John Sperling, one of Inc. Magazine's top 25 entrepreneurs of the last quarter century, will discuss his new book The Great Divide: Retro vs. Metro America. The book introduces a new paradigm for viewing the political divisions in America that goes beyond the traditional "Red" and "Blue" states, defining instead "Metro" and "Retro" states. Contact: Michael Khoo @822-5200 ext. 211 Sponsored by:National Press Club Location: Zenger Room
  • This should go far along the line of reuniting the two competing political philosophies through reasonable debate and mutual understanding. *shakes head sadly*
  • but, wait, fes! its subtitle is, "Atlas of a Divided Nation and Blueprint for Reuniting America." perhaps this sperling fellow WILL MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER!!!
  • In light of the quotes I see when I mouseover the "retro" pictures at that website, I am going to eschew holding my breath waiting for him to do that.
  • Metro and Retro instead of Red and Blue? But I'm used to thinking in colors now, why confuse me? This just ain't right.
  • Metro vs. Retro? Sheesh. Sounds like aisle signs at the Buffalo Exchange to me.
  • spam email harvesting
  • LEARN MORE BY SIGNING UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! And that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
  • in all seriousness i thought thomas frank had already put an end to the red v. blue myth with his book.
  • That's a spectacular book, BTW, babies. Just finished it a few days ago...
  • Weird, though. Amazon shows it's ready to go into paperback, has already been in hardcover, yet there are no reviews for the book. And the publisher's site doesn't have much. Viral marketing, anyone?
  • Damn those retrosexuals!
  • FreddytheFish: That is what I thought too! Except I totally want to be a retrosexual if it means I can woo the ladies in hot hot polyester and hang out at key parties.
  • Bah. If he knew anything about personal styling trends for the feminised urban male, he'd know that Retro is so Metro right now. (By the way, can anybody confirm if they still believe in an awesome God in the Metro states, and have gay friends in the Retro states? Or has there been a new memo, or something?)
  • oh damn the two of you for getting to the fairly obvious joke-area before me. damn you i say! *reminds self to check for new comments next time he previews*
  • To me, retrosexual means getting all het up over a little exposed ankle, maybe wolf-whistling anyone who didn't put her bustle on.
  • middleclasstool: So progressive! These days I'm all about hitting women on the head with clubs and dragging them by their hair back to my cave.
  • /puts on football helmet
  • Someone didn't put her bustle on? *gets hot and bothered*
  • Oh, I be gettin' my bustle on right now. *Leers*
  • *rips bodice*
  • Book's out, free pdf here. Pretty much what I figured, if the chapter headings under the tabs are quotes from text, which they seem to be. Conservatives bad, progressives good, let me count the ways...