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During an appearance at a Microsoft security seminar in Seattle last week, technology columnist Mark Minasi observed that the software company seems to give The Boeing Co. particularly good customer support. Minasi offered a theory as to why: Boeing is "just down the road," he observed, and "they make weapons systems." - quoted in the P-I

...and on a more serious note:

What do old liberals give guys like Reich and the Dean disciples that the [Democratic Leadership Council] does not? A Movement. Movements provide followers a social life and sense of membership. Surrounded by like thinkers, they are amazed when their candidate doesn't win, because everyone they knew voted for him.

Guess what. Most Americans have a life. They also have mixed feelings on many issues. Moderates are open to ideas from all sides — which drives ideologues crazy. Centrists don't scream a lot on the talk shows, but they show up at the polls, and in big numbers. - Froma Harrop's column runs in the Seattle Times