Widget of the Day

By Karen Tumulty | March 18, 2009 | +

This very cool one, brought to us by the Washington Post, tracks “the timing, demographics and connections of President Obama’s senior political appointments.”

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fourlegsgood

Very cool. Ain’t technology grand?
53_3

After 16,000 years, it finally loaded.
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It’s worth mentioning that this clearly was not hucked up in their political department.
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It seems clear that the likes of Rusty and Hula really do have a misplaced fear of Black Americans taking over government.
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The ‘connections’ tab?
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That one’s a bit more suspect. If ‘connected to Tom Daschle’ is the worst of the lot, these guys are going to have to work a lot harder whipping up fear a la Rush Limbaugh.
http://nicewhitelady.blogspot.com/ joyomama

This is one of the things that digital professor types get all excited about: development that tap existing databases in dynamic and engaging ways. Very, very cool.
kbanginmotown

If I were fond of, say…wearing tinfoil hats, I’d be really creeped out about the way all of the demographic Pie Charts just kind of…grow…like the gub’mint…jus’ takin’ over ev’r'thin’!!
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Cool link, K-Tum. Now got on the case: Obama has only nominated 100 of 488 positions? Slacker.
stuartzechman

KT:
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I can do stuff like this in my sleep. Any decent web/database developer can.
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If you had your own blog, and you gave me the data, I’d have this up for you on your site in less than a day.
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I hope they didn’t outsource this…the communication back and forth would take 16 times as long as the actual job.
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It’s the technology equivalent of somebody playing the intro to “Stairway to Heaven” on guitar, and people exclaiming “Oh my God! I can recognize that song!”.
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That said, thanks for the information, it’s definitely worth a look.
cdservais

stuartzechman,
Can you whip up a widget that tracks your arrogance, because it would be off the charts right now.
rustyreturns

Can you whip up a widget that tracks your arrogance, because it would be off the charts right now.
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Just right now? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, boy you have not visited this site much.
cdservais

stuartzechman,
While you’re at it, why don’t you whip up an arrogance meter for rusty too?
Cliff

why don’t you whip up an arrogance meter for rusty too?
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That would just be a 3X5 notecard with an infinity symbol drawn on it. You’d be better off with a self-parody meter.
spob

They should have a widget that tracks truly laughable speeches in Congress–like this one:

http://www.redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2009/03/18/i-dont-know-how-much-overlap-there-is-in-a-venn-diagram-of-florida-grads-and-corrine-brown-d-fl-voters-but/

We could have a top ten list.
stuartzechman

Sorry about the rudeness, folks.
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I’ll try to do better next time.
rustyreturns

And, how about this little tidbit…
http://www.black-and-right.com/2009/03/18/did-the-army-invade-alabama/
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If the Governor didn’t order it, and our dearly loved President didn’t order it, who did??
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My first vote, Rahm E. The ballerina turned White House Cheif of Staff. My second vote, Joe E Biden!!
53_3

Spob. On speeches, the top ten list of faux-pas are all filled by John McCain and/or Sarah Palin.
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BTW, the “Marriage” Made In Conservative Heaven?
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Kaff, kaff, didn’t uh, work. Looks like we have another unwed moother…