Daily Archives: May 15, 2008

Chamberlain

Everything I know about Chamberlain and Hitler, I learned from Robyn Hitchcock:

Chamberlain
Came crawling from Munich
With one piece of paper
He waved at the camera
'Peace in our time'
Oh thank you Herr Hitler
Tell that to the Polish
Tell that to the Jews

-- Cynthia Mask, verse 2

It's not much, but it's more than this guy knows, and he gets to be on TV! (drink every time he says "appeasement" !)

On the other hand, Robyn's presentation of history might not be entirely accurate:

Napoleon
Wore a black hat
Ate lots of chicken
And conquered half Europe
Napoleon
Was caught by the British
Imprisoned on Elba
He died on the phone

-- Cynthia Mask, verse 1

I suppose the lesson here is: always verify, especially if your source is a GOP shill.

Bush Countdown WordPress Widget

Here's a WordPress widget I've written which counts down the number of days until GW Bush leaves office. You can see it in action on the sidebar, to the left of this post.

To use it:

  1. Unzip the file
  2. Upload bushcountdown.php to your WordPress wp-content/plugins/widgets directory
  3. Activate the plugin using your WordPress Plugins panel in the WP admin pages
  4. In the WordPress Presentation / Widgets page, drag and drop the Bush Countdown widget from the list at the bottom onto your sidebar.
  5. Optionally, edit your styles.css file (Presentation / Theme Editor), and add a style for the "bushDays" class. Here's mine 
    .bushDays
{
     padding-left: 10px;
}

    That will control what the "days left" text looks like. By default, it's just plain text. The appearance of the header (the white text on a green bar, here) is controlled by the styles you've set up for your sidebar.

  6. Vote Democratic.

Have fun!