Repeat Tweets: Debt Ceiling and Light Bulbs

Repeat tweets from July, 2011:

• 2011 07 01 - Navy Pier. Michigan Ave at the Chicago River. Cars, pedestrians. Outdoor cafes. Chicago at midnight - crowded, active, alive.
  
• 2011 07 05 - From the city with the Chicago Bears to a lake in northern Wisconsin with the real thing. Haven't seen bears here in 50 years. Exciting.
  
• 2011 07 11 - Instead of raising railings, why don't Rangers build a ledge (of netting, chain-link fencing, whatever) out from upper decks?
  
• 2011 07 13 - It's sadly ironic that Texas conservatives are suddenly pro-choice ... about light bulbs, not a woman's right to control her own body.
  
• 2011 07 14 - Headline: "Atheist group sues to block Perry from prayer rally." Atheists&lawyers ganging up on Perry? Are they secretly trying to help him?
  
• 2011 07 14 - Compact fluorescents are the new motorcycle helmets. Despite being good for you, some foolishly reject them just because they're the law.
  
• 2011 07 14 - The Greater Journey, by David McCullough: Go East, not West. American writers & artists in Paris in the 1800s. Clever concept that works. B-
  

After the jump, more repeat tweets.

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• 2011 07 15 - News of the Obvious. Headline: "Survey: Fox News Covered News Corp Scandal Much Less Than Other Cable Nets."
  
• 2011 07 15 - Irony alert: Guns will not be allowed at Gov. Rick Perry's huge prayer party at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
  
• 2011 07 15 - "The Critter that Doesn’t Kill You, Makes You Stronger." The writing style is surely Destiny's but why no byline? http://t.co/UPU1OWs
  
• 2011 07 15 - Headline: "Rep. Pete Sessions separating from wife." http://t.co/TaGyv90. Irony alert: Sessions asks for respect for his privacy.
  
• 2011 07 15 - Rumors that the old Fossil campus in Richardson might be destined for conversion into a data center. Renewal. http://t.co/lsAPnmL
  
• 2011 07 16 - 127 Hours (2010): How long he was trapped, not movie running time. Maybe if I didn't know story beforehand. Only a little torture porn. C-
  
• 2011 07 17 - Today, Japan was the USA of World Cup soccer. Never say die. Congratulations to Japan and thanks to USA for a great effort and show. #USNWT
  
• 2011 07 19 - That no one values Borders bookstores at more than the value of the bricks and mortar is a telling sign that Amazon and Apple have won.
  
• 2011 07 19 - The last two Richardson City Council meetings demonstrate why writing vision/mission/goal statements by committee results in verbosity.
  
• 2011 07 19 - Advice to city council: When reviewing the near-term action items colored "done," it's embarrassing when no one can remember what was done.
  
• 2011 07 19 - Irony alert: Cut, Cap & Balance makes US budget process like California's. California, the state conservatives love to hate...and now copy.
  
• 2011 07 19 - 80 years. That's how long it takes for society to forget lessons of history. 80 years ago? The Great Depression and John Maynard Keynes.
  
• 2011 07 19 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009): Not a fan of thrillers, but had to see what this sensation is all about. It's the real deal. B-
  
• 2011 07 21 - Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but I find it ironic that Google's new Google+ social media effort lacks ... the ability to search content.
  
• 2011 07 22 - The burst housing bubble has now wiped out more value than the boom added. That means we should see a big rebound in housing...any day now.
  
• 2011 07 22 - Remember when both parties were interested in jobs? Ironically, spending cuts won't create jobs and w/o jobs, deficit won't narrow either.
  
• 2011 07 22 - How To Train Your Dragon (2010): Avatar meets King Kong. Girls are tough. Boys are sensitive. Dragons have a heart. Take a pre-teen. C+
  
• 2011 07 22 - I'll side with the Queen. Displaying the royal wedding dress on mannequin w/o a head is "horrid." England has a history of queens w/o heads.
  
• 2011 07 24 - Headline: "Sources: NFL, players come to deal on all points." Go Pack! http://t.co/fgjH2T0
  
• 2011 07 24 - Captain America, you're needed in Washington.
  
• 2011 07 24 - Jack Goes Boating (2010): Super awkward man learns to swim and cook to impress a woman. Little desperate people. D+
  
• 2011 07 25 - From the "I didn't know that" department: "Texas' debt growing at faster rate than U.S. government's" http://t.co/Q01lhCH
  
• 2011 07 26 - Re: Debt ceiling hostage crisis. There's something perverted about a political system that guarantees the more responsible party will lose.
  
• 2011 07 26 - Phooning was the "new planking" before planking was even heard of. And Richardson Berkner still holds the group record! http://t.co/QPYujLg
  
• 2011 07 26 - John Boehner went all in without a winning hand. Now there's no way out. His career and the country are tottering. No wonder he cries a lot.
  
• 2011 07 27 - How *not* to begin an apology, "While I stand by my opposition to the interference of shariah law into the American legal system, ..."
  
• 2011 07 27 - Headline: "McKinney Planned Parenthood building damaged by arsonist." Really? So sad. http://t.co/mABASvi
  
• 2011 07 27 - Iron Man 2 (2010): Arthur in rocket armor. First movie was fun. This one was stale, at times a self parody, but even that fell flat. D-
  
• 2011 07 27 - Congress is setting up an experiment: whether the 2009 stimulus or the 2011 contraction will be better for the economy.
  
• 2011 07 28 - Watching Congress, I feel like I'm not watching real people solve real problems, but watching kabuki. Great drama, but theater nonetheless.
  
• 2011 07 28 - Obama's fundraising tweets, with his midnight deadline of #50for50, just reinforce feeling that what's happening in Congress is pure kabuki.
  
• 2011 07 28 - Season 9 of #ProjectRunway premieres tonight. And Netflix started streaming first four seasons of #MadMen. #GuiltyPleasure
  
• 2011 07 28 - Headline: "Rick Perry Flip Flops On Gay Marriage, Backs Federal Ban." So much for states' rights. http://t.co/pfMUCSH
  
• 2011 07 28 - Overheard from Speaker Boehner's office: "You get a car... and you get a car... and you get a car." (H/T @pourmecoffee)
  
• 2011 07 29 - In case you were misled, even for an instant: "No, new data does not 'blow a gaping hole in global warming alarmism'" http://t.co/CZfV44G
  
• 2011 07 29 - @BarackObama is Twitter-bombing followers the handles of Republicans. Is that a good idea? His volume costs him followers. GOP gets a few.
  
• 2011 07 29 - Congratulations, Speaker Boehner. You proved that you can pass ... something. Something irrelevant, something DOA in Senate, but something.
  
• 2011 07 30 - RISD is the largest, most diverse district in the state to achieve a 'Recognized' rating for six consecutive years. Good job, RISD.
  
• 2011 07 30 - Surprise, surprise. Not really. Anders Breivik's manifesto mentions Rod Dreher: http://t.co/B7eVaO3
  
• 2011 07 30 - Rango (2011): New take on the Old West. Unfortunately, that genre was tapped out long ago. Witty, good-looking, but leaves you thirsty. C+
  
• 2011 07 31 - Headline: "Debt ceiling fix could mean problems for states." And the nation as a whole. Cutting spending in a recession is trouble.