Saving Money

I was watching the news prior to the Slant of the Disunion propaganda hour and I was amazed at how nice the presentation folder printing was that was given to the press. I thought how mice to have a huge budget of slush money.

Mr. President, the money was spent on the design and printing could have been saved with a simple email to the press. The money could have been given to:

1. Education - back up your NCLB stuff
or
2. Pay off the national debt - does not matter how good you sound with the debt racking up day by day.

The Legacy or worse

After watching the State of the Disunion, I think some House Painters are going to be needed to make some of good 'ole Bush's items to go through.

Looks like he is painting in green for wanting to reduce gas usage by 20%.

Looks like some more red paint for Iraq.

He will need some white paint to cover the red paint.

Black paint for education. He wants to renew NCLB while not funding it.

OF course what happens when you mix all these paints together. We get an ugly gray.

Just what the country needs two more years of silliness between two do-nothing parties. We all know he is now working for history. Will history finally vindicate Bush . . . I think not. I wonder how history will see the last twenty years of the presidency. The say many and do dumb things maybe.

D. O. P. E.

The key for success is what . . . the business card. Let's be real though some professional business cards that look great will sometimes open doors. Not to mention you need to have the right title one the business card.

I was working at a computer repair place in the late 90s. We had this boss . . . we read Dilbert all the time . . . we saw some similarity between Dilbert's boss and out boss. We even suggested that our boss sue Scott Adams for using his likeness.

So I am saying all this because the secretary in Dilbert had to order the TPHB some new business cards.

He came buy and said, Do not use my the initials D.O.P.E. for my title, use the full title Director of Business Enhancements. As TPHB walks away the secretary says . . .I did not know that was your title.

From then on this boss became known as the Director of Business Enhancements.

Microsoft's Campaign of Hate

Microsoft has shown that they are racist, bigoted, and prejudiced.

1. There does not appear to be any people of other then white people working at computers. I guess, according to MS's message, people of color cannot use a computer.

2. The picture (seen here) taken from the "GSI-Counterfeit_Confidential_Wi" video has only one overweight person. Notice this person is the bad person in MS's eyes. What is Microsoft trying to say that only fat people are bad? Only fat people work in shipping? Fat people cannot do anything other then shipping? Fat people are incompetent on the computer? Fat people are always having candy bars? Why does MS want to use this stereotype of prejudice.

3. The screen shot shown, taken right after the software is downloaded, shows the Japanese Rising Star. Shall I go after this one? Microsoft does not like people from Japan or of Japanese decent.

As Americans we have been trying to leave our prejudices and hatred behind. Microsoft just fans the flames of hatred.

If course the good news is that Microsoft admits that their software is prone to worms, viruses, and spyware. Use a Microsoft product at your own work.

The Tyranny of American Politicians.

Thank you Dictator of the Proletariat Herr Bush, Comrades of the Senate, and the esteemed Comrades in the HOR (Pronounced WHORE).

It looks like I may be terrorist. And all I want is sudafed for a headache and sinus problems. Under the 2005 Patriot Act, the comrades made it a requirement to have my photo ID taken and written down every time I have a sinus headache.

So I think things will get better? I do not think so. If the Democrats really wanted to do anything they will repeal this law. Then I may think they are different.

Abortion

This is a repost of a prior blog entry.

January 23, 1973, is a day that will be forever knitted in the fabric of our society. On that day abortion was made legal in the United States. There has been many protest and demonstrations made since that cold winter day. We now find ourselves in 2006 looking back over the past 33 years. We hear from the pro-life side the old and tired statistic stating the “40 million abortions since 1973” argument. This number is false, period. Extrapolating numbers from the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice think tank, we are currently at about 48 Million fetuses killed since 1973. By this time next year there will be close to 50 million fetuses aborted with approximately 96% being for reasons of conveyance, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

Within the abortion debate this question must be answered. Is there a significant enough difference between a fetus and a baby that would warrant calling the baby a human, and the fetus a non-human? Would anyone, other the Pete Singer, ethics chair at Princeton University, seriously suggest that a baby is not a person? Scott Klusendorf suggests there are only four differences between between a fetus and newborn baby. If any of these four differences fail, the fetus may not be human and may be terminated at will. I would go so far as to say if the fetus is not human, the government should gladly pay for abortions at the will of the mother till birth. So let us take a moment and carefully examine these four differences between a fetus and you.

First, there is a difference in size. There is no argument that a fetus is smaller then say a two year old toddler or even yourself. Would anyone presuppose that Kevin Garnett, the 6’ 11” forward for the Minnestoa Timberwolves, is more of a person then Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) democrat party leader, based strictly on the size of the person? Should we automatically kill anyone, male or female, who is not, say taller then 5’ 4” as an adult? Of course not.

Second there is a difference in the level of development. There is no question that a fetus is less developed than you. Would anyone be so bold to suggest that a four year old girl is less of person than a 30 year old woman, because the four year old girl is less developed since her reproductive system is not fully functional? Would anyone be even bolder and suggest that someone who has not reached their mid 40’s could be aborted because he/she has not yet reached full mental development? Of course not.

Third, there is a difference in the environment, in which the fetus and you abide. Obviously there is a difference between the womb and the world outside of the womb. A simple change of environment does not make a person less of a person. When you walked out to the mailbox or to the store to acquire this newspaper you had a change of environment from the warmth of the inside of your house to the cold outside of a beautiful frosty winter day. Are you less of a person or more of a person in or out of the house? Is there a fundamental change in who you are if you sojourn to Mankato? Of course not.

Lastly, there is a difference in the amount of dependency that the fetus and you require. Naturally a fetus is dependent upon the mother, for its survival. The argument is, that if the fetus cannot survive on its own, without intervention, then it is not a human and may be terminated at will. There are many who are reading this article who are, or know someone who is, dependent upon a medication to sustain their life. Perhaps you or a loved one require dialysis without which you would die within a few short days. Is a person who must have their medication or dialysis any less of a person then one who does not require these or any other life sustaining medical procedures? Of course not.

Of course a fetus is a human life. The law of biogenesis states that there is nothing that magically turns something that is not a human into something that is all of sudden a human. The only differences between the unborn human life and the new baby is a small and simple S.L.E.D.:
• Size,
• Level of development,
• Environment and
• Dependancy.

Since the S.L.E.D. clearly demonstrates that there are only four small and negligible differences between a fetus and an adult, we must absolutely consider a fetus a person and choose life and end the senseless slaughter of 50 million human beings, and the decimation of yet another generation with 1 in every 5 being killed, for connivence. Choose life.

Dems Bogged in Iraq

Well I guess the democrats are at it again. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune got it right. The dems are starting to be blamed for Iraq. Does this surprise me. No. With the American consumer / voter / wannabe voter / thought about voting person with a 10 minute attention span. What would you expect?

~crickets chirping~

Think about this . . . Democrats are perceived to be in control, and the house is the most powerful portion of the law system, and Iraq is out of whack, as reported in the media. Democrats = Iraq. Therefore the dems will find themselves fending off waves in the Outer Banks NC. The perception will hurt the dems.

So who will be elected in 2008. Hopefully . . . none of the above.

Diets are happening

Somebody I know is looking for a new diet. Now this person searches the web like crazy for the cool new thing that will work. This person has tried low-carb, high-carb, high-fat, and low-fat. There has to be a song in there somewhere.

With all the technology we have in medicine I am wanting Diet Pills. Surely there must be something that works. Well I guess I need to go looking so I can lose some weight. With the team wanting to go out to lunch on Friday I better find them quick quick quick.

Bad Luck Driving Home

One of the problems with living in a snowbound place is ditching the car. Today on my back in a 50 mile stretch I saw three cars / trucks ditched in the center median.

The first was this large horse trailer as a 5th wheel. The second was some small car. Looked kinda like a Volkswagan Rabbit. The third was this working guy . . . he had a huge truck rack with ladders and everything. I think he even lost a ladder.

Well, I guess that is what we get for living in snow. At least the AM temp is supposed to be above 0 (that is zero)

Move Maybe

Well since we may have to move, we have decided to look all over the place as to where to move. Raleigh Real Estate looks good right now, as do many other places. This will be our last move so we have to move to a good place.

I would like somewhere that gets warm, as I look out the window and see snow falling. The coldness is so pervasive I am shocked sometimes. It is amazing at how cold -12 will make a car and for how long.

So here is to warmer weather. Have a happy day.

Just reflecting

I find it odd marrying into a family with much differing traditions then my own. As many of you know I grew up an atheist. My wife grew up catholic. While neither of us were that when we married. I still had to get used to Polish Catholic traditions.

Funerals. We always had small funerals. Her family was a huge event. When I say event I mean HUGE.

I never even knew what communion was. Now, I find that i have to buy first communion gifts. I am ot even sure why first communion is important. All I know is that it is important.

The Tyranny of an Out of Control Justice System

The Tyranny of an Out of Control Justice System

Well I just learned of this today, Matt Bandy. Here is a 16 year old kid who was on the verge of being labeled a sex-offender for the rest of his life.

Think of this for a moment for all if you who have a computer in your house and just surf the web. You too can end up like Matt. Poor Matt, surfed the web and picked up little programs, generally termed spyware, that effectively took control of his computer. One (or more) of these spyware downloaded some porn, and child porn at that, to his computer. The police tracked the child porn to the family house and Matt's computer had all these nasty little pictures on it.

Okay, child porn is bad and should not be allowed to exist. Those who take the pictures and purchase the pictures should be shot. However, Ward and June's computer that has been infected by spyware that is storing child porn on the hard drive should not be convicted of anything other then gross incompetence on a computer.

I will say this . . . if you are going to purchase a computer for the home buy a Macintosh or a Linux machine. If you purchase a wintel based machine you are asking for trouble.

This child found himself in a nightmare from spyware. He was on edge of being convicted when 20/20 came to the rescue. Matt was convicted of showing a Playboy to his friends. I will admit I am glad for the statue of limitations.

I would hope that the governor of Arizona or George Bush will pardon this poor kid as well the teacher from CT. Arizona and other states please provide some training for police in how computers actually work.

I Have A Dream

In honor of MLK:

"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!""

Teacher Jailed for Computer Use

A teacher is found guilty of giving porn to several students at a school. This teacher has already been found guilty and is now facing 40 years in jail.

Here is the case: A sub teacher was supervising a class. Some students, about 10, saw a pop-up from the computer.

The teacher asked for help form administration, other teachers, and others. The school did not have an active filtering system for porn of pop-ups. The police testified that she acted with some sort of malice when she visited a site and spyware/ virus was introduced to the computer.

As we all know pop-ups are a fact of life of computer in particular when it comes to Windows based computers. This case is made worse by the neglect of the school board, the principal, and the IT department.

The internet filtering was not working because the license had expired. Who is responsible?

The IT department for either A) not cutting the internet when spyware and porn could get through; or B) for not updating the filter; or or C) providing sub-standard computers that are easily infected with spyware and virus.

The principal for not A) not cutting the internet when spyware and porn could get through; or B) for not providing the money for the filter; or C) not providing any training for this poor sub; or D) providing sub-standard computers that are easily infected with spyware and virus.

The School Board for A) not cutting the internet when spyware and porn could get through; or B) for not providing the money for the filter; or C) not making sure porn and spyware can get through; or D)providing sub-standard computers that are easily infected with spyware and virus.

The incompetence of the judge.
The incompetence of the prosecutor.
The incompetence of the police.
The incompetence of the jury.

The four combine for an axis of evil that conspire to incarcerate a woman for doing the best she can under the situation.

The effects on education will be tragic. No longer can teachers trust the internet in the classroom (esp. when a windows based computer is used). Teachers are now held liable for the actions of others.

Why should a teacher risk: jail, fines, loss of job, or loss of license and allow student to use the computer in the classroom.

Say good-bye to computers in the classroom.

In a room together

After watching politics for the last week, all I can do is shake my head and laugh and cry. George Bush doing one thing Pelosi the whiner complaining about everything. Maybe we should lock those two in a room with cases of Energy Drink and have them hammer out the differences. At least this way they may decide not to do any new bills and leave America alone.

A Bleeding Heart

I saw a great bumper sticker the other day:

“My heart may be bleeding, but at least I have one.”

This is funny. Think about it . . . I have a bleeding heart . . . which is draining . . . and you need several stethoscopes to find anything that I have left.

Well let me suggest that conservatives are the ones with the real heart.

The great saying . . . “Give a man a fish and he can heat for a day . . . Teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”

This is what it means for a conservative to have compassion and offer help. Giving real help for real people . . . cut the overhead of government and love life and love people.

Gridlock Is Good

Well the 100 hours of the Democrats are under way and running around like chickens with their heads cut-off. I am still wondering why the dems are desiring to cut out the Republicans.

Therefore, I would propose that the Republicans need to go on Orlando vacations and warm up from the winter and let the whines do whatever they want. The dems will get sick of the vetos and there could be no veto votes.

Well, in any case the I have to admit that I am glad the Democrats are in power. This way there can be gridlock. And gridlock is a very good thing. Why? Because new laws cannot be passed.

Real Life and Star Trek Ethics

We live in a world of Star Trek ethics.

Think of what we learned from star trek:

1. Do not interfere with other cultures. Okay so Bush cannot figure this one out.
2. Science is the religion.
3. Humans can do anything.
4. True Communism can only work in outer space.
5. Never harm another life form

Well, it looks like we cooked microbes on Mars. We love movies like War of the Worlds (first one not the remake). Think of it . . . we might of done it ourselves.

I am not to sure if I should laugh or cry at this.