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Aug. 10th, 2009

WTF?

--San Francisco Chronicle, Kathleen Hennesy, 9/17/08
In Elko, Obama tried to anticipate his critics and called on the crowd of about 1,500 to sharpen their elbows, too.

"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face," he said.

"And if they tell you that, 'Well, we're not sure where he stands on guns.' I want you to say, 'He believes in the Second Amendment.' If they tell you, 'Well, he's going to raise your taxes,' you say, 'No, he's not, he's going lower them.' You are my ambassadors. You guys are the ones who can make the case."

--US News, Kenneth Walsh, 8/26/07 (On Obama as a Community Organizer)
Perhaps his most confrontational effort was to pressure city authorities to remove asbestos from the apartments in 1986. When the on-site manager didn't take action, Obama nudged the residents into confronting city housing officials in two angry public meetings downtown.


Note to the DNC: Listen to the questions and answer them. Those Tea Parties had a point. These Town Hall meetings have a point. If you have answers, then apply them. Idealogoues will reveal themselves in the face of answers! Saying "Shut Up, you angry mob." is FAIL...ask the president.

Jul. 29th, 2009

Rrrrrgh

OK....I know I am gonna get flamed for this, but I've had it. The Beer Summit? Really? REALLY?

1) Does anyone expect any results? The final total (I predict) will be "We had a good conversation." No apologies. No amazing statements. Just platitudes, press moments and awkwardness.

2) Isn't this ... ummm ... simplistic? If GWB or Sarah Palin did this, they'd be laughed at all night long! The President (THE PRESIDENT!) steps in to settle an argument of two private citizens? Over beer and a picnic table? This is RIDICULOUS! Hint, Mr. President, from an Irish guy: stop at one beer each...or else you WILL have quite a press moment on your hands!

3) REALLY?

4) Holy crap! How can the comedians NOT be making fun of this? Are they gonna sing folk songs? No bratwurst? Any touch football after (the Kennedys would have arranged it!)? Maybe they'll take in a movie after? What happens if it rains?

5) But, gosh golly, this is a 'teachable' moment. Hey, here's a lesson: the President shouldn't comment on indiviudal police cases until he has the full facts!

6) Will Biden crash the party: hey, it's BYOB, Joe!

7) This is just ....Rrrrrgh. REALLY? Heck, I had a harsh discussion with my brother the other day about borrowing tools....Barack? It's a Teachable Moment about brotherhood, sharing, responsibility and the common good. I like Sam Adams Ale....you betcha.

May. 20th, 2009

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May. 5th, 2009

Bwahahahahahaha

>ahem<

BWahahahahahahahaha


Apr. 28th, 2009

Hah! I have hope!

OK...anyone that has been unfotunate enough to recieve a type-written communication from me knows that I type like a drunken monkey. I CAN spell...but my typing? Yeeesh.

So, I tripped across this little note:

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Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!
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Drunken Monkey Typists Forever!!!

Apr. 26th, 2009

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Savage Chill - Nocturne

Mar. 12th, 2009

Kudos to fonts

As I like to make little 'cheat sheets' for players for games, I often try to find fonts that match the game. Without a doubt, the best site I've found is Abstract Fonts ( http://www.abstractfonts.com/ ). Their organization is awesome, they are free (!!) and I've enver failed to find the exact font I need.

As I was trying to find the font to match 'Slipstream', it took about two minutes to find the exact match.

So, i mention it here.

Dec. 22nd, 2008

Have a surreal holiday

As I greedily bid on a copy of David Hasselhoff's "Nick Fury" movie on E-bay, I am reminded that the holidays are more than just wondrous b-grade Cheese....so, to all this holiday reminder:
Have a wonderful holiday and a wondrous 2009!

Nov. 26th, 2008

scribblings of CHILL


I am getting my old Chill Campaign organized a little more and have uploaded all the character pics I scribbled out one day.  They were quick - about five minutes a piece, so don't expect too much!  I put them up to have a internet place to access them...but have a look if your curious!

http://pics.livejournal.com/mscjec/gallery/000070yp?page=1

Nov. 13th, 2008

A lie will go half way around the world....


...while truth is still getting dressed.  That's the old saying.  It's true, you know...especially when you want to believe in those fast moving lies...


http://voices.kansascity.com/node/2803

Nov. 3rd, 2008

Polls and Votes

I urge both parties to realize that Polls are not votes.

McCain siders- the campaign is not over...excercise your right to vote
Obama siders- polls are often wrong...it does not mean 'the polls are right and the votes are wrong'.

My reasoning?  Being in MA and a wargamer, I have a good list of friends from both camps.  Obama-ites tend to respond happily to polls.  McCain-iacs tend to hang up or say 'undecided'.  That is the nature of the two camps - Obama-ites are urged to get 'in the face' (Obama's own words).  McCain-iacs tend to want to be left alone (small government types).  So, Repubs tend to under-represent in polls.  Ask your friends from both camps how they would respond to a poll - you'll find that there is a small percentage of Repubs that refuse to say 'McCain'....if it is ~6 to 10% of Repubs, that means the polls are wrong by 3 to 5 points. The Exit Polls were horribly wrong in 2004, predicting Kerry (so much he started to party)....only to count votes and see it was in error.

Some say that's proof of voter fraud!  Nope.  Polls are FAR more subject to inaccuracies then votes (which are not entirely accurate).  Pollsters do all sorts of weird things like 'weighing' and such to adjust the actual results.  

Basically - ignore the polls. Vote your mind and your conscience. But DO vote....and please remove any bumper stickers...you lower the resale of your car....

Oct. 28th, 2008

da Boyz Halloween


Heh....this year:

Q-man

Matt-E

Jedi Andy

Oct. 16th, 2008

Space....itzacomin....


Awesome stuff from the new Trek film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.firstshowing.net:80/2008/10/15/star-trek-reveals-galore-kirk-spock-nero-full-cast-and-more/

Oct. 15th, 2008

and you are?


Getting to know you...
Getting to know more about you...

If you are on my friends list, I want to know 36 things about you.
I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other.
Short and sweet is fine... you're on my list, so I want to know you better!
Comment here and repost a blank one on your own journal.


01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) Favorite band to listen to when you're mad?
27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

OK...now this is ANOTHER one


Damn....another one that doesn't pass 'The smell test".   ACORN is really making the news in a bad way, So, I looked it up.  I found this on the Daily KOS:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/22/12374/7720/821/446661


So, ACORN endorses Obama, who donates money to them.  They go out and register voters with a good percentage of obvious fraud.  Not a hgih percentage or maybe even a majority, but in a close election, enough to matter in a considerable way...one or two percentages.

So, how does registration turn into votes?  Here's the thing:  if you have ACORN rounding up people like they did in the best (offering booze and cigaretes to homeless for being brought down to vote) and you have a hundred or so phony registrations that you KNOW no-one is going to use, then you can generate quit a lot of votes.

OK.  You work for ACORN and have submitted registrations in your district for a person named Hyrum P. Butterworth and Alfonso Rigatony. You made em up.  You know it, 'cause you submitted them.  Election day rolls around and you go down to the booth as 1) yourself and, later,  2) Butterworth and still later 3) Rigatony.  You know they can't ask for ID, and there's the registration info right there that no-one else will ask under.  BANG.  Three votes for your candidate...easy as pie.

Fact: there are bad registrations ACORN is actually doing this in all the swing states. 
Fact: ACORN promotes Obama
Fact: Obama promotes ACORN.

...and that's how you steal an election.


Sep. 25th, 2008

Obama campaign says "Nanan Boo Boo" McCain campaign says: "Bite Me!" Followers on both sides cheer


My thoughts on current levels of political dialogue:

Two contracters (A and B) are sippping coffee and heading down some steps on the remodelling job they are working.  The bottom step has come loose and both step upon it and stumble, spilling coffee everywhere.

A: You jerk, why didn't you fix this?

B: What, you didn't see it? How many times have you been on these steps?  And you spilled coffee on me! You're a jerk.

A: How DARE you call me a jerk! I won't sink to that level of name-calling.

Contractors C thru Z come over (It was a big job!)

C: Yeah! You tell him...that jerk can't go around calling people jerks...it's un-professional!

D: I think we need to get to the bottom of this whole 'coffee' spill thing! I think the coffee was entirely from A's cup...let's measure the contents.

A: But I drank more beforehand!

F: Just goes to show you how much of a pig you are.  Addicted to coffee much?

A: He called me a jerk...

B: Coffee all over me...

G: Coffee is bad for everyone...we shouldn't work with coffee.

  The homeowner still has a broken step...

Sep. 24th, 2008

The nature of Bias


Bias is defined as looking at things through a preconceived notion and noting something to say :"Aha! That proves it!" when that something would not be otherwise noted in another situation.

Biden says:

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed," Biden told Couric. "He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"


Roosevelt was not in office at the time and there were no televisions.


If Palin said that, the media would be denouncing her as a bubble headed beauty pagent winner from backwoods Alaska and ask McCain to remove her from the ticket for the country's betterment.  Biden?  Not so much.....It is noted by some outlets, but there is nothing more than 'just another silly gaffe'.  'It happens' on that long political campaign road...

But Sarah? Any moment's hesitation...any gesture...any fashion slip is denounced as more dim-wittedness.

Yet more proof of Bias.

I am not sure of my vote...but I am sure of bias.  That plays a factor - how much have I used to form my opinions is bias? 

Sep. 1st, 2008

Do the stars trek, oh Silent Bob? Tell us...

Kevin Smith in a radio interview:
 

Host: So thumbs up on The Watchmen, what else you got?

Smith: I saw a movie last night that I cannot talk about.

Host: Was it good?

Smith: It was phenomenal.

Host: Any stars, any break out stars, and do they trek?

Smith: The stars absolutely trek in this film. It is fantastic. Anybody who was worried doesn’t need to be worried–about this film I cannot talk about…It was in very capable hands. The director did a phenomenal job–the director and his crew. Top notch cast and the guy that plays the lead is an instant star. That dude is going to be so famous. He is so wonderful. He picked up a role that I would say is pretty challenging for someone to step into the shoes of, because it is a role that has been played before many times by the same guy.

 
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Aug. 30th, 2008

zig and zag

heheh...only in this world of ours:


NEWS:  Artic Seas drop to 2nd lowest level in recent history:
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20080830/SCI.Arctic.Ice/


NEWS: Are we on the brink of a New Little Ice Age?
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12455&tid=282&cid=10046

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