Something I'd really like to see for, real

WALL STREET JOURNAL

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 04, 2006 fiddy CENT

We, the C.E.O. s of the major oil companies
Would like to extend our thanks to the
Democratic Party, and the
Environmental Activists
Who actively worked to stop all increased major oil
production, transportation and refining on the northern continent of America.

Although our rate of return at 9% was well within the norms of business,
your forcing us to rely on foreign oil supplies,
and the maximum capacity of our delivery system
has given us the largest profit in our entire history.

Thank you again.

Rhiannas hubby is back

She's so happy to have him back, now all her electric stuff works again!
He just got back from the sandbox, made a special trip just to fix her computers- it would seem.

Go welcome him back to civilization.
I don't think she has a post, but add a comment.

Didn't ya just know that scoccer players were Gay?

Sorry, but it's NOT football.
This came from a site that I'd forgotten all about, and now Confabulation is going on my blogroll now.
So I don't forget it again.

Thanks Rhianna gee, just what I need
I got tagged by the 4X4 meme
I really appreciate it, yep I do.

Uh huh.

Well, lets get started

4 Jobs I have had:
In reverse chronological order
Gas/Electric supervisor, City of Castroville
Gas leak survey tech
Flatbed OTR driver
Gas Dept. Superintendent, City of Port Aransas

Four movies I could watch over and over and have:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (AAHHHeeeAAAHHHeeeAAHHHhhhhh)
Team America (Take that Hans Brix!)
Patton
Kelly's Heroes

Four Places I have lived:
San Marcos, Tx
Port Aransas, Tx
Rota, Spain
Newport, RI (ya didn't say I hadda like it)

Four TV shows I watch:
Mythbusters
Mailcall
Drawn together
Tripping the Rift

Four places I have been on vacation:
Every place I've lived has been some kind of tourist trap, I can get ripped off in my hometown- why travel?

Four websites I visit daily:
My mail boxes
the local rag
Newsmax
weather pages

Four Favorite foods:
Meatloaf
Carne asada
Pizza
Lazagnia

Four places I would rather be:
I can't say I mind this place we're at now- could be about 20 miles closer to San Antonio, I guess. Other than that, I'd have to agree with Rhianna- TEXAS

And lastly
Four people I tag:
Not going there, wouldn't be prudent

At least I have something to post today, anyhow. Thanks Rhianna.

I hear someone was trying to make her molehill into a mountain

again.
I swear, Cindy does need to run for congress, she's got the instinct for TV facetime well honed.

And speaking of anti-Americanism. I hope everyone that has their hand on the leaver in the next election will remember how the Dems acted lately, including last night.

Bush brought up the tepidly fought battle of Soc. Sec. reform, and the Dems gave themselves a standing "O" for screwing over their constituents.
They can't stand to see the great unwashed (us) have any control of out own retirement- especially if it means them loosing control of that pittance they talked about.

Everyone knows Social security is rapidly running out of money; and if you didn't know it, the IOU's they gave when they raided the fund are coming from. . . US who have already paid in.

Now the Dems are congratulating themselves for keeping their giant Ponzi scheme intact.
If they REALLY wanted to help Americans, especially the poor, they should let us in on their retirement plan. I'd love to work for one term (whatever your job turnover rate is) and be guaranteed that much a year for the rest of your life- with free healthcare. But no- we, the great unwashed, mouthbreathing cretins that we are deserve to give up 20% to an uncaring bureaucracy with no interest, or even claim to the money. There is nothing that says the govt' has to give you that money back- it's not yours. THAT'S why the Dems don't want to change it.
The fact that Bush had the terminity to even mention it was sacrilege to the altar of FDR.

Your taxes are coming up. Take a look at what you are really paying. I bet if you don't gross over $100,000, your Federal tax is less than 10% after all the refunds and deductions you get back.
Ted Kennedy probably pays less tax than you do- his money came from interest on the money his bootlegging father made. Think about that next time you hear them demagogging the "richman tax cut". Think about your diminishing retirement fund next time it's time to vote.
Think of the Dems' standing "O" to crippled Social Security.

So, Bareback Brokeback is nominated for a lotta Oscars, huh?

Wouldn't know, don't care about the Liberal Lefts' agenda via Hollywood.

I just know that they're about 20 years behind the Reverend Horton Heat in their stretching the homosexual cowboy love thang.

Kinda weird how an evil christian extremist could beat the Hollywood left by so much, huh?

Anyody want some g-mail?

Just leave me a note. I'll be handing them out like a Republican giving away Rx money.

And speaking of giving away money, anyone planning on watching the State of the Union tonight?
I might have it on as background noise- if wife isn't watching her bad Sci-Fi.

I'm sure he'll be touting the GWT and Iraq.
Giving the lie to the Legacy Media about the economy.
Telling how his lazzi-fare strict border policy will reward illegals is going to result in a better America for "all."

I'm sure the rebuttle will be as partisan as the Allito hearings, so I won't need to bother staying awake for that.

Everyone else has their opinion on the Palestinian election, here's mine

The had an election last week, Hammas won. They get what they deserve- heck, we had Bill Clinton during the "Just-do-it" decade. We survived. We also had over 200 years of momentum behind us also democracywize.

The terrorists won, they would have anyway- the innocent victims are the same, the name's just different. I don't know if they (the voters) even would have recognized anyone who was good for them, if they were allowed to run.
Palestine has a duly elected terrorist organization as head of state. They've (the P.A.)already pissed off a lot of money donors for their fiscal irresponsibility of over $600 million in debt already this fiscal year. Now Hammas is the voice and conscience if the Palestinian people.

They are going to have to start acting like a head of state with real responsibilities to the entire government (such as it is) infrastructure (whatever is left) and the surly, ignorant, hate filled population of their country. Next time they, or any of their terrorist buddies decide to maim and kill innocent women and children, they will be creating an act of war from one state aginst another.
I hope when that happens- and the Israelies take off the gloves- that the usual Paliophiles won't step on Israel's neck again. The Palestinians voted them into office to do their will. It was an open election vetted by Dhimmy Carter.
They want to play with the tall dogs, they need to learn to act like a tall dog. They need to really have a good think on who they call allies, and be ready to take their lumps like men.
I know they won't. As soon as Israel treats their attack as the beginning of a war between two nations, they'll cry like a girl for the un to make Israel stop. The Un will come running, too.

My money's on Israel in a fair fight.

Good, maybe other cities will start.

All I can say is they brought it on themselves.
If they want to bitch at someone about it, then look in the mirror.

Because I'm damn tired of hearing that f*cking thumping from a quarter mile away.

The bill would prohibit operating car stereo equipment that creates "louder volume than is necessary for convenient, normal hearing," which is the same language as the city's current anti-noise ordinance.

But the new measure would outlaw possessing or installing any car stereo with a speaker over a foot in diameter; having more than one speaker 10 inches in diameter; more than 10 speakers overall; more than two amplifiers; and any amplifier over 300 watts.

In addition to impounding the car, possible penalties include a minimum of $250 fine on the first offense and $500 on subsequent offenses within a year.

And for all you Liberals out there that piss about "freedom of expression". you can have that cr@p as loud as you want--- DON'T force me to hear it.
I'd rather listen to my own radio without my car shaking.

-On the other hand, the cops should have been enforcing the noise ordinance too. But then the ACLU would have defended those anti-social @ssholes with my tax money.

Nothing to see here

Just what sounds like a German geek singing webcam techno.
I could swear I saw Rob about half-way through it.

Hi, my name is Kurt

I am a heartless conservative.

I am cruel and unfeeling.

I thought this wheelchair video was hilarious.

And this car ride.

Of course I hate kids too.

A prayer

Dear Lord,
So far today, I'm doing all right.

I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy,
grumpy, selfish, or self indulgent.
I have not whined, complained, cursed or eaten any chocolate.
I have charged nothing on my credit card.


I will be in great need of help soon, as I am getting out of bed now.

Another entry to my blogroll

Who should have been on alot sooner is Denny from Grouchy old cripple.

The Iraqi "quagmire" continues

except in Anbar Province.
I'm sure you couldn't miss it on the Legacy Media, but I'll add to the cacophony of noise.

Sunnis (that's the Iraqi people- NOT the evil Bu$Halburton minions) arrested 270 foreign and Iraqi terrorists.

By themselves.

Without Halburton.


Via Ace

I guess I'm not the only one who wants a search engine that "won't"

Won't cave to communist dictatorships
Won't give it up like Paris Hilton on spanish fly.

It's not that Google refused to hand over search records on principle. They were more interested in preserving THEIR privacy- in the area of trade secrets.

I know, Jeez- there he goes again on that trivial thing about privacy, and the expectation of it on AlGores internet. Just think, though. You had four of the biggest search engines in the world (Anglosphere anyway) hand over to the guvimmment millions of search requests because they asked. Good thing it was the American govt' who asked- at least *for now* they have some restrictions on how they can act on a search request with your name and address all over it.

What kind of ethical, moral or legal restraints would the dictaphiles at the U.N.have to stop them from punishing, prohibiting or censoring what you look for on the World Wide Web?

I hate moving

Really, the big stuff is fast,- at least.
Then we always have the little crap that can't be pack up easily.

It goes for moving offices, too. Exept that there's alot more of the little, hard to pack crap after you've moved desks and full file cabinets.

Anyway, I was on the way home (late) and enjoying my fellow drivers.

When I had to change stations to get away from these two dorks who replaced a good talk host. I was surfing the FM stations, trying not to ruin my radio with rap or Mexican polka music (tejano) when I cam accross 92.5 the Outlaw, and a lineup of homegrown talent that some of my readers might listen to for their "roots".

I know I've said this before

This is Texas. The left lane is the fast lane.
The speed limit on the interstate is 70MPH (not KPH-like your home counrty) . In Texas the speed limit is looked at as a suggestion (well, so are red lights). 65MPH is SLOWER than 70MPH. It's slower than 75 and 80 MPH which everyone would be going if you'd F*CKING move over.

Seems like everyone is taking the sports car test

You won't find it here, I'm a pick-up.

Something's wrong here

See if you can figgure it out.

The
American Library Association had a mid-winter confrence here this week.

Among other things put out to the public was their ummmm- dilike of the "Patriot act."

Incensed by the USA Patriot Act and irate over a memo between FBI agents, the American Library Association debuted a button at its annual midwinter meeting, which winds up here today at the Convention Center. Boasting that its wearers are "Radical Militant Librarians," the button was one of the convention's biggest sellers.

The button is the brainchild of Judith Krug, director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, who wanted to raise awareness of the Patriot Act's impact on libraries across the country.

The Patriot Act was adopted by Congress in the weeks following 9-11 and includes provisions allowing government agents to inspect reading lists and reference materials at libraries and bookstores of patrons they consider suspicious.

-snip-
"What's happened in the past several years, in particular with the USA Patriot Act which directly affects our ability to do our job, is our core values are being challenged," she said. "If anything can ignite librarians, it is an attack on our core values."

Inspiration for the button came from documents obtained from the FBI by the Electronic Privacy Information Center through a Freedom of Information Act request. The request revealed a series of e-mails between FBI agents that complained about the "radical, militant librarians" while criticizing the reluctance of FBI management to use the secret warrants authorized by the Patriot Act.


Ok, did anyone catch that? They're saying that nobody knows how many times the act has been used (on the radio- anyway). This is the ALA, if someone in the ENTIRE organisation knew of one instance, even second hand- wouldn't they let the leadership know? Tha answer is in bold. If it's so widly abused, why the e-mail?

As an added note---my librarian readers----
I noticed a distinct (deafening) silence on the govt' asking for search records.
Or is that different, because "it's for the children"?

Bush announces cure for cancer

NYT declares it "suspicious timing" and needs to do research before proclaiming it to be true.

House Democrats demand to know why it took so long.

Senate Democrats demand an inquiry into the projected "windfall profits" of the Big drug corporations.

Sen. John Kerry declares that he was working on the same set of pharmacopoeia back in Viet Nam, but Bush forced him to come back to the world.

John Conyers begin talk of impeachment hearings.

John Mc Cain asks how much Abramoff kicked in

Republican Congressional caucus immediately calls for Federally sponsored entitlement to "preventively treatments."

Jesse Jackson notices pills are white- cries racism.

Am I the only one who's pretty cheesed about the search engine subpoenas?

It affects you.
You got here from a blog, or a bookmark, or a search engine- Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Lycos, or about 150 of the lesser known ones.

That's right, YOU. Anywhere you went on your computer- since you've owned it- there is an electronic trail. I know you computer geeks know that.

I bet if I were important enough, every website I ever visited could be traced.
I don't even know enough about computeres and how the internet works to be dangerous, but I do know there is no such thing as anonomous surfing. You can make it difficult, but not impossible for anyone to see every place you've ever been online.

Here's a quick example- Me; Wildblue.net since Oct '06- before that EV-1 dialup
2 addresses, 2 different computers- same account. Same name. Same SSN. Same credit card (I think).

Want to guess if I can't be traced back to Port Aransas, Tx?
The first of two computers and 2 different dial-up accounts.

My ISPs are all over the net- so are yours.

The only reason no-one's bothered to make a comprehensive list; is that
1- it's still too much bother for nobodies like us and
2- the software that does it automatically hasn't been madfe widely available yet.

What are you going to do in 10 or 15 years when your surfing habits start to bite you in the @ss?

I really wish some big bloggers would take this up.

It's not a toy!

There is no way the little boy should have had it.

I hold the parents responsible.
Or the adult in his life.

Not only was it loaded, it wasn't locked.
And it was where he could have ready access to it.

Mostly he wasn't taught that YOU. DON'T. PLAY. WTH. GUNS.

Just a quick roundup of headlines

That tell where we'd be if the election was turned around.

Rice Wants Security Council Action on Iran

Lieberman: U.S. Should Prepare for Military Action

Defense Minister: Israel Preparing to Stop Iran

McCain: U.S. Can't Be Held Hostage for Oil

Russia: Iran Ready to Discuss Proposal

Italian Official: World Must Confront Iran

Sen. John Kerry: Give Iran Nuke Fuel

Mother Shehan still on the trail of a 16th minute of fame

This time she's in "good" company. Trotting on the heels of Harry Belefonte and Hillary"!"

Yes, "Mother" Shehan will travel to Venezuela help fellow Socialists dump on America Bush some more.

Sheehan and Chavez will headline a list of yet-to-be-announced speakers from places like Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, and Colombia, according to the web site VHeadline.com.

Tens of thousands" of Chavez and Sheehan's fans helped kick off the event by staging a march under the slogan "Contra la Guerra y Contra el Imperio" (Against the War and Against the Empire).Yep, sounds like the chants of her tens hordes of her fellow semi-lucid followers.
Exept, they left off 'DUDE."

Cindy, go back to whatever it was you were doing before the Comunists Anti-War movement decided they could use you while you were fresh.
Go away, they used your pitious libel untill it didn't work anymore, you're embarassing yourself- really. You are over, you're done, you're toast.
You are sooo - so pre-Thanksgiving!

Hmmph, Time magazine must be hurting

I just saw an ad for a subscription for them @ $5/year.
Plus a $10 gift certificate to Barns and noble.

Just Daym!

Please tell me they aren't really going to shut down the Winchester rifle factory.
I know, it's a fact of capitalism and all, but that's an American Icon. Hell, even the Union is helping management look for a buyer.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- U.S. Repeating Arms Co. Inc. said Tuesday it will close its Winchester firearm factory, threatening the future of a rifle that was once called "The Gun that Won the West."

"It's part of who we are as a nation just like it's part of who we are as a city," Mayor John DeStefano said.

The announcement touched off a lobbying effort by city officials and union leaders who hoped to find a buyer for the plant before it closes March 31. If no buyer comes forward, it could spell the end for nearly all commercially produced Winchesters, said Everett Corey, a representative of the International Association of Machinists District 26.


I've never owned a Winchester, but have shot several of them sweet thangs. There is a sense of history in just the name, it's the 'gun that won the west', Teddy Roosevelt used them. Chuck Conners wouldn't have been "The Rifleman" without a Winchester. Sure there were other makes, Henry, Marlin, Spencer, Remington- but the one that resonates is the Winchester-with visions of the lone cowboy holding off a horde of Cheyenne Indians.

I wish I had the money to buy one right now.

Via Rob

These two studies need to be filed under "No Chit- sherlock"

First we have this British waste of money which discovered that-
Are you sitting down? (of course you are, you're at a computer)

There's less air polution on the sidewalk than in the street!

On average, taxi passengers were exposed to more than 100,000 ultra-fine particle counts per cubic centimeter. Bus travelers were exposed to just under 100,000 and people in cars about 40,000.

Pedestrians and bicyclists, meanwhile, were exposed to counts of just 5,000 and 8,000, respectively.


Next on the "I'm glad we didn't pay for that" list is- The scientific fact that women smell differently at different times of the month.

They did a gen-u-ine scientific study with pit sniffing and all.

As a guy who's been interested in wimmin since -ohhh, about the age of THIRTEEN; I can tell you they didn't need a study for that. I can also tell you for a fact- without a costly study that wimmin are actually nekkid under all them cloths. I've known that since puberty, too.

Well, good on Google

I see that they're fighting the govt' on handing over search engine records.
I know that as any good liberal arm, they won't hesitate to use a 20 yr-old search to hurt a Conservative candidate in the future.
But now they have defied the govt' demand for search results.
See the govt' is looking at child pornographers. Ok, that's good- but DON'T start dredging search requests.

If anyone should be doing something about child porn and kids having access to pornography, it should be the parents. Both girls have computers, but they're nott connected to the internet. I know they won't intentionally search for porn, but it is fairly easy to get into trouble. I made a deal with them- they get internet in their rooms, I put a keylogger on. They both decided to use the family computer.
I know that sooner or later they'll be free to make their own mistakes, but hopefully we at least gave them somekind of standards to judge their actions and computer habits by. The government doesn't need to be babysitting the internet- the parents do.

Google is fighting the request on two main points; privacy and trade secrets.

Google was asked for information on the types of query submitted over a week, and the websites included in its index.

The department wants the data to try to show in court it has the right approach in enforcing an online pornography law.

It says the order will not violate personal privacy, but Google says it is too broad and threatens trade secrets.

Privacy groups say any sample could reveal the identities of Google users indirectly. And they say the demand is a worrying precedent, because the government also wants to make more use of internet data for fighting crime and terrorism.

The privacy part, I think is because it's the Bush administration asking- I somehow don't see any Libs kicking so much if a Clinton appointee would have asked.

Also, they don't want their competition getting any trade secrets from the results.

I also see that Yahoo! rolled right over on us-again, and so did MSN .

I would use Google search except that I KNOW that in the future it'll hold my porn searches against me, and most importantly I don't like the way they display their results.
I guess I'll make another home page, and rely on Dogpile for my searches.

A question of preference

Since this is a consumer oriented society, I guess I could ask all three of my consumers (you) if you'd prefer another blogalaunch, or just me adding links as I find them?

I'm adding Johns egocentric world on a link from My favorite coonass. In the words of Dave Berry- that would make a cool band name.

The book report

Students were assigned to read two books, "Titanic" & "My Life" by Bill
Clinton. One student turned in the following book report, with
the proposition that they were nearly identical stories! His professor
gave him an A+ for this report:

Titanic: $29.99
Clinton: $29.99

Titanic: Over 3 hours to read
Clinton: Over 3 hours to read

Titanic: The story of Jack and Rose, their forbidden love, and subsequent
catastrophe.
Clinton: The story of Bill and Monica, their forbidden love, and subsequent
catastrophe.

Titanic: Jack is a starving artist.
Clinton: Bill is a bullshit artist.

Titanic: In one scene, Jack enjoys a good cigar.
Clinton: Ditto for Bill.

Titanic: During ordeal, Rose's dress gets ruined.
Clinton: Ditto for Monica.

Titanic: Jack teaches Rose to spit.
Clinton: Let's not go there.

Titanic: Rose gets to keep her jewelry.
Clinton: Monica's forced to return her gifts.

Titanic: Rose remembers Jack for the rest of her life.
Clinton: Clinton doesn't remember Jack.

Titanic: Rose goes down on a vessel full of seamen.
Clinton: Monica...ooh, let's not go there, either.

Titanic: Jack surrenders to an icy death.
Clinton: Bill goes home to Hilary...basically the same thing.