Georgia, The Olympics, and More -
Does anyone other than I find the current rhetoric over the Georgian "war"...or conflict, baffling. Many people, including me, knew Russia was not done - In fact, many intelligent people (those on the left will say they are ignorant), have warned of action like this for years - YES, before W took office. ---It is not President Bush's fault; however, if you believe he is to blame please e-mail me. I got some really good stuff to sale and your elevator skips a floor or two---
Seriously, what better time for Russia to pull this, to flex their muscle? America is in an election season, the Olympics are going on, and America is talking of pulling troops out of Iraq.
Do you understand "pulling troops" - As we replenish our "stateside" force we will be capable to quickly respond to any world incident...So would you wait till your enemy, or your exact opposite, was at full strength to strike? I doubt it.
Are you getting the picture yet? Should you really be surprised? Should any of us "really" be surprised?
Of course, you may be surprised if you truly believe America is at fault, believe that America is the cause of all things bad, or believe that America owes anyone... For the record American owes no country a thing.
Seriously, what better time for Russia to pull this, to flex their muscle? America is in an election season, the Olympics are going on, and America is talking of pulling troops out of Iraq.
Do you understand "pulling troops" - As we replenish our "stateside" force we will be capable to quickly respond to any world incident...So would you wait till your enemy, or your exact opposite, was at full strength to strike? I doubt it.
Are you getting the picture yet? Should you really be surprised? Should any of us "really" be surprised?
Of course, you may be surprised if you truly believe America is at fault, believe that America is the cause of all things bad, or believe that America owes anyone... For the record American owes no country a thing.
Worth Noting
I felt it was worth noting - An American holiday out in favor for a Muslim holiday...anybody got a problem with this? I reserve my comments. for now.Tyson Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be granted the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr.
Holding Them Accountable - Right!
Nothing like holding individuals and companies accountable for their own actions and decisions - Guess there is really no hope this will ever happen as long as politicians are able to buy votes and the population feels they should not be responsible for their mistakes. Maybe, just maybe, soon the government will start reimburse the monies lost at casinos - After all those that lost were only trying to make life better for themselves and their family!
President Bush Signs Housing Bill to Provide Mortgage Relief
President Bush Signs Housing Bill to Provide Mortgage Relief
The measure, regarded as the most significant housing legislation in decades, lets homeowners who cannot afford their payments refinance into more affordable government-backed loans rather than losing their homes.Technorati Tags: housing, bailout, economy
It offers a temporary financial lifeline to troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and tightens controls over the two government-sponsored businesses.
"No Country for Old Men"
Did any one like this movie? I watched it and though I am not usually turned off by violence I do insist on a plot & some kind of ending... What the heck was that?
Palm Release Update for Sprint Centro
If you have a Palm Centro from Sprint this will interest you - I have installed it and the phone's performance has improved significantly... I was happy with the phone before but now, well I am happier. The update takes about 15 - 20 minutes then you will need to repair all bluetooth device and reestablish your IM login - All in all it took about an hour out of the day, well worth it.
- Improved Gmail IMAP compatibility and an updated setup wizard with the new Gmail settings
- Updated compatibility for Google Mobile Maps My Location feature to approximate your current location – great for directions, finding nearby restaurants or business, or checking local traffic.
- Improved ongoing delivery of email sent to VersaMail accounts using Microsoft's Direct Push Technology via Exchange ActiveSync
- Bluetooth usability enhancements and updates
- Sprint TV performance enhancements
- Enhanced AOL Instant Messenger performance
- Improved performance when adding a contact using Mobile Voice Control
- Improved email attachment handling
- Changed default camera shutter sound to “ON.” Audible shutter “click” will be heard when taking photos
- Allows Preferred Roaming List updates over the air
How Much is Enough?
For those of you interested in more than a free ride you might find this a good read. Be careful though the numbers will tell you something that you have never heard before - Lower taxes work,
...precisely what supply-siders predicted would happen with lower tax rates on capital gains, dividends and income. The economy and earnings would grow faster, which they did; investors would declare more capital gains and companies would pay out more dividends, which they did; the rich would invest less in tax shelters at lower tax rates, so their tax payments would rise, which did happen.Their Fair Share - WSJ.com
The data show that the 2003 Bush tax cuts caused what may be the biggest increase in tax payments by the rich in American history.
Barack Obama says he's going to cut taxes for those at the bottom, but that's also going to be a challenge because Americans with an income below the median paid a record low 2.9% of all income taxes, while the top 50% paid 97.1%. Perhaps he thinks half the country should pay all the taxes to support the other half.
I know what you are thinking the rich paid more...YES, no matter what a liberal tells you!
Technorati Tags: taxes, mis-information, lower taxes, tax cuts
The Dark Knight
The better halve and I went to see The Dark Knight today. It was a good movie; however, it did not live up to the hype. The story is better than most Batman movies and Heath Ledger did a good job, but he is not Jack.
I would recommend the movie but don't by into the hype - On it's on it is a good movie, but will be a disappointment if you believe the hype.
I would recommend the movie but don't by into the hype - On it's on it is a good movie, but will be a disappointment if you believe the hype.
If The Media Ran the Elections
There would be no need to wait till November, the media has already declared the winner! Anyone that doesn't believe this is a fool in my opinion, but if they needed more proof this should do it!
3 Anchors to Follow Obama's Trek Abroad
The three network anchors will travel to Europe and the Middle East next week for Barack Obama's trip, adding their high-wattage spotlight to what is already shaping up as a major media extravaganza.
If you believe the MSM (main stream media) isn't bias, and hasn't long ago thrown all it's cards in on the liberal/democratic agenda...then you are as stupid as they (MSM) give you credit for!
Technorati Tags: media bias, obama, election
It's Over or So They Say!
Well I look at the news and in the top ten story at the website I visited it said -
The American economy is on it last leg and we (Americans) are a bunch of fat people destroying the planet. Us Americans are living in houses we can no longer afford, driving vehicles that we shouldn't be, and eating to much while doing all this living, driving, and destroying.Because it is all over we should simply give up and depend on a saviour in government to save us from ourselves.
That is the reader's digest version, anyway - But, for me I will continue to drive what I want, eat what I want, work, and be happy...
If you believe what you read you might as well stay in bed or just find a hole, crawl in, and give up.
Flying - Not So Safe
Don't think I would want to be on that flight...Nose Cone on Northwest Plane Pushed in During Flight
MINNEAPOLIS — Northwest Airlines says it's investigating after the nose cone on one of its planes was damaged during flight.
Lot of Disappointed people
See what I had to say about the movie
‘Wanted’ Breaks Box Office Records
The Angelina Jolie action thriller Wanted scored the best opening ever for an R-rated film released in June and the 6th best opening of all time for any R-rated pic, according to Variety.
Sure it is...What about Twenty Years?
Easier to predict 100 years...wasn't twenty years the magic number twenty years ago? What is it now twenty more years... The global warming saga continues; of course, when I was in my twenties it was an "ice age" a coming. Let's put it this way - They need to get "almost" as accurate as the Farmers Almanac year-to-year if you expect me to even consider their predictions.
Scientists work on short-term climate predictions
ASPEN — Strange as it might seem, it is easier to predict changes in the climate 100 years from now than one decade from now, say scientists gathering this week in Aspen
Wanted - The Movie (really they need one)
I went to see what I thought would be a good movie - Wanted. I was wrong! It could have been a good movie - It has all the expected twist, but still it could have been good... Here is a hint, when you introduce something extremely "far fetched" you need to spend a little time making it somewhat believable (i.e. The Force, Krypton, Radioactive Spider Bite, etc.), a loom deciding who dies(?).
The actors/acting made it watchable - If you care what I think I would suggest you wait on the DVD...actually they may have been better served going directly to DVD.
CellSpin?
Anyone having luck with cellspin? I tried it and it kept crashing my phone.
Good News not Reported
When things start turning for the good US News stops reporting - I and many others have always know this. To bad there are so many "suckers" left out there!
Reporters Say Networks Put Wars on Back Burner
According to data compiled by Andrew Tyndall, a television consultant who monitors the three network evening newscasts, coverage of Iraq has been “massively scaled back this year.” Almost halfway into 2008, the three newscasts have shown 181 weekday minutes of Iraq coverage, compared with 1,157 minutes for all of 2007. The “CBS Evening News” has devoted the fewest minutes to Iraq, 51, versus 55 minutes on ABC’s “World News” and 74 minutes on “NBC Nightly News.” (The average evening newscast is 22 minutes long.)
Maybe They Are Smarter...
Maybe they are smarter "across the pond"!
Poll: most Britons doubt cause of climate change
Poll: most Britons doubt cause of climate change
The majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans - and many others believe scientists are exaggerating the problem, according to an exclusive poll for The Observer.
There is More to It than They will Report
Here we go - The flood is going t be blamed for rising corn prices, which will cause rising beef prices...AND other commodities such as soybeans will be on the rise for the shortage of corn. But, they are blaming the flood and eventually I foresee the government and President Bush ultimately being blamed.
What they want tell you - Al Gore and his "fear tactics" are much more to blame then any flood!
Did you know that in 1994 Al Gore was the deciding vote on a bill extending an EPA regulation requiring ethanol to be added to the nations gasoline supply - This bill also raised the amount of ethanol mandated to dilute our gas.
Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy
Corn drops as high prices prompt demand worries
For those of you that believe biofuels are saving the planet - Don't look at those third world counties who are starving, just remember you are saving the planet with your biofuel, to heck with what it does to food cost and poor countries food supply. Biofuel sure doesn't lower fuel cost; however, drilling and building refineries would, not maybe, it will!
Technorati Tags: al gore, biofuels
What they want tell you - Al Gore and his "fear tactics" are much more to blame then any flood!
Did you know that in 1994 Al Gore was the deciding vote on a bill extending an EPA regulation requiring ethanol to be added to the nations gasoline supply - This bill also raised the amount of ethanol mandated to dilute our gas.
Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy
NEW YORK (AP) - Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store.
It's a similar story for U.S. beef producers who are spending a whopping 60-70% of their production costs on animal feed. That number will rise as corn prices hover near an unprecedented $8 a bushel.
Corn drops as high prices prompt demand worries
VeraSun Energy Corp., the largest U.S. ethanol producer, said this week it will delay the opening of two new ethanol plants — one in Iowa, the other in Minnesota — because of high corn costs and other market conditions.By the way, according to the National Review, "the venture capital group Gore joined in November, Klein Perkins Caufield & Byers, has investments in Amyis and AltraBiofues. One of the key partners of this firm, John Doerr, is advoctiong legislation that would expand bio fuel usage...an astonding number of dollars invested in agritechnology companies by Gore and fols connected to him..." - Proving fear is as good of a business tool as it is a governing tool.
Corn can be used to make ethanol, which in turn can be used as a substitute for, or additive to, gasoline.
High corn prices are also hurting livestock owners, who spend more than 50 percent of their production costs on corn to feed their cattle, hogs and chickens. Some livestock owners are now faced with slaughtering parts of their herds or flocks to cope with rising feed costs, a move that will mean higher beef, chicken and pork costs later this year, analysts say.
Other agriculture commodities also fell Thursday. Soybeans for July delivery fell 10.5 cents to settle at $15.455 a bushel on the CBOT, while July wheat dropped 23 cents to settle at $8.81 a bushel.
For those of you that believe biofuels are saving the planet - Don't look at those third world counties who are starving, just remember you are saving the planet with your biofuel, to heck with what it does to food cost and poor countries food supply. Biofuel sure doesn't lower fuel cost; however, drilling and building refineries would, not maybe, it will!
Technorati Tags: al gore, biofuels
Give me a Break - Sensitive or Sensationalism
Miller Apologizes for Comments He Made About Mediate
These groups are simply looking for publicity through sensationalism - IMOH!
Disclaimer - "hung" is not meant to be derogatory to anyone's ancestry which may or may not involve "horse thievery", "rapists", "murders", "race", "racists", "religion", etc. etc. etc.
Ciongoli said that his letter “is not meant to be an attack upon NBC, but rather to be an illumination of a problem that continues to trouble our society.”“The perpetuation of negative stereotypes and demeaning language hurts us all,” he said.But Anthony Baratta, the president of the Order Sons of Italy in America’s commission for social justice, demanded Miller’s suspension. “If Johnny Miller had made a similar remark about Tiger Woods,” he said Thursday in a press release, “he would have been fired.”Are we really that sensitive or just that sensational? Come on, media types can dog "red necks", "country bumpkins", "Christians" and "farmer types" all the time...well even presidential candidates can, and the claim is "we were not talking about them they just read to much into it; however, when a specific group does read to much into a statement - "Katie bar the door" we want them hung...
These groups are simply looking for publicity through sensationalism - IMOH!
Disclaimer - "hung" is not meant to be derogatory to anyone's ancestry which may or may not involve "horse thievery", "rapists", "murders", "race", "racists", "religion", etc. etc. etc.
Have you Downloaded Yet?
Firefox 3 At 14 Million Downloads
Firefox 3, the Web browser from Mozilla, has broken the 14 million download mark. Launched on Download Day this past Tuesday, The company hoped for 5 million downloads in a World Record attempt. The Web browser surpassed that goal, ending up with over 8 million downloads in a 24 hour window.
I have and unlike what I have from others, "knock on wood", it hasn't crashed yet...