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Ian @ April 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I am 53 years old, but I have to say I feel like a man of a hundred or so, given all the computer gremlins that have been hitting my poor little host and server. I really don’t know yet, what the problem is, but it is causing the sites I run to not load [...]
Ian @ April 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The rising cost of gas, isn’t just about how much it costs to drive to the market, but everything at the market is higher as a result. A tax cut is like putting a bandaid on a bleeding carotid artery. It does nothing, but give you a false sense of relief. Hilary Clinton and John McCain are looking for smoke and mirrors in order to get votes, but offer no real solution to the effect of high gas prices. They offer nothing but fake sympathy for the plight of the Middle Class, because if it was real, they wouldn’t offer a lame tax cut that saves virtually nothing for the average citizen. It is nothing but a gimmick, to sucker the Voter in.
Ian @ April 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I have to say, I believe in Universal Health Care, but you know, it should be about the Patients, not about the Health Care workers. It should be about us being comfortable with a Physician, about being able to discuss with them the issues, not have them limit their time. Now they are wanting applications to approve prior to even considering seeing a patient? I don’t know, but this is nuts, specially when we are the one’s paying. After all, it comes from our taxes.
Ian @ April 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Maybe I am naive, maybe I actually believe that those elected to Govern, should be above being bought off, or about being beholden to Big Business, but I do. While it is hard to keep the faith, specially with the rising cost of gas, and the inaction by those so called leaders, I still believe. Only problem is, those currently running things are long past being believed. They are too tied with the Oil Industry, and it seems that the new crop isn’t any better. Yet they continue to spend millions to get our votes, while doing nothing to put any money in our pockets.
Ian @ April 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Well, a long day is finally coming to a close, I hope.
In case you might have noticed, we have had some strange downtime today, due to moving from an old server, and hosting plan, to a new more improved box, and upgraded hosting plan, so as to make things run faster, smoother. And like all [...]
Ian @ April 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The ploy by Hilary Clinton to seek an unmoderated debate is a good one. It is a gamble for her, and for him, but more for Obama I think, given how she is a much more skilled debater, than Obama. Still, even the unskilled can come out swinging, can make some killer blows, if they are willing to fight, to swing hard. I think it is a political mistake for him to not agree, but then he knows his strengths better than I do. It would indeed be an interesting debate, if he was to let his gut and heart free, instead of letting the handlers have their way. But then again, would it?
Be nice to find out.
Ian @ April 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
While the Republicans try to use the words of a Pastor against a political opinion, to tar him with being a radical, with being unpatriotic, you have to wonder. Would it work if Barack Obama was white? Would it be as effective if Pastor Wright was white? This is nothing more than blatant racism, and the media is helping to foster an even greater racial divide in America.
Ian @ April 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
He tried, though maybe not hard enough, but at least John McCain tried to keep things civil. By attempting to pull the ad, he made a gesture, that unfortunately his party is refusing to follow. By going ahead with an attack ad based on Pastor Wright’s sermon snippets, the Republican Party continues to show why it is a party of EXCLUSION, not INCLUSION. Course that is exactly what the Religious Right or so called Conservative Right would like. Then they can call the shots, and not serve the people, but serve their own self interests, their own agendas.
Ian @ April 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The owner of the company that sold a gun to the Viriginia Tech shooter is now going to sell his guns, at cost, in order to promote better gun awareness. Least so he says, as his firm will sell guns at cost, putting more weapons of murder out on the streets, trading in on people’s fear, in order to get his fifteen minutes of fame. This is nothing but a cheap marketing ploy, to advertise a business with an already shady reputation. It is trading on tragedy, to make a profit.
Ian @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
How can a huge company, not know that the stuff it was pushing wasn’t approved? How can they use an invalid registration number and not know? Yet while the goods are ordered off the shelf, surely the company should be held accountable, to the point where it is fined big time. Will it, or will the influence of lobbyists, of special interest groups once more short circuit the laws, giving business another pass, while endangering our safety?
Ian @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
When an agency that is supposed to protect consumers, takes money from those industries, for travel, for speeches, then lectures the consumer on how to make sure they follow proper safety guidelines, you have to wonder what kind of drugs they are doing. While they are right, that playing sports or outdoor activities do require proper equipment, it would be nice if they would insure that the gear we buy is free from lead, isn’t going to choke us to death, or cause us other injuries, due to improper manufacturing. Be nice if they would fine companies, so that the fine isn’t coming out of petty cash, but comes out of the corporate profits, that makes them feel the loss. Now that would be real consumer protection.
Ian @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
As corporate profits increase, it is interesting to note that product recalls increase as well. Makes you wonder, what price is there for consumer protection? Does the government, or big business give a damn, or is it just about the money?
Ian @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The attack on a 7 year old is just one of many attacks he endured. Despite notices to the School, nothing was done, until a lawyer becomes involved. And the school has taken some action, it suspended 97 students for violence, but the question is, what are they doing to end the cycle of violence, and to protect those attending schools? This isn’t high school either, but elementary school. Makes you wonder, what is going on these days.
Ian @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
So the Director of the FBI was on the hot seat, about Torture, and it comes out now, that as far back as 2002 he pulled FBI Agents from use by the CIA in interrogating suspected terrorists, because, of the potential legal ramifications. Now I don’t know what all that legal mumbo jumbo means, other [...]
Ian @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The results are in, but as usual nothing is decided. Clinton has won Pennsylvania, but not by any huge margin of victory, despite some last minute help by the Media, as they attacked Obama for his Pastor’s remarks, for his Bitter Remark. Despite all that endless media hype, he still came within ten points of upsetting the Good Old Boy’s Club candidate, Hilary Clinton. So who won, who lost? It won’t be decided until the backrooms are filled with smoke, lots of cigar smoke. Only question really is, will Bill Clinton be the one smoking the cigars, or passing them out?
