In a commercial which puts a pretty pink bow on my total disgust for my government, Newt Gingrich appears alongside current Speaker Nancy Pelosi. They implore us to help fight global warming. Quote -
"If enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need."
YOU ARE OUR FUCKING LEADERS YOU LAZY PASS-THE-BUCK SACKS OF SHIT. In fact you are the people elected to tell our leaders what to do.
Is there some part of the Congressional oath that goes, "I will, to the best of my ability, do nothing."?
So my elected leaders do nothing and then have the unmitigated smiley gall to say it's my fault for not asking them to do the things they want me to ask them to do.
We are so fucked.
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We're Good - Apr 11th, '08
We're good over here. My most pressing worry at this point is how to get my home theatre sytem configured properly. Thanks for the help all. On to other things.
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Welcome to the 21st Century - Apr 8th, '08
So I've put off buying a TV for many years in hopes the new standards would shake out and I could buy something that would be good for a few decades. That day may or may not have come, but I decided to pull the trigger and go high def.
So we got a big ass plasma TV, digital cable service, DVR, Blue Ray player, a new receiver, and surround sound stereo.
It is, in no uncertain terms, freakin incredible.
Remember that a few years ago I was watching TV through rabbit ears plugged into my computer. And my receiver/speakers are close to 20 years old. Switching over to new toys and high def is like when Dorothy wakes up in Oz and everything is suddenly in color.
But of course I feel the need to mess with it, so I headed off to the internets to see what I could hack up. More space for the DVR would be an obvious choice. Hidden features. That sort of thing. And that's when I fell down the rabbit hole. Hundreds of threads later I sort of feel like I've adopted a bizarre cybernetic organism rather than just a TV. Forum threads on the DVR software alone are out of control. Need to expand the DVR? There are hundreds of different suggestions, most look dubious.
Sure, it works fine if I just plug it in and turn it on, but what fun would that be?
And I won't be giving out models since all the threads I've found have been flooded for years with random yahoos asking about tech advice. Let's just say that I now have a 50" plasma 1080p TV, 7.1 surround sound, and a DVR I'll be building out to over a terabyte. It's overkill, but hopefully I won't need to upgrade it into the distant future.
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The Decline of Civilization - Apr 7th, '08
"Adams School District 50 is defending its decision to punish a third grader for sniffing a Sharpie marker."
I blame George Bush. I think the country has been seriously dumbed down by having him in the white House.
"We've purged every permanent marker there is in this building"
I remember during the Clinton impeachment crap how parents argued that he needed to be impeached because of the message he was sending our kids. They claimed kids would get the idea that lying was okay, because the president got away with it.
Well now we have the same thing going on with stupidity. People think it's okay to be a total moron since the president is so stupid.
You can see more folks pointing and laughing at the school administrator here. And a Google search on "sharpie marker intoxicated" shows this story has been blogged about 800 times. Obviously Sharpies are harmless.
Or..... well...... maybe not......
According to the manufacturer's safety data sheets (MSDS), various Sharpies contain:
n-butanol - Has shown low order of toxicity in single dose experiments to laboratory animals. Brief, repeated overexposure with the skin can result in depression of the central nervous system, similar to other short-chain alcohols. The main dangers are from prolonged exposure to fumes. In extreme cases, this includes suppression of the central nervous system and even death.
diacetone alcohol - The substance is toxic to lungs, mucous membranes. Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substance can produce target organs damage.
xylene - Used as an inhalant drug for its intoxicating properties.
cresol - Effects observed in people include irritation and burning of skin, eyes, mouth, and throat; abdominal pain and vomiting; heart damage; anemia; liver and kidney damage; facial paralysis; coma; and death.
So who is the moron? The school administrator who would rather ban markers than do some research? Or the entire freakin' Internet for piling on the moron train before even bothering to do a Google search?
Are Sharpies toxic? Who knows. Obviously they are at some level, but who knows what that is? No one it seems. But that's okay, since no one seems to care. Knee-jerk reactions appear to be the preferred reaction on both sides of the issue.
I blame Bush. His lesson for America is this - Knowledge is bad, snap decisions are good.
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WoW - Apr 4th, '08
1) I keep meaning to get back into the picture posting here. And blogging and such. Unfortunately my addiction to a completely worthless and unproductive virtual world prevents that.
But for those who'd like to get some insight into how that worthless and unproductive virtual world is treating us, BatGrl's World of Warcraft blog is going great. Lots of fun pictures there. You'll need a (free) Flickr account to see the big versions though.
2) I'm not sure what bothers me more - That Hillary is a lying, power-mad monster. Or that so many voters seem unwilling to recognize that. Of course since we (yes, we) elected Bush....... twice....... maybe we like our leaders to be lying, power-mad monsters.
3) I crack myself up. This is me being part of the problem. On the plus side, that page probably holds more real information about bat ray teeth than you're likely to find anywhere else online.
4) The Democratic party needs to go away. It is a total failure as a political organization, it doesn't stand for either liberals or the working class, and it's continued presence only strengthens those who (like Bush Co) want to destroy this country. Outrageous? Yes. But true. If we had anything other than the spineless and submissive Democrats opposing Bush we wouldn't be in this mess. Why have an "opposition" party that is mostly about capitulation and appeasement?
Lets elect Obama and have him start a new political party.
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