Ogre's Politics & Views

December 14, 2005

China Admits Hacking US Computers

Well, okay, that headline's not exactly true. But it's about as accurate as the other headlines that I've seen in at least two places now that claim "China says hacking illegal."

For those completely uninformed, or educated by the government school system, China is a very large communist country that generally hates the United States and everything the US stands for. If they thought they could win, they would attack the US in a minute, just to destroy us.

The communist system demands that they destroy any outsiders who will show the truth of their horrible government system. Therefore, China is our enemy, even if we're really at a cease-fire at the moment.

So, China attacks the US. I know, I've seen it up close. The Chinese government and military ARE attacking US computers every chance they get. So when the news comes out that China has claimed that hacking is illegal, that's not quite true.

The actual words of the Chinese are, "No one can use the Internet to engage in illegal activities." That's a whole different story. Attacking foreign non-communist enemies is not illegal. So the Chinese who are attacking the US aren't actually engaging in illegal activities -- they're doing what their government tells them to do.

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NC Lottery Continues to Stink

And just think -- North Carolina doesn't even HAVE a lottery yet.

But, government, with it's monopoly on gambling, continues to screw things up. They have an official "start date" for the lottery: April 5. According to estimates, the government agency of "Alcohol Law Enforcement" needs 29 new agents to "watch over the stores."

These new agents are supposed to confirm that the 6,000+ stores obey the law when selling tickets.

Now for the usual government part:

The Alcohol Law Enforcement agency says they can only have 2/3 of that number ready by February. And what are they supposed to actually enforce? No one seems to know yet. You see, the rules have not been established. But we're going to hire and train people to enforce those rules!

Oh, and about that hiring thing? No, we don't know who is going to pay the salaries of these new agents we're hiring to enforce laws and rules that haven't been created yet.

Are you beginning to see why government shouldn't be in nearly ANY business?

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December 13, 2005

New Advertiser

Time to introduce another advertiser in that prime space on the left column. Once again, we have a repeat advertiser (must be some good space, huh?) in the form of

Haunted House Dressing


In case you missed this advertiser last time, go ahead and check that site out (the link in the box will stay there all week, so if you don't have time today, get there tomorrow). The site encourages you to "have some weird fun," and I think a large number of my readers would just at that chance...

That blog is also hosting a "Blogger Secret Santa" program that I just found out about. It looks pretty neat, I'm trying to think of a good non-llama gift that I might be able to give so I can join up. Info about the Blogger Secret Santa program is right there on the front page, on the left side.

He's also giving away a bunch of stuff for free -- head on over for details...

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Narnia Character

Another quiz for unemployed smokey:

You are...Trumpkin. Logical and pragmatic, you have
both feel firmly planted on the ground and
don't waste time on spiritual or mysterious
matters. You believe in the Here and Now. You
are not afraid to make hard choices, or even
sacrifice your own well-being, if that is the
best course of action. You can be suspicious of
others, but once your trust has been earned, it
is absolute and unwavering.


Which Chronicles of Narnia character are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Found at The Flannel Avenger's.

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Christmas Presents

Go check out Six Meat Buffet's present for liberals. Just awesome and SO appropriate!

(HT to Michelle Malkin).

Oh, and Teach has a Christmas Poem...of sorts...

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Muslim Riots

I'm sure by now most people have heard of the "racial" (religious) riots in Austrailia. These are similar to the riots in France, but different in a couple notable ways.

As with the French riots, these appear to have been started by some muslims who attacked some non-muslims. However, as did not happen in France, the people of Austrailia, mostly drunk, fought back. As with most standard riots, this escalated with retaliation after retailiation.

It's notable that "arab youths" are getting in cars, driving to areas (not their own) and smashing things and fighting with police. All reports I can find about the responses to the muslims are attacks directly on the attackers -- or self-defense.

There are also rumors that the drunk Austrailians (and I certainly don't mean that in a bad way) are planning more coordinated responses and defenses to the attacks on their soil -- with text messages like "It's on again Sunday!"

Also very notable is the response from the Austrailian government -- various different people are supporting passing "tough new laws." I guess rioting and smashing cars and attacking police is not actually against the law in Austrialia already.

I can't say that's really unexpected from the country that has brought the world such fine table wines, including the sparkling wines, the most famous of which is "Perth Pink". This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is BEWARE!. This is not a wine for drinking -- this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.

Another good fighting wine is "Melbourne Old-and-Yellow", which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat. Quite the reverse is true of "Chateau Chunder", which is an Appelachian controle, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation -- a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends.

Real emetic fans will also go for a "Hobart Muddy", and a prize winning "Cuiver Reserve Chateau Bottled Nuit San Wogga Wogga", which has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.

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Evolutionary Humanism

Have you ever read about Evolutionary Humanism? Before you stop reading and run away screaming, realize this isn't really a post about evolution and intelligent design! The post linked to above's full title is "The Intrinsic Evil of Evolutionary Humanism." That's a bit more accurate.

Read that report if you get a moment. It's not too long, and it's well-written. It describes the decline of civilization through the 20th century, and I think it's pretty darn accurate. Yes, it will make you uncomfortable if you don't think that there's an absolute truth, or even if you don't like people talking about "morals" because you have none.

It describes how communism helped to destroy and eliminate a hundred million living people. It then helps describe where all those people who support those ideas which caused those deaths have gone (they didn't just disappear, you know).

It then gets really bad and talks about controlling the human population. Take a look, it might make you think a little.

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Cybercrime Treaty

In case you missed it, Senator Lugar, clearly a big fan of world government, has tried to slip a treaty through the Senate that would literally give legal law-enforcement authority over US citizens to foreign governments -- ANY foreign government who signed the treaty.

This treaty is being sold as a treaty to help with cyber crime including child pr0n. I guess "it's for the children" still gets support. Of course, that's not what the treaty would actually do. As James Plummer notes, the treaty would obligate the US to investigate US citizens for breaking laws of other countries.

So, if China were to sign on to the treaty and a US citizen did something that would be illegal in China and used a computer to do it, China could demand that person be arrested and extradited to China. How quickly do you think Chinese dissidents and political refugees in the US would be targeted?

In addition, if you were to make a blog post that said, "Hitler was a nice guy," France could demand your extradition so they could fine and jail you -- and the US would be obligated to do so.

Yes, it's very clear that this would violate nearly every single right that US citizens are guaranteed by the Constitution, but that's just and old, outdated, historical document that was written by slave owners and has no purpose today -- or at least that's what Luger and supporters of this treaty think.

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NC Speed Cameras

A new report has been issued that claims that automated, remote "speed cameras" are a success.

Of course, that's success in the eyes of the government -- which means that it adds power and cash to the government and removes rights and freedoms from the people. So yes, measured that way, they are a total success.

The so-called safety benefits that are NOT measured by this report is the effect of NOT pulling someone over and stopping them from speeding. In other words, if someone is going 140 mph in a 45-zone, they will get a nice little ticket in the mail -- but perhaps only AFTER crashing into the innocent person.

If there were an officer there to physically STOP the person from speeding, then that would truly increase safety. But the Democrats in the NC Legislature are not interested in actual safety -- only in getting and spending more money -- so this program meets their needs perfectly.

If we truly wanted to stop speeding, we could do it in one day: just increase the fines. If you knew that if you were caught speeding that there would be a $1000 fine PLUS $100 for each mile-per-hour over the speed limit you were going, 95% of all speeding would stop in a minute.

But again, there is NO interest in stopping speeding. Speeding laws now primarily exist to collect revenue. And that's sad.

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December 12, 2005

NC A'int Florida.

In Florida, there's not much question these days when there's a shooting on a person's personal property (except in Riviera Beach, where no one can actually own property). But in North Carolina, when trespassing burglars are shot, the shooter could be charged with attempted murder. See more details here.

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Interviews

Know what I hate most about job interviews? Not knowing, well, anything.

Did it go well? Poorly? Did you say all the right things or all the wrong things?

You just have NO idea.

But you do know worrying about it afterwards really won't have any effect, will it?

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Carnival, carnival!

This week I'd like to introduce a brand-new carnival! Yes, I know there's carnivals sprouting up like weeds, and no, I have no idea how many there are. I just know this is a new, interesting carnival, and I thought some of my readers might be interested. The carnival is the Carnival of German-American Relations.

The carnival is "a carnival to help the peoples of two great countries better understand each other." Lots of posts there, some in English, some in German. They provide links to translators, so you can read the German posts in English (more or less) if you like. Head on over and take a peek!

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Riviera Beach, FL

As more details come to light in this eminent domain case in Florida, this situation continues to look worse and worse.

A few people sat down and looked at the "study" that declared the area "blighted." Keep in mind -- the ONLY reason for any of these areas to be declared blighted is so the mayor can take it and sell it to developers so he can profit. Many of the areas listed as blighted are nowhere near blighted.

In fact, some areas of the report list empty lots where there are houses. There are parts where ANY mobile home is automatically listed as blighted, without any reason given other than the fact that they are trailers. There are no documented high crime rates or high rates of fires.

Some buildings are listed as "functionally obsolete." That means that someone, somewhere, believes that one building could be replaced by another building that might generate more revenue -- a definition that could literally be applied to ANY building.

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Melting Pot vs. Salad

Here's just another example of anti-Americanism that's snuck into the government-run monopolistic education system. I'm sure it's not new news to those on the "inside" of education, but I hadn't heard of it before.

It used to be that America was The Great Melting Pot. The idea was that there was a unique American culture. This American culture was a great culture -- this was one of the primary reasons that people came to this country -- to join in with freedom, capitalism, and rugged individualism.

As people came to the country, they learned how this culture worked. They worked hard to learn the English language and to assimilate into the culture so they could effectively participate and work together and be a part of this superior culture.

Now I'm told this is all different. Apparently in education circles, including the horrible government-run system, there is no longer any melting pot. America now is supposed to be considered a "tossed salad."

Instead of joining in and becoming part of the unique, superior culture, immigrants are supposed to transplant their own culture and NOT adjust at all to America.

They are expected to bring their own traditions and culture (like macho drunk driving) and not only not assimilate, but to reject the American culture as inferior to their own, thereby creating a large group of different cultures that are specifically NOT American.

This was tried most recently in France. How'd that work out for them?

Importing various different cultures with ZERO assimilation is simply a recipe for total disaster. Cultures clash -- they ALWAYS have, and they always will. By teaching people that diversity is good, just for diversity's sake are plain wrong.

This forced diversity brings us things like saying it's a good experience for students to be in classrooms with convicted sex offenders (as is the case in Charlotte-Mecklenburg skills). This "tossed salad" brings us dangerous gangs (like MS-13) that are accepted as a different, diverse group of "undocumented workers."

This new "enlightenment" of mandated diversity provides us with pedophiles accepted as "alternative." It has brought us generations of welfare families that demand and expect everything to be given to them.

The tossed salad has wilted and grown moldy. It is nothing more than a potful of smelly garbage. Unfortunately, I think it may be too late for America to regain it's superior culture.

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Eminent Domain - NC

Jim Black, the Democrat "leader" of the NC State House, who is holding on to his job by a thread because of FBI investigations, and who is fighting members of his own party who want to remove him, has formed a commission to "investigate" whether the state should change it's laws regarding eminent domain.

The committee is "headed up" by Reps. Bruce Goforth, D-Buncombe, and Wilma Sherrill, R-Buncombe. If you believe that sentence, you're not very familiar with the way North Carolina government works.

Sherrill is a Republican and wants a constitutional amendment "that would prohibit the taking of private property "by governments in the name of economic development." Sorry, but she's a Republican, so that idea is DOA.

The committee will meet, the committee will spend tons of money, and they committee will decide. Jim Black has already determined the outcome of the committee -- you see, if you disagree with his outcome, you wouldn't have made it on the committee as Democrat.

That's how the Democrats in North Carolina government work. So don't look for any protections against eminent domain in North Carolina.

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M:i:III Trailer

As promised earlier this weekend, here's a link to the first trailer for Mission Impossible III. The movie won't be released until 5-5-06 (why not 5-5-05? Wrong day, I guess), but take a peek and see what's coming:

MI3_Logotn.jpg

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December 11, 2005

Smoke = Unemployed

One company in Ohio, who has stores in a lot of states, has told it's employees that if they smoke, they will be fired. Now I completely support a company's right to hire they people they want -- MUCH more than they have the freedom today.

For example, non-discrimination laws and equal protection laws should only apply to government, NOT to private companies. Many people will support this company because they don't like smoking. What I really wonder about is where this could lead.

If the company can not hire or fire someone because their smoking makes their health insurance more expensive, who else can they fire or hire based on medical conditions? Can they fire gays because they have a higher degree of health risk? What about single people? Can they fire pregnant people because they are more expensive?

Me, I'm for the free market. If it's your business, you hire and fire any damn person you please, and I don't really care why. But then, that's me.

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War on Christmas

I know that some claim that the ACLU and atheists are not on a crusade against Christmas. Well, I can claim that the Miami Dolphins are the best football team this year, but that doesn't make it true.

In California, one city allowed Hawaiian prayers and Feliz Navidad, but not a T-shirt that had the hated words "Jesus Christ" on them. Why? Because the organized didn't know what "Feliz Navidad" meant.

In Australia, saying "Merry Christmas" 10 times in one week was considered offensive and hatred.

So yes, clearly, without any doubt, those who oppose Christianity are doing all they can to remove it. It's not about public money, it's not about government, it's not even about freedom of religion -- it IS an orchestrated, loosely coordinated campaign to remove the Christian religion.

And you wonder why the ACLU and islam terrorists are related -- they both have the same goal.

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New Neighbor #37

Welcome back to this week's New Neighbor feature. For those who haven't seen it before, this is the place where each Sunday I select one blog from the giant blogroll of Evangelicals (found over on the right side), view it, and introduce it here. This week:

Freedom of...


The subtitle continues with "...expression, speech, and religion. Hey ACLU! That means I can pray if I want to!" Nice. It's hard to add to that sentiment, isn't it?

Freedom of... has been around for some unknown period of time. I don't see a link showing anything from the past on the main page (but then again, how many people really browse a blog's archives?). The counter has been in place since January, 2005, and I found a few old posts via the categories link, so the blog is at least near a year old.

The blog author is a family man with lots of responsibilities, so the blog looks to get updated at least a few times a week. There's news updates with some opinion, and Bible verses of "the day."

There's also a big pile of photo albums, including a squishy new little baby.

He's also got a whole category called ACLU watch, and posts that help illustrate the ACLU and it's real purposes.

The blog layout looks pretty standard, but it's clear and easy to read. So if you've got some time this afternoon, why not head on over and have a read? You might find a new blog that you like.

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December 10, 2005

Random Thought

I was just opening my spam postal mail (to shred all documents with my name and address) and noticed one had a return address of:

Administrative Office
Record of Entitlement

Isn't that a presidential-level cabinet post? Don't we have a federal department of entitlement?

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