Ogre's Politics & Views
May 09, 2006
Another Movie Quiz
Found at That 1 Guy's:
Which B-Movie Badass Are You?
Oh yeah.
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Apparently I am Seth Gecko.
Posted by: Jenn at May 09, 2006 09:19 PM (QD9ey)
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And I have no idea who that is...
Posted by: Ogre at May 11, 2006 11:40 AM (/k+l4)
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Ogre - when viewed in IE, all the text in the posts below this one is centered. Not sure what the quiz code did to mess this up, but if you figure it out, could you let VW Bug know? She's having the same problem.
Looks ok in Firefox. It's just a IE thing.
Posted by: Harvey at May 11, 2006 03:42 PM (L7a63)
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Hehe. Stupid copy and paste code.
About 2/3 of the way down, just before:
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Charlotte Property Taxes
Charlotte is likely to get an 11% tax increase this year. It is NOT the first tax increase in 10 years -- it's the first tax increase in the past couple weeks. Why do they need more money? It's NOT for this:
OR this: 
or even this: 
Instead, it's for this:
and this:
and lots of these:
Anyone who tells you any different is just lying, plain and simple. If you live in Charlotte and value freedom or good government, get out now -- that city is beyond hope.
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Wow, That Nascar track sure is small. They look bigger on TV. They going to use matchbox cars?
Posted by: Chris at May 09, 2006 06:34 PM (tKa+Q)
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If they want to -- Charlotte's buying!
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NC 2004 Elections Over
No, really. The last contest for the 2004 election in North Carolina has finally ended -- and you thought the recounts were bad in Florida.
Those who have been reading this blog for a LONG time may remember the various, massive problems with elections in NC in 2004. The legislature decided to count votes that were clearly unconstitutional (allowing people to vote in ANY precinct) and the Board of Elections (D) agreed. This prompted various lawsuits and challenges.
As of Friday, the last of these challenges
was decided -- in favor of obeying the legislature and NOT the Constitution. Once again we learn that to the Democrats who run North Carolina, THEY are the supreme power, NOT the Constitution.
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Got Cash? Spend it!
That's what the Democrat-controlled North Carolina General Assembly is going to do.
Last year the Democrats who run North Carolina (Governor, Senate, and House) raised taxes by billions of dollars. They claimed they had cut the budget to the bone -- and that was before the $400-million-for-schools lottery passed.
So, this year, with an already new $400 million in cash, they are going to collect as much as
$1.3 BILLION more than they had budgeted for. So, since the Democrats believe that government only exists to spend money, they ARE going to spend it.
When times are bad, the Democrats raise taxes because they claim that incomes to the government are down. When times are good, Democrats create new programs and spend MORE money -- creating spending that simply cannot be removed when times are bad.
One legislator, a Republican (like it makes a difference these days), when asked about "requests" for some of the "newfound cash" said:
But there are a lot of things Santa Claus isn’t going to deliver
Hey moron -- Santa doesn't STEAL FROM OTHER PEOPLE to get his money -- YOU ARE. In order to collect that $1.7 BILLION, you had to TAKE IT FROM ME. GIVE IT BACK, YOU THIEF.
A Democrat said that he'd be glad to spend the money on "local mental health programs." Yet another just said, "blah, blah, spend money."
One Republican, Trudi Walend, may have been heavily medicated at the meeting. She actually said that she wouldn't be surprised to see the "temporary" half-cent sales tax repealed. I would be absolutely shocked. I think Representative Walend has forgotten that Jim Black (D) and the Democrats are running the show in Raleigh.
Folks, it's YOUR money they're spending! Wake up!
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That's right. Whenever Democrats have money, they always want to spend it. And whenever Republicans don't have money, they always want to borrow it. Your anger is misplaced by venting at the Democrats, sir. Democrat or Republican has little to do it with. Is there anywhere yyou would like to see greater municipal investment? If someone disagrees with you, do you automatically become a moron? Personally, I see mixture of political influence as being better than all out one party rule. Do you realize that China holds a larger percentage of the debt amassed by the most recent gaggle of politicians in Washington than any other country? Getting angry at one political party too often leads individuals to make excuses for another. Enough with Republicans and Democrats. I'd like to see the Libertarians and the Greens go at it for a while.
S.P.
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May 08, 2006
New Tarheel Tavern
The new Tarheel Tavern has been posted at arse poetica.
This one is a weekly carnival with posts from and about the Old North State: North Carolina. If you want to see what's on the minds of people in North Carolina (and no, it's not just Nascar) be sure to head on over and have a read.
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Free Stuff for Illegals
Michelle Malkin points out how Cambridge, MA wants to give free money to illegals. That's fine with me -- as long as they follow the rules.
You see, this country was set up as a representative republic, a loose collection of states. If people wanted to do something in their area that wasn't a violation of the Constitution, they could do so. So if the people of Cambridge want to give away free medicine and education to criminals, they should -- but THEY should, not me.
Citizens of Cambridge, YOU give them education. YOU give them medicine -- but don't take one dime from me, because I disagree. All federal money that is used for education and medicine, including Medicare AND Medicaid, should all be completely, 100% stopped to Cambridge and the state of MA. Then we'll see how generous the people of Cambridge are when they have to spend their OWN money.
It is NOT charity to spend someone else's money.
Then again, yes, I can imagine the "outrage" when (if) a true statesman actually stood up in the U.S. Congress and proposed that these people actually spend their OWN money instead of mine. There's currently no political party in Washington that actually believes that people should be free.
(Raven
also noticed this one).
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Other communities ought to bus their resident illegals to Cambridge. The ever so-enlightened and tolerant types there can feed, house, educate, etc. the illegal immigrants.
Posted by: dan at May 08, 2006 11:02 PM (ZM2OL)
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Immigration Debate: Facts Every American Should Know
It is ALREADY against the law to enter the United States illegally, punishable by a fine and imprisonment. It is ALREADY against the law to hire illegal aliens. We don't need new immigration laws, we only need the current laws to be enforced - and a fence. Read on: Learn the facts about illegal immigration that every American should know.
FACT: “Immigrants” are people lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. "Illegal aliens” are people who enter the United States without permission; their presence in the United States violates the law.
FACT: United States Code, Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, Section 1325, states: “Any alien who enters the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be fined or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.”
FACT: United States Code, Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, Section 1324a, states: “It is unlawful for a person or other entity to hire for employment in the United States, an alien, knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien…”
FACT: In 2006, jobs, elementary school education, drivers licenses, in-state college tuition, bank accounts, food stamps, health care, and even home ownership, are all offered to illegal aliens. Some city councils are even considering letting illegal aliens vote in elections because they have children in public schools. The states of Washington, California, New York, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah provide in-state college tuition rates to illegal aliens; other states are considering the same tuition policy. Several states grant drivers licenses to illegal aliens, ignoring the fact that driver’s licenses are used as a form of ID nationwide. In a few instances, illegal aliens received expensive organ transplant surgery free of charge, and they were placed ahead of tax-paying Americans on the waiting list for the scarce organs. Realtors and lenders in several cities have been known to help illegal aliens purchase homes. Several American cities have become sanctuaries for illegal aliens: In 2003, Seattle’s City Council passed an ordinance preventing the city’s police from questioning the immigration status of people they meet on the streets. For aliens crossing America’s southwest border illegally, water-stations are provided to make the trip through the desert easier. Humanitarian groups placed the water stations along known illegal alien smuggling routes in the Arizona desert.
FACT: In June 2003, the United States Park Ranger Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police announced the “Ten Most Dangerous National Parks in the United States.” Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, Amistad National Recreation Area in Texas, and Big Bend National Park in Texas, claimed the top three positions because of the high volume of illegal alien smuggling activity in those parks. At Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, the rangers estimated that 250 violent drug smugglers and illegal aliens march through the park and public campground areas each night.
FACT: In April 2005, a group of U.S. citizens calling themselves “Minutemen” went to the U.S.-Mexico border to observe illegal aliens entering the country and turn them over to the U.S. Border Patrol. The Minutemen proved that illegal immigration could be stopped by placing more guards on America’s borders, but President George W. Bush derided the efforts of the Minutemen by calling them “vigilantes.”
FACT: In 2006, it is estimated that more than 12 million illegal aliens reside in the United States. In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security said that it apprehended 1,046,422 illegal aliens, but experts said that nearly 3 million people illegally entered the United States that year. In 2002, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security officially reported that there were approximately 7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States, and that 67 percent of them, or 4,690,000 people, had entered the United States without being stopped or questioned. They had entered the country illegally by sneaking across the border. Source: “Yearbook of Immigration Statistics,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2002, 2003.
FACT and OPINION: It took only 19 people to destroy the World Trade Center and kill nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001. Americans can’t afford to allow millions of people to illegally cross U.S. borders and reside in the United States on the assumption that most of them are just “migrant workers.” Allowing and encouraging illegal immigration to the United States, especially after 9/11, is dangerous and foolhardy.
Thank you.
Michael S. Class
Posted by: michael s. class at May 08, 2006 11:48 PM (ECpHd)
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I like that idea, Dan.
And Michael, since when do laws matter to those on the left?
Posted by: Ogre at May 09, 2006 12:41 AM (blszc)
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Ogre we all know you want to move to Cambridge.
LOL
Posted by: Raven at May 09, 2006 02:37 AM (j7Fst)
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I'm not an illegal -- I wonder how much free stuff I'll get.
Posted by: Ogre at May 09, 2006 10:16 AM (blszc)
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You don't get to move there. You have to stay and pay for this.
• Because of their much lower education levels, Mexican immigrants earn significantly less than natives on average. This results in lower average tax payments and heavier use of means-tested programs. Based on estimates developed by the National Academy of Sciences for immigrants by age and education at arrival, the lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican immigrant is a negative $55,200.
• Even after welfare reform, an estimated 34 percent of households headed by legal Mexican immigrants and 25 percent headed by illegal Mexican immigrants used at least one major welfare program, in contrast to 15 percent of native households. Mexican immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than 20 years, almost all of whom are legal residents, still have double the welfare use rate of natives.
• Mexican immigration acts as a subsidy to businesses that employ unskilled workers, holding down labor costs while taxpayers pick up the costs of providing services to a much larger poor and low-income population.
• The lower educational attainment of Mexican immigrants appears to persist across the generations. The high school dropout rates of native-born Mexican-Americans (both second and third generation) are two and a half times that of other natives.
• By increasing the supply of unskilled labor, Mexican immigration in the 1990s has reduced the wages of workers without a high school education by an estimated 5 percent. The workers affected are already the lowest-paid, comprising a large share of the working poor and those trying to move from welfare to work.
• This reduction in wages for the unskilled has likely reduced prices for consumers by only an estimated .08 to .2 percent in the 1990s. The impact is so small because unskilled labor accounts for only a tiny fraction of total economic output.
"There's currently no political party in Washington that actually believes that people should be free."
Right on to that.
Posted by: Tomslick at May 09, 2006 06:27 PM (RpnNu)
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If I could convince a few thousand, maybe even a few hundred, to join with me and NOT pay, we might have something there...
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Guard Our Borders!
Nuestro Himno: Is It Really "Our Anthem?"
By Rahel B. Avraham of CustomerServant
The pro-illegal immigration folks now have their own campaign song. It’s called “Nuestro Himno,” (our anthem), and it’s peddlers say it’s just a re-interpretation of our national anthem, “The Star-spangled Banner.” Let’s see if that claim actually holds water.
First, an English translation of “Nuestro Himno.”
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I thought this was their national anthem.
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque no tiene, porque le falta
Marijuana que fumar.
Posted by: Tomslick at May 09, 2006 05:34 PM (RpnNu)
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And I thought their leader was that little fast mouse...
Posted by: Ogre at May 09, 2006 05:36 PM (/k+l4)
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And our border policy is about as effective as combatting their glorious leader with Sylvester.
Posted by: Tomslick at May 09, 2006 06:15 PM (RpnNu)
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I'm not sure it's that good.
Posted by: Ogre at May 09, 2006 07:02 PM (/k+l4)
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Thanks for posting the National Anthem... I had forgotten about the abuse it had taken lately. In fact, your post was the last little push for me to take action and finally do something I had been threatening to do for quite a while...
Introducing, www.GuardOurBorders.com and as a salute to this blog, I have posted the entire "anthem" on my new site, front page.
I've decided I'm tired of being on the sidelines and so I stuck my neck out with www.GuardOurBorders.org and would like your help getting the forum and the awareness off to a good start.
For the most part, with some exceptions, you all feel as I do and this Border Situation has got to get under control.
I know some of you are actively involved in the patrols out there and others have some great content and information regarding the good work happening there.
If you would, If I can ask... can you please post some of your wisdom, tips, thoughts and other bits to my new forum?
I'd love your help in spreading the word.
Thanks!
Scott
feedback@GuardOurBorders.org
Posted by: Scott Kae at May 16, 2006 05:34 AM (S/Nap)
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Good to hear! More people need to NOW do something -- America is nearly gone and Bush and the Senate are trying to help it disappear.
Posted by: Ogre at May 16, 2006 11:49 AM (/k+l4)
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Age-Based Tax System
A tax system that punishes the productive and rewards the lazy (as the current US Tax system does) is bad. Politicians for years have been using the tax system to punish and reward those they like. They've been using it to determine who is "good" and who is "bad" and to shape social policy. That's not the purpose of the tax system.
Now, in Onslow county, NC, they want the General Assembly to give them permission to
charge taxes based on a person's AGE. That's right, if you just happen to be the incorrect age, you will be charged MORE taxes. Oh, but it's for the poor (TM), so it's ok. It's only going to punish those who can "afford it," so if you oppose this, you oppose the poor.
Hey socialist, controlling, manipulative bastards (that would be the Onslow county board of commissioners), how about reducing EVERYONE'S taxes, instead of just punishing those who happen to be the wrong age? This is SO far from what this government was intended to be. Oh, how I yearn for freedom.
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One day, the people who are actually making the money and being taxed off their asses are going to rise up.
It will happen, one day.
And the welfare people and politicans are going to be scared.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at May 08, 2006 01:23 PM (XG7jZ)
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How about a tax system that is truely fair? Say, a sales tax, or just a flat rate tax?
Wait, I'm sorry, I forgot where I was for a minute. Anyone know any good accountants out there for when I'm a rich lawyer?
Posted by: Smokey at May 08, 2006 02:35 PM (cCyr7)
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I don't see it in my lifetime, QW -- too many people just sit back and ignore what's going on around them. As long as they get little Johnny to soccer practice and have cheap gasoline, they're happy -- most don't seem to notice the massive amounts taken from every paycheck.
Posted by: Ogre at May 08, 2006 05:22 PM (/k+l4)
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I give it less than 10 years until a full blown shooting civil war breaks out in the U.S. I had it at 25 years, 5 years ago, but am bringing it down at the same rate the SS system is safe hype. They reduce the safe until date 2-3 years every year. I'm also betting the SS system will go bust in less than 10 years. If a democrat is elected in 08, reduce the time left by 50%.
Posted by: Scrapiron at May 08, 2006 05:48 PM (wZLWV)
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Certainly I can agree with the SS system going to crap -- same with Medicare -- but I just don't see the shooting war.
I think the socialists and other big-government types are too good. They know well enough not to present a target. If there's a shooting civil war, who is on which side? Freedom fighters vs. who? Government? What government? Who, specifically, can anyone rebel against? I think that's the biggest reason that another civil war is unlikely.
I think the only way a shooting war will break out is if the government starts it -- and I think they are unwilling to do that. I could be wrong.
Posted by: Ogre at May 08, 2006 05:53 PM (/k+l4)
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Yeah, I don't see a shooting war. I have thought I'd have no issues immigrating if I had to. My kin came here over 250 years ago. While I still think its the best place to live, the minute I don't, I don't have issues with taking off and not looking back. I have a lot to offer a country.
Posted by: Bou at May 08, 2006 07:50 PM (iHxT3)
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But immigrate to where -- that's the problem.
Posted by: Ogre at May 09, 2006 01:12 AM (blszc)
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I haven't figured that out yet... which is why I'm still here. ;-) It's still the best country.
Posted by: Bou at May 10, 2006 03:56 AM (iHxT3)
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And that's just sad, knowing how much better it really could be.
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May 06, 2006
The Night Sky
The full moon at night can create some interesting views and taking it's picture can be difficult...
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Sure that was nighttime?
Posted by: vw bug at May 06, 2006 11:27 PM (QTA18)
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I can vouch for this photo, as I have a few in my own collection. The most "interesting" photo I've ever seen, however, was from the Yellowstone "area" during a meteor shower. It seems the photographer left his shutter open for the entire shower and caught EVERY SINGLE ONE, although it came out as streaks, but it looked SO COOL!
Now, as for Ogre's pic, I vouch for the fact that the night sky can look like this, but if this is real, or just part of the VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY (of which I'm a member, but I haven't gotten the memo on this one), I'll leave that to Ogre.
Posted by: Smokey at May 07, 2006 06:34 AM (5LGKd)
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Love your page! I've posted a link here from my blog. Take care!
Posted by: Rob at May 07, 2006 07:28 AM (BcbZj)
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It's indeed hard to tell it's night, isn't it?
Thanks for stopping by, Rob!
Posted by: Ogre at May 07, 2006 01:09 PM (blszc)
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Is this an illustration of the present state of American politics?
Posted by: Orikinla Osinachi at May 07, 2006 08:27 PM (fAMw8)
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I suppose...I'm not sure I can come up with all those comparisons...
Posted by: Ogre at May 07, 2006 09:31 PM (blszc)
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I see an oppressive patriarchal hegemony!
... sorry... been reading a lot of feminist blogs lately...
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Ethics = No Free Speech?
The legislature, in response to law-breaking by House speaker Jim Black (Democrat), is preparing to pass ethics legislation that has a little to do with ethics and a lot to do with freedom of speech.
The legislation should, according to the House "select" panel (Select means that Jim Black personally picks his friends and knows the outcome before the panel meets), ban gifts from lobbyists and "groups that employ lobbyists." It also wants to ban the conversion of campaign dollars to personal money -- without addressing what could be done with campaign dollars that are not actually spent?
Worse, the suggested legislation also supports banning all freedom of political speech by creating "temporary" public financed elections. Of course, keep in mind, the last tax increase from years ago was "temporary," too -- as was the last income tax increase.
So, would you support a bill that bans bribes from lobbyists but also bans freedom of speech for everyone else? I wouldn't. Once again, I'd go with the simple solution -- freedom. Let anyone donate whatever they like to anyone they want to -- but disclose everything within 24 hours on the internet.
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May 05, 2006
Classic Movie Quiz
I particularly wondered about one question:
It does not bother me to go days without speaking to anyone.
I chose "very accurate." I wonder how many other people feel that way...
Found at
Cao's Blog.
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Posted by: vw bug at May 06, 2006 01:18 AM (QTA18)
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First, VW, would that make you the "GodMOTHER"?
If so, that makes me Cosmo and you Wanda (I have nephews, 3 and 5, so yes, I know who those are).
I got Godfather too, I also took the famous leader quiz, you'll have to visit to see what that one was.....
Posted by: Smokey at May 06, 2006 07:13 AM (5LGKd)
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Apparently I'm a "Godfather".
Oh well - I suppose it isn't that much of a surprise, given my views on things
Hey Ogre - what category did you eventually pick for my link; I'm curious?
c0y0te
Posted by: Coyote at May 06, 2006 10:06 AM (zWpu9)
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I could see VW as the GodMother...
And Coyote -- it's Kittens and Butterflies.
Posted by: Ogre at May 07, 2006 01:15 PM (blszc)
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"Kittens and Butterflies"?????
OK - I'm hooked. What the hell does kittens and butterflies have to do with my site?
c0y0te
Posted by: Coyote at May 07, 2006 06:50 PM (zWpu9)
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It was supposed to have something to do with your site?
Posted by: Ogre at May 07, 2006 09:31 PM (blszc)
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I could not go days without speaking to someone. That would bug me. I'm more extroverted than you for sure. I'm posting my results tomorrow... but so far nobody got what I got. I got Platoon.
Posted by: Bou at May 08, 2006 02:19 AM (iHxT3)
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Platoon - Extroverted? Sure, makes sense to me!
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Llama Olympics
Tim the llama just didn't understand the concept of the high jump.
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Poland-Korea Relations
And here, I bet you didn't even know they HAD relations, did you? And no, it's not a Polish joke (but I bet you could think of one to insert here, couldn't you?). Poland-Korea Relations is a personal blog about life between a Pole and a Korean -- male and female -- in New York City. They're artists living in New York. Artsy blog and personal stuff. Head on over and say, "Hi." What else did you have to do today?
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Stupid is...well, MA government
The Massachusetts government is demanding that myspace.com raise it's minimum age for usage from 14 to 18. For those who need me to type slow, that means that the current age requirement to use myspace.com is 14. When you sign up, if you're less than 14 years old, you cannot use the system.
So, why does the all-powerful state want to tell myspace.com what to do? Because in CT a 27-year old man met up with a 13-year old through myspace.
Yes, government IS stupid.
Hat tip to
Raven.
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But Ogre, you mean that government ISN'T the solution to all of our problems? I'M SO CONFUSED!
Posted by: Smokey at May 05, 2006 03:25 PM (5LGKd)
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Get back on your knees and bow towards Washington.
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 04:56 PM (/k+l4)
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So raising it to 18 will prevent all people under 18 from signing up huh?
So how did a 13 year old get on there if only people 14 and over are allowed.
Dumbass gooberment people.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at May 05, 2006 04:59 PM (XG7jZ)
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Heck, if they raise it to 18, predators won't even try and meet kids! So sayeth the government, so it will be.
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 05:18 PM (/k+l4)
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Someone had trouble commenting and asked me to add this comment for them here:
Mr. Ogre - MuNu will not allow me to comment. Can you please add this as a comment on your post about the Mass legislature and MySpace?
‘I worked in the Massachusetts Legislature over six years, and I know one thing.
If it rains today, a bill will be file tomorrow mandating free umbrellas for all. Another bill will then be filed mandating that those umbrellas be purple.
Each and every year, approximately 8,000 pieces of legislation are filed - by 200 legislators - and approximately 500 pass. That total includes home rule petitions, like allowing the Town of Holliston to amend its charter to have 5 cemetery commissioners instead of 3.
Someday, the Mass. Legislature will learn the difference between a bill and a press release, but it won’t be anytime soon.’
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Nightmare of Government Solutions
Government causes problems. That's the primary thing that government actually DOES. After government causes the problems, government decides to create solutions -- which, most often, result in MORE problems. Any time government goes where it should not be, the only possible result is bad.
At issue this time is government's interference with the free market for insurance. FEMA issues "rebates" for insurance in some areas. In other words, your federal tax dollar pays to subsidize other people's insurance costs if they build houses in risky areas. That's wrong. FEMA should NOT be paying for people's insurance. If someone wants to build somewhere, let them -- and let them come to a contractual agreement with the insurance company for how much the insurance will cost.
Now, since FEMA has interfered, they've caused more problems. You see, since FEMA is paying for the insurance, they want to dictate what people can build. In
this case, FEMA wants houses to have hurricane shutters. Of course, since FEMA is part of the executive branch, they can't pass laws. So they're pressuring the NC Legislature to pass laws to require shutters in certain places. And if the legislature refuses, FEMA is threatening to raise the insurance rates.
It's a damn simple solution -- have FEMA STOP. That's all. Everything will be fine. You idiots like Harold King, who lives in a flood-prone area might think it's "not fair" that you actually have to pay for your own damn insurance. Well, Mr. King, I think it's a whole lot MORE "not fair" that *I* have to pay YOUR insurance bill.
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Illegal Immigrant Violence
The supporters of the criminal invasion of the US and the destruction of America are on the offensive again, this time with yet more violence and unrest. Unfortunately, none of the treasonous bastards were shot, killed, or even arrested.
Read all about the blatantly anti-American attackers at
Freedom Folks reporting from both
the inside and
outside the CHURCH where this violence happened. The video may appear later today at
Hot Air.
And just think -- these violent anti-Americans are actually
funded by YOUR tax dollars. Nothing like taking your money to use against you, is there?
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Government Corporations?
Does anyone know the purpose of government? Are you aware of WHY we even have governments? I always thought it was for something like this:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
Or maybe even this:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
But obviously I was confused:
The Biotechnology Center is a private, nonprofit corporation supported by the N.C. General Assembly. Its mission is to provide long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, business and education statewide.
In other words, the government of North Carolina, using it's monopoly on force to demand that citizens give it money or go to jail, is giving money to a "private" corporation who can spend that money as they please, to "provide societal benefits."
Oh, we are nowhere near the great nation that was created in 1775. I think it's time to once again seriously consider that next step:
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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May 04, 2006
How Scary Are You?
You Are a Little Scary
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You've got a nice edge to you. Use it.
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Unlike
Quality Weenie, who is
CREEPY.
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I dunno. A scary kitten? Maybe if the kitten has adamantium claws, is telekinetic, and can fly.
Posted by: Stevin at May 04, 2006 10:58 PM (LfL8N)
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But he's got huge, pointy teeth!
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 02:07 AM (blszc)
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Awwwww how cute!
Course with my creepiness I would just eat the cat *you* for lunch, after I sauted it.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at May 05, 2006 01:02 PM (XG7jZ)
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You could be creepy without eating cats, you know...
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 01:59 PM (/k+l4)
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I wasn't scary at all. Damm. Now I may very well have to purchase the evil.org domain name and start using it.
Posted by: William Teach at May 07, 2006 01:17 AM (doAuV)
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A non-scary Pirate? How's that work?
Posted by: Ogre at May 07, 2006 01:16 PM (blszc)
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R.I.P. Firefox
I hate to do it, but I'm left with no choice. I have been using Firefox for over a year now, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. I have always liked the way it responds, it's faster than any other browser, and I particularly like that it's actually HTML-compliant.
But those times are over. I've spent at least 6 hours in the last 3 days fighting Firefox. I've had old versions and new versions. I've had it automatically update. I've installed, re-installed, and un-installed -- all to no avail. The most current "stable" version (1.5.0.2 I think, I can't keep it running) is wasting a lot of my time.
On one computer, a very, very powerful machine (for a PC), the new install does nothing. It updated and sits there. It cannot navigate to any web sites, nor does it ever time out -- a blank page is all that will appear. On another machine, the new latest version has worked for months -- but now locks up at random times -- and breaks Windows so bad I have to remove the battery to get the machine to restart.
It's on 3 machines, all with XP, but with different environments, and it's different times and on different web pages where it stops working. And again, on one machine I get nothing.
At this point, I give up -- I just don't have more hours and hours to devote to testing and changing and working with this thing. Perhaps it will work better if I change my OS to Linux, and I'll try that on one of my machines when I get a chance -- but for now, sorry Firefox, but you've got to go.
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I haven't had the same problems with Firefox, but I have friends who have. I've been using Opera, because it's such a small target, and it works well. I'm not touching the new IE version until MS releases its first security patch.
Posted by: Stevin at May 04, 2006 11:00 PM (LfL8N)
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I agree with Stevin, try Opera. I have not tried the free version but I have heard good things about it.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at May 04, 2006 11:27 PM (5+Jvh)
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I'm VERY seriously wondering if IE 7 is spyware. I just installed Opera and it has the SAME reaction as Firefox -- zero -- it just sits there and cannot find any web pages and never times out. Both are configured for direct connection to the internet. IE 7 finds web pages just fine. This is really getting annoying. I may have to switch all my computers over to Linux to get anything to work.
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 01:34 AM (blszc)
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Is it maybe a firewall built into your router causing the problem? It could be that it's blocking all browsers except the IE. Try connecting one of your PCs directly to your modem and see if the Firefox or Opera works that way.
Posted by: Stevin at May 05, 2006 01:57 AM (LfL8N)
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I think I need to uninstall IE 7 and see if suddenly everything else works.
Unfortunately, I can't connect directly because the router is in another room (and I don't have long enough wires). Firefox worked FINE until I installed the latest version. I've even turned off ALL firewalls and protections and nothing is getting anything. Damn, this is frustrating. And just think -- I'm a damn computer professional.
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 02:00 AM (blszc)
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But indeed, thanks for the tips. I'm just really at a loss here.
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 02:03 AM (blszc)
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I got tired of trying to set up my blog to fit both IE and Firefox. I downloaded IE7 Beta and really to like it. I haven't had any problems at all with it so far. Even using Firefox, a lot of websites, including my bank, wouldn't work with it anyway.
Posted by: Jo at May 05, 2006 11:23 AM (aOY2D)
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I'm starting to use IE7, so good to hear at least one person has no problem with it, thanks!
Posted by: Ogre at May 05, 2006 11:40 AM (/k+l4)
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I'm using FF 1.0.7, which works fine.
Based on various horror stories I've heard, I don't think I'll upgrade until 2.1 comes out... if then... :-)
Posted by: Harvey at May 11, 2006 03:48 PM (L7a63)
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I'm playing with Opera now. Next I'll write my own damn browser.
Posted by: Ogre at May 11, 2006 05:01 PM (/k+l4)
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ACLU Crushes Freedom Again
Via WND
Ruling on a 15-year-old ACLU case, a federal judge today ordered the city of San Diego to remove a mountain-top cross within 90 days or face a fine of $5,000 a day.
U.S. District Judge Gordon Thompson said, "It is now time, and perhaps long overdue, for this court to enforce its initial permanent injunction forbidding the presence of the Mount Soledad cross on city property," the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Thompson ruled in 1991 the Mount Soledad cross violates the so-called "separation of church and state" but the case has remained in courts and become an issue of public policy for more than a decade.
CLU lawyer James McElroy believes San Diego officials finally will give up their fight.
"I don't think the city has its heart in taking more action," he said, according to the paper.
A city lawyer argued during the hour-long court hearing today that citizens had voted for transfer of the land under the cross.
Proposition A, passed by 75 percent in July, called for the city to donate the cross to the federal government as the centerpiece of a veterans memorial.
The ballot initiative came about after the city refused to donate the cross and memorial to the federal government. A group called San Diegans for the Mount Soledad National War Memorial took just 23 days to gather 105,000 signatures.
In a ruling now on appeal, however, a Superior Court judge found the transfer unconstitutional.
The Union-Tribune said the group behind the public vote on transfer likely will appeal Thompson's decision.
The 29-foot cross has stood on Mount Soledad as the center of a war memorial on city land since 1954. The first cross on the site was built in 1913.
A bill authorizing the federal government to take over the memorial was authored by Republican U.S. Reps. Duncan Hunter and Randy Cunningham. President Bush signed the bill into law in December.
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