Since the infamous Christmas Day "Firecrotch" bombing attempt, the best critical analysis of the situation I've found has been from British newspapers.
I linked one article a few days ago. Here's another that is just as good:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100020934/barack-obama-gets-an-f-for-protecting-americans/
Why is it I have to surf to websites that end in .co.uk to find a paper willing to point out the obvious and criticize our current Presidential administration?
American media isn't even TRYING to be impartial anymore. You couldn't buy a paper that didn't hate on George Bush a year ago, and now you can't buy one that will say anything negative about Obama.
Thank God for the Internet. If this is the path "traditional" media has chosen, then it deserves to die. I used to lament the decline of our daily newspapers, but now I'm not so sure we're really losing anything anymore.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
While We Enjoy The Warmth Of Our Living Rooms...
Chances are, most of you reading this are doing so from the comfort of your homes, possibly while enjoying holiday leftovers and a full day of football (at least, that's what I'm doing).
On Christmas Eve I received an e-mail from my brother. He's overseas, serving in our armed forces, and making a difference in more ways than you can imagine. For his own security, I won't disclose the contents of the e-mail until he returns home, but I would like to remind everyone that there are men in very cold and uncomfortable places this holiday season, whose lives are at risk daily as they wage a war that is as necessary as it is unpopular.
On Christmas Eve I received an e-mail from my brother. He's overseas, serving in our armed forces, and making a difference in more ways than you can imagine. For his own security, I won't disclose the contents of the e-mail until he returns home, but I would like to remind everyone that there are men in very cold and uncomfortable places this holiday season, whose lives are at risk daily as they wage a war that is as necessary as it is unpopular.
Way to Fail, Homeland Security
So, tell me again why we have invasive airport security and have to take our shoes off before we can board a plane?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wealthy-quiet-unassuming-the-christmas-day-bomb-suspect-1851090.html
This guy hid the bomb in his underpants.
I'm sure the government will respond by making us all fly in hospital gowns now.
Or, we could be like the Israeli's - use all manner of terrorist profiling for passengers (yes, gasp!, this includes racial profiling), arm the pilots, and stop with the bleeding heart criminal rights garbage that rewards the unlawful and punishes the innocent.
Oh, and the Department of Homeland Security could actually, you know, do its job.
From the article above:
You read that right. The terrorist's own father warned us about this nutjob SIX MONTHS AGO, and he was still allowed to board a plane to the USA.
Janet Napolitano, the inept director of Homeland Security, who thinks we should spend more time persecuting "right wing extremists" (read: white male war veterans), and who's legacy as Governor of Arizona includes a budget deficit of historic proportions and those photo radar cameras we all LOVE, should be fired immediately.
Sadly, the Obama administration is too busy trying to socialize medicine in this country to pay any attention to the ongoing threat of terrorism.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wealthy-quiet-unassuming-the-christmas-day-bomb-suspect-1851090.html
This guy hid the bomb in his underpants.
I'm sure the government will respond by making us all fly in hospital gowns now.
Or, we could be like the Israeli's - use all manner of terrorist profiling for passengers (yes, gasp!, this includes racial profiling), arm the pilots, and stop with the bleeding heart criminal rights garbage that rewards the unlawful and punishes the innocent.
Oh, and the Department of Homeland Security could actually, you know, do its job.
From the article above:
"Dr Mutallab said he was planning to meet with police in Nigeria last night after realising his son had joined the notorious roster of al-Qa'ida terrorists, and is said to have warned the US authorities about his son's extreme views six months ago."
You read that right. The terrorist's own father warned us about this nutjob SIX MONTHS AGO, and he was still allowed to board a plane to the USA.
Janet Napolitano, the inept director of Homeland Security, who thinks we should spend more time persecuting "right wing extremists" (read: white male war veterans), and who's legacy as Governor of Arizona includes a budget deficit of historic proportions and those photo radar cameras we all LOVE, should be fired immediately.
Sadly, the Obama administration is too busy trying to socialize medicine in this country to pay any attention to the ongoing threat of terrorism.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
NaNoWriMo.org
http://www.nanowrimo.org
Take the month of November, and write a novel. Don't try to edit it, don't even try to think too hard about it; just get it written.
That's the idea, anyway.
I'm going to give it a shot.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
1,000 Words A Day
I was at Barnes and Noble yesterday picking up some magazines, including two writing magazines, and the old man at the cash register asked me, "So, who in your family is the writer?"
"That would be me. Of course, I've been working on the same novel off and on for 10 years." I said with a smile.
He replied, "You know what the secret is to that?"
"If I did, I probably wouldn't be buying these magazines."
"1,000 words every day."
That's probably the simplest and most direct approach to take, and might be the best advice anybody's ever given me on the topic.
It's also a heck of a lot to try to write every single day. I'm not sure I'm up to it. Which is why my novel's stuck in Chapter 1.
"That would be me. Of course, I've been working on the same novel off and on for 10 years." I said with a smile.
He replied, "You know what the secret is to that?"
"If I did, I probably wouldn't be buying these magazines."
"1,000 words every day."
That's probably the simplest and most direct approach to take, and might be the best advice anybody's ever given me on the topic.
It's also a heck of a lot to try to write every single day. I'm not sure I'm up to it. Which is why my novel's stuck in Chapter 1.
Michael Jackson
I'm sick of hearing about him.
I'm not saying it's appropriate to vilify him immediately after his death, but neither should he be deified or given so much attention. Regardless of his success as a musician 20 years ago, we cannot overlook the repulsive events of the last 15 years of his life.
I'm not saying it's appropriate to vilify him immediately after his death, but neither should he be deified or given so much attention. Regardless of his success as a musician 20 years ago, we cannot overlook the repulsive events of the last 15 years of his life.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Why Not Twitter?
Text messaging is all the rage, and I've got a smartphone with a QUERTY keyboard. Naturally, I looked into using Twitter to blog from, as it's natively mobile-aware, but also allows for standard web-based posting.
The biggest reason why I didn't embrace it is the message size limitation. I might be doing something wrong, but I can't send MMS messages to Twitter. And standard text limits you to 160 characters, which is absurd for any substantial amount of writing.
What I have figured out is how to send MMS messages to Blogger. So, figure out how to get RSS feeds on your mobile device if you want to read this blog on your phone, because that's what I'm going to use for now.
The biggest reason why I didn't embrace it is the message size limitation. I might be doing something wrong, but I can't send MMS messages to Twitter. And standard text limits you to 160 characters, which is absurd for any substantial amount of writing.
What I have figured out is how to send MMS messages to Blogger. So, figure out how to get RSS feeds on your mobile device if you want to read this blog on your phone, because that's what I'm going to use for now.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Starting Over
While I was in the process of moving, my domain name came up for renewal. It wasn't a priority at the time, and now it's gone. Someone else grabbed it, and the new page is in Chinese.
My old blog was saved to it, so that's gone too. I'm not really bothered too much by it - I would have liked to have kept the domain name, but it wasn't that important.
We're starting over in Arizona. It's as good a time as any to re-start my blog.
My old blog was saved to it, so that's gone too. I'm not really bothered too much by it - I would have liked to have kept the domain name, but it wasn't that important.
We're starting over in Arizona. It's as good a time as any to re-start my blog.
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