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No Jail For Libby — So What?
Considering that I’m a die-hard liberal and a rabid anti-Bush blogger, you might expect me to go ballistic about the Decider’s decision to commute Scooter’s jail sentence. Honestly, I’m quite ambivalent about it. But the underlying issues get me a bit worked up. Consider these quotes from the linked article: “This is not a man [...]
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My McAfee Saga Continues
Last August I posted about my abysmal experience with McAfee VirusScan and how I removed all traces of it from my system. Last month I posted about the unexpected charge I received on my credit card for auto renewal of my VirusScan account and how I was planning to ask McAfee for the refund they [...]
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Getting It Right; Or Not
I enjoy blogging. It’s great fun to be able to write about whatever I feel like, when I feel like, in any manner I want. I have no editors asking me to rewrite certain passages, no one questioning how offensive something may be before it is published. I don’t have to worry about being thrown [...]
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Hey, English Speakers — Learn Some Friggin English!
Twenty years ago I spoke much like everyone around me spoke. I had the southern drawl. My speech was littered with ain’t and y’all. I wasn’t quite as bad as most. I only spouted double negatives when I wasn’t thinking. And I knew the difference between “I couldn’t care less” and “I could care less”, [...]
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Muhammad was an Idiot
Once again, the West steps on freedom of expression for the fear of pissing off Muslims. Because a particular scene in an opera scheduled at a German opera house depicts the severed head of Muhammad, the police received an anonymous threat. The director of Deutsche Oper Berlin pulled the opera from the fall schedule as [...]
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Imaginary Racism
The recent furor over the Governator’s “racist” remarks is an example of a problem that has grown rampant in America: imaginary racism. I have, on more than one occasion, ranted on this blog about the prevalence of racism in the Republican party. But that doesn’t mean that I accuse someone of racism every time a [...]
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RegCure Key Morons
Some time ago I posted about all of the idiots coming to my blog through searching for a key to RegCure. Since that post, it’s gotten worse. If you look at the referral stats that Site Meter records for me, you’ll see that the majority of visitors to this site are coming through Google or [...]
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McAfee Madness
Recently I purchased a subscription for McAfee VirusScan online. I had been running without virus protection for quite a while. Years ago I had Norton (and actually still have the disc), but I’m certain I can’t use that anymore. My last AV experience had been with Trend Micro’s PC-Cillin, only because it came with my [...]
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More Republican Infringement on Freedom
It’s not enough that we have a president who thinks the Constitution is an old piece of toilet paper. Now, evidence has surfaced that Michael Bloomberg, the Republican Mayor of New York, infringed on the rights of Americans and then lied about it to cover it up. The first amendment of the United States Constitution: [...]
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Another Blow to Freedom
The freedom which Americans are supposed to enjoy, that which so many Americans have died for since the country’s birth, has taken another blow. This time, it wasn’t from the Bush Administration. Instead, it was from New York’s highest court, which ruled against same-sex marriage in that state. It wasn’t enough for them to rule [...]