Rants & Raves: June 2004 Archives

Been busy moving into our new apartment. As such I've been offline for quite a bit too. Which is frustrating, but doable.

Biggest story blown over by the media: Cheney being an ass. Think about it, if you walked onto the Senate floor and cussed out a Senator, you'd probably expect to do time, wouldn't you? This blowhard thinks it's just an everyday event, "These things happen" being a quote from the White House. EvilNed appropriately tackled the issue by passing along the following NSFW image. Seriously, do we really want this class of idiot running our country. Not Ned, Cheney and Blunder Boy.

Speaking of EvilNed, I'd like to thank him for passing along one of his free G-Mail invites. I'm moving over all site mail references to that account so I can get some of that spam out of my Yahoo account. That, and it's my new sign-up email for stuff.

I'm trying not to focus on politics but this stuff literally just lands in my lap. Our troops - in a combat zone, sent by a president who lied to get them in harm's way (have I set this up enough? - have at some time been asked to fill out a form and pray for the guy getting them shot at. Seriously, how mental are these people? Granted, the source is odd for this story, but here is the original. Bonus article on the semantics of linking Al-Qaeda and Iraq.

I'm letting Ned gloat about Fahrenheit 9/11. I just hope Moore does what he's never been able to do and get his facts straight. May even eventually see it. I mean, it's not like I need to be convinced that George Bush is bad for this country.

Now for odd news. Your cell phone may be sterilizing you. The ultimate Bryan Adams fan - and her ex-husband. Iraq's internet naming woes - courtesy of a pack of felonious Texans - no, not that one. Sex and the Republican Senate candidate (now somewhat dated since he's pulled out of the race....Cue: rim shot). And one giant "Oops" from the world of firefighting.

*NOTE: The 4-5 ADA site has listed the Galva Guard subsite as the main link for Foxtrot Battery. While I am honored at the attention, it has brought heat down on Tom because - go figure - the powers that be do not approve of the politicized nature of this page and others on the domain. Look, I do not speak for my brother, his unit, or the Family Readiness Group in Galva. I have never implied nor intended that message to come across. I have also done my utmost best to keep anything of a blatant politicized message off the Galva Guard part of the site.

To those in charge, please respect my right to an opinion, my attempts at conforming to the better nature and presentation of the subsite, and to the integrity of the information I pass along within that part of the site. I pay for this, I work hard at it, and have always tried to keep the lines between this and the Galva Guard part distinct and unblurred. Plus, if you could, if you have a problem with me, kindly send me an email regarding your complaint. Thank you.

Now back to the regularly scheduled ranting and raving....

We start off with "Things You Have to Believe to be a Republican". Not too far off base actually for a partisan write-up. Here's a story on how Cheney tries to play up the concept of Bin Laden as a Democrat. And who bought him his first Stinger missile, Mr. Wizard?

Continuing with the whole Reagan thing. Some - a few of you anyway - have asked for a less-than-fanboy approach to his passing and legacy. You can find that here. I also provide the more extreme version, in both censored and non- flavors. Seriously though, don't even link to those if you just want to let bygones be bygones.

I said the other day I wouldn't comment much on it myself but it was a reader-requested subject; which I do try to acknowledge and act on. If you don't like it, counter the requests or suggest other content yourself.

In another vein, this whole move to put him on the $10 bill needs to be stopped. Read more about it and weigh in over at Doonesbury. And let's put the kibbosh on the whole Mt. Rushmore thing too please.

Paris is trying to ban SUVs. Now, the knee-jerk reaction here is to call it another French oddity. But, I think there's something to this. Why ruin your century's old city at the expense of someone's conspicuous consumption. If we can ban cell phone use in cars as a road hazard, surely we can attribute the same to a monstrosity on a narrow city street.

Wrapping up a story covered a long time ago: an Oklahoma court has decided that a Muslim girl can wear her headscarf to school. Good for them. Let's remember that we are allowed to be different in this country folks.

In another story by Ellis, involving the dangers of hosting a website. I haven't seen his kind of traffic yet, but wouldn't be too surprised if it happened someday.

Slate covers the passing of Ray Charles. To be honest, that death affected me a tad more where it counts than the other major passing this week.

More collected Boondocks coming this week. Tom has some pictures on the way that I'll hope to get up for ya. And a shout out to Mooney and his pal. Glad you are enjoying the show.