March 2009 Archives

If you don't know if you have the virus or not, you can scan your hard drive using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool. It checks for the Conficker C worm and a bunch of others. I was thinking about staying off the Internet tomorrow but know I don't have to, my hard is free of any malicious software.

More salmonella! As someone with a compromised immune system, it's now pretty scary to get these warnings.

Federal food safety officials warned Monday that consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination.

Though, the evidence that it's salmonella seems pretty thin:

Two people called the FDA complaining of gastrointestinal illness that could be associated with the nuts, but the link hasn't been confirmed, Acheson said. Still, the plant decided to shut down late last week, officials said.

If they're not sure it's the nuts, why start a recall?

I won't by buying one of their cars in the near future (maybe after 2012 -- if he hasn't run them into the ground by then). Way to kill the auto industry, dude!

GM got assurances of 60 days' worth of federal financing to try and revise its turnaround plan under new management with heavy government participation. That would involve concessions from its union workers and bondholders. The administration engineered the ouster of longtime CEO Rick Wagoner over the weekend, an indication of its deep involvement in an industry that once stood as a symbol of American capitalism.

If I were Wagoner, I probably would have jumped at the chance to jump ship. Who needs the headache of being dragged in front of the tribunal congressional hearings when the company continues to tank? Better to go into retirement and enjoy your 20 mil. I bet the Ford CEO is doing cartwheels over the bullet he dodged not taking the bailout money. He still has a job!

I've got mixed feelings about this move by Obama, on the one hand I'm appalled that a president can just take over a company without even consulting Congress. If Bush had done this, the press and Congress would have had a cow (you know I'm right, lefties). It seems like something they do in third world countries (you know the ones with the tinhorn dictators) and places like Venezuela and Russia. But on the other hand, I bet corporations won't make the mistake of going to the government with their hand out in the future. Especially after they see the mess Obama makes of GM.

And I'm just starting it! EEP! I'm freaking out!!! (You can tell by all the exclamation points :-) I'm going to have to work really hard from now until Thursday to make my deadline. Maybe I'll post some of my research (yeah, I know, I say I might and then I don't). To make matters worse, I picked Psalm 37 which is 40 verses long but it could have been worse, I could have picked a Zion Psalm which would have been a lot of work.

The good news is that I'm pretty clear headed now since it's the third week of my chemo cycle and I'm feeling almost normal, so if my strength holds I should make it (I was up till 2:00 last night working on it). Pretty good timing, huh? One could almost say perfect, right? Like in the Lord's timing :-)

I would appreciate your prayers that I will be able to make the deadline.

And we've turned on all the lights on early and plan to leave them on throughout Earth Hour. Why? Because we are sending the "clear message" that we don't "want action on climate change:"

From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most recognizable monuments for 60 minutes to highlight the threat of climate change.

Time zone by time zone, nearly 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries joined the event sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund to dim nonessential lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon called Earth Hour "a way for the citizens of the world to send a clear message: They want action on climate change."

Besides I've lived through the 80's "No Nuke" movement, so I kind of feel like I've been here before and not buying that anything will really change (we still have Nukes, don't we?). It's all just meaningless groupthink and herd mentality, I'm just not into being a sheeple. So, while the rest of the world feels good about their wasted effort, we plan to rebel against the idiocy of the gesture by using more energy than we normally would and sending the clear message: we don't want our government raising our energy costs for a boondoggle.

Due to shifting winds! And yes, alcohol was involved. (via)...

Well, that let's me off the hook since I have brown eyes but my poor kids are not! I bet they didn't realize they caused the global economic crisis, they will be quite sad when they realize that the "black...

I wonder if he still gets credit for jihad? It doesn't seem fair if he misses out on his reward just because he accidentally killed his fellow jihadists instead of the infidels: A would-be suicide bomber accidentally blew himself up...

I'm sorry but no Republican should vote to tax anyone 90%. I don't care what they've done, Republicans just don't do it, it should be anathema to them. Maybe Ryan should take the time to research something before he votes...

Hulu has a countdown clock for the Obama news conference, is there that much excitement and anticipation? Are you guys planning your evening around it? I know I am, I plan to watch paint dry until it's over and then...

Whoa! Who would have thought that anyone at CBS would have the guts to ask Obama something like this?"You're sitting here. And you're-- you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at...

Obama is the new Bush. They are finally facing the obvious (what we on the right have known since the days of the campaign), Obama is as big a gaffe machine as Bush: We all remember those nerve-racking George W....

These people are unbelievable! They make it impossible for us to drill for oil. They blather on and on about using renewable resources but they keep limiting where they allow them to be. Not off the coast of the Cape...

Thugs! Leave it to lefties not to understand incentive pay. If they understood the concept, they wouldn't fight so hard against merit pay for teachers. In the tour, dubbed "Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous," protesters took a bus that...

Not surprising. Obama seems to have a great lack of knowledge about a lot of things (especially the economy): "What I read between the lines," Chavez said, is that "Obama has for now _ and that can be overcome _...

Um...doesn't he understand the whole requirement for residency in the area you represent? And to make it worse, he's on the House's Ways and Means committee: A senior member of the House's tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, Stark said he...

It's absolutely amazing to me how quickly Democrat leadership has devolved into a farce! I knew it would happen but I thought it would take a little longer. This AIG mess has demonstrated that the Democrats are the Keystone Cops...

How funny is that? After lambasting AIG management for the last few days for allowing the bonuses to be paid out, it turns out that it was actually a Senator who added the language to the bailout package! Senate Banking...

Good to Jon Stewart rip Obama over his stupid policy of having vets pay for their own care if they have private insurance. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p /...

Because he was reading the Irish PM's speech on the teleprompter, not his own: But Cowen was 20 seconds into his second address when it dawned on him that he was giving word for word the speech that Obama had...

When Obama addressed Caterpillar last month he urged Congress to pass his stimulus package, stating that the Caterpillar CEO assured him passage would lead to rehiring laid off workers. Obama then urged the workers to call their representatives in Congress...

The Commander of the American Legion tried to reason with Obama and was "disappointed" in the results:The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss...

They realize now that they shouldn't have sent the Churchill bust back and they blew it on the gift to Brown. Obama is instructing his staff to do a better job when he meets the Queen: Mr Obama has now...

Here's a link to the videos....

I'm sure by now you've read about the DNC's lame attempt to milk the Limbaugh controversy for all the political points they can score by putting up a billboard in the town next to Limbaugh's (they don't allow billboards in...

It's amateur hour in the Obama administration! It makes no sense for the solider to pay using his private insure, when it's the job of the military to fix what they broke. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that...

Isn't it wonderful? I realized that I would have to live in four month intervals after I visited the oncologist the first time and it made me realize that my life as I knew it was over and I had...

He was on CNBC yesterday and criticized many of the policies of Obama (including card check): My favorite quote: Well, I was going to mention to Joe that you've heard this comment recently from some Democrats recently that a `crisis...

This should send a tingle up the leg of the atheists, more people are leaving organized religion:Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 14.2 percent in 2001 and 8.2 percent in 1990, according to the...

Yet more evidence that Martian Luther King's dream of a color blind society is dead and will probably never be achieved: Maggie Anderson drives 14 miles to buy groceries, which might seem curious given that she lives in bustling Oak...

I bet this woman is the most hated woman at her company. Her materialism lead to the loss of the jobs of her coworkers: A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her company to make layoffs as she bought 400...

This is what we get when we elect a president who has no executive experience. Obama blew the visit because he's overwhelmed and no one surrounding him understands diplomacy enough to know that he blew it: British officials, meanwhile, admit...

Is letting our allies know that "he's just not into them" by giving crappy gifts and refusing to be seen with them: The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown thought long and hard about what gift to bring on his visit...

It is so funny to hear lefties whining about politicians (that they promoted, encouraged and probably contributed to) raising taxes on the wealthy. Here's a clue, Whoopie, if you don't want your taxes raised, don't vote for lefties. You've got...

25 new police officers in Ohio now have a job because of Obama's stimulus package: In January, more than two dozen new police recruits in Columbus, Ohio, were sent notices that they would be laid off, even before they were...

There's an important cliche regarding history that Obama appears to know nothing about: those who ignore history are bound to repeat it. By taking on Rush and making him the target, Obama is expanding Rush's reach and influence. He is...

Or did they mislabel it? So, I haven't seen Gibbs Gibbs take her on yet? Do you think he will or is she too piddling? Um...did she actually think a politician was going to keep his campaign promises? That's pretty...

So, Obama wants this stamp put on projects funded by the stimulus package: That way we know who to thank for our new highways and bridges. Yes, while our economy is tanking we'll have new roads. Thank you, Obama....

I don't agree with him on the dollar, it's not going to remain king long with the government spending like a drunken sailor and printing money like it's toilet paper, that usually devalues currency and eventually causes hyper inflation. (via)...

So, Obamanites, are you ready to put your money where your mouth is? If you really think Obama knows what he's talking about and that the stimulus is going to work, why not get back into the market?President Obama told...

It is things like this that make me realize it might be time to leave the Republican party. You put your hope in a leader who looks like he get's it and then he does something so boneheaded that you...

An anonymous analytic philosopher posts his take on the exchange between Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga and atheist philosopher Daniel Dennett on the question of whether science and religion are compatible. He's anonymous because he sides with Plantinga and doesn't want...

They've since withdrawn the ticket they issued to a man who was hit by a car helping two women cross a busy intersection during a snow storm. The police department says that he contributed to the accident by jaywalking! Unbelievable....

OK, this is old news but it's the first I heard of it so I thought I'd post it for anyone else who missed this story the first time around. I was thinking that the best way around this would...