Its one of THOSE days

Today has just been one of THOSE days for me. I cant even work up the interest to rant about any of the totally stupid things Ive seen on the internet today. Thats just bad I mean the internet is full of totally stupid things to go off on a rant about. Its too easy to find absolute stupidity online that deserves a good rant and I know Ive seen several things that cry out for mocking and ranting but I just dont care enough to do it. I think perhaps I will  just go read a book or find a spider and watch it make a web perhaps I will paint something just to watch the paint dry. I would go watch the grass grow but as it hasnt really rained here much this summer the grass isnt growing which means I would just sit there watching grass be dead as it has already gone all the way through the dying process and now just sits there all brown and dead and that just doesnt have the same appeal. There just doesnt seem to be much to do today. Or at least much that I want to do there is always something I dont want to do that needs done but if I did that today......what would I have to put off till tomorrow? I believe you always need something to put off till tomorrow. Thats my trick to a long life having something to do tomorrow means you have a reason to live till tomorrow. I believe if you have nothing to do tomorrow then its just time and the universe will remove you to make room for someone who does ahve something to do tomorrow. Keep that in mind...never finish everything today it just tempts fate to remove you as you have nothing else left to do. Thats just my thoughts for today talk to you later.

Finally able to post again

Finally got my computer back up and running. It is so much better with my regular keyboard than a laptop. Typing on a laptop is crazy. So any way I'm back now and ready to go.

I noticed the VMA's were on last night. I refused to watch them as Im just not interested in video music awards shows put on by a channel that doesnt even show music videos anymore. The only thing that MTV has to do with music these days is it a word in their name. MTV should be ashamed of the crap they are showing thesse days and get back to music like they claim to be involved in. Until they start actually showing music videos as their name suggests I will not be watching the channel. Its really sad that youtube is a better place to videos than the music television channel. Anyway MTV pretty much blows these days and isnt worth the effort to push the remote buttons to get there. Someone should deal with them regarding the false advertising their name implies.

I did watch National geographic last night they were doing a 9/11 special all this week. They had an interview with GWB which I watched. Im not sure the term enjoyed is alltogether appropriate  for the subject matter but I did find it interesting. Even after getting Osama Bin Laden this year watching the footage fo those towers falling makes me feel we didnt quite finish the job in that respect. I remember seeing footage of hundreds or perhaps even thousands of people out in the streets dancing to celebrate the terrorist attack on 9/11. That personally annoyed me to no end. I think they should all be glad it wasnt up to me to decide the response to that mess. I personally think we should have squashed a few more places in a way that will remind people just what can happen when you annoy a world superpower. If it were up to me at that time there would have been a much more terrible response one that people in the future would have shivered at to remember and would have let everyone know just exactly how bad it could be if the U.S. really ever got serious about putting a hurt on someone. But I expect a glowing slag heap is a rather extreme answer but then it would serve as a good lesson in just what we are capable of doing. I believe too many people have forgotten just what can happen when you seriously annoy a nuclear power. Besides Afghanistan wouldnt look much different after a nuc in most places anyway. Killing Osama 10 years later is like punishing your dog for peeing on the carpet a week after He did it. Its a little late to get the point across. A small nuc on his mountain and a fried Osama within a week would have been a much better object lesson to all the other terrorist that cheered when Osama and his crew pulled off their attack. Crash some airplanes into our buildings and we will nuc the mountain you live under that would be a lesson not soon forgotten. Think of all the lives it would have saved. We are still fighting in Afghanistan and are just now getting out of Iraq. Oh well its probably a good thing Im not in charge...at least for the terrorist.  Guess Im done now  I will talk to you later.

FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY

Fri Apr 22, 2005 

Another Friday has found us. This week has been a busy one here in the workers paradise. There have been several Terrorist actions to report this week so lets just get right on it.
The lull in the activity is over. Several attacks on the feline waste disposal unit were noted this week. prompting the powers that be ( namely me myself and I ) to seriously consider some structural changes to the feline waste disposal unit. A more secure unit is probably going to be needed soon. Rest assured that the secret police/death squads are even now investigating these attacks and are sure they will have the hooligans in custody shortly. I personally believe it was the work of a specific spotted canine, But will let the system work and the guilty will be punished.

A second and more dangerous and costly attack to the transportation system has been reported today. The preliminary reports are a little confused and the experts are currently investigating the situation. I am expecting a report shortly that will clearly define the damage and required repairs and possible causes of the damage. We can only hope it will not require too many resources to repair this situation. We will keep you informed as soon as more information is available.

The canines and feline have been trading minor attacks all week nothing terribly serious mostly just annoyances to each other. As you might have surmised my plan to continue the tension is working well neither side has had the time or opportunity to plan any further action against the Benevolent Leader as they are too busy plotting inefficient and pointless attacks against each other. I do find it somewhat interesting to see how they choose to carry out these attacks. The canines tend to be less personal and much more focused on the felines infrastructure while the feline seems to take his attacks directly against the canine in question. I am constantly amused by their pathetic interactions and ease with which they are manipulated. Sometimes its good to be the Benevolent Leader.

Transportation for the political prisoners has been postponed once again. I am assured it should take place within the next few months but no one is certain exactly when.
Either way tension among the masses is up and that's always a good thing as it keeps the focus away from any "other" activities.

I think I will wrap this up as its been a long difficult week but satisfying none the less. In closing always remember " No need to dial 911 since we already know what your doing. " Or my personal favorite, " A society of stool pigeons and informers is a polite society......or at least to damn afraid to do anything to piss the other guy off." Enjoy and I will talk to you all next week.

Dateline...FRIDAY

Fri Jun 10, 2005 

Again it’s a slow time in the workers paradise this week. But there are some curious undercurrents flowing lately. I suspect this may the calm before the storm. It’s about time for some excitement anyway.
The Feline has started some rather secretive activities and he’s even managed to give the secret police/death squads the slip now and again. I think the lull in activity has caused them to become a little lax. Therefore I have instituted a new policy which will hopefully reinvigorate the rank and file. This new policy is...."Screw up one more time and you will find yourself against a very messy wall with a cigarette in your mouth and a blindfold on." Hopefully this will provide the needed guidance for them to perform their duties properly.

Speaking of the Feline he has begun spending more time alone and seemingly plotting some action. I am confident it will be some grand plan that will fail to produce the intended result but be delivered with his usual flair for the dramatic. Perhaps Robin Williams was right in that Felines are just reincarnated drag queens and given to the drama of the situation. Either way this should be entertaining.

The Canines are a bumbling lot and there’s not even much bumbling going on lately. The youngest Canine is beginning to respond to the Felines constant low grade provocations and has even snapped at the Feline on a number of occasions lately. Unfortunately she is the only Canine showing any kind of activity lately causing me to wonder have we already reached "the dog days of summer". Perhaps things will begin to liven up after the Felines big production.....or not.

The political prisoners are continuing in their seclusion but rumor has it there may be a change in their situation sometime next month. No one is sure yet but we are hopeful for a resolution to this soon. I will keep you informed of any developments in that area.

It is time for me to close this little note. I remain the Benevolent Leader/Dictator for life. Ohh one more thing the Secret police/Death squad personnel assigned to the listening post would like to thank you all for speaking clearly and loudly it really has made their job much easier. Take care all of you and remember we know who you are and we know what you’re doing.

Another Friday has leapt upon us (they’re sneaky that way)

Fri Apr 08, 2005

It’s been an eventful week in the workers paradise. The friction between the feline and canines has reached almost epic proportions coming to blows several times. I must say I am very pleased with the outcome of my efforts. It’s rather obvious the feline and canines will never band together against me.

I am also quite pleased with the ongoing efforts to keep the political prisoners in check and neutralize any support or sympathy they might has gathered among the masses. Things in that area are progressing well and the political prisoners have almost no support from the general public any longer.

All in all things have gone so well I am ready to move on to the next phase of my diabolical plan. The wheels are in motion, The medical team is scheduled for next Tuesday, The feline will be in for quite a surprise (Say goodbye to your little friends) Or as the specialist liked to call it "brain" surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday. I am hoping after the ahhm "procedure" the feline will be "more open to suggestions".

I believe a more malleable feline will go far to complete my Iron grip of control and the Beloved Leader for Life position will be in my grasp for many years to come. After all its not much fun to be Beloved Leader for Life if Life is only a few months or years.

Well that’s about it for my report this week. Things are well in hand and progressing nicely. Now if you will all excuse me its time to go taunt the feline and repress the masses. A despot’s day is never over there’s always one more peon to torment or one more hope to dash mercilessly.

A Wild Week so Far

Well its been a wild week so far. The stock market is going crazy and S&P pretty much stabbed America in the back. I wonder what will happen the rest of the month? I was reading an evaluation of the S&P's decision to lower the credit rating of the entire country and I wonder what planet those people are on. Everything they said needed fixing have been issues for years. Did S&P just wake up and smell the coffee or is something else going on in those offices?

Perhaps NYPD should search the S&P offices for evidence of drug use. I know of several ways we can get Americas credit rating back to the top. If I were in charge, S&P would from now on be on top of the IRS audit list I am pretty sure if they run like any other huge company there are things they dont want anyone to know about regarding their finances. A new audit every month or so would quickly convince them of the error of their ways. If S&P had been consistent I could understand the credit adjustment but they have not mentioned anything about these issues until now and it seems a bit odd to me they would choose to act at this time and not any other.

Another way to take care of S&P I can think of is rather drastic but effective. America still has a very effective military a company of US Marines walking through S&P's front door in full battle gear would get their attention and let them know we are not pleased. I know, I know thats not going to happen but it would get a point across. All I can say is S&P should be very happy I am not running things as they would find themselves out of business in short order.

Even without the use of military force the DOJ could investigate and I am sure they would find something S&P is doing wrong as I doubt a company that big could ever be completely without violations. Even without any government actions if we as regular American citizens let them know we were unhappy Im sure they would reconsider. If all their stock was suddenly sold by every American investor Im sure they would notice that quickly. I also believe they would notice a bunch of protesters in picket lines across their front door.

I realize that none of this is likely to happen. however I think I mentioned somewhere that I was mad and madness has a certain leeway allowed to ones point of view. So back to reality, I am sick and tried of American comp0anies being part of the problem rather than part of the solution. It is high time these companies that are getting rich here in America and are from America decide to step up and help things get better rather than keep pushing things toward the worst possible outcome. While they are raking in massive profits off the backs of the rest of us they are reducing their workforces in record numbers. They are requiring the employees they keep to work more and pay them less and keep fewer people on payroll causing our employment issues to get worse and worse rather than taking a little of the huge profits they are making and hiring more people they are so concerned with the bottom line they are killing the host that feeds them. Big business has gone off the tracks and is no longer a solution but is now a problem.

It is time for us, we the people, to take back control of our own country. I propose a new political party.  We have the democrats and republicans and even some smaller parties that hardly make any difference. We even have tea party in the republicans which doesnt seem to be much different from all the others. I propose a new political party, we will call ourselves the Beer Bash Party. The Beer Bash Party would have one goal and only one goal so its a simple thing to understand. The Beer Bash Parties one goal would be to elect no incumbent the entire idea would be if anyone has ever held a political office in the past we would not vote for them.
This would ensure a steady stream of new ideas and avoid the political virus that seems to have infected our government. It seems no matter who we elect they become politicians just by association with other politicians. Once they spend any time in Washington DC they are infected. The only solution is to remove the infected and replace them with healthy elected officials.
The problem is once they get to Washington DC they become infected with the political virus. So to solve this no one gets more than one term no exceptions one term then you're out. Make the term 6 years and every 2 years its out with the oldest and in with new. This would ensure a steady stream of uninfected people to keep the whole body healthy.
Thats just My idea but it couldnt be any worse than what we have going on now.

Its a crazy world

I had so many things I was going to talk about today I dont know if I have the time or energy to put them all here. I will start with my first one and perhaps I will put the other one in later. I was reading over the weekend about a convention in Vegas for hackers. There was a lively debate going on about the topic of children and the fact the convention had a special forum for kids from ages 6 to 13. I have some pretty strong opinions about hackers in general. The entire concept seems to be digital trespassing and I wonder if it is a good thing to be condoning to children. There are all kinds of arguments about black hat and white hat and gray hat hacking but it all comes down to hacking. I saw the argument that we needed to train young people hacking skills to better combat black hat hackers. I suppose there could be some validity to that argument although I really see very little. I view hacking the same as breaking and entering whether its a digital domain or someones house its the same concept to me. If someone is breaking into your house late at night do you really care what color hat they wear? Are you really going to wait and find out if they have ill intent or are just innocently looking around? Does it even matter what their intent is? It is still trespassing at best and just gets worse from there. People say white hat hacking actually forces companies to upgrade security and that is a good thing. I saw bank robbery forces banks to upgrade security does that mean bank robbery is a good thing? Even if no one is injured in the robbery its still a crime and should be punished as one. Why would anyone condone such actions? As long as the robbery is taking other peoples money it is a statistic but if they get yours its a crime and needs to be stopped. Hacking seems to be the same thing as long as hackers are not bothering me then its mostly harmless but if they hit me its a whole different story, this seems to be the attitude from this convention and even the federal government which was there and actually giving lectures. I often wonder if the organizers of this convention would be happy if someone hacked them and their systems. Do they take security precautions against hackers or do they allow free access to their private and personal information to anyone that wants it? I hope you realize that was a rhetorical question because Im sure they are the most security minded people out there. Doesnt that seem a bit of a double standard? Its ok for us to hack you but its not ok for you to hack us. It annoys me when things like that go on and no one seems to point out the glaring hypocrisy involved. Well think Im done now I could go on and on but Im starting to type angry and I dont think my old keyboard could take much more. talk to you later

Wow these Fridays never stop do they?

Fri Apr 01, 2005

Its time again for my weekly update on the happenings of our little corner of the workers paradise.
The internal strife continues as planned one of the canines was caught in the process of an attack on the felines waste system. Summary punishment was meted out to the offending canine. The rest of the canines disavowed any knowledge of the plot but we are sure they were involved however ineptly. Security measures have been heightened and all canines are now under observation.
The feline management committee has come to a decision that due to his current behavioral issues the feline will be undergoing medical treatment in the near future. All that remains to be done on that issue is to schedule the appointment with the medical staff. We are hopeful this will leave the feline in a much more docile attitude and easier to control in the future. As his current outburst are becoming annoying and disturbing the peace in our little paradise.
Disappointment continues to follow the political prisoners as the planned upgrades to their holding areas were put on hold do to inclement weather and a disinclination of the staff to work under those conditions. We are hoping for more favorable conditions soon.
My plans to keep the tension up between the feline and canines are progressing well. Low scale tension between the two factions is in abundant supply and obvious to this observer. I will continue the current practices and plan on adding more devious practices soon. The canines have been given greater access to the outdoors and this practice is showing progress in the felines attitude regarding the canines.
Well I guess that’s about all I have to say today and I really must get back to my grueling schedule. It’s not easy repressing the masses and trampling all hopes in the underclasses it requires constant attention to the nuances ebb and flow of life here in the workers paradise. It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it. I only hope they appreciate the efforts I am putting forth on their behalf. Till next week.

Boy It's Hot

I mean really HOT. The thermometer on my back porch says its 115 degrees F right now and its only 4:30. It could still get hotter before the day is over. I was thinking its too hot to even talk then I thought about it and remembered the bodies temp is about 98 degrees F and since its hotter than that outside would going outside and talking help cool things down a bit? I really wonder if everyone in Texas started talking outside maybe we could reduce the temp to oh say 110 degrees F. Then I figured it wouldnt matter cause 110 is still too hot. And I for one dont really want to go outside to try my theory. So if anyone feels at all curious and wants to give this theory a try go for it and let me know how it works. I will just stay here in the AC and cheer you on. Cause thats the kind of guy I am. I was trying to think of something interesting to say today but its too hot for thinking so this is the best I could come up with. Besides if I wrote what I was thinking it would be something like this, "Its hot" over and over agin and after a few lines it would be boring. I might drop in some other adjective now and again just to change things up a bit but its too hot to think us interesting adjectives. And it doesnt make sense to use a longer sentence when the original does the job. Besides I have another theory that typing and the friction of my fingers on the keyboard is actually adding to the heat. Maybe I need an airconditioned keyboard? Did I mention its hot? Im forgetting now. Its too hot to even get worked up about all the stupidity Im seeing in the news today. Think I might go see if I can crawl into my freezer it should be cooler in there. Well since all I can think about is how hot it is and I feel I have pretty much said all I can say about it or at least all I want to say about it. I think I will go try and cool down somewhere under the AC vent. Talk at you later, if I survive this heat.

Debt Ceiling What Debt Ceiling?

I am getting sick and tired of hearing about the Debt Ceiling. Whats the point of try to put a limit on Debt if the limit keeps getting raised? I understand we have had this debt ceiline law for around 70 years or so and the ceiling has been raised about 50 times. It doesnt seem to matter who is in the White House or who is in the majority in the Congress no one wants to live within a budget. I would love to be able to just increase my budget whenever I wanted unfortunately I live outside Washington and am required to actually increase my income or decrease my spending in order to increase my budget. Why do we even have a Debt Ceiling in the first place? I have heard that we are one of two democracies in the world to actually think this is a good idea. I am starting to think the entire purpose of this Debt Ceiling is just for one or the other political party to make noise from time to time and isnt really taken seriously. Since the limit is adjustable at any time is it really a limit? Perhaps we should just do away with the entire thing as it does not work in the first place. Another great idea from our Congress to solve a problem where the cure is worse than the disease. I really do like the saying " If you think the problems congress causes are bad wait till you see the solutions". I am more and more of the opinion all incumbents should be voted out of office no matter what party just throw them out and vote in someone who has not had a chance to mess things up. We keep electing Democrats or Republicans and they keep doing the same old things and we are surprised that the same old problems keep happening. Has America gone crazy? Doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results is a sure sign of insanity. Maybe Ben Franklin was right and this country will fail once we figure out we can just vote ourselves more money. Maybe its time to vote Libertarian at least it would be a change and they havent had a chance to screw things up yet. We should be a little more equal opportunity in allowing politicians to ruin things. There are alot of regular Americans out of work maybe we should just elect them and see what happens. Couldnt be much worse than the lot we ahve working for us now. Im sure those folks looking for work would like having a job and maybe just in a way to say thanks actually do a good job for a change. Oh well we keep electing politicians and see the mess we have that should tell us something I think. We have exactly the people we elected and we get what we deserve I guess. I am bored with this think I will go do something else now.