You can read that here.
I rambled on with the first question. But it was multifaceted question and I wanted to answer it all.
Thanks to Matt for the interview. 😀
Quotable Quote:
I will say this, I originally started blogging with idea that neither of the Parties, Republican or Democratic are moral or political absolutes. Both parties have their issues. Which is why I did not vote Republican in 2008, I voted for Bob Barr.
Go read it and Check out Jumping in Pools too!
I just wanted to post something here to all my readers. I noticed that not too many Bloggers on my side of the political fence have said anything about this.
Well, once again, I will be the one to do it.
Politics is one thing, real life is another.
Losing someone to a tragedy such as this, is unimaginable. Unlike some on the left, I will NOT bring my personal politics into this. But I will say that I personally feel for this people. Mining is in my family too; sort of. My Father is from Middlesboro, Kentucky. Back when he was a young man, he drove a tri-axle dump truck down in his home town. He worked out of a strip mines down in that town. Oh, the stories he would tell, about Hazards of driving those trucks. Some of the stories were side splitting tales, some were quite scary.
Anyhow, my heart goes out to these people during their time of loss. This is where I will also deviate from my normal hard line Conservative stance, and say the following; which most likely will not do anything for my Conservative creds. Not that I quite honestly give a damn about that anyhow.
It would be a crime, if I did not mention the fact that this mine was, in fact, a non-union mine. Because of that, the safety record of this mine, was, in fact, terrible. Unions; for all their short-comings and horrible politics, are the best defense against companies who want to cut corners and allow their employees to work in unsafe conditions. I honestly believe that if the union that my Father was represented by at G.M. had not been there, my Father would have been dead ages ago. For those who are just passing through, my Father is a retired G.M. Worker and is represented by the U.A.W. The Union forces the big business owners to a very high standard of safety and if the companies do not adhere to them, they simply will not allow their employees on the job. Which I feel is a very good thing. Equipment can be replaced —- Human Lives cannot.
There are some possibly of the right, that might say my bringing this up is morbid or something silly like that. Well, too bad. As they say, all politics is local; and this my friends is a local, personal issue for me. One of the nicest things I read, was the fact that even though this mine was non-union, the President of the Union miners was sending a team of people up to the site, to offer their assistance. Because it is the human and responsible thing to do. That is what normal, sane, rational Americans do, when their fellow man is hurting. They put partisan differences aside and come together. I bet some in the world of Political Blogging could learn something from that; on both sides of the aisle.
Again, my and my family’s prayers go out to the people of MONTCOAL, W.Va. tonight.
Update: Video confirming what I wrote above:
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HEH! 😆
Only people with certain imbalances buy the first iteration of Apple products.
via My Best Buy had no iPads, no line | Technically Incorrect – CNET News.
AllahPundit, call your office! 😀 😉 😛
Hey, at least Mr. Candy-ass Rino has the cash to buy one of these things. More than I can say for yours truly here. 🙁 😥 or as AP says, Heart-Ache.
Irk! Now this is not a good thing to read:
Gadgets come and gadgets go. The iPad you buy today will be e-waste in a year or two (less, if you decide not to pay to have the battery changed for you). The real issue isn’t the capabilities of the piece of plastic you unwrap today, but the technical and social infrastructure that accompanies it.
If you want to live in the creative universe where anyone with a cool idea can make it and give it to you to run on your hardware, the iPad isn’t for you.
If you want to live in the fair world where you get to keep (or give away) the stuff you buy, the iPad isn’t for you.
If you want to write code for a platform where the only thing that determines whether you’re going to succeed with it is whether your audience loves it, the iPad isn’t for you.
via Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) – Boing Boing.
I have to give props to Mr. Cory Doctorow for his brutal honesty. The article is quite the good read; from a standpoint of someone, who does not even own a iPod, much less an iPhone! 😀 I mean, I am just not big into, what I like to call, useless gadgets. To me, a phone is for making phone calls. Not for sitting there and playing games and all the crap you can do on them today. I mean, there is a thing called “Sexting” which is transmitting rather nasty pictures of one’s self over the internet. We never had to contend with stuff like that when I was a kid. (I am 37, by the way…) Besides that, you would not want to be transmitting naked pictures of my body anyhow; as I am almost sure it would cause someone great problems of the psychological sort to see me naked.
Now, from a greedy capitalist’s stand point; if I had a bunch of shares with Apple right about now and I saw this article. I would be asking for this guys head on a platter. I mean, just who the hell does this grumpy old jackass think he is? I am sure that Steve Jobs is not too happy about someone dissing his product, that he’s worked his rear end off to produce. On the other hand, this is just one man’s opinion of this product and I am sure that there are many others who have written that this is an exciting product to try.
The bottom line is this; we live in a free market, capitalistic society, and that free market will decide if this product is a smashing success or if it will be a flop. That is because that Free Market allows the PEOPLE, not the Government, to choose whether a product will be sold or even successful or not. Granted, it will take effort to make this happen; promotion by the company, the sales people and even the customer to buy the product. However the point is….. the freedom of choice is there. You can choose which product you wish to own by apple, all of them or none of them at all. That is the beauty of America. The only thing stopping you is your financial situation and also possibly your personal desire to own such product. Personally, even if I did have the money to own one of these iPads, I most likely would not own one. Because I personally do not see the point in owning such a thing. I have a very nice laptop, which suits my needs perfectly. I also do not see the point in owning something like this, and then having to own a iPhone or something similar, why not just put a camera and the ability to make phone calls in it as well? Again that is wonderful power of personal freedom and choice.
Now I could yammer on here about how the some of the Democrats and the socialists want to do away with all this freedom and change the system we have here in America. But I think everyone that reads this knows my position on those subjects. It also is not lost on me, where this thing is produced and the political positions of some of the people that will own one of these things. However, I will not bring that into this discussion here, as I am blogging about an iPad. 😉 😀 😛
Update: Others Talking about the iPad: Pajamas Media, The Confluence, Althouse, Vanity Fair, Bits, Scripting News, VentureBeat and Gawker
Update #2: Message to AllahPundit: Do you really want to be known as the dude who owns a electronic gadget, who’s name basically invokes thoughts of a Electronic Maxi-Pad or Internet Maxi-Pad? Not if you are Beta-Male. I mean, you are already being called a candy-ass Rhino as it is; you do not need anymore help. I’m just sayin’ 😛
Finally, the stupid socialist is doing something right:
The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time, officials said Tuesday.
The proposal — a compromise that will please oil companies and domestic drilling advocates but anger some residents of affected states and many environmental organizations — would end a longstanding moratorium on oil exploration along the East Coast from the northern tip of Delaware to the central coast of Florida, covering 167 million acres of ocean.
Under the plan, the coastline from New Jersey northward would remain closed to all oil and gas activity. So would the Pacific Coast, from Mexico to the Canadian border.
The environmentally sensitive Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska would be protected and no drilling would be allowed under the plan, officials said. But large tracts in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska — nearly 130 million acres — would be eligible for exploration and drilling after extensive studies.
The proposal is to be announced by President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Wednesday, but administration officials agreed to preview the details on the condition that they not be identified.
The proposal is intended to reduce dependence on oil imports, generate revenue from the sale of offshore leases and help win political support for comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
via Obama to Open Offshore Areas to Oil Drilling for First Time – NYTimes.com.
It’s about time that Bambi Teleprompter is doing something right.
An exasperated Moonbat Steve Benon whines:
My confusion, then, is over the administration’s negotiating tactics. In February, the president cleared the way for the first new U.S. nuclear power plants in more than 30 years. Today, the president will reportedly open up new opportunities for coastal drilling.
In other words, Obama has already effectively given Republicans what they wanted on energy. What is he getting in return?
My question is, why the fuck should he get anything in return, at all?
He better be fucking hoping and praying that we don’t make his origin of birth a big issue when the Republicans take back the house and senate come 2010! What assholes… like the Republicans owe that floppy eared son-of-a- bitch anything at all. 😡 🙄
Again, I say, good on ol’ big ears for finally learning that capitalism is a good thing and that drilling is a good idea. Now if we could just teach the REST of liberal and socialist, and communist America that! We’d have to start in the fucking oval office first!
He has just removed it.
What a freakin’ Moron! 🙄
Update: When he gets caught, what does he do? Whines about it! Stupid ass whiny assed little faggot fuck. 🙄 What an idiot! No wonder everything thinks he’s a fucking moron anymore! 😆
Now why do I say that?
Because the asshole didn’t ask ME to participate in his stupid poll, that’s why!
As as result, crap like THIS happens.
….and to beat all, I get bullshit e-mails from this idiot:
Hello
I’m writing for a simple reason: A lot of people in the conservative hive are dramatically underpricing their ads.
What’s correct pricing? For most bloggers, something in the 60 to 80 cent range CPM. Smaller bloggers would probably want to go with AT LEAST 50 cents per CPM. In fact, at some point, we may move up to a 50 cent per CPM minimum for everyone in the hive (Keep that in mind).
Now, I know ads have not been selling at a rapid pace at the start of the year — but happens every Jan and Feb — and cutting your rates down to ridiculously low levels, like 25 cents per CPM, isn’t going to sell more ads for you. In fact, as far as I can tell, there doesn’t seem to be much of a difference at all in the number of ads running on blogs that have 75 cent CPMs and blogs that have 25 cents CPMs. See for yourself.
http://web.blogads.com/advertise/conservative_blog_advertising_network
I’m writing this now because sales are starting to pick up and are likely to continue to stay relatively strong through the end of the year. If you’re underpricing your ads, now is the time to raise your rates.
All the best
John Hawkins
http://www.rightwingnews.com
http://www.linkiest.com
http://www.viralfootage.com
http://www.selfhelpquotes.net
http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins
You want to know why Hawkins is wanting me to raise my rates? Because Ad hive owners get a fucking percentage off of the profits, that’s why!
So, guess what John? I am removing your lame ass Conservative Ad Hive Advertisement off of my blog. Seeing you and that third rate bitch from Idaho Sarah K, who now works for you; don’t seem to think that I am a real Conservative; whatever the fuck that means anymore — and will not include me in polls.
Screw ’em. If they remove me from the hive, good. I don’t like half of the people in that Hive any damned how. Little Green Footballs, is in it; and God Knows, he’s not a Conservative. The Daily Paul, which is filled with racists and Anti-Semites, is in it and so am I. Well, as of today, my giving that fat fuck ad space on my blog for free is over.
Just tired of the bullshit in the right wing Blogosphere anymore. Bunch of fucking idiots. More of that Stuck on Stupid Bullshit. I’m done with ’em. I do my own thing, I don’t need to be with a fucking bunch of posers, morons, and stupid people.
Don’t ask me to do shit like the above and then ignore me, never link and nor ask me to be a part of shit. That just does not work. Period.
Honestly? I have no clue on that. I found it to be, um, funny? But very strange.
Here’s a classic example of what will get your IP address banned from commenting here, and your info published:
The first comment was not so bad:
New comment on your post #17599 “Dana Loesch lays the smack down on the idiotic accusations on racism and gay slurs “
Author : Scott (IP: 66.235.49.173 , c-66-235-49-173.sea.wa.customer.broadstripe.net)
E-mail : surgery@usa.net
URL :
Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=66.235.49.173
Comment:
That video doesn’t prove sh*t. It fails to show anyone shouting anything vile, but so what? If you’re in that crowd, videoing with your cam or cell phone, and you happened to have footage of the actual incident, are you going to release it? No friggin way. Anybody standing in that crowd is a right wing true-believer and would keep such video under wraps forever.
The evidence, such as it is, is firmly on the side of the accusations being true. There were several witnesses who had nothing to gain by supporting a lie, and they all backed it up. Game over.
The language was a bit tough, but he did have a point; so, I thought I’d let it stand. Then, he got personal.
Author : Scott (IP: 66.235.49.173 , c-66-235-49-173.sea.wa.customer.broadstripe.net)
E-mail : surgery@usa.net
URL :
Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=66.235.49.173
Comment:
Here’s proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT6PNv2GhY4By the way, I disagree with your point…saying anything other than “there are no circumstnaces under which those remarks are appropriate, I denounce the use of those terms, and the attitudes they represent” is being a total pussy. I mean YOU. What are you, OK with the KKK burning crosses in your neighbors yards? Feel like you Don’t have to do what a black cop tells you? Nunes is worse, but what do you expect from politicians, who are all snakes, Rep or Dem?
I’d have gone even farther in Nunes’ shoes, and said, “Furthermore, the people who screamed those epithets are not in the same camp as me, they are not patriotic citizens of this great nation, they are not fit to be Republicans or for that matter Democrats either. Those people need to go home, and perhaps form their own political party, I hear David Dukes is looking for a job and could be their leader. They should buy an island and start their own country, because they are not welcome in Washington DC, nor anyplace else in the United States of America. In fact, if they did start an island nation under the banner of racism, we should nuke it.”
Yours
Scott
So, instead of trying to make a point. He insulted me. That goes against the rules and I basically told him to hit the road, and things went down hill in e-mail, and here they are:
Forwarded conversation
Subject: two words
————————From: Patrick <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:14 PM
To: surgery@usa.net
fuck off, don’t come to my fucking blog and expect your insults to be approved.Goodbye.
-Patrick
http://www.politicalbyline.com
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From: Scott <Surgery@usa.net>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:16 PM
To: Patrick <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>
Pussy. Afraid of someone with an opinion?Can’t listen to facts that don’t support your argument. Typical.
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From: Patrick <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:17 PM
To: Scott <Surgery@usa.net>
Like I said asshole, fuck you. You wanna insult someone, do it
elsewhere. Your bullshit ain’t fucking wanted…
and I will be blocking the IP.I have rules. follow ’em or get the fuck on…
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From: Scott <Surgery@usa.net>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:29 PM
To: Patrick <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>
Rules? Are they posted somewhere? I’m happy to edit my post to accomodate them. Unless the little boy is afraid to hear an opposing point of view? Do I hear your mommy calling?
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– Show quoted text –From: Patrick <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:32 PM
To: Scott <Surgery@usa.net>
Nah, I don’t want you here. Your attitude sucks. Don’t need it.For the record, it is here:
http://www.politicalbyline.com/comment-policy/
But, see you’ve got this idiotic attitude. I choose to not allow you to comment.
See ya.
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From: Scott Welker <hypocrophobe@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:47 PMTo: Patrick <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>
Waaaaaah! Im afraid! Mommy, Scott doesn’t agree with meFrom Scott
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From: Patrick <tpblogeditor@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:49 PM
To: Scott Welker <hypocrophobe@gmail.com>
Congrads, you just got yourself published on my blog. Including your
e-mail address and your IP address as well. I will be including your
e-mails to me.
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