Fight to the Death. Almost.

"Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are essentially tied for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the first time that the New York senator hasn't clearly led the field.

The Illinois senator bests Clinton by a single percentage point, 30%-29%, if the contest includes former vice president Al Gore.

Clinton bests Obama by a single point, 37%-36%, if it doesn't include Gore.

The survey of 310 Democrats and 160 independents who "lean" Democratic, taken Friday through Sunday, has a margin of error of +/-5 percentage points."

Seems like a good race so far. I don't know how acccurate the polls are, but if they are true, then it would be difficult to predict who actually will represent the Democratic party.

Google Gone Too Far. Continued.

One of the plotters behind the alleged scheme to explode gas pipelines at John F. Kennedy airport directed his co-conspirators to use Google Earth to obtain detailed aerial photos of the targeted facility. In a federal criminal complaint, an excerpt from which you'll find below, one of the accused, Abdul Kadir, reportedly told cohorts to use the popular satellite software after he determined that surveillance video shot by the men was "not sufficiently detailed for operational purposes." Kadir, a Guyanese citizen and former member of that country's parliament, made the Google suggestion during a February meeting with an alleged co-conspirator and a government informant (Kadir and three other men have been charged with planning the terror attack). According to the complaint, the snitch followed through and obtained the Google aerial images of JFK, which the men code named the "chicken farm." At a May 11 meeting in Guyana, Kadir was shown the surveillance video and the Google Earth maps of JFK by the informant and Russell Defreitas, one of those charged in the airport attack plan. Defreitas, the complaint notes, "identified, among other things, the fuel tank locations and air traffic control tower." For his part, Kadir "asked many questions about the maps, including the distance between the street and the fuel tanks." (6 pages)

Google has this amazing feature, but what is it really used for? Most people still resort to Mapquest and Google Maps to find their directions around but to have this much detail doesn't really provide much help for the usual consumer. But in the case of terrorist, they get to see where things are from an aerial view. Even the new Google invention where you can zoom so far in where you can actually see how the streets would look if you stood there is going a bit far. You can vividly see license plates and people walking around. What's the main purpose of it? For vacationing purposes where you would know exactly how the streets look like? That's a bit excessive. Plus, how does this affect our national security?

America's not that safe.

"More murders and robberies in 2006 sent U.S. violent crimes higher for the second straight year, the FBI said on Monday, with the increase blamed on gangs, youth violence, gun crimes and fewer police on beats.

The FBI reported that the number of violent crimes nationwide went up by 1.3 percent last year, following a 2.3 percent increase in 2005. That had been the first rise in four years and the biggest percentage gain in 15 years.

The report showed that murders in big cities jumped last year by 6.7 percent. Robberies, an important indicator of crime trends, increased 6 percent nationwide.

Drudge Report: 16,185 MURDERS; 92,837 RAPES A YEAR IN USA...

Cities with big increases in the number of murders included Orlando and Miami in Florida; Oakland and San Diego in California; Phoenix, Arizona; Corpus Christi, Texas; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Reno, Nevada and Little Rock, Arkansas."

That's a staggering amount of murders and rapes a year in the USA. I have no idea how accurate it is, but if it is true, then why aren't we trying to fix it? There are examples of many ways to help this, such as increasing police activities and to get law enforcements deep into the scheme of things. I'm surprised by these stats. Are you?

Google Gone Too Far

The new Google service offers 360-degree images of locations as seen from the ground, instead of the usual overhead satellite image and matching map. So far, it covers parts of five metropolitan areas — San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami.

How’d Google get the images in the first place? In San Francisco, Google staffers drove vans around town for the past year snapping pictures, CNET said. In the others, Google formed a partnership with a company called Immersive Media to do something similar. The images, taken with a 11-lens camera — are static, not real-time webcams. It is not clear how often they will be updated.

Even so, privacy concerns are starting to spread like wildfire. The Drudge Report, that early-warning system for democracy, is now using a screencap of someone peering out of a living room window as his top image. If that didn’t scare you, the banner headline might: SMILE, YOU’RE ON GOOGLE EARTH!"

Although it seems like a cool feature, what's the main purpose of it? Seems a bit excessive and even Matt Drudge thinks it invades on privacy. What would people really use this for other than vacation planning? Plus the level of detail is rather outrageous. Would it affect national security if it was in the wrong hands? Google, sometimes you are too smart for ever yourselves.

Rosie.

Is Evil

Think Different.

Don't Vote for Hillary.

People will sell anything. ANYTHING!

"If you thought donning tin foil caps was excessive, Isabodywear is out to make those contraptions looks mighty mild. While the debate about just how dangerous (or not) cellphone radiation is still rages on, there's certainly a paranoid sect that will snap up anything that claims to "protect them," and this Swiss garb maker is latching onto said opportunity. The briefs are purportedly constructed with threads made of silver, which the company claims will fend off harmful cellphone radiation; moreover, in an effort to really prove just how effective these undergarments are, it suggests that phone calls originated within the confines of your new underwear simply won't connect. Reportedly, 4,000 pairs have been created so far, and for folks willing to give these a try and fill out a survey, the first 500 of you to email in and request one will seemingly have one sent out gratis. There's no word on when you can expect the Slipways to hit the market, but they should sell for CHF29.90 ($24) apiece when retailers start stocking."

Really, how stupid do you have to be to buy one of these. I'd rather buy tin foil and wrap myself in it to blind the surround people while I walk around in sunny California than to spend a staggering $24 on that crap.

Empire Strikes Back.

"The storm yesterday afternoon was part of the latest blast of bad weather to hit New York.

The murky skies and lightning, seen from across the East River in this dramatic picture, were accompaniedby 72mph winds and a deluge which saw an inch of rain fall in nearby Central Park.

There was no damage to the 1,454ft Empire State Building.

The lightning rod at its very top absorbs such strikes around 100 times a year.

It may not, however, have been such a good day to visit the outdoor viewing gallery on the 86th floor."

Just thought this was cool. You don't see this very often in LA with their buildings not being so tall. But the person who took that picture must have been waiting very patiently. Or he just used photoshop.

At least this is better than talking about how Al Gore is tired of politics.

If Jenny Jameson supports Hillary, then...

PR.com: "Who's your favorite Democratic front runner for 2008? Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John Edwards?"

Jenna Jameson: "I love Hillary. I think that in some ways she's pretty conservative for a Democrat, but I would love to have a woman in office. I think that it would be a step in the right direction for our country, and there would be less focus on war and more focus on bettering society."

PR.com: "Do you find that the climate of the adult industry changes when there is a Republican administration versus Democratic?"

Jenna Jameson: "Absolutely. The Clinton administration was the best years for the adult industry and I wish that Clinton would run again. I would love to have him back in office. I would love to have Al Gore in office. When Republicans are in office, the problem is, a lot of times they try to put their crosshairs on the adult industry, to make a point. It's sad, when there are so many different things that are going on in the world: war, and people are dying of genocide...I look forward to another Democrat being in office. It just makes the climate so much better for us, and I know that once all our troops come home, things are going to be better and I think that getting Bush out of office is the most important thing right now."

So I guess it's pretty straight forward. Clinton loves porn. Jenna Jameson does porn. Therefore, Jenna Jameson is loved by Clinton. Also, if you're a Democrat, you support porn. And if you're a Republican, you're against it. Sounds about right.

"A remote chain of Arctic islands is advertising itself as a showcase of bad things to come from global warming.

Visitors to Svalbard can see reindeer, seals or polar bears in the Arctic, where U.N. scientists say warming is happening twice as fast as on the rest of the planet in what may be a portent of changes further south.

"Svalbard is an important meeting place...You clearly see the melting of the ice, problems for polar bears, for birds, which are damaged by global warming and environmental pollutants," Norwegian Environment Minister Helen Bjoernoy told Reuters.

A group of Dutch, British and Irish students attended a climate change college in Longyearbyen run by Ben & Jerry's, a U.S. ice cream maker, to educate them about climate change and help them launch grassroots environmental campaigns back home.

Briton Rob Bell, for instance, wants mobile phone companies to create chargers that switch off when the phone is full: "If everyone unplugged their phone chargers it would be enough to power 33,000 homes for a year."

Very interesting, and also very compelling to see how the world has changed due to global warming. The statistics is very interesting too, stating that if everyone unplugged their phone chargers, it would be enough to power 33,000 homes for a year. I would like to see how they came up with this statistic. Anyways, it's a real situation with the climate changes and we should all do our part to not further damage the environment more than it is already.

Goodbye Falwell.

"The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. He was 73.

Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell was found unresponsive late Tuesday morning and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.

Sen. John McCain, the school commencement speaker last year, said Tuesday that his prayers were with Falwell's family.

"Dr. Falwell was a man of distinguished accomplishment who devoted his life to serving his faith and country," McCain said.

Days after Sept. 11, 2001, Falwell essentially blamed feminists, gays, lesbians and liberal groups for bringing on the terrorist attacks. He later apologized.

In 1999, he told an evangelical conference that the Antichrist was a male Jew who was probably already alive. Falwell later apologized for the remark but not for holding the belief. A month later, his National Liberty Journal warned parents that Tinky Winky, a purple, purse- toting character on television's "Teletubbies" show, was a gay role model and morally damaging to children."

For being someone so many people loved, he surely was pretty whacked out. He blamed the feminists, gays, lebians, and liberal groups for bringing the terrorit attacks for the Sept. 11 attacks. What the heck was he thinking. "Teletubbies" was a gay role model which damges our children? Wow, who actually listens to this guy?

Apparently a lot of people.

Why So High?

"Gasoline prices hit a new record at the pump on Monday, but gas futures prices fell on concerns that $3 gas will crimp demand. Oil prices, meanwhile, rose on reports of refinery problems in the U.S. and abroad.

The average national price of a gallon of gas hit $3.073 on Monday, up almost a penny from Sunday's also record-setting price, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Gasoline is now well above the previous record of $3.057, set on Sept. 5, 2005, soon after Hurricane Katrina.

"Tightness in the U.S. gasoline situation will continue to drive the market ... because the summer driving season is right around the corner," said Victor Shum, energy analyst with Purvin & Gertz in Singapore. "There's not a lot of time for refineries to catch up with demand."

How painful is that. It's already 3.45 per gallon where I live and I can't really imagine it getting that much higher. I know my friends in Northern California are paying even more, but that's understandable. But people in Arizona are paying a fraction of what we are paying. Ah, are the demands really that dramtically higher to constitute such a high spike in prices?

"Hamas-run television defied Israel and the Palestinian government on Friday by airing a controversial children's show with a Mickey Mouse lookalike preaching resistance and Islamic domination.

Israel and Jewish groups have slammed the Al-Aqsa television channel for allowing the copycat mouse "Farfur" and a girl co-star to urge resistance against Israel and the United States, and for its overtly Islamist message.

Padded out with Islamic songs and calling cities in Israel part of Palestine, Friday's episode apparently sought to prepare children for their end-of-year examinations.

Asked by an Al-Aqsa reporter why he looked around to see what his friends were writing, Farfur -- whose name means butterfly -- answered: "Because the Jews destroyed my home and I left my books and notes under the rubble."

"I'm calling on all children to read more and more to prepare for exams because the Jews don't want us to learn," said Farfur who failed the test."

I still find it hilarious but downright disturbing that this event has occured. What do you plan to prove with this show on hatred? Trying to influence a generation with more hate and anger to bring forth more violence? But you have to admit, watching that mickey mouse impersonater was both hilarious and very distasteful.

"He says President Bush isn't the only one to blame. "He's the person where the buck stops, but it goes through the secretary of defense and the planning agencies, the Department of State -- it's the whole administration," Romney says. "They made mistakes... and we're paying for those mistakes."

The president's "surge" policy of putting additional troops into Iraq may never work, says Romney, but it deserves a chance. "We're going to know in a matter of months if it's working or not working."

Romney acknowledges that voters may have a problem with his religion's history of polygamy. "That's part of the history of the church's past that I understand is troubling to people," he says. The practice, outlawed before 1900, is equally troubling to him. "I have a great-great grandfather. They were trying to build a generation out there in the desert and so he took additional wives as he was told to do. And I must admit, I can't image anything more awful than polygamy," he tells Wallace."

Mitt Romney has an interesting view here. President Bush isn't the only one to blame. There are a lot of different people who should be blamed on top of Bush but Bush is usually the one to blame for the war, assuming you go that way. There were a lot of mistakes during that period of time and we are all paying the price now.
I find very hard to believe that Mitt Romney "can't image anything more awful than polygamy." It sounds like a way to emphasize that he doesn't support it, but to put out that common is outrageous. Of course there are things more awful than polygamy.

Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill

"Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers, “We can take the president to court” if he issues a signing statement, according to Kid Oakland, a blogger who covered Pelosi’s remarks for the liberal website dailykos.com.

The president has made excessive use of signing statements and Congress is considering ways to respond to this executive-branch overreaching,” a spokesman for Pelosi, Nadeam Elshami, said. “Whether through the oversight or appropriations process or by enacting new legislation, the Democratic Congress will challenge the president’s non-enforcement of the laws.”

How ridiculous is it to sue the President for the power he has been given. I like the idea expressed later on in the article where it talks about adding pressure on the President but sueing President Bush isn't the way.

Speaking the Truth. Or Not.

"Curt Schilling, the outspoken pitcher of the Boston Red Sox, levelled his guns on Tuesday at Barry Bonds, who needs 12 homers to break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record. Bonds has been at the centre of baseball's ongoing steroids controversy, but never has admitted to knowingly taking steroids. Schilling must have thought otherwise during an interview with Boston-based sports radio station WEEI. "He (Bonds) admitted he used steroids. There's no gray area," Schilling said on WEEI. "He (Bonds) admitted cheating on his wife, cheating on taxes and cheating on the game. " You knew someone was going to say it. You just didn't know when. Curt Schilling said what has been in most of the sport worlds minds and now he will get what is coming to him too. A bowl full of Bond. Now whether it was warranted is another issue, but I have to commend Schilling here. Bond has not readily admitted to taking Steroids willingly but it doesn't change the fact that his body resembles nothing of his former self as a Pirates and resembles more of a Mark-like body. He must have known that since he was getting so huge that Balco must have done something illegal.

Riots in France.

"Street violence took some of the shine off victory in the French elections for new president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Far-left activists had running battles with police across France as 270 people were taken in for questioning and 367 parked vehicles were torched"

How sad. This is what happens when you have extremist. And in this situation, the FAR-LEFT had to start this crap. 367 parked defenseless vehicles is quite a hefty number. But yes, this is a sad day.

Paris In Jail

"A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail Friday for violating her probation, putting the brakes on the hotel heiress' famous high life.

Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, must go to jail on June 5 and she will not be allowed any work release, no furloughs, no use of an alternative jail and no electronic monitoring in lieu of jail, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ruled after a hearing.

The heiress arrived at court 10 minutes late in the back of a black Cadillac Escalade and swept into the Metropolitan Courthouse with several men in suits, ignoring screams of photographers lining the route into a rear entrance. Her parents, Rick and Kathy Hilton, also came with her.

Wearing a gray jacket and white shirt over black slacks and with a black headband on, she said nothing and appeared serious.

The celebrity case brought an unusual scene to the austere courthouse south of downtown in a commercial area. As if at a red carpet event, dozens of photographers and reporters lined up at the rear entrance. Yellow police tape substituted for velvet ropes.

TV trucks were parked nearby to beam the news worldwide and a helicopter hovered overhead. Extra sheriff's deputies stood guard.

Hilton, 26, pleaded no contest in January to reckless driving stemming from a Sept. 7 arrest in Hollywood. Police said she appeared intoxicated and failed a field sobriety test. She had a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent, the level at which an adult driver is in violation of the law.

She was sentenced to 36 months probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines."

It seems fair enough. Although, you often hear about the slap on the hand and telling them celebrities not to do it again, this gives a slight fairness to the situation. If a normal person did this, it would have been a lot harsher, but at least something is done.

Deport Them ALL!

"He has never called for the deportation of all illegal immigrants, but Lou Dobbs believes the U.S. could pull off such a feat if it really wanted to. The CNN anchor, whose stance against illegal immigration has helped raise his ratings but also fueled criticism, speaks to Lesley Stahl for a profile to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, May 6 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Dobbs is against amnesty programs for illegal immigrants and the president's guest worker proposal, so Stahl wonders whether Dobbs thinks the government could deport all illegal immigrants. "I've never called for their deportation,"says Dobbs. "But at the same time, when this president and open-borders, illegal-alien-amnesty advocates say, 'You can't deport them,' my answer is, 'You want to bet?' because this is the United States. I think this country can do anything it sets its mind to," he tells Stahl."

Good message on thinking this country can do anything it sets its mind to. Bad idea in deporting all illegal immigrants. There are other ways to deal with illegal immigrants at this moment, such as the card system for identification. Illegal immmigrants will find work where labor is needed, so simply deporting them doesn't stop the problem at heart.

Ask before you Post.

"The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned. The directive, issued April 19, is the sharpest restriction on troops' online activities since the start of the Iraq war. And it could mean the end of military blogs, observers say."

Although I don't totally agree with this, I think it needed for the security of the military. The enemy is evolving and the internet is the quickest way to gather information. Plus, there shouldn't be anything that should prevent them from actually sending the emails or posting blogs since the superior officer can okay the post or email unless it is something that is not acceptable. So what exactly are you hiding to be against this? Other than of course, privacy.

Bush Shows them Who's Boss.

"President Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate.

Democrats accused Bush of ignoring American's desire to stop the war, which has claimed the lives of more than 3,350 members of the military.

"If the president thinks by vetoing this bill, he'll stop us from working to change the direction of the war in Iraq, he is mistaken," Reid said.

"Our troops and their families deserve better, and their elected leaders can do better," Bush said.

"Whatever our differences, surely we can agree that our troops are worthy of this funding and that we have a responsibility to get it to them without further delay," the president said."

It's not like it was a great surprise. Bush was going to veto the bill anyways. But it was good nontheless that Bush put up an argument. Our troops and their families do deserve better. What is done is done, and pulling our troops out at a vital point isn't the answer.

Harry Has to GO.

"he head of the British army said Monday that he had personally decided that Prince Harry, the third in line to the throne, will serve with a combat unit in Iraq.

Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt said the decision would be kept under review, but he hoped his statement would end media speculation on Harry's deployment.

"The decision has been taken by myself that he will deploy in due course," Dannatt said. "I would urge that the somewhat frenzied media activity surrounding this particular story should cease in the interests of the overall security of all our people deployed in Iraq."

He spoke after newspaper reports cited unidentified senior military officials as saying an army review was likely to lead to Harry being banned from the battlefield, although he could still do a desk job."

Good. He's third in line to the throne, so it's okay.

Twang What?

"Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue.

'I think America is ready for a multilingual president,' Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C.

The New York senator—who said she's been thinking about critics who've suggested that she tried to put on a fake Southern accent in Selma, Ala.—noted that she's split her life between Arkansas, Illinois and the East Coast."

How do you get a southern accent when you weren't even born there? OR grew up there? Just because you want to black voters doesn't mean you have to put on a fake southern accent.

Getting Bean-ed.

"Hugh Grant has been arrested after allegedly hurling a tub of baked beans at a photographer.

He also reportedly kicked snapper Ian Whittaker.

Grant - who has been arrested before, when caught with prostitute Divine Brown in America - was taken to a police station last night for questioning over the alleged assault."

I have to admit. This is freaken hilarious. I mean, look at these pictures. If I were Hugh Grant, I would probably throw something more threatening than a tub of baked beans at obnoxious photographers.

But maybe he did.

“I walked backwards and he walked after me. He kicked me hard three or four times then kneed me in the groin."

Go Hugh Grant.

WalMart: Takes on CVS and Walgreens

"Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday that it will contract with local hospitals and other organizations to open as many as 400 in-store health clinics in the next two to three years.

Should current market forces continue, the world's largest retailer said up to 2,000 clinics could be in Wal-Mart stores over the next five to seven years.

Wal-Mart said the effort marks an expansion of a pilot program it started in 2005, when it leased space within its stores to medical clinics. Currently, it said 76 clinics are operating inside Wal-Mart stores in 12 states.

It has said the clinics are expected to boost the health of its shoppers and should also help sales by drawing consumers into its stores.

"We think the clinics will be a great opportunity for our business. But most importantly, they are going to provide something our customers and communities desperately need -- affordable access at the local level to quality health care," said Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott in a statement."

It sounds all great but will Walmart start bullying around the local hospitals or the drug producers like it does for their daily "low priced" products sold at their store. Plus how would they deal with the increasing disagreement with the union. Only time can tell. Dirty Walmart.

Only ONE SQUARE FOR YOU!

Crow has suggested using "only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where two to three could be required".

The 45-year-old, who made the comments on her website, has just toured the US on a biodiesel-powered bus to raise awareness about climate change.

She teamed up with environmental activist Laurie David for the shows.

The pair targeted 11 university campuses to persuade students to help combat the world's environmental problems.

"I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming," Crow wrote.

"Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating.

"I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting."

What the heck. Does toliet paper really matter to that degree? Do people actually rip out like 20 sqaures each sitting? You might as well just bring your own leaves and dig a hole so after you're done taking a dump, you'd be able to organically decompose it underground. Jeez.

On the side note, she has an amazing guitar.

Wikipedia > Myspace

MySpace, owned by News Corp and with reportedly more than 100 million registered users, "hurts my eyes", Wales says.

"There's way too much advertising and they're not really respecting their own community."

Wikipedia is another matter, he says. "We're not similar at all - you get involved in a community..."

Wales, who confesses to spending lots of time on the web - "I pretty much roll out of bed and log on" - says when he started Wikipedia he knew it was a big idea, but he never imagined it would be in the Top 10 websites.

Wikipedia is reportedly the ninth most popular website in the world.

"I was thinking more in the Top 100."

Wikipedia has been hailed as a revolutionary tool, but it has also raised concerns about errors and accuracy. Wales says there will be some new software features to limit errors, but stresses that where others would respond to errors by locking down, his response is to be even more open.

And how does his family react to his internet celebrity status? "It's fun for them" and normal for his six-year-old daughter, who was born two weeks before the launch of Wikipedia.

Asked if he would be willing to sell to the big guns like Google and Yahoo, he said no, and that he is working on "the next big thing that will hit the internet" instead.

His free, completely open source transparent search engine, will have a "huge degree of human community oversight".

Users can expect to see it towards the end of the year.

And his advice to aspiring online entrepreneurs? "Find something you love and go for it."

"It's good to have a geek hobby that turns into a career."

This seems to be a way to bring out publicity towards Wikipedia and to bash on the corporateness of what Myspace is. It is true though, that Myspace is jam-packed with advertisement that is sometimes very questionable to our youths today.
But Facebook doesn't seem so bad right, Mr. Wales?

BOMBS AWAY continued

Bombs Away!

MCCAIN SINGS: 'BOMB BOMB BOMB, BOMB BOMB IRAN'

Hilarious. At least McCain has a sense of humor, unlike some people,namely Barack Obama. But at least they're friends..or at least believe in some of the same things. Obama co-sponsered "Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act" which was introduced by John McCain. They hate together, so that's always a plus is my book.

I have no idea what's going on.

If 300 were rated PG...and for little kids.

Can't hate on the Dow Jones.

Dow Closes Above 12,800 for First Time

Sounds good to me. Although Yahoo and other technology stocks seem to be lagging at the moment, the overall message of a recovery is always good news. Although this isn't realy an indicator of a better economy, it's one step in that direction.

On a spontaneous note, apparently horses would be "nervous" and "skittish" during the Rolling Stone concert. The owners seem a bit annoyed but you had to admit, their demands are out of whack. They're not willing to move their horses. Is that too much to ask for? Maybe, but there has to be a compremise and with a title :

Horses may be drugged for Stones gig

You can't go wrong.

Don't be scared.

Korea Fears Prejudice With Shooting Link

"South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the government hoped the Virginia Tech shootings, allegedly carried out by a 23-year-old South Korean native, would not "stir up racial prejudice or confrontation."

I remember when 9-11 happened and at my neighborhood liquor store where an Egyptian man was gunned down because they thought he was a terrorist. It was an odd event; I didn't really know what to think about the situation. What I did know was that the man who I bought food and candy was a rather nice fellow and never gave us students a hard time. It's also disturbing that it happened so close to home.

This reminds me of the world war 2 era where the Japanese were thrown into "concentration" camps and people who weren't Japanese but resembled them (Chinese) were taken down (in nice terms) because of their looks/race.

I could see how resentment towards a race could occur, but it still doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do.


"He was a loner, and we're having difficulty finding information about him," school spokesman Larry Hincker said.
Instead, we should all hate on those who are loners, creep bastards who just seem to do nothing. Cho Seung-Hui should be the poster child of creep bastard. His films should have been a warning. Beware of lonely creep bastards.

I'm just kidding.
But not really.

A Sad Day.

Gunman Kills 32 at Virginia Tech In Deadliest Shooting in U.S. History


A day where a safe place such as a college turns into a violent shooting spree between one man's quarrel and his girlfriend to the death of 32 and possibly more.

"He let off a full round of bullets and I was probably one of ten or 15 people hit. There was no warning. It was just random shooting. He didn't say anything. He just shot and left. A lot of my classmates were hit, and possibly my professor too."

This should have never taken place. Never. This makes you really wonder about school security, how he got his semi-automatic handguns, and enough ammo to take down a small army. Most deadly attack on a school campus...ever. Columbine was bad but this took it to a new level. Random acts of killing, killing of the RA and the girlfriend, chaining the doors so there wasn't an easy escape, blocking police. But now that the body count is here, all we can do is pray for the families affected.

A time by time basis of what happened.

Gone.

CBS Fires Don Imus Over Racial Slur

I knew it was coming but the real question was merely when. CBS reacted relatively quickly after the sponserships were dropped. But on the bright side, I guess it was good that he apologized to the Rutgers Women basketball team when they had a talk.


On the side note, you have to admit, this guy looks like a creep bastard.

Join the bandwagon.

Everyone loves good publicity. And when everyone can bash on someone who obviously did something terrible, they probably would.

"Hillary has spoken out about radio host Don Imus: "I've never wanted to go on his show and I certainly don't ever intend to go on his show, and I felt that way before his latest outrageous, hateful, hurtful comments."

"CBS Director Hopes Imus Will Be Fired"

"Obama: Fire Imus"

"Rosie Still Worried About Her Job? 'View' Co-Host Continues to Defend Imus' 'Free Speech"

So much hatred. But there are those who want to forgive him. Like John McCain and John Edwards.

But just look at this guy. I would love to hate on him, but the noble thing to do is to forgive him and forget about him and what he did. I commend John & John. But oh wells.

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U.S. military develops Robocop armour for soldiers:

First words that come to my mind is..."OH SNAPZ!" This would definately install fear in the eyes of the enemy when times come to ship our soldiers to far away lands to fight for the good old United States of America. Although it's pretty far fetched as in implimenting it at a relatively quick time, but it would be great for our military nontheless. Now we need Batman's Tank for overwhelming power.