When Un-Americans Rants

Ah, the Kos kiddies with no heart in their jumping jubilee over the deaths of more Blackwater contractors in Iraq: Copter shot down in Iraq; six Blackwater U.S. contractors among 11 dead.

They are mercenaries. They are being paid big money to take the risk of going to a war zone and getting shot at. Our soldiers are also going to a war zone and being shot at, but they aren’t getting paid anything near what these men made.

I’m not callous about their deaths, I don’t *want* anybody to die, and certainly nobody deserves to die for wanting to make a living. BUT I am sympathetic to the feelings Markos (the Kos kiddies' fearless but "brain dead" leader - koko) had at the reaction to the previous “civilian” death’s in Iraq.

Not callous? Please, don't insult our non-Liberal intelligence. His remarks reminds me of other callous Un-Americans who would rather spit at their own fellow U.S. soldiers "mercenaries" killed while in Iraq or elsewhere. They really don't care about soldiers or otherwise. Their true colors come through just as they did about the fall of Falluja by none other Markos of the Daily Kos (*cough* *cough*):

Let the people see what war is like. This isn’t an Xbox game. There are real repercussions to Bush’s folly. That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw
them.

See folks. We have the delusional Liberal brat here at heart who cares nothing about the soldiers in Iraq and protest under the guise of "Bring the Soldiers Home" as if Liberals really cared about them in the first place. Nada...that's not going to work. One of the liberals' leader, Markos, is their new poster boy hero called "Amorphism" (a noun) opposite of "Syndrome" when it comes to Incredi-ludicrousness and Incredi-brainlessness. You can see right through him. And, no, I'm not going to tell you what amorphism means, either. Look it up. Learn for a change for Pete's sake. No watered down words for you.

Make love, not war. And get AIDS in the process to show your patriotism. Idiocy and common sense dumped over to the wayside.

Hat tip - Michelle Malkin and LGF.

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Hearing Aids and Artificial Intelligence

The newest digital hearing aid nowadays use Artificial Intelligence (AI) software that has the ability to recognize voice where it can

"instantly and automatically analyze and adjust to sound is made possible by state of the art application of microchip processing where (it) responds to voice in the way that the human brain does, selectively identifying and prioritizing voice in any setting."

This would be the Oticon "Syncro" with AI. From reading this website it looks quite a promising hearing aid to have and would be quite beneficial for me. Currently I have a Widex Senso digital hearing aid and it does the job well to a degree but the Syncro goes a step further, it recognizes voice and amplifies that while screening out other unwanted sounds. With my Widex Senso I can pick up sounds such as a hair blower (which has a high frequency "whine" noise to it) in another part of my house a few rooms away.....with the doors closed. But it has an automatic noice reduction whenever the decibel gets too loud, it reduces the volume automatically. It's maddening when that happens if I listen to a radio, music or whenever I play the piano.

This new Syncro digital hearing aid is something that I would look into further. Prices, as I have heard is relatively cheap, to me that is, at around $2100 each on "average". I believe this hearing aid would be a step up along with my career as I continuously become more involved with people, the community, fire fighting and Burned Area Emergency Response efforts as part of my professional job more than ever before. Looks like I may decide to get this digital hearing aid sometime this summer after I do some more checking around first. The price is not a problem.

Now, for those who are wondering about my hearing and speech ability, I rarely deal with Deaf people in the flesh since I'd rather be with those who can talk and speak (i.e. hearing people or HH people). Of course, when I do run into these Deaf people it's usually a short chit-chat and see how they're doing with their lives and family. This usually happens a few times a year where I live when I bump into these Deaf people at the store or elsewhere. But each day I give thanks to the Lord that I was spared with some hearing left to enjoy the wonderous sounds of life. To put it bluntly, I prefer the hearing world rather than a Deaf world since this is what I like and I am a part of. Even after spending 3 1/2 years at Gallaudet University, that type of a Deaf community just doesn't jive with me.

In retrospect, I had more fun with hearing people and friends at University of Idaho while getting my graduate degree. I was fortunate to be a part of the annual Jazz Festival at University of Idaho with the world famous Jazz musician Lionel Hampton who hosted the event every year until his death a few years ago. Truly an astounding event with professional Jazz musicians from around the world to attend and compete in the event where several hundred thousand people come and attend the week long event. Some of their Jazz piano skills truly rock! Other than that I enjoy outings with friends from my Aikido dojo. Have BBQs with my next door neighbor or chat with him for a few hours. Meet and make new friends whenever I go on fire fighting or BAER. Or go with my co-workers on hikes in the mountains even though I do enough hiking anyway as part of my job duty. Even enjoyed the challenge of being a Manager of Dominos Pizza in Maryland for almost 1 1/2 years handling phones, barking out orders, and cutting up over 100 pizzas in a hour as they come out of the oven on a Friday or Saturday night. Definitely a challenge in the hearing world. And fun for me as well.

Lastly and most importantly I enjoy being with my family and my beautiful 3 hearing daughters when we go out and have fun as a family when we can.

Gallaudet University (Deaf) and University of Idaho (Hearing) are simply like night and day. There is no comparison. Only that I enjoyed the later (UI) more than I did the former (GU). A good experience though at GU and I picked up sign language skills (ASL/PSE) along the way and made several friends, had a few girlfriends where I met my future wife there who is also hard of hearing. A lot good memories but learned that a Deaf life is not a life for me. It never was. Chalk it up as a learning experience. Don't be afraid to approach me, I won't bite.

I'll keep you all informed on when I get the newest and most advanced state of the art BTE hearing aid with AI.



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2004 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner SR5 V6

Well, I finally got a pickup truck I a few days ago after spotting it during my lunch hour. A 2004 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner SR5 with a V6 engine. Radically cool with the maroon/red color. The truck was practically brand new when I spotted it at the Desert Sun auto. There it was. Sitting there. Sparkling in the sun with the rad tires and the high clearance that would be a good addition for my fire fighting days (or outdoor traveling in the forest) when I go out and do post-fire mitigation work (BAER). The truck came with a bed liner and all I need is a canopy and I'll have a nice truck bed to camp out of should motels fill up when I go to one of those BAER work in the southwest. No worry about pitching a tent again.

Took an hour to do a test drive. Runs marvelously! Very clean. Cool exterior and interior design with the xtracab (fold down seats). I went home looked at a few numbers, got the check and forked over $21,500 an hour later (includes title, fees, tag, trade-in (1300$ - my car was pitiful but served it's usefulness until I was ready, etc) for a truck that had only 5700 miles on it. A great deal with 2 years left on a 3 year warranty. Plus I bought an additional 6 year/75,000 miles warranty just to be safe. Also, when I was doing my research before getting the truck I found out that the Kelley Blue Book has named the 2004 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner as the #1 truck expected to best retain its value over the next 5 years. I'm definitely moving up.


I'll produce a picture of my truck later on, as soon as I can.

Oklahoma City Bombing...an Islamic Terrorist Connection?

The Oklahoma City bombing 10th anniversary was remembered yesterday on April 19. Just when we thought that McVeigh and Nichols acted alone, we get more heavier evidences that this whole planning has, seemingly so, an Islamic terrorist connection. All involving the mysterious John Doe 2.

Davis told WND Rohrabacher is "deeply disturbed" that the FBI did not follow up on affidavits she turned over to the bureau from 22 witnesses supporting evidence that Iraqi intelligence agents infiltrated the United States to recruit and assist McVeigh and Nichols.

The implications are much wider than the Oklahoma bombing. Davis writes, for example, that in November 1997, Hussain Hashem Al-Hussaini – a former Iraqi Republican Guardsman whom multiple eyewitnesses identified as McVeigh's elusive accomplice, John Doe 2 – confided to his psychiatrist that he was anxious about his airport job because "if something were to happen there, I would be a suspect." At the time, Al-Hussaini was employed at Boston Logan International Airport, where two of the four 9-11 suicide hijackings originated. He worked with food services, which investigators suspect was a channel to bring box cutters on board the planes.

"[Rohrabacher] has many questions he wants to pose to the FBI regarding my investigation of the Middle East connection," Davis said. "If he doesn't receive satisfactory answers, he wants a congressional hearing."

But Rohrabacher emphasized that his pursuit of the case with the FBI is in the exploratory stage, and progress will depend largely on the support of the American people.

Davis' book has been vetted by terrorism experts such as former CIA director James Woolsey, who has accepted Rohrabacher's invitation to testify before his committee.

Former Chief Impeachment Prosecutor David Schippers will assist with interviewing the confidential witnesses.

In an interview with WND in October 2001, Schippers said his examination of the evidence Davis presented him was conclusive.

"I am thoroughly convinced that there was a dead-bang Middle Eastern connection in the Oklahoma City bombing," he said.

Two years ago, on the eve of U.S. action in Iraq, Davis' reporting on the Oklahoma City bombing was vindicated when the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed against her after finding "defendants did not recklessly disregard the truth" in reporting on an Iraqi soldier's alleged involvement in the bombing.

The updated, paperback version of the book, released this month, includes newly uncovered intelligence that frames April 19, 1995 as the explosion that sounded the Islamist declaration of war.

In March 2005, for example, Osama bin Laden's No. 2 man, Ayman Al-Zawahiri,
delivered a communiqué announcing bin Laden had anointed the top organizer of
the insurgency in Iraq, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, to assist al-Qaida in executing
attacks inside the United States.

Davis says Zawahiri came to Oklahoma City in 1995 to ensure the Murrah Building bomb would net the maximum body count.

She also has obtained a 1995 classified government warning to the FBI -- issued weeks before the attack -- predicting Iran-sponsored Islamic extremists had recruited two "lily whites" to obliterate an American federal building in "the heart of the U.S."

Davis belives Adam Gadahn, the California jihadist known as "Azzam the American," is bin Laden's handpicked ":messenger of death."

Sometimes these revelations take awile to reveal themselves. Because these terrorists will take their time to plan these things, even sleeper cells await patiently for their orders even if it takes 15 years. Don't dismiss it yet. These things have a way of revealing themselves once discrepancies are noted.

Murderer Akbar Attempts to Shirk Responsibility in Role

Sgt. Akbar's lawyer tries for sympathy. Sickening.

Akbar allegedly confessed several times to tossing grenades into the tents of sleeping soldiers and then raking them with rifle fire.

Akbar's lawyers don't dispute his responsibility but are trying to spare him a possible death sentence by portraying him as mentally incapable of premeditating the attack.

The statement from Akbar's father is similar to entries from Hasan Akbar's diary that were introduced by the prosecution to show how he had planned the attack.

"I suppose they want to punk me or just humiliate me," Akbar wrote more than a month before."I am not going to do anything about it as long as I stay here. But as soon as I am in Iraq, I am going to try and kill as many of them as possible," he wrote.

According to testimony in the court-martial, Akbar was asked at least twice by officers if he had problems with going into Iraq because he is Muslim and Akbar said he didn't.

The father also said Akbar graduated first in his class from a Los Angeles high school with a dropout rate of 85 percent.

"My concern is how did an upstanding citizen like my son, my pride and joy, get to into this situation?" John Akbar said. "He has absolutely no previous encounters with the law and does not use alcohol or drugs. He has always been a role model for his younger brothers and sisters."Army Capt.

Christopher Seifert, 27, of Easton, Pa., and Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, were killed in the attack. Fourteen soldiers were wounded.

Does not use alcohol or drugs? That makes him a model citizen? Even some of the terrorist suicide bombers do not imbibe in alcohol or drugs since its against their religious beliefs. However, they do murder innocent people. Akbar planned it. Pure and simple. Premeditative murder of the 1st degree. Hang 'em high.

Got My "Red Card" for Forest Fire Fighting

Go here for more info where I completed the annual "arduous" test. The weather was perfect to do this demanding physical test.

An Absolutely Classic Marine Hero

Semper Fi! Lance Cpl. Joshua Butler helped take out two suicide car bombers on April 11 at Camp Gannon. Actually not "car bombers" but truck bombers. One was a dump truck packed with explosives and another one, behind the dump truck was a packed fire truck.

Butler fired at the first suicide bomber driving the dump truck where he shot 20 or 30 rounds before it detonated. The blast knocked him down. He regained he composure under the falling debris and sandbags only to find a large diesel fire truck roaring down the road toward him. Butler said that both the suicide bombers, driver and passenger, were wearing black turbans and robes, often worn by religious martyrs.

Amid the chaos of that first bomb blast, supported by gunfire from an estimated 30 dismounted insurgents, the fire engine passed largely undetected on a small road that leads from town directly past the camp wall, according a Marine report.

"I couldn't see him at first because of the smoke. It was extremely thick from the first explosion," Butler says. When the fire engine cleared the smoke, it was much closer than the dump truck had been. As the driver accelerated past the "Welcome to Iraq" sign inside the camp's perimeter, Butler says he fired 100 rounds into the vehicle. The Marines later discovered the vehicle was equipped with 3-inch, blast proof glass and the passengers were wearing Kevlar vests under their robes.

Pfc. Charles Young, 21, also of Altoona, Pa., hit the fire engine with a grenade launcher, slowing its progress and giving Butler time to recover. Without breaching the camp wall, the driver detonated the fire engine, sending debris flying up to 400 yards and knocking Marines from their bunks several hundred yards away. Butler, less than 50 yards away, again was knocked down by the blast, which partially destroyed the tower in which he was perched. After he crawled for cover, a third suicide bomber detonated outside the camp. That blast caused no damage or injuries. Sporadic fighting continued for several hours.

Amazing that no Marines were killed or even seriously injured. Semper Fi! This is stuff for movies.

A Challenge Answered??

Check it out. The amazing response so far my challenge for a particular terrorist complainer. I mean, you just won't believe your eyes.

Gallaudet University Gets HUGgy

It's been awhile since I recovered an old issue of Silent News but I think I need to write this.

Back in the Fall of 2001 Gallaudet University opened up its first admission in the undergraduate program (Hearing Under Graduate) to potential hearing students. Of course, hearing students must be proficient in sign language and no other special accomodation would provided and be treated just like any other deaf/hh students on the campus of Gallaudet University. The program was set up because Gallaudet University recieved admission request from hearing students seeking undergraduate degrees. And so, HUG was set up but not without controversy prior to that when a committee was set up in 1999 to investigate the possibility of allowing hearing students in a bachelor degree program.

In October of 1999, Gallaudet University had almost a near riot on their hands had it gotten any more heated. The proposed HUG program sparked mostly negative reactions from deaf/hh students and staff at Gallaudet. Many students found it to be potentially liberating to learn from each other. But when it came to fraternities or sororities, they would prefer not to see hearing undergraduates become their frat boy or sorority sister. Not just the greek organizations, but any organizations on the campus of Gallaudet University.

What an odd way to go. Welcome hearing undergraduate students to the campus of Gallaudet University in the name of "diversity" and "cultural learning" but ban them from joining any deaf organization.

Problem is, Gallaudet University and its organization cannot prevent hearing undergraduates from joining one of their organization. These HUGgers will enjoy the same priviledge and treatment as the rest of the deaf/hh students at Gallaudet University. Even Astrid Goodstein, executive director of enrollment at Gallaudet University, made it pointedly clear that,

"Under no circumstances will the hearing students have special accommodations in any place on campus. Not in the classroom, not in the dorms, not in the registrar’s office. They will be treated as equal to our deaf students." - Excerpted from Silent News, Dec. 2000

Equal. Did you hear that? I wonder if that is a step up or step down? Anway, they're equal according to the eyes of President I King Jordan and Goodstein. And now, these HUGgers could try and join, for example, the ASP (Alpha Sigma Phi) fraternity. But of course many if not most of deaf/hh students will not like this. But I say this, too effing bad. President of the Student Body Government, Chris Soukup said,

"We will work to proactively involve them in all aspects of campus life and we will make sure they are deserving of all factions of the ‘Gallaudet experience’ that has enriched the lives of so many." - Excerpted from Silent News, Dec. 2000

I sincerely hope that one of the HUGgers get to join a fraternity or sorority, or some other organization on campus. Should these frats or organizations find a way to actively discourage and prevent HUGgers from joining, then they're looking for a lawsuit on their hands. And when it does happen I sincerely hope that they would lose just to learn about the facts of life regarding their precious little bubble. You cannot be discriminatory and exclusionary at the same time while inviting hearing undergraduate students into your world. It's either you invite them or you do not. And since Gallaudet University invited hearing undergrads to come and learn, they also invite them to be a part of the Gallaudet University's campus experience...including on becoming important contributors or members (gasp!) to the numerous deaf/hh organizations, fraternities, sororities and sports on campus. Imagine that.

Live with it.

Ann Coulter, Coming to a Newstand Near You

Here comes Ann! Liberals, go get your Dramamine ready. Check your news stand today, Monday, April 18, 2005.





She's acerbic. She speaks her mind. Liberals despise her for her truth and common sense approach laced with a "forked tongue" as weak-kneed Liberals would say. Coulter used to help write the nation’s laws. But with her tongue and wit, she is now far more powerful.

However, she's fine with me. But not everything about her is "OK" with me, too. But it's the Liberals who have issues with her, not me.

And, oh, just be careful what you write in the comment section. You don't want my wrath. Fear me.

Oh, please. Have a backbone here.

Overweight Problem, Droopy Skin and Lack of Self Confidence

Well, you know who you are. Are you happy with your body? Do you sometime look down and cannot see your feet? Do you have stretch marks? Do you have droopy skin? Do you run out of breath whenever you climb the stairs? Do you eat at too much? Too many fast food eateries? Are you still relatively young and have these problems? If so, you might want to consider exercising, change your eating habit and, if you can afford it, get some cosmetic surgery done. No, I'm not talking about hair transplant. I'm talking about lipo, tummy tuck and such.

My wife completed her cosmetic surgery late January for a breast reduction and tummy tuck all brought on by the birth of 3 lovely girls. It was time for her to get it and she decided that she was ready for it. So far, she is looking great and has begun her exercise regimen by walking 1 mile a day after our youngest daughter leave for her pre-school right before noon on her bus. After awhile she'll increase her walking to 2 or 3 miles a day and incorporate other types of exercising.

My wife surgery took place in El Paso, Texas located 90 miles from where we live in New Mexico. Last Friday she had her "after photo" for the "before and after" photo results. No. I 'm not going to show them here. And in 6 months, she'll report one last time for a final "after" photo result. All I can say is that she is much better and she is quite happy with the results so far. Her attitude about herself has improved as well. Bearing 3 children is not an easy task and can certainly ruin a woman's figure.

However, for men. They shouldn't have an excuse (other than perhaps a serious genetic problem). You are what you eat and/or do. Don't blame McDonalds or Taco Bell for your problem. Tis shows ignorancy and a refusal to accept your own responsibility for your own lifestyle. You have the ability to take control of your life.

If you want to learn more about cosmetic surgery and see "before and after" photos go here:

Exercise and discipline like I have done ever since I was 8 have helped me keep active. With soccer, wrestling, baseball, running and tumbling while growing up led me to an active lifestyle. And with 21 years of bodybuilding and powerlifting, I have found out that exercising helps keep me more energized. Almost counter-intuitive to think that exercising ought to leave you more tire. Not so. Since your body becomes much more efficient in using your muscles and lungs, and require less effort to move and do things. My exercise regime nowadays follow along with Aikido, a Japanese martial art. No easy task. It's fun and enjoyable, while at the same time can get brutal leaving injuries in the wake after doing so for 8 years. Steaven Seagal, the actor, is a 7th dan (degree) black belt in Aikido as a fyi. I may resume my weightlifting someday but for now, it's Aikido and I'm only a year away from getting my black belt. But my goal is day to day to try and show up for Aikido instead.

You should try and pick a favorite exercise hobby and start take an interest in a healthy lifestyle. And perhaps you'll live longer with a youthful vigor without all the nasty side-effects of what life may brings because you were careless with your body because of your unhealty lifestyle.

You know what I'm talking about.

Comments Can Now Be Made Via Haloscan

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

So, you better watch yer manners. Also, all previous comments now have been erased because of the addition of the Haloscan. Boo hoo...but Haloscan will give me the ability to edit comments, delete or ban.

Are you a whinner who love to do yer bitchin'? Keep it clean folks. I mean it.

Illionois Bill Set to Vote on Criminalizing Action of People Who Perform Ultrasound on Pregnant Women Without Doctor's Order

The pro-abortion forces in the Illinois House are presenting a so-called effort to ensure the health of unborn children. However, the bill is set criminalize anybody who performs an ultrasound without a doctor's order. This is purely an effort prevent women from making a fully informed choice:

SPRINGFIELD Pro-abortion forces won a victory in the Illinois House Wednesday as State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan (R-Park Ridge successfully passed HB 2492 which would make it a criminal offense for an ultrasound to be administered without a doctor's order...

Mulligan, who is a strong abortion advocate, said that an ultrasound should not be done for political reasons to make anyone change their minds about any particular purpose (emphasis added).

It's obvious that Mulligan is upset that these new ultrasounds will show the unborn as, well, of course, real live human beings and not a "blob of tissue." This way women may not want to go through an abortion seeing that an actual human being is but a few inches inside of them. God forbid should they change the mind not to have an abortion! Gasp. And Mulligan wants to criminalize those who perform ultrasounds without a doctor's order.

PUHLEASE!! There's no surgery involved. Nobody gets hurt. And if the woman wants an ultrasound, she doesn't need a doctor's order to have one in the first place. An informed decision is critical. This is not garbage to be thrown away.

The people of Illinois need to wake up. The Illinois Senate need to kill this bill.

Howard "Brain Dead" Dean Part II

Here's Howard Dean who went from "Brain Dead Republicans" to "We're going to use Terri Schiavo later on (for the 2006 and 2008 elections)."
No wonder Howard "Brain Dead" Dean is too left of the lefty Democratic party. Virtually everybody is yawning over this, and the moderate Democratic base is getting irked by Dean's brainless rhetorics. Yeaaaarrgghh!! And he's the DNC chairman? All I can remember is his contant talks resulting on getting his foot in his mouth. His theme and his own minority party seems to circle around dead and felon voters.

Missionaries at Gallaudet University Reach Out to Deaf People

What you may not know:

Gallaudet University, the world's only university for the deaf, located in Washington, D.C., also boasts one of the few missionaries to deaf people.

Bob Rhoads, 40, leads a ministry at Gallaudet for Campus Crusade for Christ, and helps make "faith in Jesus" possible for the deaf, according to a recent article published on CCCi's website.

"A lot of deaf people think Christianity is just for hearing people," says Tami Jo Aanrud, a sophomore at Gallaudet, but Rhoads teaches students "about a faith that goes beyond hearing.

"Many deaf people experience isolation in church, without someone to explain what is going on, and according to Deaf Missions, less than 2 percent of deaf people are Christians.

Overcoming barriers posed by the physical incapacity to hear, the deaf ministry conducts bible studies, praises, and prays in sign language.

Read more at the link provided above.

ACLU Aids and Abets Illegals Away from Minuteman Project Volunteers?

Why is the ACLU helping illegal aliens from getting caught by the Minuteman Project volunteers??

American Civil Liberties Union activists shadowing the Minuteman Project at the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona are actively aiding and abetting aliens attempting to enter the country illegally, said a spokesman for the volunteer civilian force.

Grey Deacon told Joseph Farah's nationally syndicated "WorldNetDaily RadioActive" audience yesterday that ACLU monitors sent to the border to watch Minuteman activity and report civil-liberties abuses to authorities have begun flashing lights, sounding horns and warning off illegals and their "coyote" human smugglers from entering territory patrolled by the volunteers.

"They are actively engaging in criminal activity," said Deacon. Deacon said the ACLU activists are resorting to new tactics because of the success the Minuteman Project is having in assisting the Border Patrol in spotting illegal aliens and in generating publicity about the insecure U.S.-Mexico border

"The ACLU's position is that illegal aliens have a right to enter our border and stay in this country as long as they want," said Deacon. "That's what one of the leaders of the group told me personally."

And you say you support the ACLU and you agree that these illegal aliens have the same if not more rights than you as an American citizen, and you support your tax dollars to support these illegal activities, including drug runners?

Shame on you for not wanting to protect America's borders. Please leave your front doors open and unlocked from now on since you're advocating an open border policy.

A Challenge

Ok. I've listed thet topics of all my blogs and explained whether the idea of the blogpiece was my own doing, partial or borrowed, or completely was the idea of the other person. Now, I've done my bit and yet this person still complains (wah wah) that I continue to "deny" that I have taken or borrowed idea from this particular person's blog. This is incorrect. Read again. I never made that denial. The fact is that very little was taken from this other guy. Geez, what a whiner we have on our hands. And I challenge you Mr. Whiner to tell me and the readers which ones that I "stole" your "idea" on what to write for my blogpiece. But really, who gives a fig. It's actually a riot to see him act like that. Even the Keystone Cops wouldn't do justice. What he fails to notice or notify readers that we each have very different ways of doing our blogs, and how we pick our subjects as well. What I don't do is kiss and tell.

Now, I did my job. Let's see if he'll do his. Highly unlikely, tho'. He'll just come up with another excuse or use his famous strawman tactic to divert attention from the real underlying issues.

UPDATE: As you might have expected, no response yet.

UPDATE II: As you might have expected, again, no response. He must've chickened out. All hot air and bravado (lying, too) didn't do much good for him.

When Connecticut Gets It Right on Civil Unions.

Captain's Quarters blogpiece voiced pretty my sentiments regarding marriage and civil unions while keeping the sacrement of marriage as it was intended for a man and woman together.

Anti Amy Kurz Blogsite??

Folks, we live in weird times. Sociopathically speaking for those who insist on putting up a website just to slander a civilian publically. That's generally a no no when we live in litigious times. Politicians, sure. But public civilians? No.

Now, I don't know the full detail behind all this and I don't intend to dig around for it either when it supposedly stretches back some 5 years. However, what I do know is that for anybody who sets up a website or a blogsite in order to slander, defame and/or commit character assassination publically over the internet where it can get recorded is surely the dumbest person around. This is exactly what stalkers do when it get to this unhealthy level of obsessiveness by putting up a blogsite just to slander and defame a person, and basically harass, terrorize and/or stalk the person electronically. Sometimes freedom of expression comes with a price if you're not careful.

After Amy threatened the owner(s) (who wont reveal themselves) of the Anti-Amy Kurz blogsite with litigation the owner(s) suddenly removed all of the damning but quite recent evidences of their past postings. However, evidence of their naughty remarks is posthumously preserved in the Google cache. You see, Google owns blogger.com. And anything you write in a blogsite under blogger.com gets recorded almost immediately for their search cache. Nice huh?

Here's the new but now shortened version of the Antiamykurz blogsite. And compare that with their past naughtiness here in the Google cache. Be sure to hit the cache button to see the recorded cache.

Now, it is best to do these "anti-amy" rants privately. Anything said publically could be subject to a lawsuit. Now, it's possibly too late for the owner(s) of the Antiarmykurz blogsite to preserve and cover their asses because Google captured these sordid moments. And it would probably be best to entirely remove the "antiamykurz" blogsite that should never have been there in the first place. Just let the whole thing fade away.

As for me, I'd just as soon as ignore them and forgive them, and move on, however. You can't put a price on defamation and slander. And never underestimate what a person could do when he/she put their mind into it to sue, either. Keep it up and somebody's going to get eggs on their face(s).

Real dumb for this owner(s) of the Antiamykurz blogsite to do this. Real dumb. I'd be inclined to nominate the owner(s) for the Darwin Award. Somehow they just don't belong in the common sense coalition.

The Plannned Murder of AF Maj. Gregory Stone and His Troop

From the A.P. on weasel Akbar on his premeditative plan to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq/Kuwait in his diary.

In the entry dated Feb. 4, 2003, Akbar referred to mistreatment by his fellow soldiers: "I suppose they want to punk me or just humiliate me. Perhaps they feel that I will not do anything about that. They are right about that. I am not going to do anything about it as long as I stay here. But as soon as I am in Iraq, I am going to try and kill as many of them as possible."

Another entry said: "I will have to decide to kill my Muslim brothers fighting for Saddam Hussein or my battle buddies. I am hoping to get into a position so I don't have to take any crap from anyone anymore."

Elsewhere, he wrote: "I may not have killed any Muslims, but being in the Army is the same thing. I may have to make a choice very soon on who to kill."

The entries were found on Akbar's computer in a rented storage before he was sent off to the Middle East.

Killed in the attack were Army Capt. Christopher Seifert, 27, who was shot in the back, and Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, who suffered 83 shrapnel wounds. Another 14 soldiers were injured.

Yet, Akbar plans to plead the insanity case. Yeah, sure. When he had forethought to plan the killings.

Reality Time

Ok. A certain somebody has been getting a bit snippy claiming I'm using or taking his ideas to run my blog. The truth is, very little. In a moment of false gradeur he thinks his blog helps my blog to maintain my readership. Read my lips, who...gives...a...fig? Except for the guy complaining. I do, however, make a point to correct his errors, especially in the sciences or other false ideas he'd like to perpetuate. I write what I feel like writing at the moment. But I'm not the type to kiss and tell. Major differences between me and the other guy when it comes to blogging.

Here are all of my blog titles going back to 10/22/2004 when I first started blogging. Might be an interesting project for the complainer to do some matching and comparing, and start rubber stamping his blog articles with a patent number where he "owns" his "ideas". If you think you know who, go ahead and start comparing. You're probably right on who you think this person might be.

"Nope" = that it was all my idea.

Forgive me on this very long piece. It is spaced for easier reading. Of course, the complainer will probably complain that I stole his idea to make this response piece. Wonders of wonders.


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Will An Asteroid Hit Earth on Friday the 13th, April 2029? - nope and "sorta", when it comes down to the very end of my blogpiece but this was a story that was completely missed out because of the tsunami disaster. Ready for 2029?

Deaf Fairy Bikers - nope

1000 Mexican Troops Help Drug Runners and Illegals Cross U.S. Border -nope

See "Update" on the La Palma Blog - nope, but to inform reader not to miss the update.

Volcano on the Island of La Palma Threatens East Coast - nope. I've been wanting to address this for quite some time. The Supervolcano upcoming show reminded me of this widely unknown potential. Watch for another fictional movie on this idea borrowed on the La Palma tsunami.

Benson Tong..... So Long. - definitely not.

Trial for Murder of Maj. Gregory Stone. - most certainly not.

1000 Mexican Soldiers Prepare - Will They Help the Minuteman Project?? - nope.

When Bitchin' is News - somewhat. But who would consider "bitchin" news anway? Oh, yeah, they do.

Benson Tong...resigned? - nope. My "breaking" news to the deafies on this. You're welcome Buff and Blue.

Super-HIV Man Dying? - nope.

ACLU - America's Vigilantes? - nope.

The Bane of America....and it's not the Minuteman Project - nope. C'mon. This was news begging to be blogged.

Ms. Wu Sends A Thank You - nope.

What Deaf People May Not Know About M.A.S.H. and Klinger - yes! Of course, he keeps saying that he always knew Klinger was never gay even though his blogpiece said otherwise. Couldn't resist to blog about this obvious error.

The Minuteman Project - nope.

Spineless or helpless? - plead the 5th. Can't tell who is telling the truth nowadays.

When Stupid People Require a "Fox Blocker" - nope.

Kofi Annan Mulls Quiting U.N. - nope.

Terri Schiavo - When America Decides to Murder Her - nope. Big story here. Hard not to blog about it.

Koko the Gorilla's Handlers Sue for "Obscene" Gesture Requests - nope.

Semper Fidelis - nope. Being in a family with military ties and connection, this makes sense to blog about it. And a reminder to a certain somebody.

Zippy Hydrogen Powered BMW Car, ANWR, Caribou and the Alaskan Oil Pipeline. - nope. New technology fascinates me.

Purple Middle Finger Monsters - nope. Just that these idiots need to be made an example of.

Howard "Brain Dead" Dean - nope. He's truly brain dead.

Check it out. Ain't Saying this Again. - nope.

Super HIV Bug Confirmed. - nope. Just following this story.

Deaf Man Dream to Build a Deaf Town - nope. In fact, I did this story, and then he produced a blog about it a few days later on his site. Tell me he's complaining about this, too?

Bug Chasers - Intent to Kill - nope. Real wackos out there.

Acts of Stupidity...Brian Nichols and Safety Protocols - nope.

Ward Churchill.....Another Doozy, Plagiarism. - nope.

Google Experiencing Technical Difficulties...stand by. -what do you think?

Gallaudet University, Who is Mr. Benson Tong? - certainly not. This was major news that even the Buff and Blue never knew about until after I did this, and somebody informed the editor about my blog on Tong. Too bad they can't cover it since they've committed themselves to other articles in upcoming BnB prints. They would had he not left the campus by then. He got "skeered" and decided to leave.

Gallaudet University - Rate Your Professor. - nope. In fact, I got this idea from Amy. Thanks!!

CTIA Wireless - How Wireless Continues to Help Deaf and Hard of Hearing People - nope. And yet Deafies would complain at the mere sight of me talking on a cell phone in their presence. They need to grow a spine.

Microsoft Losing Suit over Local College Student Representing Himself - nope. And hey, this is one Liberal guy I'm rooting for!!

The Extreme Liberal Bias Against Phil Mitchell of CU - nope.

Uber-cool Cyborg Device - nope. It's not even a CI device. Please, folks. Read the links next time!

Are You a "Go-Getter" Athlete or Do You Make Excuses? - nope.

Arrest of the Armanious Murderers - nope. Big news. Gotta blog this.

The Problem with Deaflympics..."Wannabe Athletes?" - nope. Deaflympics does discriminate.

When Militant Deaf Liberals Use the "Fake but Accurate" Response - somewhat but to point out some details about them. A follow-up mostly from Ward Churchill's blog below.

Ward Churchill's Painting: Fake but Accurate - nope.

Justice for Maj. Gregory Stone - certainly not.

Rebuild Iraq Expo - nope. C'mon, get real!

Juan Cole's Way of Protesting Middle Eastern Bloggers - nope.

Incredible Skiing Conditions on Sierra Blanca - nope.

Gene Therapy is First Deafness Cure - nope.

It's Idaho's Faults. - nope.

Cool Hybrid Automobiles - nope.

Wikipedia? How about Wickedpedia? -nope.

Illegal Cell Phone Jammers to Proliferate? -nope.

Deaf Republicans - An Up and Coming Political Organization - nope. In fact, he complained about this new grassroots organization.

India's Very Own Deaf And Dumb Actress - nope. He never even touched this one.

1st Annual World Deaf Poker Tournament - nope. This is a virtual unknown. Heck, I was surprised he didn't even mention this one. I guess he is not a big poker fan. Maybe spin the bottle.

Interpreter for Deaf and Blind Not to be Deported - nope.

When a Cochlear Implant Works - nope.

"The Virginia Monologues" - nope. Got some weird responses on this one.

Confused Gay Penguins Attempt to Hatch Stones - nope. But it was so funny, I had to blog this one. Believe me, nature will never go outright gay.

cBS' Spawns of Hell to Cannibalize Leader - nope. Notice the "bs" in "cBS"

Beta Version of Video Google Comes Up with Deaf Deportation - nope.

Mr. Ho and the Supervirus (HIV) - nope. A new AIDS nightmare. Something to be concerned about. Well, not me personally but you get the idea.

Mike McConnell - One of Liberals Worst Nightmare - nope, but true.

Buck Naked Bison - No Skinny Dipping Allowed - nope. In fact, he blogged about this the very next day or two. Did I complain? No. See what I mean?

NYT Screams Alarm About New AIDS Report , Says "Not Surprise." - nope.

Eason Jordan Quits Commie News Network (CNN) - nope. Eason's an idiot.

Aikido - What Is It? - nope. It's still not karate or tae kwon do for those who don't even know what it is.

New HIV Strain in NYC - Ground Zero? - nope. Scary.

Eason Jordan - "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire" - nope.

Protesting via your 1, 5, 10 and 20 dollar bills. - nope.

sComm, Inc Wins $1.3 Million NIH Award - nope. I broke this news. The CEO and I maintain contact and first informed me of this award.

I. King Jordan on NPR - nope. I like to see this complainer keep up with Jordan's excellent marathoning ability....running marathons I mean.

Privatizing Social Security - nope. A good idea though.

Koran-friendly U.S. Bankers Lend Interest-Free Loans. - nope.

Patriots wins! - nope.

Deaf Republicans...4 more years. - nope.

Eason Jordan and North Korea - nope.

Mike McConnell on Mike McConnell - nope. It's not what you think.

When a Picture of a Pregnancy Kit Gets Banned from a Billboard via "Backdoor Censorship" - nope.

When Terrorists Use Mentally-Disabled People as Weapons - nope. These are desperate people.

Even gay people have their limits - nope, well, let me think, probably so, in a round about way.

Kokonut Pundits Gets Mentioned in FrontPageMag - nope.

Survey said!....the "Abstinence Only" programs - nope. He still complains about this. It does work. You can't die practicing abstinence.

Completely Clueless People - yep. But readers need to know.

The Sistani Myth....uh, "disinformation" - nope.

The "No Plan" Pre/Post Iraq War Myth - nope. Got mentions of my blogpiece in some of the bigger well known conservative blogs.

Give 'em the finger. - nope.

Lefty Blogs...nothing good to say about the Iraqi election? - nope.

Official Day of Freedom in Iraq - nope.

A Day of Democratic Reckoning in Iraq. - nope.

My Aikido Blog Site - nope. Well, sort of. He keeps thinking this is karate.

Deaf Terrorists vs The Hearing World - nope. Not that Deaf terrorist. Call it serendipity.

When Mainstream Media Aids And Abets The Enemy - nope.

Polls Finds Iraqis Overwhelmingly Favor Elections - nope.

When People Get the Wrong Idea....again. - nope. Well, sort of. Was thinking about that guy.

A Funny Little Clip - nope. This is an absolutely funny short clip.

GOP Bloggers Is Now Officially Up. - nope.

AIRBUSTED! European Pride and Joy. - nope.

The "Gay Bowel Syndrome"? - this was an accidental blog when I was researching diseases.

I Jib, You Jab...check out JibJab! - nope. Funnny! Poke fun at both Liberals and Republicans.

President Bush Inaugural Address - nope.

Scattered Words...an interesting blogsite. - kind of, but an accidental discovery. Then noticed why the complainer don't like that site.

Kiddie Comic Books and Clinton's Inaugural Address - of course, just added the kiddie comic books for effects.

Continuing Saga of Lauri's Discrimination - nope.

Hate Crime Against Christians - nope.

Michael Moore - A High School Reject - nope. Michael Moore need to eat more Big Macs and Fries.

It's Da Love Bomb for Terrorists - nope. But funny.

When A Liberal Goes Nutty - nope. It wasn't even his email in the first place.

Disqualified Russian Wrestler Was Not Exactly Hearing - nope. Just following the event.

140 students from FSDB to Perform at Superbowl - nope. These kids were really excited. It'd be a real honor to perform at the Superbowl. Except this complainer called these kids pretty nasty things, so to speak.

The First Trillionaire...guess who may be one someday? - nope. And Gates was never a frat.

When a Stupid "Burglar" Does the Colossal - nope.

Indoctrination into ASL at Gallaudet University - nope. A bit of a cult mindset on the campus of Gallaudet.

The $240,000 Question.... - nope.

A Gay Pedophile to Get His Dues in Court? - nope. People who prey on innocent kids need to be castrated.

Video to 61,000 Public Schools to Promote "Family Values" - nope. Look closer on my writings here. Not what it seems.

When People Do Dumb Things. - nope.

Deaflympics Chinese Player Forgot to Remove Hearing Aid, Team Disqualified - nope. Just following the game like everybody else.

Will the 6th Deaf World Golf Championships Violate Lauri's Right in 2006? - nope.

Canada To Prevent Discrimination at Deaf Games - nope. Found this out. Good thing Canada will enforce this. Got official words from the people in Canada.

The UN's DERT and SCHAT Teams - nope.

When Racism Rears Its Ugly Head at UVA - nope.

Please visit Hero Bracelet. - nope.

"Stingy" Commentators Eat Own Feet - nope.

U.N. attempts to take credit for USAID's work. - nope.

Questioning Kwanzaa..... - nope. Not even a religion. Please!

Day by Day cartoon - nope. Funny political cartoon.

Deaf scuba diver survives tsunami - nope.

Sticks and Stones.... sort of, complainer couldn't get a clue.

The "stinginess" bandwagon...a dangerous ride - nope.

Bob Stenehjem - a Seattle native with a heart of gold. - nope.

A Digital Piano or a Laptop? - nope.

Where to go to help the tsunamis victims? - nope. In fact, I put this blog out so others can find the links to help with the contribution. The complainer never bothered to help the cause.

When Some Liberals Refuse to Think First about Aids to Tsunami Victims - nope.

A false hate crime reported...a real doozy - nope.

When religious intolerance exists one day out of 365 days of the year - nope.

Hate Crime Bill - a double standard. - nope.

LAURI, I Cannot Contact You in Email. Is your email inbox full?? :) - nope.

Ugandans Send a Message About Abstinence - nope.

Democrats' Dominos Theory of Disaster - nope.

More U.S. Teens Delay Having Sex, Study Finds - nope. Too bad, he got it all wrong.

When Political Correctness Goes Too Far in Deaf Organizations Discriminating Against Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant Users - nope.

When students of Gallaudet University get harassed because of cell phone use on campus - sort of, continuing from an earlier related blog.

The Cure on Hearing Loss - nope.

The Murder of Maj. Gregory Stone - nope. Hang the bastard murderer.

My Daughter Sleeps - nope. My favorite photo.

Gallaudet Student Attempted to Stop Hard of Hearing from Using Cell Phone in Cafeteria - yes, of course. Only because he talked about it and I found it totally ridiculous to what he was saying.

"Confused No More!" - nope. But certainly an inspiration. Complainer yet complained about this person's conversion.

Gallaudet University: Political Affiliation Among Instructors? - nope. Gally is a Liberal campus...no, not Liberal Arts..but LEEBERAL.

A Bond(ing) Issue: Any Black, Deaf Democrats/Republicans Out There? - nope.

"Diversity in Comments" in a Deaf Bloggers' World - nope but a response to this complainer's antics and dooty mouth.

"Abstain or Die!" - nope. Yeah, you'll die if you abstain.

"I got Fayhaa!" - nope.

Muslim Intellectuals and Liberals put the United Nations on the Hot Seat - nope.

A Failed Revolution - nope.

Faith Based Iniative...it works! - nope.

You Cannot Take God Out of Thanksgiving. - nope.

Ellen DeGeneres Honors Troops, Families on Holiday Show - nope.

Are You a Deaf or Hard of Hearing Blogger Who Happens to be a Republican? - nope. Goodness, what do you think?

Hillary's Continued Attempt to Deceive Americans - nope.

Can the Clinton Library Withstand Mother Nature? - nope. I thought it was interesting to see exactly how vulnerable Arkansas is from natural disasters. Of course, the complainer was shocked thinking I would want former Pres. Clinton dead. Hardly, I don't want anybody to suffer from injuries or death because of a natural disaster. But they do occur, unfortunately.

The Reagan anti-AIDS/HIV myths - nope. Still, he believes to this day that R.R. didn't do squat about AIDS.

Revisionists. Liars. And Cheaters. - nope.

My own Company on Blogshares...worth $720 and going up. - nope. Weird site.

Foul Language Will Not Be Tolerated - a response to the complainer's incessant use of foul language in my blogsite.

The 60 Million Votes Man...President Bush. - nope.

A Deranged Dem Walking Naked in D.C.? - yes. Thought it was a funny sight.

Who is Hillary Screwing? The Democrats? - nope. Just so you're not confused, Hillary is screwing with the Democrats...the far, far left that is.

Strassler's Obfuscation and Silent Scream - nope.

Onward Ho! - nope. Note the funny title.

Resend email again. - nope.

Bush wins! - nope. Remember, John Kerry lost.

Gallaudet a liberal univ,? - nope. Yes, Gally is a liberal univ.

A Sad, Sad Email, - nope. There are some seriously brain dead people out there.

Public Libraries not for B4B? - nope.

"It's the economy stupid!" - nope.

Comments are Now Open to Everyone - nope.

DeafRepublicans First Email Spatz - nope.

Deaf Republicans in Uproar 2 - nope.

DeafRepublicans goes National! - nope.

Kokonut Pundits Strikes again. - nope.

Deaf Republicans in Uproar - nope.

The Bloggers Made Us Do It!! - nope.

Kerry blunders...Morris is right. - nope.

Jason Lamberton and his blogs - nope. Hi Jason!!

"Vote or Die" versus "Vote or go to Hell" - nope.

In tribute of Maj. Gregory Stone - nope.

Kokonut Pundits officially recognized! - nope. Major blog site recognized my contribution.

Terry McAuliffe gets scathing letter - nope.

Experts sought lip read Bush and Kerry. - nope.

Ed's snootiness and disABLED people - nope.

Is Kerry a "poopiehead"? - nope....yes, he is a poopiehead but I want him to live.
The Bush Rally.....the second coming. - nope.

A Blogger gets Blogged in Blogosphere. - nope.

Gallaudet Univ - how liberal? - nope. Very liberal.

Culturally Deaf people fear work? - nope.

A Gally student blogged the RNC - nope.

Middle school students vote for Bush - nope.

The Second Coming.......... - nope.

Jason Lamberton's website - nope.

Opening salvo against Kerry's grab - nope. My first cleaver blog aimed at John "I was in Cambodia" Kerry.

Will An Asteroid Hit Earth on Friday the 13th, April 2029?

The world was focused on the December 26, 2004 killer tsunami when news of a truly killer 1000 ft long stony asteroid 106 million miles away is headed toward earth on a date in 2029.

The holidays and the tsunami in South Asia pushed 2004 MN4 out of the news, and in the meantime additional observations showed that the asteroid would miss, but only by 15,000 to 25,000 miles -- about one-tenth the distance to the moon. Asteroid 2004 MN4 was no false alarm. Instead, it has provided the world with the best evidence yet that a catastrophic encounter with a rogue visitor from space is not only possible but probably inevitable.

It also demonstrated the tenacity of the small band of professionals and amateurs who track potential impact asteroids, and highlighted the shortcomings of an international system that pays scant attention to their work.

"I used to say the total number of people interested in this was no more than one shift at a McDonald's restaurant," said David Morrison, an astronomer at NASA's Ames Research Center and a student of near-Earth objects for nearly three decades. "Now it's maybe two shifts." Awareness of the apocalyptic potential of near-Earth objects has been slow to develop. It took years for Nobel laureate Luis Alvarez and his son Walter to win acceptance for their 1980 research showing that a near-Earth object impact quite likely caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

"The human brain wouldn't grasp reality until it had somewhat more direct evidence," said Colorado-based planetary scientist Clark R. Chapman of the Southwest Research Institute, another longtime expert on near-Earth objects. "Alvarez provided that."

The vast majority of near-Earth objects are asteroids -- huge rocks or chunks of iron that travel around the sun in eccentric orbits that cross Earth's path periodically. The rest are comets -- ancient piles of dust, stones and ice that come in from the edges of the solar system.

"The good news is that comets represent 1 percent of the danger," said Donald K. Yeomans, who manages NASA's Near-Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "The bad news is that should we find one, there's not a lot we can do about it. . . . We detect them only nine months from impact." Asteroids, by contrast, generally offer decades or even centuries of warning -- unless they are too small to detect, in which case there is no warning at all. But today's technology enables astronomers to get a fix on any asteroid capable of causing a global "extinction event" -- six miles in diameter or bigger.

Asteroid 2004 MN4 is a "regional" hazard -- big enough to flatten Texas or a couple of European countries with an impact equivalent to 10,000 megatons of dynamite -- more than all the nuclear weapons in the world. Even though it will be a near miss in 2029, that will not be the last word.

"You don't know what the gravitational effect of the Earth will be," said Brian G. Marsden, who oversees the hunt for near-Earth objects as director of the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

"In 2029, the [close encounter with] Earth will increase the size of the orbit, and the object could get into a resonance with the Earth," he added. "You could get orbit matchups every five years or nine years, or something in between." In fact, 2004 MN4 could come close again in 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038 or later.

What many don't know is that this asteroid will come within 15,000 miles from earth or about 1/3rd the distance from here to the moon. And also, this asteroid was discovered in one of the orbital belt where the sun's glare hid the asteroid's presence.

Tholen, of the University of Hawaii, is a frequent contributor in the search for threatening objects. He specializes in "Atens," a subspecies that orbit mostly between the Earth and the sun and are difficult to see in the glare of the sun. To spot Atens, astronomers must work at dawn or dusk.

Tholen's team, on a field trip to the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, had booked an hour on the evenings of June 19, 20, 23 and 24, 2004. They found a new Aten on the first evening and saw it again on the second evening. It was about 106 million miles away.

So, if you thought killer tsunami waves or the prospect of a supervolcano alarming, then an asteroid slamming into earth would make those disasters pale in comparison. What this article tells us is that there could be more asteroids out there than we care to think giving rise to the potential and increasing danger of an actual asteroid impact because the detection of one may go unnoticed long enough before its too late to do anything about it should there be a very small one versus a larger object that would be more likely to get picked up.

Deaf Fairy Bikers

An interesting read about a 35 km bike "race." Read the part about a couple of bikers who get into a hissy fit with two old lady bikers at the finish line. All this took place in Australia.

G'day mate.

1000 Mexican Troops Help Drug Runners and Illegals Cross U.S. Border

Guess I was wrong. The Mexican Army has been helping Mexican drug runners to cross the border undetected.

The Mexican army is escorting those attempting to cross over the U.S. border illegally – including known drug-runners – to areas not patrolled by the Minuteman Project near Naco, Ariz., say Border Patrol sources and other officials including [Rep. Tom Tancredo, (Republican) Colo., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus]...

..."President Bush should publicly denounce Mexico's latest act to curb U.S. law," said Tancredo. "The president of Mexico (Vicente Fox) is threatening to sue any member of the Minutemen who have contact with a Mexican national, threatening to take the U.S. into the International Court of Justice at the Hague over the passage of Prop 200 in Arizona, and is providing transportation to Mexican nationals trying to sneak into the U.S. One could say he is acting in the best interest of his nation. Isn't it unfortunate we cannot say the same thing about President Bush?"

...Border Patrol sources say the Mexican army recently moved about 1,000 troops to the Agua Prieta region, just south of where the Minutemen are. These troops, the sources say, are diverting all of the illegal alien and drug-smuggling traffic away from the Minutemen...

Oooooh. El Presidente Fox threatens to take the U.S. to an International Court. For what? Protecting our country? Now, Vicente Fox is being completely stupid.
President Bush or the next president had better address the border problems. Comprende?

Vicente Fox? Let me show you my American bird.

See "Update" on the La Palma Blog

Scroll down to the next blog below to the "UPDATE" section for more info regarding Supervolcanos and Tsunami killer waves. Apparently, some people need more education.

Volcano on the Island of La Palma Threatens East Coast

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No. This isn't another supervolcano like Yellowstone. Rather, this is a volcano named "Cumbre Vieja" (require Adobe acrobat pdf reader to read the geologic study of this volcano) on one of the Canary islands located in the Atlantic ocean just off of the west African coast. This volcano is the most active and the island it resides on, La Palma, is the most unstable where a whole side of the Cumbre Vieja volcano - a rock slab about the size of Manhattan - has begun to separate and is poised to plunge into the Atlantic should there be another eruption. The western flank, a mass comprising some 500 billion tons of rock, is gradually becoming detached as volcanic activity forces magma to the surface. The island has had seven known eruptions. And the last eruption was in 1971, which occured at the island's southern tip. Far enough away from an unstable ridge at the volcano's summit.

And when the massive collapse of dirt, rock and debris slide into the Atlantic ocean, a tsunami-generated wave would be produced. Now, the collapse of materials the size of Manhattan would be terrifying. Cities from Miami to New York would get swamped by waves up to 160 feet high, capable of surging up to 12 miles inland. The tsunami-generated waves would travel up to 500 mph and would reach American coastlines within hours.

According to calculations by geologists, these killer tsunami waves would hit New York city first before it hits Miami by about an hour earlier. The Cumbre Vieja (or La Palma) tsunami would make the recent December 26, 2004 tsunami disaster produced by an earthquake look comparatively quite small. The La Palma tsunami would reach the Manhattan island in about 7 to 8 hours versus Miami in about 9 - 10 hours.

Now, considering the highly congested Manhattan island of approximately 2 million people with poor escape routes, cars and people would get stuck trying to get out into the mainlands (inward of at least 12 miles) at the same time. A seven hour warning advance won't help. The best way to escape is by going up, and that's by going up to one of the many high rise buildings in NYC and elsewhere. But, the problem is you'd have to go at least to anywhere from the 10th to the 16th floor or higher since waves could come in as high as 160 feet. I'm sure when people hear "160 feet high waves" they'll surely try to go to the very top. So, that narrows down the number of spaces available to escape upward. And certainly with 2 million people trying to go up would be severely limited. Imagine the mess in the stairwells.



You have your options. Best bet? Go up at the first sign of warning. However, a 160 ft high tsunami wave hitting a city may look like this in a rendered fake photo:



So, you think going up 16 stories would be enough? At least this super-tsunami would be more likely to occur in the short term than an eruption from a super-volcano in Yellowstone park.

Forewarned is forearmed.

But I'd rather see that these natural disasters target terrorists who terrorizes innocent human beings for fun just to fulfill their own stupid, mindless agenda. However, these natural disasters are an equal opportunity killer. Nobody's immune. Even people of all persuasions, including the ones in NYC.

You've been warned.

UPDATE: Apparently "R" likes to read my blog, too. Nice to see a confirmation in print. One thing tho, volcanic activity can be monitored on land. However, under-water landslides, which are a virtual unknown, cannot be monitored as effectively or as well. It can only be detected when they occur using seismic data to triagulate to the source of the landslide(s).

There are underwater mountains beneath the ocean higher than land-based mountains. Seventy percent (70%) of earth is underwater. That's a lot of land where landslides could occur producing killer tsunami waves. In fact, the east coast of the United States is in danger of underwater landslides where numerous cracks were recently discovered along the shallow Atlantic continental shelf only because of our latest technology has allowed us to see these dangers. As for volcanos erupting, forest fire fighters do not deal with volcanic (pre/post) eruptions (e.g. forest fires resulting from heat or lava). The danger is just too great to hang around a mountain that could blow at anytime. Even a kid would recognize this danger, let alone some adults who don't have this common sense.

As for ash turning into "liquid-like cement" in your lungs is balderdash. The free crystalline silica can lead to what is called "silicosis", a disease resulting in the scarring of the lungs and impairment of their function. It is quite disabling and usually becomes a fatal lung disease. Silicosis were found in miners and quarry workers who were exposed to high concentrations of siliceous dust over long periods of time. All volcanos that emit ash have silica "free silica" content of a certain amount anywhere from a minor to a major amount of the percentage of the ash' contents. However, long-term health effects of volcanic ash have not yet been demonstrated.

Please, kiddies, get the correct source of information here, and not from some fiction movie as a source for "facts". Pretty disgusting. Although the super volcano movie stayed pretty close to keeping geology and geophysics (i.e. volcanism, earthquakes) factual about what may happen geologically without too much exaggeration. Except for the "ash turning into cement" in the lungs ballyhoo. And the movie's supposition that if the supervolcano continues with the eruption for more than 7 days the earth's climate would change drastically. Hello! The Tambora (go here for graphic scale size of known volcanic eruptions) "mini" supervolcano eruption in 1815 of a few days was puny in size and affected the world's climate causing a "mini" ice age for several years with the 1st year being the worst causing mass starvation due to crop failures. It was known as the year without "summer." Even the recent Pinatubo eruption in 1991 was similar in size to Mt. St. Helens affected the world's climate causing colder than normal seasons. So, for a single real supervolcano to erupt fully like Tambora and Mt. St. Helens in one day would in fact cause a world climatic shift going into the decades and not just a few years. You don't need "7" days for a major climatic change to occur from a supervolcano's eruption! Mt. St. Helens would have to spew the same amount of ash for nearly a year to equal that of what a single supervolcano would emit in ONE DAY! Seven days? My god.

Mt. St. Helens "TNT" or "power" eruption had the equivalent 27,000 Hiroshima bombs (1 per second for 9 hours). The Tambora eruption had the equivalent of a few million Hiroshima bombs. And a supervolcano? Try a few hundred million Hiroshima bombs. Now, you get the picture of how a simple one day supervolcano eruption would affect the global's climate for decades to come.

As for when it might erupt better go here and get some educated facts for a change. You see, the magma chamber in a supervolcano is huge! When the magma (e.g. lava) starts to push upward it can takes years. Mt. St. Helens took a few years til it finally blew once scientists began monitoring magma/lava movements upward. Now, Mt. St. Helens' magma chamber is much, much smaller compared to a super volcano's. In the movie it said, if I'm not mistakened, 1500 cubic Km^3 (approximately 7 miles by 7 miles by 7 miles in volume) magma chamber. This is bigger than Mt. St. Helens itself! You'd have years and years of detected movements for magma/lava just to move upward into one of the many possible vents. It takes a very, very long time to build up pressure exerting outward until something gives. The last known modern "mini" supervolcano eruption was Tambora.

The largest known eruption in the last several thousand years is believed to be that of Tambora, Indonesia, in 1815. It was tens of times more massive an eruption than Mount St. Helens in 1980. Despite pouring out 7 cubic miles of ash and causing short-term global cooling, Tambora was small fry compared with any of Yellowstone's big "supervolcano" eruptions, or even the eruption of Toba 74,000 years ago.

Certainly, "R's" science isn't his forte. Granted. The taser 50,000 volts misconception and now the lungs. And he had to resort to taking "facts" from a movie when Hollywood is known for their embellishments and distortion of facts. Just when you thought he would know better.

Please, a lesson here folks. Go to a reputable website for the best, most accurate facts available. Even I, with a M.S. degree in geology/geophysics (I was an assistance in this (multi-year) map making and data collection effort. See under "Introduction") ought to know better than to rely on movies for facts. Only an idiot would use a Hollywood fiction movie as a source for facts. In this case, geologic and geophysics facts regarding volcanism and earthquakes.

Just a little kiddie educational tip there. Just don't go to "R"s site for factual information in the sciences.

Benson Tong..... So Long.

After another phone call and a TTY confirmation by another deaf person, it has come to my understanding that Benson Tong will apparently no longer teach next semester at Gallaudet University. I could not confirm whether this was due to his resigning or not.

Now, a penny for my thought. I think the Buff and Blue student newspaper ought to do a story on plagiarism and the problems associated with it when it comes to students and professors doing this. With the Google search engine, plagiarism has gotten easier, especially for many deaf/hoh students at Gallaudet University whenever a research paper is due. Gallaudet University is aware of on the potential problems on plagiarism.

But with Harry Markowicz' (English Dept, Gallaudet Univesity) website he list a few links to plagiarism detecting software giving signs that Gally students will not get away easily doing plagiarsim. Even with the known English problems Gallaudet University students face, it'd be foolhardy to try and fool English professors (or any professors) with plagiarism.

Hey, Anthony Mowl or Donald Tropp (Buff and Blue editors), at least consider plans to write about plagiarism even though you may already have articles or stories set aside for the next few printings. Plagiarism is not something to ignore here and are Gallaudet University students getting smarter with the plagiarism issue or being plain foolish in this day and age of plagiarism recognition software?

Now, a question for you guys: Are students at Gallaudet University resorting to plagiarism, and what steps are the English professors are doing to ensure that plagiarism are not occurring from their students?

Nowadays, Gallaudet University use a software called "Safe Assignment Plagiarism Detection for Blackboard" but are Gallaudet University professors using this software with every written assignment turned in?

SafeAssignment automatically compares all student papers submitted to Blackboard against a wide range of sources and provides instructors with detailed matching reports. Because of SafeAssignment’s flexibility, its use is not limited to catching plagiarism — this product is also an effective plagiarism prevention system that helps instructors raise student awareness about plagiarism and educate students about the ways to avoid plagiarizing.

Among some of the universities that use this software:

Northwestern University
Eastern Kentucky University
Gallaudet University
University of California Riverside
Fort Hays State University
Tulsa Community College
Maastricht University (the Netherlands)
James Cook University (Australia)
BI School of Management (Norway)
Singapore Polytechnic (Singapore)

Ok. Here's a quiz. What does Bruce White, professor of Gallaudet University in the English department, a book on "Alexander Graham Bell: A Life," by James Mackay in 1998 , and a book called "Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude" published in 1973 by Robert Bruce have in common? Well, it was Professor Bruce White who discovered the "chilling" similarity in Mackay's book and a book printed on Bell 25 years earlier that was described as "the definitive work on Bell" for over 25 years. I wonder if James Mackay's other books are in the same league as the Bell book now discontinued but is being offered on eBay.

I was therefore not surprised that Mackay began his book by quoting the same item in an Edinburgh newspaper with which I had opened my book. But as I read on and on, I was stunned by his unrelenting piracy. Mackay's book had been warmly praised in the New York Times and the New Yorker magazine. Only the Washington Post review by Professor Bruce White of Gallaudet College sounded a chilling note. Not wanting to expose the Post to legal action, he put the case delicately: "readers familiar with Bruce's work are likely to experience déjà vu while reading Mackay's, given the similarities throughout the book in organization, presentation of information, and sources cited." That put it mildly. Of the 297 pages of Mackay's text, 285 contained obvious plagiarisms, often transparently disguised by substituting synonyms for some verbs and adjectives, but otherwise identical in meaning and order with those in my book. Mackay might have covered himself with a blanket acknowledgment that my book was the sole source for almost all of his. But he chose instead to embellish it with four pages of source notes. They included more than 100 specific references to the Bell Collection, obviously copied from my book, since he had never seen the originals. My book was cited only for two minor opinions and the locations of two houses.

As for Gallaudet University, what is the penalty for a deaf/hoh student who get caught with plagiarism? In many colleges and universities students caught plagiarizing at the graduate level are sometimes expelled from a university. While undergrads in other universities get a less serious result. However, with Gallaudet University, it is unclear what the penalties are for plagiarism or whether they are actively being enforced.

Buck Naked Bison. What about you? Going to let this one slide, too?

Gallaudet University students....beware. Play it smart. Play it safe. Say "No" to plagiarism. It's your college career at stake.

Trial for Murder of Maj. Gregory Stone.

As you may have already known, Major Gregory Stone is my cousin (actually it's my mother's cousin's son whose mother's name is Betty Lenzi).

Maj. Gregory Stone

Maj. Stone was murdered by U.S. Army Sargent Akbar during a tent grenade attack in Kuwait in 2003. Akbar was found competent to stand trial last Friday, April 1. Akbar has confessed several times to the attack and his lawyers plan to use an insanity or diminished capacity defense in his trial, so the defense does not intend to contest how Capt. Seifert and Major Stone were murdered. If convicted of two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder, Akbar could get the death penalty. Let's hope so.

But what didn't take to the news was Akbar's attempt to overpower an MP. Or theories to why Akbar attacked. But his supposed rant certainly didn't help him.

His former stepfather quotes him saying that Akbar "did not want to fight in this war, he didn't want to go over there." A neighbor explains why: "America shouldn't be going," Akbar told him; he judged it not "right" to attack Iraq. And his mother quotes him: "Mama, when I get over there I have the feeling they are going to arrest me just because of the name that I have carried."

Sgt. Ansan Akbar

Hey. Dimbulb Akbar! Don't go cryin to Mama. You got yourself arrested because you attacked your own soldiers killing two and injuring several others with grenades! Nothing about your name we're against. Just your lousy lack of judgement and action that landed you in the brig and hopefully the death penalty for your treasonous actions. Even during his first hearing in 2004 Akbar nodded off while in the court room apparently unconcerned for the death penalty. He blames it on his sleep apnea problem.

Apparently Sgt. Akbar is not the only MSWA -- Muslim soldier with attitude -- suspected of infiltrating our military, endangering our troops and undermining national security.

Of course, these MSWAs are not the only radical idiots endangering our troops (and America). You have your typical lefty loonies of the new post-60s hippies "make love not war and get AIDS" era here in the United States dragging their bloddy signs all over the place.


To the idiot with the sign: we'll free him alright. After he's executed for his treasonous crimes against the United States and the soldiers he murdered.

The trial continues..........stay tuned.

Semper Fi.

UPDATE: Another good blogsite on Maj. Gregory Stone. Check out the lady (brrrrr!) who held the treasonous "mutineer" sign.

1000 Mexican Soldiers Prepare - Will They Help the Minuteman Project??

Fear and concern start to sink in for the Mexican town of Agua Prieta located just across the Arizona border near Douglas:

Mayor Figueroa says his plan is to be cautions and to maintain a low profile. The last thing he want is to provoke violence.

David Morales, a spokesman for Agua Prieta says, "We understand it can become a volitale situation and we don't want to contribute to that in any form."

The Mexican military is on stand-by. One unit has about a thousand soldiers. They're located just across the border.

They're united with the Mayor of Agua Prieta and they're saying they're hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst.

Does that mean the Mexican army will help ensure that no fleeing Mexicans will cross the border into the United States? And help keep the peace? Maybe Mexico need to spend the next 30 days beefing up border patrols to make sure no Mexicans slip into the United States preventing any further possible violence or bloodshed. That way it becomes a win-win situation. Mexico learn the value of doing things the ethically correct way by respecting the laws of the United States while the U.S. get to save a few million U.S. tax dollars on nabbing and the transportation costs of illegal aliens back to Mexico. Up to 1300 Mexicans enter the United States each day and over a one month period you're talking about almost 40,000 a month.

Will Mexico do her job to ensure that Mexicans be the law-abiding Mexican citizens of their homeland?? Perhaps it'd be cheaper to pay the Mexican army to do their job. No!! Bad move. Badddd move.

The standoff saga continues...........

When Bitchin' is News

More of Google's "high standards" when it comes to getting on their Google news search. Yet Michelle Malkin newsworthy reports get rejected. The same for Little Green Footballs but lately have gotten a response from Google, without an explaination. And now, I've come across this "newsworthy" item called "Bitch Session" by the Washington Blade.

Exactly what are the qualifications or standards in order to be in the Google news? The ability to rant? Gossip? Be the professional victim? Or pay $200 to Businesswire to get in on the action?

Life's a bitch, ain't it? *woof* *woof*

Benson Tong...resigned?

Got word from a reader of Kokonut Pundits saying that Asst. Professor Benson Tong (See Gallaudet University, Who is Mr. Tong? ) resigned (or will? bad rumour??) from his teaching position at Univ. of Gallaudet. Bad rumour or good information? This hasn't been verified and I'm in the process of getting more information on whether this is true or not.


UPDATE: No word yet but here's something to think about from The Chronicle of Higher Education:

Original
Margaret's publicity shots from the 1910s through the 1930s featured her with slicked-back hair, dark-rimmed glasses, and dark suit. She also sent autographed versions of the same photo to friends and chose to identify herself as "Mike." ... The article also stressed her mixture of gender identities: "Professionally mannish are the silk shirtwaist, soft collar and bow tie that Dr. Chung wears." .... In addition to gambling, Chung was also fond of drinking and swearing.
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, "Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: A Thematic Biography of Doctor Margaret Chung (1889-1959)," dissertation, Stanford University, 1998


Not So Original:
Photographs of her from the 1910s through the 1930s showed a woman with slicked-back hair, dark-rimmed glasses, and dark suits that one reporter characterized as "professionally mannish." In addition, "Mike," as she sometimes identified herself to friends, took easily to masculine-defined activities such as gambling, drinking, and swearing.
Benson Tong, "Margaret Chung and the Dilemma of Bicultural Identity," The Human Tradition in the American West, SR Books, 2002

Super-HIV Man Dying?

What could the 100 people he had sex with be thinking now?

The city man who is fighting for his life against a possible new super-strain of HIV is responding to treatment but remains seriously ill, city health officials said yesterday.

The 46-year-old gay man was diagnosed this year with an aggressive type of HIV that progressed rapidly into full-blown AIDS and has proved resistant to three of the four types of drugs used to treat the disease.

The man is believed to have been infected during crystal meth-induced sex orgies. The city Health Department has been able to contact most of his sexual partners, many of whom already were HIV-positive.

But the agency has been unable to reach many of his other partners because they were anonymous, officials said. Doctors have said the patient may have had unprotected sex with more than 100 men.

Will New York City be ground zero for this Super-HIV to take place? Time will tell probably sooner rather than later. And for the meantime, people had better watch out on who they kiss or have sex. We just don't know how transmissable this Super-HIV is. Don't blame Congress, the President, the lack of funds and what not if you decide to take on risky behaviors, hetero or homosexual.

ACLU - America's Vigilantes?

An update on the Minuteman Project from a Michelle Malkin's piece.

Ah, those stinkin Liberalistas!

We don't need no stinkin' new 500 border patrols. We need 5000 new permanent border patrols!

The Bane of America....and it's not the Minuteman Project

Ye gods. These are the liberals I'm talking about from those who are desperately against the peaceful and law-abiding (see FAQs) Minuteman Project. You want to talk about intellectual dishonesty and defamation? This is it.

From Res Ipsa Loquitur :

I received this flyer from the Minutemen, and I wanted to address the serious nature of its contents. We know the authors to be under the direction, control and supervision of Professor Armando Navarro, of UC Riverside tenure, who conducted secret meetings with his organizers to call for a plan of attack, which resulted in this defamatory document

Of course, unless you want to tell me that the people who put out the flyer are the Conservative Republicans. Might want to ask the professor on this.

Ms. Wu Sends A Thank You

A few days ago I received an email from Ms. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu thanking me for my support on a blog piece I've done last month on Benson Tong at Gallaudet University. I can certainly feel her frustration regarding plagiarism. Hard work sometimes go unappreciated.

Here are some thoughts by another person regarding this incident.

And Who's Who on the list of "Historians on the Hot Seat."