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.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
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.
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.
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.
Monday, April 11, 2005
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.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
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.
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.
GO HERE!
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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.
Saturday, April 09, 2005
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Monday, April 04, 2005
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.
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.
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."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.
Sgt. Ansan Akbar
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.
Friday, April 01, 2005
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:
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...........
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.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.
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*
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*
Thursday, March 31, 2005
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
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
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Super-HIV Man Dying?
What could the 100 people he had sex with be thinking now?
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.
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!
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 :
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.
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.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
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."
Here are some thoughts by another person regarding this incident.
And Who's Who on the list of "Historians on the Hot Seat."
Monday, March 28, 2005
What Deaf People May Not Know About M.A.S.H. and Klinger
The show M.A.S.H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was a long time favorite of mine. Now, what surprises me is that do they know that Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger’s dressing in women’s clothing was never about his sexuality? Dressing in women’s garbs was among the many things he attempted to do in order to get a “Section-8,” which is a “Psycho Discharge.” Getting a “Section-8” paper would be his ticket home from the Korean war. The Korean war was a terrible war and some would do anything to get out of this war. The “Section-8” comedy was a well known fact in the MASH program. I watched it all the time growing up, never needing a Closed Caption when I listened to the show. Now, I’m surprised to see some Deafies thinking Corporal Klinger’s dressing in women’s garb was all about his sexuality.
You see, nobody cared because everybody knew he was constantly trying to get a “Section-8” to get out of the Korean War. Everybody knew that Klinger was trying to get a "Section -8" (except for a few clueless ones who now says "Oh, yeah, I knew that." That's called "back-peddling" after making the above statement).
And now you know why so many of them ignored many of Klinger’s comical attempts to get a “Section-8.” This was a 70s show and it wasn’t about addressing sexuality issues of the same sex. It was all about comedy, and the tragedy of a war. Common sense ought to tell you that it was about the looniness of Klinger's attempts in order to get discharge papers from the MASH unit a trip back home.
Corp. Klinger would do just about anything, including dressing up in women’s clothings. All for laughs…and not about questioning sexuality for those who are clueless in these things. The show had an anti-war message and the hellish reality of the M*A*S*H units encouraged Corp. Klinger's behavior out of sheer desperate need for something to laugh at.
Listen and learn here.
Let’s list the stunts that he pulled over the years on MASH in order toconvince everyone that he was crazy and get that Section-8 he always wanted (courtesy of MASH faqs :
I thought it was ironic that in that show, everyone accepted Maxwell Q. Klinger's sexuality and he did his job. He was a drag queen ...always dressed as woman all the time but nobody cared
You see, nobody cared because everybody knew he was constantly trying to get a “Section-8” to get out of the Korean War. Everybody knew that Klinger was trying to get a "Section -8" (except for a few clueless ones who now says "Oh, yeah, I knew that." That's called "back-peddling" after making the above statement).
And now you know why so many of them ignored many of Klinger’s comical attempts to get a “Section-8.” This was a 70s show and it wasn’t about addressing sexuality issues of the same sex. It was all about comedy, and the tragedy of a war. Common sense ought to tell you that it was about the looniness of Klinger's attempts in order to get discharge papers from the MASH unit a trip back home.
The commanders largely tolerated his antics because they were entertaining and Klinger was otherwise a conscientious and reliable orderly who made a point of never letting his schemes interfere with his work.
Eventually, Klinger gave up wearing women's clothing, a change demanded by Farr because he felt his children would be ashamed of him for appearing in women's clothing week after week on national television. He took over Radar O'Reilly's job of company clerk with reasonable seriousness, eventually getting promoted to Sergeant.At the end of the series, Klinger had fallen in love and married a native Korean woman, Soon Lee, and decided to stay in Korea to search for her relatives, although he returned to the United States in the short-lived spin-off to the series called "After M*A*S*H.
Corp. Klinger would do just about anything, including dressing up in women’s clothings. All for laughs…and not about questioning sexuality for those who are clueless in these things. The show had an anti-war message and the hellish reality of the M*A*S*H units encouraged Corp. Klinger's behavior out of sheer desperate need for something to laugh at.
Listen and learn here.
Let’s list the stunts that he pulled over the years on MASH in order toconvince everyone that he was crazy and get that Section-8 he always wanted (courtesy of MASH faqs :
Deaf people need to catch up on the Closed Captioning of MASH to understand why Corp. Maxwell Klinger was dressing in women’s garbs. It’s called a “Section-8.” If you can prove that you’re crazy, you get an official discharge to go home. That’s what made MASH so enjoyable and funny to watch. You never know what Klinger would do next to get that coveted “Section-8.”- Wearing women's clothings.
- Eating a jeep, part by part.
- Soaring away on a hang-glider, looking like "a big red bird with fuzzy pink feet".
- Loving the army, and then flipping back to being Queen of the Nile.
- Carrying Radar's Teddy Bear.
- Dressing as a nun.
- Escaping in an inflatable rubber raft.
- Various combinations of family members pregnant/dying appeal letters.
- Riding Sophie through the camp (a la Lady Godiva) after he thought he had reenlisted.
- Trying to fatten up in order to exceed the Army's weight limit.
- Threatening to torch himself (with water) but ended up with "Who put gasoline in my 'gasoline'?!"
- Doing guard duty naked while a General was on site.
- During a heat wave he dressed in a rubber reducing suit and fur coat.
- Pole sitting in freezing weather (and broke a world record in the process)
- Dressing up as an old Korean peasant woman.
- Running outside Post-Op in his underwear, trying to get pneumonia. - Trying to convince the doctors that he had some mysterious malady.
- Trying to get into West Point.
- Trying to join the Navy.
- Becoming "Zoltan, king of the gypsies". - Fainting spells.
- Hearing loss. He actually lost his hearing in this episode. But when his hearing came back, the first thing he heard was that it would have been his ticket home.- Pretending he was back in Toledo as a civilian.
- Bravery (volunteering for dangerous mission in "Rainbow Bridge").
- Passing himself off as being pregnant.
- Taking care of an imaginary camel.
- Hardship discharge because of his many "children" (he got the pictures from Potter and others).
- Sending love letters to Generals, usually accompanied by a revealing photo of himself.
- Dressing up as Moses.
- Practicing voodoo on Potter with a voodoo doll and dead chicken.
- Confessing to be a serial killer who strangled female motorcycle cops. - Attempting to bribe Potter into giving him a Section-8.
- Attempting to forge his own discharge papers.
- Displaying himself as the Statue of Liberty for General MacArthur.
- Disguising himself as a bush (a plant).
- Stowing away in a mail bag.
The Minuteman Project
Oooh. I like this one. The Minuteman Project. This is like your neighborhood watch at work. Only this time it stretches over 20 miles. The Minuteman Project is where concerned citizen volunteers from across the nation who as an organized group would "provide eyes and ears" in Cochise County, Arizona for the U.S. Border Patrol, non-interference duties, observation and reporting only. They see a bunch of illegals trying to cross the border, they report it to the U.S. Border Patrol. Simple. More eyes and ears for the U.S. Border Patrol.
But, of course, Liberals MUST have their say by labeling these Minuteman volunteers as "vigilantes", or considered them as "armed threats." Funny how the desire to report to U.S. Border Patrols on illegals attempting to cross borders constitute as an "armed threat."
Presidente Fox of Mexico is crying "Foul" over this project. He also condemned any citizen group that would dare to "defy" his political goal of open borders, ignoring U.S. Immigration laws, 8 USC 1324, 1325 and 1326. Too bad, Mr. Fox. If they want in, do it legally. Meanwhile, better work on your economy for a change.
And yet the ACLU has special observers for the event with watchers watching over the watchers. Here's a letter written March 25, 2005 to the FBI about the ACLU from one of the coordinator of the Minuteman Project, James Gilchrist:
Idiots they are...the ACLU. Not everybody is happy, especially a gang of over 20,000 in the United States.
However, all law-abiding citizens are welcome to monitor the border. This is, after all, a new form of a Neighborhood Watch program spanning the 11 miles along the Arizona border and Mexico to help their fellow Border Security patrols just as you would as a watchful and concerned neighbor in a Neighborhood Watch program to help your local police and help keep the neighborhood safe. This Minuteman Project is an amazing concept years after 911.
I hope this catches on and it'll stretch the whole border someday. It's about time that these people perform this unsual but necessary form of protest. This shouldn't be controversal at all when it comes to simply helping in lending a hand in watching the borders.
Freedom and security comes with a price. Even as simply as watching a border. America has a duty to watch and protect its borders. This includes YOU!
UPDATE: Read Michelle Malkin's new blog "The Immigration Blog". Also, about President Bush' remark on "vigilante" last Wednesday with Pres. Vicente Fox of Mexico was never an indication that he was directly opposed to the Minuteman Project. Just the "vigilante" part where people take the law into their own hands creating havoc and destruction. The Minuteman Project made explicitly clear that this project is a form of protest and that it will do "non-interference" duties, peaceful observations and reporting to the U.S. Border Patrol. The are not an ad hoc lynch mob group. Splinter groups that have no affiliation with the Minuteman Project, such as white-extremist groups are far more likely to take the law into their own hands, brandishing guns and the likes. That's the difference. Until President Bush clarifies his "vigilante" remark, it remains to be seen that President Bush NEVER explicitly stated that he was opposed to the Minuteman Project. All he said that he was opposed to "vigilante" actions. Not about the right to gather, and simply report suspicious illegal activities along our Nation's borders. This is simply an expanded form of your Neighborhood Watch in action. Where the outcry for this sort of "vigilantism"? Right.
So, put a sock in it until we get the full story from President Bush regarding, directly, about the Minuteman Project away from El Presidente Vincente Fox, and on U.S. soils.
UPDATE 2: Read La Shawn Barber's interview of a Minuteman volunteer. Great stuff. Also, look up Gringo Unleashed about how KIDR 740 AM, a Spanish-language talk radio station in Phoenix which simulcasts Radio Fórmula, a Mexican network, who actually skewed the reports (all info are available for them on the internet to verify facts about the project) about the agenda of the Minuteman Project. Even so far saying that they are planning to kill "hunt down" groups of undocumented immigrants (i.e. "illegals"). If you want the "bane of America" it's people like these. Intellectual dishonesty is a terrible thing to watch.
UPDATE 3: A good read on an article titled "The Mexican Insurgency."
UPDATE 4: Bravo! Read here. Though no exact clarification from President Bush on the "vigilante" remark. And if you're not concerned that approximately 1300 illegal aliens enter the U.S. everyday, then I certainly question your true concern for the United States of America's security. What we need is an additional 5000 border patrols, not 500.
The 370-mile Arizona border is considered the most vulnerable stretch of the 2,000-mile southern border. Of the 1.1 million illegal immigrants apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol last year, 51 percent crossed into the country at the Arizona border. The Homeland Security Department will assign more than 500 additional patrol agents to the porous Arizona border, saying they will help keep potential terrorists and illegal immigrants from entering the country. That's roughly 1.7 patrol agents per mile along the Arizona border. Sort of like throwing a net to catch some water. Of course, that would probably mean 200 to 300 patrol agents at one time. They need breaks and have lives, too.
But, of course, Liberals MUST have their say by labeling these Minuteman volunteers as "vigilantes", or considered them as "armed threats." Funny how the desire to report to U.S. Border Patrols on illegals attempting to cross borders constitute as an "armed threat."
Presidente Fox of Mexico is crying "Foul" over this project. He also condemned any citizen group that would dare to "defy" his political goal of open borders, ignoring U.S. Immigration laws, 8 USC 1324, 1325 and 1326. Too bad, Mr. Fox. If they want in, do it legally. Meanwhile, better work on your economy for a change.
And yet the ACLU has special observers for the event with watchers watching over the watchers. Here's a letter written March 25, 2005 to the FBI about the ACLU from one of the coordinator of the Minuteman Project, James Gilchrist:
I am one of the coordinators of the Minuteman Project, a grassroots organization of Americans who will assemble under the First Amendment in Cochise County, Arizona from April 1 through 30 to conduct a political protest and rally in support of the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. We will also spend much of that 30 day period observing, and reporting to the appropriate law enforcement agency, any suspected illegal activity where crossing over the U.S. international border into the United States is part of that illegal activity.
I am writing to complain that the ACLU has consistently attempted to interfere with the rights of the volunteers of the Minuteman Project to peaceably assemble in Arizona. Also, the ACLU has repeatedly used libelous and slanderous rhetoric to thwart the ability of U.S. citizens to assemble under the First Amendment, effectively dissuading some U.S. citizens from exercising their civil rights.
With the express purpose of depriving U.S. citizens of the rights to assemble and speak under the First Amendment, I feel that the ACLU has maliciously engaged in consanguinity (aka "McCarthyism") by its pejorative references to volunteers for the Minuteman Project as "vigilantes" and as persons who are "taking the law into their own hands."
The ACLU's witch-hunt mentality has seriously eroded the ability of me, and several thousand other prospective participants, to freely assemble in Arizona under the first Amendment of the Constitution of The United States of America.
Through malicious harassment and intimidation, against U.S. citizens seeking to exercise their rights to freely assemble, including threats of arrest and law suits (for alleged acts that no one had committed, or intended to commit) the ACLU has effectively and illegally suppressed the civil rights of fellow citizens.
I am requesting that all legal remedies and protections available to preserve the civil rights under The Constitution of the United States of America to myself and those participating, or anticipating participation in, the Minuteman Project political rally and assembly, be provided.
Idiots they are...the ACLU. Not everybody is happy, especially a gang of over 20,000 in the United States.
However, all law-abiding citizens are welcome to monitor the border. This is, after all, a new form of a Neighborhood Watch program spanning the 11 miles along the Arizona border and Mexico to help their fellow Border Security patrols just as you would as a watchful and concerned neighbor in a Neighborhood Watch program to help your local police and help keep the neighborhood safe. This Minuteman Project is an amazing concept years after 911.
I hope this catches on and it'll stretch the whole border someday. It's about time that these people perform this unsual but necessary form of protest. This shouldn't be controversal at all when it comes to simply helping in lending a hand in watching the borders.
Freedom and security comes with a price. Even as simply as watching a border. America has a duty to watch and protect its borders. This includes YOU!
UPDATE: Read Michelle Malkin's new blog "The Immigration Blog". Also, about President Bush' remark on "vigilante" last Wednesday with Pres. Vicente Fox of Mexico was never an indication that he was directly opposed to the Minuteman Project. Just the "vigilante" part where people take the law into their own hands creating havoc and destruction. The Minuteman Project made explicitly clear that this project is a form of protest and that it will do "non-interference" duties, peaceful observations and reporting to the U.S. Border Patrol. The are not an ad hoc lynch mob group. Splinter groups that have no affiliation with the Minuteman Project, such as white-extremist groups are far more likely to take the law into their own hands, brandishing guns and the likes. That's the difference. Until President Bush clarifies his "vigilante" remark, it remains to be seen that President Bush NEVER explicitly stated that he was opposed to the Minuteman Project. All he said that he was opposed to "vigilante" actions. Not about the right to gather, and simply report suspicious illegal activities along our Nation's borders. This is simply an expanded form of your Neighborhood Watch in action. Where the outcry for this sort of "vigilantism"? Right.
So, put a sock in it until we get the full story from President Bush regarding, directly, about the Minuteman Project away from El Presidente Vincente Fox, and on U.S. soils.
UPDATE 2: Read La Shawn Barber's interview of a Minuteman volunteer. Great stuff. Also, look up Gringo Unleashed about how KIDR 740 AM, a Spanish-language talk radio station in Phoenix which simulcasts Radio Fórmula, a Mexican network, who actually skewed the reports (all info are available for them on the internet to verify facts about the project) about the agenda of the Minuteman Project. Even so far saying that they are planning to kill "hunt down" groups of undocumented immigrants (i.e. "illegals"). If you want the "bane of America" it's people like these. Intellectual dishonesty is a terrible thing to watch.
UPDATE 3: A good read on an article titled "The Mexican Insurgency."
UPDATE 4: Bravo! Read here. Though no exact clarification from President Bush on the "vigilante" remark. And if you're not concerned that approximately 1300 illegal aliens enter the U.S. everyday, then I certainly question your true concern for the United States of America's security. What we need is an additional 5000 border patrols, not 500.
The 370-mile Arizona border is considered the most vulnerable stretch of the 2,000-mile southern border. Of the 1.1 million illegal immigrants apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol last year, 51 percent crossed into the country at the Arizona border. The Homeland Security Department will assign more than 500 additional patrol agents to the porous Arizona border, saying they will help keep potential terrorists and illegal immigrants from entering the country. That's roughly 1.7 patrol agents per mile along the Arizona border. Sort of like throwing a net to catch some water. Of course, that would probably mean 200 to 300 patrol agents at one time. They need breaks and have lives, too.
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Spineless or helpless?
Another example of incorrherency from a stalker in a website I came across. I won't say where but it went like this:
Just like the Foxnews channel blocking device, you don't need a device to help you not watch the news show...just skip it. Just skip the website that bugs you. Quite simple really. Just skip any news, shows, channels or websites that bothers you a great deal and ignore it. But if you insist on reading such a website or watch a news that grates you, better have a spine to do so and learn not to respond in such a hasty manner by assigning blame to other people saying you were forced to watch a show, write an email or caused you stalk that person. Laughable. Really, all you have to do is not to respond in such a lame way. Learn to be accountable of your own actions. And stop playing the victim game.
Oh, woe is me.
Many of you who've been here for a while will remember *********. I got a great e-mail from ******** the other day, among other things, ***** called me a "stupid p****" and said that I wanted ***** "to stalk" me and then closed by letting me know that I'm a "f***** pr***" -- some issues there, I think.Issues, indeed. A typical but lame excuse to shirk accountability by blaming other people for his/her stalking habits of said individual. I wonder who made him/her send that email to that guy? Did somebody take a gun to his/her head and forced him/her to write an email to said person? Did the guy have a mind control device commanding fingers to the keyboard to type out such a hateful email? What? What? Blame the guy for his/her stalking problem is as laughable as anybody can get. Absolutely lame. Trust me.
Just like the Foxnews channel blocking device, you don't need a device to help you not watch the news show...just skip it. Just skip the website that bugs you. Quite simple really. Just skip any news, shows, channels or websites that bothers you a great deal and ignore it. But if you insist on reading such a website or watch a news that grates you, better have a spine to do so and learn not to respond in such a hasty manner by assigning blame to other people saying you were forced to watch a show, write an email or caused you stalk that person. Laughable. Really, all you have to do is not to respond in such a lame way. Learn to be accountable of your own actions. And stop playing the victim game.
Oh, woe is me.
When Stupid People Require a "Fox Blocker"
Looks like somebody finally invented a simple device called the "Fox Blocker" where a little silver/brass looking device that can be screwed into the back of a tv allowing helpless people to filter Foxnews from their channels.
Oh what genius this guy is!! People are buying this device because they have no will power not to even look at Fox News? Pathetic I'd say. They need a little dohicky to do the job for them.
As for me, I have ever rarely watched any of the CBS news. I don't think I have come to think of it. I dont' care for that station. Simply because the CBS news station is full of idiots. Seriously. Dan Rather took that cake and showed what an idiot looks like to the world as "proof in the pudding" using the "Fake but accurate" blather.
So, if you truly feel helpless and that Foxnews has taken control of your mind, better blow your precious $9 bucks to get the device for your own peace of mind, and protection. Think "Trojan." Or better yet, "abstinence." This device is for stupid people only. Otherwise, exercise your free will and right to ignore Foxnews channel by pressing the remote control button one additional time to skip the channel. Really, it's VERY easy. I promise you that.
Oh what genius this guy is!! People are buying this device because they have no will power not to even look at Fox News? Pathetic I'd say. They need a little dohicky to do the job for them.
Kimery's motives go deeper than preventing people from watching the channel,which he acknowledges can be done without the Blocker. But he likens his device to burning a draft card, a tangible example of disagreement.Wot? A draft card? There's no indoctrination here. Or forced complience, either. You either believe or enjoy watching Foxnews or not as a source of valid news. But there's a simple way of doing this where you don't have to watch Foxnews and that's via your own remote control channel device. And if you want to do this the least technical way, it's called "skipping a channel" or "ignoring Foxnews channel." Quite easy. I can guarantee you that. Or if you can't do that use your remote control device to program a channel to block Foxnews or any shows that you deem as not to your taste.
And he's taking this message to the network's advertisers. After buying the $8.95 device online, would-be blockers are shown a letter that they can send to advertisers via the Fox Blocker site. "The point is not to block the channel or block free speech but to raise awareness," said Kimery, who works in the high-tech industry.Raise awareness? About what? Foxnews gets as much as double the viewerships as CNN. Foxnews gets on average about 1.5 million viewers versus 800,000 with CNN. Yeah, that device will really raise awareness. It's called "stupidity" when they can't figure it out to simply skip Foxnews channel. Not exactly a mind-control news here.
As for me, I have ever rarely watched any of the CBS news. I don't think I have come to think of it. I dont' care for that station. Simply because the CBS news station is full of idiots. Seriously. Dan Rather took that cake and showed what an idiot looks like to the world as "proof in the pudding" using the "Fake but accurate" blather.
So, if you truly feel helpless and that Foxnews has taken control of your mind, better blow your precious $9 bucks to get the device for your own peace of mind, and protection. Think "Trojan." Or better yet, "abstinence." This device is for stupid people only. Otherwise, exercise your free will and right to ignore Foxnews channel by pressing the remote control button one additional time to skip the channel. Really, it's VERY easy. I promise you that.
Kofi Annan Mulls Quiting U.N.
Kofi java anyone?
Good. I hope Kofi does quit. The U.N. needs a complete overhaul. Crimes of scandal are being done left and right, and with impunity in the name of the U.N. blanket.
Well, Kofi, be a man for a change. QUIT!
KOFI ANNAN, the United Nations secretary-general, is said to be struggling with depression and considering his future (i.e. quitting) Colleagues have reported concerns about Annan ahead of an official report this week that will examine his son Kojo’s connection to the controversial Iraqi oil for food scheme.
Depending on the findings of the report, by a team led by the former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, Annan may have to choose between the secretary-generalship and loyalty to his son.
American congressional critics of the UN are already pressing him to resign over the mismanagement of the oil for food programme, and even his supporters have been dismayed by the scandals on his watch, including the sexual abuse of children by UN peacekeepers in Congo. One close observer at the UN said Annan’s moods were like a “sine curve” and that he appeared near the bottom of the trough.
Good. I hope Kofi does quit. The U.N. needs a complete overhaul. Crimes of scandal are being done left and right, and with impunity in the name of the U.N. blanket.
Well, Kofi, be a man for a change. QUIT!
Terri Schiavo - When America Decides to Murder Her
You see, one of the definitions of someone who is PVS (Persistent Vegetative State) is that they cannot swallow. An "almost completely destroyed cortex" would prevent someone from being able to swallow the saliva that they produce. Doctors will testify that the average human can produce up to two liters of saliva a day.
From the complete report of Dr. William Hammesfahr, a world-reknowned neurologist, dated September 12, 2002:
And compare a world reknowned neurologist's report in the above to an irresponsible AP report comparing Schiavo (a human being) and Kismet (a robot):
What this AP reporter (a complete idiot) is saying is that Terri is not in a PVS . But according to several doctors' report who saw Terri do not describe her as in a PVS. In the spring of 2000, three physicians, including Dr. Jay Carpenter, who is a former Chief of Medicine at Morton Plant Hospital, filed affidavits after observing Ms. Schiavo. All three physicians stated that it is visually apparent that Ms Schiavo is able to swallow and, in fact, does swallow her own saliva.
Yep, Terri is definitely in a PVS. Not.
When America decides to poll innocent people's lives and go at any length possible to dehumanize an innocent but helpless human being, then America is no longer a nation that cares for the innocent.
Congratulations America, you just murdered an innocent human being.
From the complete report of Dr. William Hammesfahr, a world-reknowned neurologist, dated September 12, 2002:
The patient can clearly swallow, and is able to swallow approximately 2 liters of water per day (the daily amount of saliva generated). Water is one of the most difficult things for people to swallow. It is unlikely that she currently needs the feeding tube.From the Dr.'s report:
Impression:
The patient is not in coma.
She is alert and responsive to her environment. She responds to specific people best.
She tries to please others by doing activities for which she gets verbal praise.
She responds negatively to poor tone of voice.
She responds to music.
She differentiates sounds from voices.
She differentiates specific people's voices from others.
She differentiates music from stray sound.
She attempts to verbalize.
She has voluntary control over multiple extremities
She can swallow.
She is partially blind
She is probably aphasic and has a degree of receptive aphasia.
She can feel pain.
And compare a world reknowned neurologist's report in the above to an irresponsible AP report comparing Schiavo (a human being) and Kismet (a robot):
To understand the emotional reaction to the tapes of Terri Schiavo, one need only spend a few minutes with Kismet.
People who spend time with the robot at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab walk away feeling like they've made a new friend. Kismet is nothing but a mechanical head made out of metal and plastic, but it has been cleverly programmed by scientists to mimic human social interactions.
Sit down across from Kismet and it gives you a pleasant smile. Step too close and it jumps back with a startled expression on its face. Introduce yourself and it waits patiently for you to finish talking, then replies with a few syllables of speech that sounds like a higher-pitched version of the language spoken by the teachers in 'Charlie Brown' cartoons.
Kismet is no more conscious than a dishwasher or a microwave oven. But its vaguely human behavior has a powerful effect on brains that are predisposed to attach meaning to gesture, facial expression and vocal tone.
"This ... system that we have is so automatic and so powerful, sometimes it ends up being triggered by things that aren't people and don't have minds at all," said Martha J. Farah, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. "It's very hard to suppress the impression that there's somebody there."
People in persistent vegetative states are no more aware than Kismet, but they retain a handful of primitive reflexes that are naturally misinterpreted as conscious behavior.
What this AP reporter (a complete idiot) is saying is that Terri is not in a PVS . But according to several doctors' report who saw Terri do not describe her as in a PVS. In the spring of 2000, three physicians, including Dr. Jay Carpenter, who is a former Chief of Medicine at Morton Plant Hospital, filed affidavits after observing Ms. Schiavo. All three physicians stated that it is visually apparent that Ms Schiavo is able to swallow and, in fact, does swallow her own saliva.
Yep, Terri is definitely in a PVS. Not.
When America decides to poll innocent people's lives and go at any length possible to dehumanize an innocent but helpless human being, then America is no longer a nation that cares for the innocent.
Congratulations America, you just murdered an innocent human being.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Koko the Gorilla's Handlers Sue for "Obscene" Gesture Requests
Koko the gorilla is famous for her sign language skills as a source of communication between her and her handlers. Last month two fired caretakers have sued the Gorilla Foundation and its president, Francine "Penny" Patterson, claiming they were pressured to expose their breasts as a way of bonding with the 300-pound simian. According to the story it was claimed that these two handlers were threatened that if they "did not indulge Koko's nipple fetish, their employment with the Gorilla Foundation would suffer," the lawsuit alleged.
Nipple fetish? Koko the gorilla has a nipple fetish? And women handlers must lollygag around Koko naked? I think that paints a wrong picture by saying "fetish" here. According to Malinda Zeilinger, a retired Gorilla Foundation employee, said that it's only natural for a gorilla to be curious about human breasts.
I would think so. Wouldn't you if Koko has a 1000 plus sign language vocabulary, paints pictures and cuddles up with kittens? I'm sure Koko is rightly curious about the human anatomy as well. Why wouldn't she be with her intelligence and being around humans nearly all of her 33 years? Didn't Ms. Patterson warn the handlers about Koko's curiousity for human breasts when they were hired?
And now they want to sue for a cool $1.5 million dollars?
Ok. Whatever. But the two handlers also included in the suit that they were also fired because they reported to California Division of Occupational Safety and Health when they saw unsafe conditions seeing rodents (rats or mice?) in the food preparation area and gorilla urine stored in the refrigerator where workers kept their lunches.
Gak! Urine in the fridge where lunches are kept?
Of course, the inspectors visited the site and found code violations, and the next day, the two handlers were fired. Coincidence? Or bad blood? Forcing employees to show their ampleness to a female gorilla? Allow the gorilla to observe but don't interfere in the process? Remember, the gorilla is butt ugly. And nothing is sexual. It's a self-discovery process for her. It has always been that.
Nipple fetish? Koko the gorilla has a nipple fetish? And women handlers must lollygag around Koko naked? I think that paints a wrong picture by saying "fetish" here. According to Malinda Zeilinger, a retired Gorilla Foundation employee, said that it's only natural for a gorilla to be curious about human breasts.
I would think so. Wouldn't you if Koko has a 1000 plus sign language vocabulary, paints pictures and cuddles up with kittens? I'm sure Koko is rightly curious about the human anatomy as well. Why wouldn't she be with her intelligence and being around humans nearly all of her 33 years? Didn't Ms. Patterson warn the handlers about Koko's curiousity for human breasts when they were hired?
Zeilinger, who recently retired as the foundation's evening monitor, said the plaintiffs "weren't good employees" and overreacted to Koko's childlike curiosity.
"Sometimes, I'd come to work with glitter on (my blouse), and she'd want to see what's under that," Zeilinger said. "If a little child comes up and looks under your skirt, you don't find that disgusting.
"It's not like anything gets filmed. It's not like there's a lot of men around," she added. "Most mature adults would just think, 'ho-hum.'"
Koko, who has displayed a maternal instinct with pet kittens, might also wonder if women are nursing under certain types of shirts, Zeilinger said.
And now they want to sue for a cool $1.5 million dollars?
Ok. Whatever. But the two handlers also included in the suit that they were also fired because they reported to California Division of Occupational Safety and Health when they saw unsafe conditions seeing rodents (rats or mice?) in the food preparation area and gorilla urine stored in the refrigerator where workers kept their lunches.
Gak! Urine in the fridge where lunches are kept?
Of course, the inspectors visited the site and found code violations, and the next day, the two handlers were fired. Coincidence? Or bad blood? Forcing employees to show their ampleness to a female gorilla? Allow the gorilla to observe but don't interfere in the process? Remember, the gorilla is butt ugly. And nothing is sexual. It's a self-discovery process for her. It has always been that.
Zeilinger, who recently retired as the foundation's evening monitor, said the plaintiffs "weren't good employees" and overreacted to Koko's childlike curiosity.
"Sometimes, I'd come to work with glitter on (my blouse), and she'd want to see what's under that," Zeilinger said. "If a little child comes up and looks under your skirt, you don't find that disgusting.
"It's not like anything gets filmed. It's not like there's a lot of men around," she added. "Most mature adults would just think, 'ho-hum.'"
I wonder how she would react to a male's lower anatomy? *Poke* *Poke* *Yank* *Yank*
Now, remember, Koko is 33 years old. And the gorilla is a female...not male if you haven't been reading carefully. Just because she's 33 year old doesn't mean she thinks like a human being of the same age. Her mind is more of a human child. Always curious and wanting to learn about the world around her with no shamefulness. There's no oogling involved on Koko's part. However, some people think that for a gorilla to learn sign language as a mean to communicate or act like a human being is a bad thing.
A 30-year Woodside resident, Hodges has avoided donating time or money to the preserve, although she actively supports dozens of environmental nonprofit groups, including the African Wildlife Foundation. "I don't approve of making animals behave like humans," she said. "I kind of feel sorry for Koko."
Welcome to the Planet of the Apes where ASL reigns. Yeah, right. Only in your dreams. Maybe in Laurent, SD where Nederveld Associates, Inc., a West Michigan-based land planning, civil engineering and surveying firm, will now serve as lead designer for Laurent, S.D. This is to be a new town intended for individuals who communicate using sign language. Go move over there. Oh, and bring your cell phone and yak all you want. I will. Come between me and my phone you won't.
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