After trying to listen to the pResident in Chief, I came to the conclusion that he can not answer a question directly to save his life. He evaded EVERY direct question that only required a Yes or a No. He plainly can never admit he was wrong. It was sad listening to the tired arguments that are almost 2 years old. They were a lie then, they are still a lie now.
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I am afraid to read the newspaper anymore. How many bodies will it take to satisfy Bush’s bloodlust? Why are we there? Other than the fact that Hussein was not a nice guy, why are we there? No WMD, no threat to us or his neighbors, no terrorists (before we came at least). What is the freaking point?!? Nearly 800 americans dead now, and who knows how many Iraqis.
Well, we decided to put the condo up for sale. It is time to move up to a real single family home. Anyone want a nicely maintained condo in Des Plaines? E-mail me at spamtrap@cyberphreak.com Don’t remove spam from spamtrap.
Computers and the high tech world are stuck in a rut. The computing world is boring. Is there anything you can do today that you couldn’t really do 10 years ago? Listen to music? Make movies? Well, people were doing that over 100 years ago. Organize your life? Keep notes? Need a tablet PC to do that? Not really, you can do it with a sheet of paper. I have watched computers grow from the 64k machines of my childhood to the multi-gigahertz machines of today, and I am amazed how little more you can do with computers now. Except for the internet (but there were BBS’s and e-mail back then), there has not been much change. I still use a word processor, which is still not really WYSIWYG. I still use spreadsheets, and I still play games. All the same things I was doing when I was 11 years old. In fact, some things were easier back then, like drawing programs. I loved drawing on the old computers. Now I hate it. We need something new, something you really can’t do in the real world. I don’t know what it is, but whoever comes up with it will be a billionaire.
A few quotes
This is something I came up with
Two Republicans
On the Economy/Labor:
Lincoln:
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” Lincoln’s First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861.
Bush:
“It’s very important for folks to understand that when there’s more trade, there’s more commerce.”–Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001
On rights/freedom:
Lincoln:
“We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word many mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name – liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names – liberty and tyranny.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VII, “Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Maryland” (April 18, 1864), p. 301-302.
Bush:
Well, it’s an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We’re blessed with such values in America. And I–it’s–I’m a proud man to be the nation based upon such wonderful values.”–Visiting the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., July 2, 2001
On War and it’s consequences:
Lincoln:
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
Bush:
“There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there,” Bush told reporters at the White House. “My answer is ‘bring them on’. We have the force necessary to deal with the situation.”
Enough said,
Posted by admin on April 15, 2004 in General Comments
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