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The Vidiot's weekly blog: What pissed me off this week? 5/9/2005 (A day early this week.) (updated every Monday at some point during the day) ...'cause I'm angry and my friends are sick of listening to me... Track your congresscritters here!
Free stuff can be found here Mirror (in case geocities is wacky or, in case of trouble in New York, check it for messages): http://129.79.148.33/vidiotcontact/ I swear. If it's not one thing it's another. This update is late because I hadn't any internet access, due to the fact that Verizon hasn't updated any of their phones lines in my neighborhood since they were first installed sometime at the beginning of the LAST century. (Yes. I'm still on a dial-up at home.) So, in my book, Verizon STILL sucks. On top of that, as mentioned in last week's rant, I have this chronic pain issue and I broke down and tried some western pharmaceutical crap. My doc said it was a benign medication. It worked great with the symptoms, but the side effects drove me to the emergency room. (Unfortunately, no Patrick Dempsey type doctors were in attendance that night.) Anxiety, shortness of breath, palpitations, increased heart rate and blood pressure. I thought I was gonna' die! Benign medication MY ASS! Granted. I'm a nervous nellie and I'm sure that I psychologically exacerbated the symptoms, but for heaven's sake, he made me feel like a complete freak for reacting the way I did. "Gee. I've never had a patient react that way to this medication. It must be something else." Well la-tee-dah asshole. I'm still feeling a little waaaa from it. I swear, if and/or when I get cancer, I'm totally doomed. For me, the treatment will be worse than the disease for sure. Video of the Week: David Ray Griffin talking about Gov't complicity with 9/11 Must Read of the Week: "Apocalypse Soon" by Robert S. McNamara Another Must Read of the Week: Albert Einstein, Radical: A Political Profile Tech List of the Week: Wireless New Search Engine of the Week: Clusty.com Time-Waster of the Week: Fun with Rubber Bands Another Time-Waster of the Week: The Face Book Project Site of the Week: Hammy Hamster Anti-Bush Site of the Week: Made You Think Useful Site of the Week: The Official NY Rejection Line Weird Christian Site of the Week: Charlie Chipmunk Sings the 10 Commandments Picture of the Week: Penguins at Airport Security Unsubstantiated Rumor of the Week: Allawi may be dead On chip at a time. You know. Sometimes I think that the "powers that be" are releasing the pressure in the economy one steam valve at a time. Maybe that's the right thing to do. Instead of a massive crash, there will be a bunch of little crashes, one after the other, but at a controlled rate. So, they raise the minimum payments on credit cards a bit,
While at the same time, allowing predatory lenders to continue practicing their evil ways.
so as to control the implosion. I mean, if some of the people who can't finance their debt will be able to take out loans to cover their debt, then all of the people won't go down at the same time, right? Meanwhile, the real estate bubble is subtly popping.
Pssst, Eliot... ...stay away from boats and small aircraft. Insurance fraud is the bread and butter of the Bush Family Evil Empire.
Contrast This On one hand, we have this fluff piece about Afghan girls participating in sports.
But the reality? Well, that's a different matter indeed.
A better way? Well, this is still a better way to make a decision when compared to electronic voting machines.
A confirmation, of sorts Now we really know where the republicans stand with regards to government propaganda.
Well, if FOX news reported it, it MUST be true. TIA ain't dead yet. Man, this surveillance database thing is like a game of whack-a-mole. Soon as you bang one, it pops up somewhere else.
Gee, and where might they cull some of that information?
And there will always be the children.
There's got to to be more to the story Honestly, I can't figure out what all the rigmarole about the new "freedom tower" is all about.
What? Is it some power-play between the city and Pataki involving funding for the West Side Stadium plan? That's all I can think it is. Another thing I can't figure out is the death of Edward von Kloberg III, image guy to the reviled.
Now, if I had access to the internet, I could link to an article here where the most recent installment by the Voice of the White House guy talks about von Kloberg's death and his possible connection to Jeff Gannon/James Guckert. {sigh} Too big for their britches. Honestly, what makes Wal-mart think they can diversify into banking?
News of the Weird Pygmies, huh?
Missed this convention? Well, if you're a time traveler, that shouldn't really be a problem, now should it.
What do we do about all of this crap? I have no idea. Part of me wants to start teach-ins at my local pub. Just go to the bar, rant and rave and inform the idiots who still think Dan Rather is telling them the truth. Another part of me wants to organize a voter observation program to insure that this moron isn't in the White House all the way to 2008. I sincerely believe that if we protected the voting rights of the underprivileged that any Democrat could SWEEP any election. And we'd have to start with the Florida Election for Governor THIS FALL (like these guys!.) I don't think Democrats are the answer. But they are at least a start. At the very least, point your CNN-loving friends to my links page. Just getting started in reading alternate news sites gets people thinking. I have one friend who was very happy-go-lucky, thinking ol' Greta was telling the whole truth until I opened up his eyes a bit. Now, he's all depressed. He'll get over it. You gotta' get depressed before you get angry and you gotta' get angry before you can accomplish anything. We're all in mourning. We have to move through the steps. But we gotta' hurry it up. Read. Inform. Spread the word. Even if it means your friends avoid you for awhile. If they really love you, they'll start to listen.
"POSSE COMITATUS ACT" (18 USC 1385): A Reconstruction Era criminal law proscribing use of Army (later, Air Force) to "execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by Constitution or Congress. Limit on use of military for civilian law enforcement also applies to Navy by regulation. Dec '81 additional laws were enacted (codified 10 USC 371-78) clarifying permissible military assistance to civilian law enforcement agencies--including the Coast Guard--especially in combating drug smuggling into the United States. Posse Comitatus clarifications emphasize supportive and technical assistance (e.g., use of facilities, vessels, aircraft, intelligence, tech aid, surveillance, etc.) while generally prohibiting direct participation of DoD personnel in law enforcement (e.g., search, seizure, and arrests). For example, Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETS) serve aboard Navy vessels and perform the actual boardings of interdicted suspect drug smuggling vessels and, if needed, arrest their crews). Positive results have been realized especially from Navy ship/aircraft involvement. (Tom Ridge has practically said he'd do away with this act.)
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Who am I?: I am a biker chick who lives in NYC. This blog is about current events and my left-leaning, acerbic spin on those events. Nobody pays me anything to do this. Nobody tells me what to write. I will NEVER tout anything for anybody's money! EVER! Use this instead of Google: These sites are good at culling stories from a multitude of media sites: buzzflash.com
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