RANT: Stinker “Mama Mia”

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Fromt he movie "Mama Mia"

From the movie "Mama Mia"

Stinker Alert!

This chick flick could only be loved by a chick in need of a flick! I was suspect of it when I heard the casting. MS as Mama … nahh. PB and the romantic make lead singing and dnacing … absurd.

Whoever cast this should hang up their credentials. It ruins the movie.

I had the great pleasure to see the original cast play in London. Probably the best I’ve ever seen.

This movie is the probably the worst. And, I’ve seen some stinkers.

No amount of good hard work by the second string can save it.

Save your money and wait for it on free TV. Then all you’ll waste is your time.

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LIBERTY: Welfare costs us

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/
2008/08/06/a_nation_of_thieves

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Browning’s concluding chapter tells us what the welfare state costs us. He acknowledges the non-economic costs such as infringements on liberty and strains on the political process, but focuses on the quantitative economic costs. The disincentive effects of Social Security have reduced the GDP by 10 percent, the federal income tax (as opposed to a proportional tax) by 9 percent and past deficits by 3.5 percent for a total of 22.5 percent. He guesses that welfare programs have reduced GDP by 2.5 percent. The overall effect of redistributionist policies has created incentives that have reduced GDP by a total of 25 percent. Without those, our GDP would be close to $18 trillion instead of $14 trillion.

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Welfare costs us in more ways than just money. It gives the politicians and bureaucrats control over people. And, like the young elephant, we think we need them!

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POLITICAL: Hiroshima … never again?

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima

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On Monday[10], August 6, 1945, the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by the crew of the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought total casualties to 90,000-140,000.[11] Approximately 69% of the city’s buildings were completely destroyed, and 6.6% severely damaged.

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As an American who wasn’t alive when this happened, I won’t judge the people who did this. I’m sure they have met the Maker and received their eternal reward. I will say I am shocked and appalled by it.

Government, gooferment, the meme that kills.

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FUN: The movie “The Bucket List”

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
From the movie "The Bucket List"

From the movie "The Bucket List"

Frau and I watched this the other night on Comcast OnDemand. Hey for five bucks why shlep to a theater.

I found it funny and insightful. I don’t care that the premise was absurd. I don’t care about the flubs in the movie of a technical nature (i.e., identical heart rates; ripped up lists; unlimited money). It was a morality play of sorts.

I’ve begun working on my list! You?

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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Eighty Four – Vermont

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Eighty Four – Vermont

It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com

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RANT: Air-Travel Pass Data Stolen From SFO?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/05/1539231&from=rss

“Clear” Air-Travel Pass Data Stolen From SFO
Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 05, @12:12PM

from the is-kip-hawley-thetan-clear? dept.
Privacy Security Transportation

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Kozar_The_Malignant writes “A laptop containing the unencrypted security data for 33,000 travelers using the Clear system was stolen at San Francisco International Airport on July 26, according to CBS5 Television. The Clear system allows travelers who register and pay a $100.00 annual fee to speed through airport security by using a smart card at special kiosks in some airports. TSA has suspended new registrations in the system, which is run by a private contractor, Verified Identity Pass, Inc., a subsidiary of GE. The laptop was apparently stolen from a locked office at SFO. The company has now decided that it might be a good idea to encrypt the data in their systems. They are in the process of notifying customers that all of their personal data, including name, address, SSi number, passport number, date of birth, etc. has been compromised.”

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Ahhh, your gooferment at work. Why am I not surprised!

I had to take a break at work and blog this one. It’s just sweet!

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POLITICAL: Or are you just as ignorant as you sound?

Sunday, August 3, 2008

A COMMENT THAT WAS A DRIVE BY

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A new comment on the post #3602 “POLITICAL: Obama’s Prayer: The Intended Audience” is waiting for your approval https://reinkefaceslife.com/2008/07/31/political-obamas-prayer-the-intended-audience/

Author : no (IP: 172.162.117.177 , ACA275B1.ipt.aol.com) E-mail : no@no.com
URL :
Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=172.162.117.177
Comment:
You do realize that Obama isn’t muslim, right? Or are you just as ignorant as you sound?

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I love “drive by” anonymous comments.

I’ll take a stab at this one.

I don’t KNOW anything about O other than he’s running for President.

  • His religion, if any, is doubt. Muslin, Wright wacko, or something else — who knows?

  • He’s flip floped on the war — only Ron Paul was going to get us out of Iraq!

  • He’s pro-abortion. Sorry, it abhorrent, and I don’t want to pay for it.

  • His tax policy is right out of the Socialist playbook.

I think his qualifications are non-existent and imho he’s an empty suit.

Guess I AM as ignorant as I sound.

(I love softballs!)

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LIBERTY: Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop

Friday, August 1, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/content/article/2008/08/01/laptops.html

Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border
No Suspicion Required Under DHS Policies
By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 1, 2008; Page A01

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Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.

Also, officials may share copies of the laptop’s contents with other agencies and private entities for language translation, data decryption or other reasons, according to the policies, dated July 16 and issued by two DHS agencies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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In April, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the government’s power to conduct searches of an international traveler’s laptop without suspicion of wrongdoing. The Customs policy can be viewed at: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/admissability/
search_authority.ctt/search_authority.pdf.

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And you thought you had Fourth and Fifth Ammendment rights!

“Comrade Cititzen, It’s to keep you safe!”

Yeah, right.

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