INTERESTING: with the last war’s tactics
Saturday, July 7, 2007http://www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=1274
An Insurgency is Not a War
By Carlton Meyer
Jul/05/2007
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The U.S. Army failed in Vietnam, but didn’t learn much as an institution as blame was shifted to the media and protesters for ending the war too soon. This tactic of blaming the messenger continues today. Millions of Americans have embraced the mindless pursuit of winning in Iraq at any cost, with no clear idea of what they want to win. If U.S. troops in Iraq were offered the chance to fly home tomorrow, over 90% would go home. They have no desire to leave their children fatherless for “democracy in Iraq ” or whatever the current justification for their unwanted presence. Therefore, Americans who truly “support the troops,” want to bring them home now.
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This is an interesting critique. The Dead Old White Guys didn’t want a standing army. Maybe they were on to something. We see that the “generals” always fight the next war with the last war’s tactics. In this case, they haven’t learned about Fourth and Fifth Generation Warfare. (Fourth Generation is a war with insurgents. Fifth is a war with your own people; that is civil insurrection.) An awful lot of people are getting killed in this blunder.
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INTERESTING: A peek behind the “entertainment” curtain
Saturday, July 7, 2007http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/
news/e3icec89c18d5ef8ec58165dfae65c9791c
ESPN shut out of All-Star Game
By Paul J. Gough
July 7, 2007
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NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has limited ESPN’s access to Tuesday night’s All-Star Game after the network broke an embargo and broadcast news of the players’ selections a few minutes after an exclusive, rain-delayed telecast on TBS.
Baseball executives told ESPN that it must pare its broadcast efforts from AT&T Park in San Francisco, where the All-Star Game is being held. So, most coverage will be done out of ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn., rather than having “Baseball Tonight” and a portion of “SportsCenter” originate from California as planned.
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This brings up some interesting questions about what we are being spoon fed on the “telly” as “news”.
* Information emargos present an interesting concept. If it is “news”, then does any one every have a right to preclude it being published?
* If it’s “entertainment”, then who cares? But, I’m sure these organizations would like to pretend it’s “news”. “News” people will care about; “entertainment” gets filed behind “Paris Hilton”.
* Orchestration of content into discrete “packages”, like the “home run hitting derby”, are manufactured. That doesn’t make them bad. Just “entertainment”, as opposed to something meaningful.
Since ESPN was acquired by Disney, they have been trying to boost their ratings (I assume) by putting more “soap operas” on. I again assume to attract the fairer sex. But they are missing the essential point. Why is an athletic struggle interesting? We like to see “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat”. It takes us out of every day struggle, distills it to simple terms, and allows us to to be motivated by it. Why are quiz shows fun? Same reason.
The essence of hairless smell apes is that alone we are weak; in concert, we can accomplish wondrous things. Contests are how we test our limits with a minimum of muss ‘n’ fuss. Some Brit said that the “The victory at Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eaton.” Sports relates to life. It’s a shame that MLB, ESPN, FOX, and all these others have forgotten why sports are appealing. If they’d remember the original reason, they would have to make up “events”, manage the “news”, and get peevish when they are exposed as frauds.
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GUNS: backdoor attempt to ban guns
Friday, July 6, 2007http://www.lewrockwell.com/calderwood/calderwood15.html
OSHA Visits Wonderland
by David Calderwood
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Published to cricket-chirping silence in the Federal Register on April 13, 2007 was a rule proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to govern the manufacture, transport, and distribution of explosives.
The Alice-in-Wonderland aspect is that the rule includes small arms ammunition and reloading components like smokeless propellant and small arms primers in its definition of “explosives.” If the rule were implemented as written, it would effectively eliminate the manufacture, transport, wholesaling and retailing of ammunition in the United States.
You read that correctly.
For years anti-private-gun-ownership zealots have wished that another head of the federal regulatory hydra, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, would “ban guns” as articles too dangerous for mere civilian mortals to handle or own. Apparently they are getting their wish, instead, from OSHA under the notion that firearm ammunition cartridges are so unstable and explosive that anyone storing or selling them would have to insure (by search if necessary) that no one carrying matches, a lighter, or any other source of flame or sparks approached within 50 feet in all directions. This is but one of several requirements that would make it impossible to make or sell ammunition.
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http://www.nssf.org/news/PR_idx.cfm?PRloc=common/PR/&PR=BP070207.cfm
has a letter to submit.
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Friday, July 06, 2007
OSHA Docket Office
Docket No. OSHA-2007-0032
U.S. Department of Labor
Room N-2625 200
Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210
RE: Docket No. OSHA-2007-0032
Request to Extend Public Comment Period and Request for Hearing on
“Significant Regulatory Action” as Defined in Executive Order 12866
Dear Secretary Chao:
I am writing to request an extension for public comment set to expire on July 12, 2007 for Preliminary & Initial General Observations on OSHA Explosives Proposed Rule (29 CFR Part 1910) – Published at Federal Register Vo. 72, No. 71, at P. 18792 (April 13, 2007).
After reviewing the proposed regulations it is my belief that the proposed rule is a “significant regulatory action” as defined in Executive Order 12866 (1993) Sec. 1(f)(1) in that it will clearly “adversely affect in a material way” the retail sector of the firearms and ammunition industry, productivity, competition and jobs and that the annual compliance cost for all retailers of ammunition will far exceed $100 million dollars.
Below is a bulleted list of what I am most concerned about:
” Massive Costs: The cost to comply with the proposed rule for the ammunition industry, including manufacturer, wholesale distributors and retailers, will be massive and easily exceed $100 million. For example, ammunition and smokeless propellant manufacturers would have to shut down and evacuate a factory when a thunderstorm approached. The proposal mistakenly states that this is an industry standard practice. A retailer would have to do likewise. Thus retailers, such as Wal-Mart, selling ammunition would have to close down and evacuate customers. This is simply not realistic.
” Unrealistic Assumptions: Portions of the proposed rule are not feasible and cannot realistically be complied with. The concept of evacuation to “a safe remote location” in case of thunderstorms or accident is untenable to manufacturers and retailers and is in disagreement with the DoD Safety Manual for Ammunition and Explosives.
” One Size Fits All Approach: The provisions in this proposal treat all explosives as if they have the same degree of hazard to employees. Retail outlets for small arms ammunition, primers and smokeless propellants, including massive facilities such as Wal-Mart, must maintain a fifty-foot barrier and specifically authorize all customers to enter only after searching them for matches or lighters (c.3.iii.A) and determining that they are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol (c.1.vii). This is despite the fact that small arms ammunition is extremely safe even when subjected to open flame, heat and shock. A customer still wouldn’t be able to purchase the ammunition because under this rule they are not allowed to carry it from the counter to the exit (c.3.iii.C). Even more damaging, the many “mom and pop” firearm outlets located in strip malls would be forced to shutdown as they have neighbor stores fewer than 50-feet away.
” Shipping is Halted: Proposed restrictions on transportation exceed current DOT Regulations. Mandating wood-covered, non-spark-producing material in trailers for small arms ammunition shipments would bring the transportation of ammunition to a near halt. There are simply not enough trailers in existence today that would be able to substitute for traditional, metal covered surfaces. Small package carriers such as UPS and Fed-Ex would be prohibited from carrying ammunition and components which would shut down mail order houses such as Cabalas and Bass Pro shops and many business to business transactions. This section alone, with all it would entail (such as two drivers at all times), is capable of paralyzing our industry.
” National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) Rules Exceeded: Proposed restrictions exceed NFPA regulations and would, for example, reduce commercial establishment displays of smokeless propellant from 50 to 20 lbs with no commensurate increase in safety. This will only add to dramatically increasing the cost to manufacturers and consumers.
It bears noting that scientific testing and safety records clearly illustrate that small arms ammunition is inherently an extremely safe product. I cannot recall a single instance where fire, shock, heat or lightening has resulted in injury from the accidental detonation of small-caliber ammunition. Billions of rounds of ammunition are sold each year in the U.S. and records demonstrate that current production and safety requirements are working.
I urge OSHA to grant an extension to this critical regulatory process. And then kill this nonsense. It’s rule making like this that give the “tin foil hat” crowd reasons to believe that this is a backdoor attempt to ban guns. It isn’t is it? Or is it.
Sincerely,
Ferdinand J. Reinke
3 Tyne Court
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
c.c.: My Federal Senators and Representative
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FABLES: “Three Blind Men and an Elephant”
Friday, July 6, 2007http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html
This is a timeless cross cultural imho reprise of the Johari window
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“Three Blind Men and an Elephant”
One day, three blind men happened to meet each other and gossiped a long time about many things. Suddenly one of them recalled, ” I heard that an elephant is a queer animal. Too bad we’re blind and can’t see it.”
“Ah, yes, truly too bad we don’t have the good fortune to see the strange animal,” another one sighed.
The third one, quite annoyed, joined in and said, “See? Forget it! Just to feel it would be great.”
“Well, that’s true. If only there were some way of touching the elephant, we’d be able to know,” they all agreed.
It so happened that a merchant with a herd of elephants was passing, and overheard their conversation. “You fellows, do you really want to feel an elephant? Then follow me; I will show you,” he said.
The three men were surprised and happy. Taking one another’s hand, they quickly formed a line and followed while the merchant led the way. Each one began to contemplate how he would feel the animal, and tried to figure how he would form an image.
After reaching their destination, the merchant asked them to sit on the ground to wait. In a few minutes he led the first blind man to feel the elephant. With outstretched hand, he touched first the left foreleg and then the right. After that he felt the two legs from the top to the bottom, and with a beaming face, turned to say, “So, the queer animal is just like that.” Then he slowly returned to the group.
Thereupon the second blind man was led to the rear of the elephant. He touched the tail which wagged a few times, and he exclaimed with satisfaction, “Ha! Truly a queer animal! Truly odd! I know now. I know.” He hurriedly stepped aside.
The third blind man’s turn came, and he touched the elephant’s trunk which moved back and forth turning and twisting and he thought, “That’s it! I’ve learned.”
The three blind men thanked the merchant and went their way. Each one was secretly excited over the experience and had a lot to say, yet all walked rapidly without saying a word.
“Let’s sit down and have a discussion about this queer animal,” the second blind man said, breaking the silence.
“A very good idea. Very good.” the other two agreed for they also had this in mind.
Without waiting for anyone to be properly seated, the second one blurted out, “This queer animal is like our straw fans swinging back and forth to give us a breeze. However, it’s not so big or well made. The main portion is rather wispy.”
“No, no!” the first blind man shouted in disagreement. “This queer animal resembles two big trees without any branches.”
“You’re both wrong.” the third man replied. “This queer animal is similar to a snake; it’s long and round, and very strong.”
How they argued! Each one insisted that he alone was correct. Of course, there was no conclusion for not one had thoroughly examined the whole elephant. How can anyone describe the whole until he has learned the total of the parts.
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INTERESTING: another reason why you can’t trust the gooferment
Friday, July 6, 2007http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q6IBU00&show_article=1&catnum=-1
Girl, 4, Called 911 Nearly 300 Times
Jul 5 01:08 PM US/Eastern
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CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Authorities tracked down a 4-year-old girl who called 911 nearly 300 times last month by offering to deliver McDonald’s to her suburban Chicago apartment.
Unbeknownst to her mother, the girl used a deactivated cell phone to call dispatchers 287 times in June—sometimes as often as 20 times a shift.
Dispatchers heard the child’s voice but could only track the phone’s signal to the apartment complex.
So authorities used a ruse to pinpoint her.
“We asked (the caller) what she wanted. She said she wanted McDonald’s,” said Steve Cordes, executive director of QuadCom’s emergency center, which covers Carpentersville.
“We talked with her and we convinced her if she told us where she lives, we would bring her McDonald’s,” he said. “She finally gave us her address. So we sent the police over—with no McDonald’s.”
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Just another reason why you can’t trust the gooferment!
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YahooAnswers: Status: “BEST” awarded
Thursday, July 5, 2007*** begin quote ***
YAHOO ANSWER: Save the house?
http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
Save the house?
QUESTION
Asked by “miss_spunderella”
Can someone PLEASE help us come up with ways to earn $15,000 so our house doesn’t get auctioned off?
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Just received word that this was selected “best by voters”.
ONE vote among EIGHT answers.
Ten meaningless points.
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YahooAnswers: Status “BEST” awarded
Thursday, July 5, 2007*** begin quote ***
YAHOO ANSWER: buy a new car
http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
buy a new car
QUESTION
Asked by “Chris L”
What is your answer?
Question
Should i buy a new car?
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Just received word that this was selected “best by asker”.
One vote among two answers.
Ten meaningless points.
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YahooAnswers: Status “BEST” awarded
Thursday, July 5, 2007*** begin quote ***
YAHOO ANSWER: currency at the bank
http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index;_ylt=AsV6stix_l5FNxAuZyUy1giwxQt.?qid=20070618055340AAPf2HW
currency at the bank
QUESTION
Asked by “walmart3rdshiftnight”
Who work at a suntrust banks!?
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Just received word that this was selected “best by voters”.
One vote among one answer.
Ten meaningless points.
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TECH SERVICE: MUSICMATCH swallowed by YAHOO!
Thursday, July 5, 2007***Begin Quote***
From: Customer Care, Musicmatch
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 10:56 PM
To: reinkefj
Subject: Important Information About Musicmatch
Important Information About Musicmatch
Greetings Musicmatch Customer:
As you may already know, Musicmatch is now part of the Yahoo! Music family. The same team that brought you Musicmatch products and services over the years has been working hard to bring you the next generation of world-class music services and software. As part of this integration, Musicmatch services will be discontinued on August 31, 2007, and Musicmatch customers will have the opportunity to migrate to the Yahoo! Music Jukebox.
Migrating is free and takes only a few minutes to complete. If you have a Musicmatch Jukebox Plus key, it will be upgraded to Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus at no additional cost. If you have a balance in the Musicmatch Music Store, it will be transferred to Yahoo! Music Unlimited for the purchase of music downloads.
What You Need to Do
Migrate before August 31 by following these steps:
1. Go to the Musicmatch Migration information page
<http://newsletter.musicmatch.com/rdr/?Rn190380101,1903801,74356739,19038010
1> .
2. Click “Update Now.”
3. Download and install the latest version of the Yahoo! Music
Jukebox.
4. Once installed, start the Jukebox. You’ll be prompted to
begin the process using the Migration Assistant.
5. Follow the instructions on each page and make your
selections. For more information on a topic, click the FAQ link.
6. During the process, we’ll transfer your:
* Account information
* Local Library settings
* Musicmatch Store credit
* Plus key (if applicable)
PLEASE NOTE: You MUST have the latest version of the Yahoo! Music Jukebox to get the Migration Assistant. If you already had Yahoo! Music Jukebox installed on your computer prior to receiving this notice, please click here <http://newsletter.musicmatch.com/rdr/?Rn190380101,1903801,74356739,19038010
1> to get the latest version.
Yahoo! Music Jukebox is the best of Musicmatch Jukebox, plus much
more:
* Play music, import and burn CDs
* Manage your entire digital music collection
* Listen to free LAUNCHcast Radio
* Access our 2 million song catalog (twice the catalog size of
On Demand) with the Yahoo! Music Unlimited service (additional fees apply)
Click here
<http://newsletter.musicmatch.com/rdr/?Rn190380101,1903801,74356739,19038010
1> to start the migration process. View the Frequently Asked Questions
<http://newsletter.musicmatch.com/rdr/?Rn190380102,1903801,74356739,19038010
2> for more information.
Thanks for supporting Musicmatch over the years. We look forward to delighting you with exciting next-generation music services and software for many years to come.
The Yahoo! Music Team
Please do not reply to this message. You received this administrative email as a result of a Musicmatch purchase or subscription.
For more information about how Musicmatch, a Yahoo! company, uses your information including the use of web beacons in HTML email, please see the Musicmatch Privacy Policy
Yahoo! Music Musicmatch is located at 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA
94089
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First of as an old drafteee, anything that starts off “greetings” doesn’t engender a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Second, my musicbox play is a piece of software. Are they telling me it ain’t going to work anymore.
Third, Yahoo is what I call a zero support organization. I avoid them for just that reason.
Argh!
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