SOFTWARE: Falling back to FIREFOX3 from Chrome

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Two items:

(1) No color tabs and other flaws in the tabs

(2) CARINGBRIDGE has a journal update window. Under Chrome, when you hit return it move the cursor back to the top. Too annoying to tolerate.

Falling back. Argh!

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RANT: Messaging on Facebook about “worst”

Sunday, June 20, 2010

http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2010/06/18/mort-zuckerman-world-sees-obama-as-incompetent-and-amateur.html

Mort Zuckerman: World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur
The president is well-intentioned but can’t walk the walk on the world stage
By Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Posted June 18, 2010

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The reviews of Obama’s performance have been disappointing. He has seemed uncomfortable in the role of leading other nations, and often seems to suggest there is nothing special about America’s role in the world. The global community was puzzled over the pictures of Obama bowing to some of the world’s leaders and surprised by his gratuitous criticisms of and apologies for America’s foreign policy under the previous administration of George W. Bush. One Middle East authority, Fouad Ajami, pointed out that Obama seems unaware that it is bad form and even a great moral lapse to speak ill of one’s own tribe while in the lands of others.

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AND I COMMENTED ON FACEBOOK:

Sad to say, but BHO44 IS this generation’s version of Jimmy Carter. But without the redeeming values of honesty and humility. Too bad; the nation invested a lot of hope in his “change”. Unfortunately he’s not up to the challenge. Something we should have anticipated from his lack of accomplishments. Never mind the lack of a birth certificate. What a joke…

WHICH DREW THIS RESPONSE:

wow

everyones got an opinion

how long has the guy even been in office anyway?

isn’t Bush Jr probably gonna remembered as the worst president of all time, what with getting the US involved in a needless war? apologies for him SHOULD BE MADE

AND I REPLIED:

BHO44 has been in long enough to have his lack of any real experience to expose that he’s just not Presidential material. (imho) He’s just a corrupt Chicago politician with a Socialist agenda. Hopefully, we can recover from his deliberate actions and his mistakes.

Well, I think the liberal media has hung the label “needless war” on Shrub. BTW imho, there’s no doubt that the elusive “weapons of mass destruction” went to Syria. They had six months notice to move them adn clean up. All the politicians and bureaucrats, here and around the world, believed Iraq had them and said so. There are some reports that the USA sold Iraq some of the less lethal ones that he used to gas the Kurdish minority. So, imho “needless” is probably not appropriate.

It is FAIR to critique him for: (1) being biased to hit Iraq because of the supposed assassination of Daddy Bush; (2) clearly being unprepared to win (i.e., you break it you own it); (3) falling into IRAN’s trap by taking out their counterweight in the region. So, there’s enough blame to go around, but not for THAT particular reason.

As far as worst, he ain’t even close. Lincoln is far and away worst. And, again imho, Wilson, FDR, and Truman are the next three in line, with little difference between them.

Hope that this comes across in the spirit I intend. I’m just a “blind man” looking for wisdom. :-)

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TINFOILHAT: RFK

Sunday, June 20, 2010

http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Robert_Kennedy_Assassination

The Robert Kennedy Assassination

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Sirhan Sirhan was in the pantry firing a gun that night at Robert Kennedy, with intent to kill. But the autopsy report, coupled with dozens of eyewitnesses to the scene, cast grave doubt on the otherwise obvious conclusion that Sirhan actually fired the shots that hit RFK. Furthermore, the evidence is strong that Sirhan was stalking Kennedy in the company of a young blond girl and another male companion.

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Here’s an excellent summary of the unanswered questions. Why do you think the LA police covered up the evidence?

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RANT: and all the “little people” are screwed!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

FROM THE DRUDGE HEADLINE:

BP CEO GOES SAILING

OBAMA GOES GOLFING

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And all the “little people” just muddle along in their mundane struggle with the mess!

Argh!

And, then “the elite” wonder why, in a French revolution scenario, they are being taken to the guillotines?

Where’s my pitchfork and torch?

It’s frustrating to have a “leader” that is so inept.

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NEWJERSEY: We’re number two — in expensive insurance

Saturday, June 19, 2010

http://www.doughroller.net/insurance/auto/most-expensive-states-to-insure-your-automobile/

The 10 Most Expensive States to Insure Your Automobile
by DR WRITER on JUNE 16, 2010

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But then there’s one variable a driver sadly can’t do much to change and that’s geography. Here are the ten states in which it’s most expensive to insure a motor vehicle (Criteria was identical across all states):

District of Columbia – Perhaps due to its #2 spot on the list of worst traffic gridlocks, residents of our nation’s capital can expect to pay an average of $1,140 in insurance premiums each year.

New Jersey – In the Garden State, an annual premium of $1,104 is typical.

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Argh!

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RANT: Obama wants 7$ a gallon gas?

Saturday, June 19, 2010

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/gallon_gas_9GlF3o1xIcIBelOV3k0RsK#ixzz0rHq4mUET

$7-a-gallon gas?
The folly of O’s oil-spill ‘fix’
By BEN LIEBERMAN
Last Updated: 2:49 PM, June 18, 2010
Posted: 12:02 AM, June 18, 2010

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So what does global-warming legislation have to do with the oil spill?

Good question, because such measures wouldn’t do a thing to clean up the oil or fix the problems that led to the leak.

The answer can be found in Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s now-famous words, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste — and what I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.”

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The logic linking cap-and-trade to the spill in the Gulf should frighten anyone who owns a car or truck. Such measures force up the price at the pump — Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs thinks it “may require gas prices greater than $7 a gallon by 2020” to meet Obama’s stated goal of reducing emissions 14 percent from the transportation sector.

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Emanuel was wrong. The administration shouldn’t view each crisis — including the oil spill — as an opportunity to be exploited, but as a problem to be addressed. And America can’t afford $7-a-gallon gas.

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I think the should pass the cap ‘n’ tax bill.

ASAP!

And, when the economy tanks, and And, folks pay a Cnote for a fill up. And, they can’t afford to go to work.

There will be the revolution that these bozos want. And, like some French aristocrats found out the hard way, they may be the ones removed from the gene pool.

At least their crazy Socialist ideas will get a proper send off.

American will collapse under 7$ per gallon gas. The economy is build on cheap energy.

Will this be the event that collapses us, like the Roman Empire, and all the empires of human civilization?

Argh!

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JOBSEARCH: Gather all your contacts on GMAIL

Saturday, June 19, 2010

http://lifehacker.com/5556898/the-complete-guide-consolidating-your-contact-list

The Complete Guide to Creating a Consolidated, Master Contact List

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The most important part of the process is to pick an easy contact management solution that will incorporate information easily while still being able to export to a variety of formats (Outlook and others) and sync to your smartphone.

Google Contacts fits the bill nicely in a variety of ways. It supports CSV (comma-separated value) files from other Google accounts and Outlook. (CSV is a common export format, but the fields vary slightly between Google-exported CSVs and Outlook-exported CSVs; Google Contacts can handle either); it can also import the vCard format, which is supported by Apple Address Book.

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Plaxo has size limits and its “clients” cause problems.

Cardscan is now limited to those who buy their card scanner.

Google’s Contacts does NOT do periodic verification with contacts, consolidate the results, and replicate updates out. And it has quotas!

Outlook and Apple Mail have “address book” functions that are limited.

LinkedIn locks you in.

Too many dead ends and islands of data.

Argh!

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RANT: Pro $ports?

Saturday, June 19, 2010

http://online.wsj.com/home-page?mod=djemalertNEWS

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The Los Angeles Lakers won their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA finals.

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Sigh, who cares?

MP4B = “Millionaires Playing For Billionaires”

And, the “after the win” riots. Why encourage this mindless activities? It’s not like the rioters “accomplished” anything.

Even the athletes in these endeavors seem hard pressed to generate enthusiasm in the interviews.

And, when you think of the tax money that subsidizes the “games”, well, that just sends me over the edge.

Sorry, but it’s all just so trivial in perspective imho.

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SERVICE: MOBILEME updated but still not working for me and NOTRECOMMENDED

Friday, June 18, 2010
Service Update: New MobileMe Mail, Find My iPhone, and more.
Dear MobileMe Member,

Today we’re making available to all MobileMe members an all-new Mail web application, a Find My iPhone app, and a new way to navigate between applications at me.com. Read on for details.

All-new Mail at me.com
MobileMe Mail on the web (now out of beta) has been completely redesigned with powerful new features such as widescreen view for reading email with less scrolling, rules to keep your email organized everywhere, and faster performance. For more details on these and other new Mail features, please read this news post.

Find My iPhone app and more
You can now download the free Find My iPhone app, enabling you to locate a misplaced device directly from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch while on the go. After installing it from the App Store, just launch the app and sign in to quickly locate your devices on a map and access the other Find My iPhone features — Display a Message or Play a Sound, Remote Lock, and Remote Wipe.*

The Find My iPhone web application on me.com has also been updated with a full-screen map view. Clicking your missing device on the map lets you access all the Find My iPhone actions to help you recover your device and protect the information on it.

Learn more about improvements to Find My iPhone here.

New way to get around me.com
We’ve also given me.com a new look and a new way to navigate between applications. Simply click the cloud icon in the upper left of the page, and choose from Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Gallery, iDisk, and Find My iPhone. To access account information, help, or to sign out, just click your name on the top right.

We recommend accessing me.com with Safari 5, Firefox 3.6 or later, or Internet Explorer 8. If you have questions about this update, please read this FAQ.

We hope you enjoy these improvements to MobileMe. Thank you for being a MobileMe member.

Sincerely,

The MobileMe Team

*Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe are not available in all countries.

MobileMe is a service provided by Apple • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy
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You are receiving this email from Apple to notify you of service information regarding your MobileMe account.

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INTERESTING: Hasselbeck critique

Friday, June 18, 2010

http://ginabortolussiblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/elizabeth-hasselbeck-is-ridiculous.html

The Good, the Fad and the Ugly
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Elizabeth Hasselbeck is ridiculous. Her unprofessionalism on The View today was crossing a line. I never really get upset about her comments, even when she’s babbling on about the GOP, but to yawn and say rude comments to a guest is a little much in my opinion. Okay, you don’t like Kathy Griffin, she said some stuff about you, which I think a lot of peeps agree with in one or or another, but aren’t you supposed to do a job without bias? (I love that I’m asking her a question, like she reads this blog. I mean she should, duh). In no way, shape or form is Elizabeth a journalist, but she is still supposed to act accordingly and treat all guests equally when interviewing them.

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I though Elizabeth was rude. And, she does shill for the R’s. (Just as Joy shills for the D’s.) Clearly they need Whoopi, who seems like a straight shooter (i.e., during Obamacare debate, said: “I want what you got”. And her usual exclamation “What the hell!”)

E, J, or any of them in this venue are NOT “journalists”. Barbara Wawa is the closest they have to one. (And, you’ll notice she stays well back from the partisan line. Except we KNOW she’s a liberal. And, throws liberals “softballs. But she tries to be a “journalist”.)

You must realize that the hosts of the views are like Glenn Beck, Rush, and Bill O’R are commentators. Not new people. There’s a diff between opinion, comment, and news.

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