The New Sunni Jihad: 'A Time for Politics'
Why Not devide Iraq into separate States?
In the article noted above, one part of Iraq imbraces a constitution while another rejects it. Why not then devide Iraq into separate autonomous states, one for those who want a democratic government and another state for those who want their own form of government. That would satisfy both the Suni's and the rest of the Iraqi people.
America invaded Iraq on the pretence of ousting Saddam Hussain and freeing the Iraq's people from his tyranical rule and now they are struggling to take their country back any way they can and by any means they can. It is a struggle or jihad that I don't think will ever end unless or until the USA exits the country. You know dang well that we would have had an American Jihad if someone invaded our country and tried to force us to do something we didn't agree with. You can bank on that. So what is the difference?
We need an exit strategy now and we need to implement it as soon as possible. Let the Iraqui's form their own governmet or let it fall apart or help them form their own with minimal interference. How many times do I have to say "I told you so?"
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
More Lousy service from Chase Bank
Here we go again, more lousy service from Chase Bank formerly Bank One. I was just called by a Don Haxton from Florida in the collections department trying to collect a payment on my car. He continued to talk at the same time as I talked. This is not the way to communicate. One person talks and the other is supposed to listen. If both talk at the same time, one of them is not listening. This is typical of collections people. They won't shut up long enough to listen to what the other person has to say. The second person I talked to was an Anita W. (they won't give their last names) who hung up on me after I questioned why I had to give the exact same information to her a second time. Wasn't she listening? Suddenly the phone was cut off and I got a busy signal.
FINALLY on the third try I got a supervisor who not only listened but explained the charges the way they should have been in the first place. Needless to say I made the payment but will be changing the due date so that this type of aggravation no longer happens.
I still don't know why it took five telephone calls to an automated system. Two of those attempts got the wrong area. It took threats and innuendo to get action. This should never have happened in the first place it the first caller had been able to communicate and listen.
For this reason I warn you to do business with Chase Bank at your own risk. They may be hazardous to your pocketbook. Like the old saying goes, we don't need them, they need us and if enough of us walk away from them perhaps they will get the message that something is wrong and correct it. Or they can go out of business.
Ain't that the truth?
Here we go again, more lousy service from Chase Bank formerly Bank One. I was just called by a Don Haxton from Florida in the collections department trying to collect a payment on my car. He continued to talk at the same time as I talked. This is not the way to communicate. One person talks and the other is supposed to listen. If both talk at the same time, one of them is not listening. This is typical of collections people. They won't shut up long enough to listen to what the other person has to say. The second person I talked to was an Anita W. (they won't give their last names) who hung up on me after I questioned why I had to give the exact same information to her a second time. Wasn't she listening? Suddenly the phone was cut off and I got a busy signal.
FINALLY on the third try I got a supervisor who not only listened but explained the charges the way they should have been in the first place. Needless to say I made the payment but will be changing the due date so that this type of aggravation no longer happens.
I still don't know why it took five telephone calls to an automated system. Two of those attempts got the wrong area. It took threats and innuendo to get action. This should never have happened in the first place it the first caller had been able to communicate and listen.
For this reason I warn you to do business with Chase Bank at your own risk. They may be hazardous to your pocketbook. Like the old saying goes, we don't need them, they need us and if enough of us walk away from them perhaps they will get the message that something is wrong and correct it. Or they can go out of business.
Ain't that the truth?
Monday, October 03, 2005
DeLay's Influence Transcends his title
Interesting thoughts on corruption in Washington
The Republicans preach from the bully pulpit acting as though they are angels of God when in fact they are Wolves in Sheeps clothing. Take for instance DeLay's inditment on possible criminal wrongdoing in his campaign finances. As a person who has been a Photojournalist for a small newspaper, I find it amazing that the ones who talk the loudest and act with the greatest piety often are the most corrupt and hypocritical. On the one hand they point out their undying allegiance to the church and with the other do just the opposite.
I have interviewed and have explained various subjects to supposed religious fundamentalists, later finding out that they themselves were the worst transgressors of the faith the profess. They cry about pornography and the exploitation of the masses yet they stare transfixed to the TV watching some of the most degrading filth ever produced. Behind closed doors they practice the debauchery they so vehemently denounce. They go to church on Sunday and on Monday they continue to lie , cheat and steal. Yet they dare to call themselves Christians. Oh my.
It is no wonder the American people are disinchanted with our current government and the president. I really think that we are finally comming to the realization that there must be a change and the ones now in power need to be thrown out and a new regime installed. I don't know if that is the way you feel, but I sure do.
Ain't that the truth?
Interesting thoughts on corruption in Washington
The Republicans preach from the bully pulpit acting as though they are angels of God when in fact they are Wolves in Sheeps clothing. Take for instance DeLay's inditment on possible criminal wrongdoing in his campaign finances. As a person who has been a Photojournalist for a small newspaper, I find it amazing that the ones who talk the loudest and act with the greatest piety often are the most corrupt and hypocritical. On the one hand they point out their undying allegiance to the church and with the other do just the opposite.
I have interviewed and have explained various subjects to supposed religious fundamentalists, later finding out that they themselves were the worst transgressors of the faith the profess. They cry about pornography and the exploitation of the masses yet they stare transfixed to the TV watching some of the most degrading filth ever produced. Behind closed doors they practice the debauchery they so vehemently denounce. They go to church on Sunday and on Monday they continue to lie , cheat and steal. Yet they dare to call themselves Christians. Oh my.
It is no wonder the American people are disinchanted with our current government and the president. I really think that we are finally comming to the realization that there must be a change and the ones now in power need to be thrown out and a new regime installed. I don't know if that is the way you feel, but I sure do.
Ain't that the truth?
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Google has too much info on you? How stupid are you?
There was an article in the Washington Post Here about how too much personal information is being revealed on everyone, except me. You see I'm an old time computer user who is paranoid about posting any type of profile on the internet. The only information you will find about me is what I "want" you to know and no more.
As soon as you post a profile anywhere on the internet that information becomes Public Information. Once that is done it can not be undone. This is sheer stupidity. From the day we are born to the day we die we leave a paper trail chronicling our life's history. Only if we jealously safeguard that information and our own privacy can we be secure in the knowledge that others can't tap into it.
This is especially true for the computer. My best advice is never give out personal information in the form of a profile. I you must, then it is advisable to create a factitious identity and use that instead. Use these identities on anonymous mail servers to receive and send mail. Be careful giving out your personal email account, and be careful about revealing too much personal information on it.
One big Caveat. If you use a computer at work, treat it as if you were on a Party Line where anyone can drop in on your conversations. Don't think that they don't. They do believe me. There is no such thing as privacy at work. If you don't believe me, check your policy manual or your personnel manager.
As for me, the only information anyone will know about me is what I want them to know.
Ain't that the truth?
There was an article in the Washington Post Here about how too much personal information is being revealed on everyone, except me. You see I'm an old time computer user who is paranoid about posting any type of profile on the internet. The only information you will find about me is what I "want" you to know and no more.
As soon as you post a profile anywhere on the internet that information becomes Public Information. Once that is done it can not be undone. This is sheer stupidity. From the day we are born to the day we die we leave a paper trail chronicling our life's history. Only if we jealously safeguard that information and our own privacy can we be secure in the knowledge that others can't tap into it.
This is especially true for the computer. My best advice is never give out personal information in the form of a profile. I you must, then it is advisable to create a factitious identity and use that instead. Use these identities on anonymous mail servers to receive and send mail. Be careful giving out your personal email account, and be careful about revealing too much personal information on it.
One big Caveat. If you use a computer at work, treat it as if you were on a Party Line where anyone can drop in on your conversations. Don't think that they don't. They do believe me. There is no such thing as privacy at work. If you don't believe me, check your policy manual or your personnel manager.
As for me, the only information anyone will know about me is what I want them to know.
Ain't that the truth?
Saturday, September 17, 2005
A Couple of thoughts
I spent one of the last mornings looking at the devastation in New Orleans and our relief efforts there. I also have had to cope with a two and a half day power outage here in Milwaukee. I confess that I rely on electricity for my daily needs. Gee the powers out, no refrigerator, on lights, no computer and no way to recharge my cell phone. Even the gasoline stations could no longer pump gas in my area and I'm on a quarter tank of gas. Fortunately as I drove west out of the city there were stations open and I was able to fill up. The difference was that we didn't get flooded out too. I'm still thinking about buying a small generator, just in case.
The problem is that all this is making me mad as hell. The government knew for years that the levies in and around New Orleans could break causing catastrophic damage. Insteas they ignored it and diverted money and manpower elsewhere. Then what do you know? The inevitable happens. Along came Katrina and destroyed much of the city stranding thousands of poor and needy people in the process. And where is Shrub during all this? Strumming a guitar, that where. Then I ask you, why in the world would anyone in his right mind appoint a bottom feeding lawyer to head Fema? While all this is going on, he's pondering the legal consequences. Is this ridiculous or what?
After reading the Washington Post and New York Times and other newspapers I start to wonder about how prepared we would have been if this were a terrorist attack? Perhaps they are right. We are no safer today than we were four years ago. How true. MoveOn Org. you got that one right. Hit the nail right on the head. All I can say is that this nation needs a drastic change.
Second thought
Shame on you FBI and US Mail for fumbling the ball on the Anthrax thing. Let me make a suggestion. Perhaps we should put a microchip or some sort of identification marker in or on the stamps or envelopes that are mailed so that we can use it to determine the location that those stamps or envelopes came from. It just might make it easier to pin down the origination of the letters that are sent out. There should be a requirement that each post office put a unique identifier on each envelope mailed when it is picked up for delivery and before it gets to the main post office. It will mean that each letter will run through a machine which will print that identifier on it at the pick-up point and before they are sorted for distribution. At least then they will have a specific area to look into making their search easier.
I spent one of the last mornings looking at the devastation in New Orleans and our relief efforts there. I also have had to cope with a two and a half day power outage here in Milwaukee. I confess that I rely on electricity for my daily needs. Gee the powers out, no refrigerator, on lights, no computer and no way to recharge my cell phone. Even the gasoline stations could no longer pump gas in my area and I'm on a quarter tank of gas. Fortunately as I drove west out of the city there were stations open and I was able to fill up. The difference was that we didn't get flooded out too. I'm still thinking about buying a small generator, just in case.
The problem is that all this is making me mad as hell. The government knew for years that the levies in and around New Orleans could break causing catastrophic damage. Insteas they ignored it and diverted money and manpower elsewhere. Then what do you know? The inevitable happens. Along came Katrina and destroyed much of the city stranding thousands of poor and needy people in the process. And where is Shrub during all this? Strumming a guitar, that where. Then I ask you, why in the world would anyone in his right mind appoint a bottom feeding lawyer to head Fema? While all this is going on, he's pondering the legal consequences. Is this ridiculous or what?
After reading the Washington Post and New York Times and other newspapers I start to wonder about how prepared we would have been if this were a terrorist attack? Perhaps they are right. We are no safer today than we were four years ago. How true. MoveOn Org. you got that one right. Hit the nail right on the head. All I can say is that this nation needs a drastic change.
Second thought
Shame on you FBI and US Mail for fumbling the ball on the Anthrax thing. Let me make a suggestion. Perhaps we should put a microchip or some sort of identification marker in or on the stamps or envelopes that are mailed so that we can use it to determine the location that those stamps or envelopes came from. It just might make it easier to pin down the origination of the letters that are sent out. There should be a requirement that each post office put a unique identifier on each envelope mailed when it is picked up for delivery and before it gets to the main post office. It will mean that each letter will run through a machine which will print that identifier on it at the pick-up point and before they are sorted for distribution. At least then they will have a specific area to look into making their search easier.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
As White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political Crisis - New York Times
The White House is upset?
As they should be, our government slashed funding to upgrade the levies around New Orleans amid fears that a category 5 hurricane would destroy them flooding the city. Sure as shit it has. Now they are worried about the impact it will have on Shrub's future in the White House. In the article it said that they were "thinking about" the people impacted by this horrible event. Thinking is good and so is praying but Action is better.
My advice to the White House is to forget about the impact this has had or will have on Shrub's agenda and get into action to save this valuable asset and save face with the rest of America. As far as I'm concerned Shrubs future is headed down the toilet. Democrats and Republicans should put away their axes and work together to solve this grievous problem now. Accusations and finger pointing needs to be stopped, like the Raging Cajun said "put down your weapons" we have food to deliver and people to help.
Secondly any able bodied American who has the time should volunteer to help in any way that is needed. The Rest of us should open our pocketbooks and donate whatever we can to the disaster effort and your favorite charity.
The White House is upset?
As they should be, our government slashed funding to upgrade the levies around New Orleans amid fears that a category 5 hurricane would destroy them flooding the city. Sure as shit it has. Now they are worried about the impact it will have on Shrub's future in the White House. In the article it said that they were "thinking about" the people impacted by this horrible event. Thinking is good and so is praying but Action is better.
My advice to the White House is to forget about the impact this has had or will have on Shrub's agenda and get into action to save this valuable asset and save face with the rest of America. As far as I'm concerned Shrubs future is headed down the toilet. Democrats and Republicans should put away their axes and work together to solve this grievous problem now. Accusations and finger pointing needs to be stopped, like the Raging Cajun said "put down your weapons" we have food to deliver and people to help.
Secondly any able bodied American who has the time should volunteer to help in any way that is needed. The Rest of us should open our pocketbooks and donate whatever we can to the disaster effort and your favorite charity.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Chase auto finance and lousy service
I don' know how these guys can operate but I for one once my loan is paid off will not under any circumstances do business with them again. I just got a telephone call from one of their representatives who was the most obnoxious person I ever met. She wouldn't shut up even though I asked her to several times. I finally had to hang up on her and call back to talk to a Bryan in New York who was very helpful. This took several tries since they have one of those automated telephone systems, which I also hate.
What bothers me is that when companies get bigger and bigger the service seems to deteriorate logarithmically in proportion to their size. Don't these idiots realize it is the consumer who they need in order to survive? Like the old saying goes "You are not doing us a favor by giving us your business. We are doing you a fovor by giving you our business. We don't need you, you need us." We can walk away in droves if you continue to give lousy service. We will hit you in the pocketbook where it hurts. Maybe just maybe when your business starts to go down the drain you will wake up and see what you did wrong. If not, then you deserve to go out of business.
Ain't that the truth?
A word of warning Bank One aka Chase may be hazardous to your pocketbook. Deal with them at your own risk.
I don' know how these guys can operate but I for one once my loan is paid off will not under any circumstances do business with them again. I just got a telephone call from one of their representatives who was the most obnoxious person I ever met. She wouldn't shut up even though I asked her to several times. I finally had to hang up on her and call back to talk to a Bryan in New York who was very helpful. This took several tries since they have one of those automated telephone systems, which I also hate.
What bothers me is that when companies get bigger and bigger the service seems to deteriorate logarithmically in proportion to their size. Don't these idiots realize it is the consumer who they need in order to survive? Like the old saying goes "You are not doing us a favor by giving us your business. We are doing you a fovor by giving you our business. We don't need you, you need us." We can walk away in droves if you continue to give lousy service. We will hit you in the pocketbook where it hurts. Maybe just maybe when your business starts to go down the drain you will wake up and see what you did wrong. If not, then you deserve to go out of business.
Ain't that the truth?
A word of warning Bank One aka Chase may be hazardous to your pocketbook. Deal with them at your own risk.
ANOTHER CONSPIRACY THEORY
Oil prices and gasoline. Discounting the hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, have you ever noticed that the price of gasoline seems to go up every weekend and then gradually drops toward the middle of the week? I have and I have been keeping track of it for months. Did you ever notice that when the gas price goes down that it never quite goes down to what it was before? Instead it has slowly creeped upward.
Now I don't know about you but this phenomenon seemed to occur more noticeably just after 9/11 and even more so after Shrub declared war on Iraq. Hey these guys aren't dumb. They may not be powerful when it comes to war but they are shure when it comes to Oil. They hold all the cards, well at least most of them and don't think they aren't shuffling them in their favor. They purposely have the deck stacked against us. Bank on it. So why not hit us where it hurts? Keep raising the gas prices. So far the dumb fuckers in Washington haven't figured it out yet. We shut down their money stockpiles but they suck it right back through the Oil pipelines. So when are our guys in Washington going to wake up a smell the coffee 'er Oil!
I know Shrub isn't the brightest bulb in the pack, but we better do something soon or there will be hell to pay.
Am I the only one who sees what is going on? Come on guys get with the program.
Oil prices and gasoline. Discounting the hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, have you ever noticed that the price of gasoline seems to go up every weekend and then gradually drops toward the middle of the week? I have and I have been keeping track of it for months. Did you ever notice that when the gas price goes down that it never quite goes down to what it was before? Instead it has slowly creeped upward.
Now I don't know about you but this phenomenon seemed to occur more noticeably just after 9/11 and even more so after Shrub declared war on Iraq. Hey these guys aren't dumb. They may not be powerful when it comes to war but they are shure when it comes to Oil. They hold all the cards, well at least most of them and don't think they aren't shuffling them in their favor. They purposely have the deck stacked against us. Bank on it. So why not hit us where it hurts? Keep raising the gas prices. So far the dumb fuckers in Washington haven't figured it out yet. We shut down their money stockpiles but they suck it right back through the Oil pipelines. So when are our guys in Washington going to wake up a smell the coffee 'er Oil!
I know Shrub isn't the brightest bulb in the pack, but we better do something soon or there will be hell to pay.
Am I the only one who sees what is going on? Come on guys get with the program.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Is this the beginning of the end Mr. President?
Stupid move Mr President, very stupid. Shame on you. This is going to be the biggest miscalculations of your presidential career. The American people are tired of the rhetoric and your bullheadedness and the stupidity of your advisers. The tide is changing and the end is at hand. The politician had better get their act together one way or the other. Lets stop wavering back and forth and face reality. This war has to end and soon. The sooner you come to the realization that this is not a winnable situation the better. Didn't anyone ever watch the movie War Games? Some things are just not winnable. Believe me that is a timetable is not set soon, this will only get worse. You can bank on that.
Stupid move Mr President, very stupid. Shame on you. This is going to be the biggest miscalculations of your presidential career. The American people are tired of the rhetoric and your bullheadedness and the stupidity of your advisers. The tide is changing and the end is at hand. The politician had better get their act together one way or the other. Lets stop wavering back and forth and face reality. This war has to end and soon. The sooner you come to the realization that this is not a winnable situation the better. Didn't anyone ever watch the movie War Games? Some things are just not winnable. Believe me that is a timetable is not set soon, this will only get worse. You can bank on that.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
OK its been a while I admit. Not much to rant about I guess. Here are a couple of thoughts I thought I'd put down on paper about the war in Iraq etc.
First of all did any of you government types ever study history? It sure seems as thought you didn't. Certainly not our current president who if my memory serves me, was at best an average student. Nothing to crow about. We all know that Daddies little boy became president and is responsible for the situation we are in now, like it or not. Personally I think he is a puppet for the powerbrokers in Washington, that and the religious right.
Now all this vindictive little snot needed was something to justify getting back for daddies mistakes in the middle east. So off to war we went with little preparation and less thought on how the hell to end it.
Oh if they had only read their history books. Grandiose was the thought that if we gave them a better mouse trap (democracy) they would buy it. A feudal war lord have the slightest concept of democracy? Did somebody slip these guys cocaine or some other hallucinogenic drugs? Or are they all suffering from a case of megalomania?
Pure and simple They Lied To Us. Now lets get the hell out of there. The American people and the British are fed up with the eternal bull shit. Its about time we made an exit Don't you think?
First of all did any of you government types ever study history? It sure seems as thought you didn't. Certainly not our current president who if my memory serves me, was at best an average student. Nothing to crow about. We all know that Daddies little boy became president and is responsible for the situation we are in now, like it or not. Personally I think he is a puppet for the powerbrokers in Washington, that and the religious right.
Now all this vindictive little snot needed was something to justify getting back for daddies mistakes in the middle east. So off to war we went with little preparation and less thought on how the hell to end it.
Oh if they had only read their history books. Grandiose was the thought that if we gave them a better mouse trap (democracy) they would buy it. A feudal war lord have the slightest concept of democracy? Did somebody slip these guys cocaine or some other hallucinogenic drugs? Or are they all suffering from a case of megalomania?
Pure and simple They Lied To Us. Now lets get the hell out of there. The American people and the British are fed up with the eternal bull shit. Its about time we made an exit Don't you think?
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