I started watching MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann some time back after viewing one of Keith's Special Comments calling out the Bush administration on one of the billions of BS moves they carried out. Olbermann was one of the few people in the MSN calling it like it was, and trying to call out the Bush administration on their lies and hypocrisy, unlike most other members of the Forth Estate who sold us on the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, and don't ask the hard questions to ensure they got access and to sell advertising space.
Unfortunately since Obama has been elected, Keith has spent far too much time in the honeymoon period going "Yay! Isn't Obama great?!?!? He's not Bush!". If this is your sole unit of measurement, as to whether or not someone is or is not a 'George W. Bush', then you're asking the wrong fucking question.
So finally...FINALLY! Keith makes a Special Comment on the bullshit that Obama is carrying on with. At least he's not Bush is not enough! I'm not talking economic stimulus. I'm not talking about rearranging the deckchairs of US foreign policy. I'm talking about the rule of law. "I'm wanting to look forward not backward" is political bullshit from Obama and is exactly what people believed "Change" was meant to change. Change doesn't just mean there used to be a white guy and now there is a black guy. It is a shame that it seems much like FDR and LBJ, that the president needs people to push him to do the right thing as opposed to an ability and willingness to do the right thing of his own accord. Obama is trying to make everyone happy all of the time. So sitting back and saying "Hey! He's not Bush!" will change NOTHING. If I did not have two dependants and a wonderful wife who is a home maker and mother, I would have flown back to the US and I would be doing something about it!!!
20090417
GEEK - Fun with Mice
This will be a fairly lame update, but it still made me roll my eyes.
Two annoyances (?) with mice:
1) Sitting there moving a mouse around, wondering why the cursor isn't moving, and realising you haven't plugged the mouse in.
2) Sitting there moving a mouse around, wondering where the cursor is (Made worse by having four screens at work), and no matter how much you move it around, you can't find it, until you realise the cursor is caputured in a virtual machine window, and it is moving around in the upper corner of one of the the upper monitors.
*sigh*.
Two annoyances (?) with mice:
1) Sitting there moving a mouse around, wondering why the cursor isn't moving, and realising you haven't plugged the mouse in.
2) Sitting there moving a mouse around, wondering where the cursor is (Made worse by having four screens at work), and no matter how much you move it around, you can't find it, until you realise the cursor is caputured in a virtual machine window, and it is moving around in the upper corner of one of the the upper monitors.
*sigh*.
20090412
20090407
LIFE - Hypocrisy
Perhaps when I contact people in the media (Primarily the indepenent media, and not the MSN) who are covering current events, and I ask them:
You have shed a light on the hypocrisy undertaken by those in power, whether it is political or corporate power. What am I supposed to do now?
...I NEVER get an answer to this question. _NEVER_. And in my heart of hearts, I believe the reason I do not get an answer is because people don't want to say what the only answer is, for fear of retribution. This fear may be perfectly warrented in light of things like warrentless wiretapping and The Patriot Act.
In William Black's Interview with Bill Moyers on his Journal, in answer to Bill's question (To paraphrase):
"How do we solve this problem?" [At approx 26:00]
William Black states states:
"Get rid of the people who have caused the problems" [27:15]
...These people WILL NOT go quietly. So let that answer the question of what needs to be done to resolve this problem. Do the people have the stomach to do this? Not yet. We'll see what happens when unemployment in the US hits 25%-33% (And that's not fudged unemployment figures, but the real thing.)
You have shed a light on the hypocrisy undertaken by those in power, whether it is political or corporate power. What am I supposed to do now?
...I NEVER get an answer to this question. _NEVER_. And in my heart of hearts, I believe the reason I do not get an answer is because people don't want to say what the only answer is, for fear of retribution. This fear may be perfectly warrented in light of things like warrentless wiretapping and The Patriot Act.
In William Black's Interview with Bill Moyers on his Journal, in answer to Bill's question (To paraphrase):
"How do we solve this problem?" [At approx 26:00]
William Black states states:
"Get rid of the people who have caused the problems" [27:15]
...These people WILL NOT go quietly. So let that answer the question of what needs to be done to resolve this problem. Do the people have the stomach to do this? Not yet. We'll see what happens when unemployment in the US hits 25%-33% (And that's not fudged unemployment figures, but the real thing.)
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