Liberate Te Ex Inferis

By “shallow” I mean mostly unrooted in politics because frankly it is too tiresome most of the time to pay attention and follow how wrong everyone is. I find it is easier to just ignore it altogether.

Prologue
First off, I have always thought that my curiosity was rather morbid, and if I think it is morbid, others might even say sadistic. So, I am curious how Obama will be as a president. I did not vote for him, let me make that perfectly clear. However, as I have said before, McCain was my last choice of the 4 Republicans who ran in the Primaries. So I will be watching Obama, with as much optimism as I can, over the next 4 years.

Don’t Be a Democrat
Let’s support our president, unlike the Democrats have done for the last 8 years. Let’s not threaten to move out of the country just because we didn’t win our vote. Let’s not blame others for mistakes that our party may or may not have made in their campaign-running choices. I am honestly looking forward to seeing what Obama will do as president, even though it was my last choice for results in this election. But the man does deserve our respect.

Why does it have to be labeled BLACK??
You people that voted for Obama because he is black are freaking idiots. Can you be more shallow? Try looking at the political views and belief values, rather than the color of someone’s skin, which is about the MOST irrelevant thing that a person can do. I had one guy at work tell me it was an inspiration to him and his kids of what a Black Man can accomplish in America. While this may be true, I hope that Obama himself and all his voters do not sell themselves short on WHY he was elected. If the only thing Obama has to offer this country is a president with a different skin color, then we are doomed… even sooner than expected.

Don’t expect too much to change…
Along with being grateful that Obama won simply because he is black, thinking that things are going to drastically change in America is moronic. Bush was in office for 8 years, and Roe v. Wade was never over-turned. It is still legal to kill unborn babies who can’t defend themselves, in this country. Gay marriage is still being voted on, per state, in this country; Bush didn’t change that. Don’t expect Obama to do much in the way of change, not nearly as much as he has promised, because it simply isn’t possible. The ONE thing that I think he will actually be able to do is get the economy in check, though he is almost certainly go about it the wrong way.

Predictions
When you read this, you might say to yourself that I am wrong, and honestly I hope that I am. But here is a prediction:
Obama, like Clinton, will cut the military budget, leaving us more vulnerable to enemy attacks and terrorism. So, in the next 2-4 years, look for another 9/11. Perhaps not as big and not as devastating as 9/11, but look for America to become less defended, less worried about the world around her, and closer to the socialistic countries which we have fought against, traditionally.

Rants obama

We have a message forum for our neighborhood homeowners association, which is usually fairly informative of events going on in the area; but sometimes, like all message boards, heated discussions take place and people get all riled up.

So when I posted a reply to a comment the other day and typed the name “Sara Palin” as part of my response, and when it came back as a CENSORED post, I was a bit concerned. (not because I had something important to say, but more because I really don’t like Nazis)

Then today my wife forwards me the post below before the forum moderator deleted it. I started reading it and thought that the posted was a complete jerk at first, then I found myself agreeing with just about everything he said. After reading it a second time, I decided that I was actually on his side with his statements and furthermore I am even more convinced that the forum moderator on this site doesn’t really have a job and simply spends all his time trying to make this message board his own little Third Reich.

Of course the post was deleted from the message board almost immediately. But… I am going to let it live on here on MY site…well, because I can, that’s why…
(I should note that I do NOT agree with the rant about Palin… but I do think that whoever wants to talk about her should have the free will to do so…)

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Subject: Palin is horrible – and goodbye Glade Crossing
Message:
Don’t ask me why I never took the trouble to figure out how to end the constant emails I receive every day from this website, maybe it’s just been too amusing to me to watch as I see the old ‘hood degrade before my very eye’s after leaving two years ago. I know a lot of people think it is great because you can sell your crappy lawn mower or your worn out set of golf clubs to your unsuspecting neighbors. For them I offer the chance to join the century with the url “craigslist.com”. But, it’s really beginning to get on my nerves the number of times I get absolutely useless and nonsensical gibberish people post on whatever is on their mind. I mean, like the people who were after the snowman killers. Do you really have a life, or what? Or how about the people who had flies in their house “For the past week or two my family has seen at least 2 to 6 flies every day in our home. We kill them with a fly swatter pretty easily.”. Wow, thanks for the tip.

So, in an attempt to finally end the madness and rid my email inbox of the ridiculous trash I receive from this censured website, I thought I would try and piss off the moderator enough so that he removes me from it forever, so I don’t have to go through the trouble of having to figure out how to “unsubscribe” myself. Since I know how much he likes when we post opinion here, especially when he endorses candidates freely here himself, I offer the following, hopefully inflammatory editorial from Roger Hobaugh, to get the ball rolling again. Hasta la Vista, Glade Crossing!

“There may be no better word to describe John [censored]’s vice presidential pick than “ridiculous.”
After months of criticizing Sen. [censored] for his inexperience with foreign policy, [censored] has chosen quite possibly the least experienced woman in politics to serve as his second-in-command. How little experience does [censored] have, you ask? She was a part-time mayor of a tiny Alaska town and then governor of one of the least populous states in the union for less than two years. [censored] has never met with any foreign leaders of any kind—in fact, she only applied for a U.S. passport last year!
In this time of in ternational turmoil, how could [censored], a man who would become the oldest candidate ever elected, select a novice like [censored] knowing she would be one heartbeat away from having to step into the presidency and protect our nation? The mere notion that [censored] is even remotely equipped to manage the ongoing war on terror is an out-and-out fantasy dreamt up by the [censored] party to disguise why they really selected her: to attract female and evangelical voters in a desperate attempt to win the election at any cost—even if it means sacrificing our nation’s security.
[censored] has chosen for his running mate a woman who is so set in the past that she supports abstinence-only education despite its failure among her own children; a woman who claims she is not convinced that global warming is a serious issue. [censored] has time and again supported needless and ecologically destructive drilling in Alaska’s wildlife reserves—drilling that [censored] himself is arden tly opposed to—yet offers no plan for the very real and proven threat of climate change, despite the danger it poses to her home state.
Perhaps the most frightening prospect of putting [censored] in the White House is her continued support of the failing war in Iraq—a war she called “a task that is from God.” Electing Sarah [censored] and John [censored] in November will no doubt prolong this costly and unwinnable conflict, which every day claims the lives of more American troops and sinks our country further into debt.
[censored] is not a bold new choice for America. I have no doubt she will provide the same type of irresponsible and flat-out dangerous leadership we’ve seen from President Bush for the past eight years. That is, if she provides any leadership at all” “

Rants Glade Crossing, Sara Palin, Scoot

Me: Excuse me Mr. Man, Mr. “I’m so cool that I put my hardware in clear cases for all to see because, afterall, that is how God made us, is it not? Naked?”

iTunes: Yo dude, wassup, what can I do fer ya?

Me: Well, I wanna backup my GACing playlist so that if my HDD crashes I don’t have to re-rip all my CDs. But when I try to do the backup in your software, it says :insert disk”

iTunes: Yeah, dude…for sure. You have to like…insert a disk and stuff….to burn. A “burn” disc, you know what I mean?

Me: Well, yeah, thats all well and good, but what about backing up to a network drive? Like on a super Uber Linux 1TB file server running Suse or Ubuntu, how do I get your software to do that?

iTunes: uhhh…is this your first day on the job? You see, they have these things now called writable CDs, which you can write or “burn” information to. You don’t need a network to work them. All you need is a CD burner.

Me: Wow. ok, maybe I was speaking Chinese with my question before. I don’t give a rip about your 1998 CD burning technology, I want to know if it is possible to backup my iTunes to a network drive so I don’t have to go out and buy a cd-r disc every time I wanna make a new backup.

iTunes: Well…you have to have network permissions to create a share and then make a …..

Me: Look….I am not asking for a lesson in your whacked-out AppleTalk version of networking terminology. All I wanna know is IF you can use your asshat Mac-crap software to backup all my music files to a network share, rather than a CD. Is this possible??

iTunes: Sure, you can do that, but why don’t you take a trip down to CompUSA and get in on their special CD-R deals they have this week? Then you could take them anywhere you wish and use them on other computers.

Me: Thanks for the advice, I have had a few drinks tonight, so I may simply not remember asking for your opinion on CD-R’s but the simple fact is that even if I did ask, I don’t really care. What I really need to know is where I can set a network share option in your software.

iTunes: Have you checked the Preferences?

Me: Yes, not there.

iTunes: So what exactly do you need?

Me: Ok, hi, my name is Jason. I want to know if you can backup a iTunes Library to a network share. You know the option under File–>Back Up To Disc–> Back Up Entire Library ? When I choose this, it tells me to insert a disc and doesn’t give me anymore options. I want to know where I can change this option, to backup to another source, rather than a “disc”?

iTunes: So wait, let me get this straight….you don’t want to burn to a CD??

Me: Praise the Lord, he has SEEN the light!!

iTunes: But why would you not wanna burn to a CD, it provides…

Me: Look, yes or no. Can you backup your iTunes library to a network drive? Yes or No??

iTunes: Um…well. We really didn’t anticipate our users having multiple computers or a home network or anything like that…

Me: Ok, so what you are telling me is that with you have spent the bulk of your profits on advertising and stupid TV commercials, trying to make the public think that you are so hip and cool, but you don’t have a simple knowledge of networking 2 or more machines together?

iTunes: Well, our machines are so reliable, we never saw the need for more than 1 per user.

Me: And how would you expect a family, perhaps a husband and wife, who each have a Macincrash computer, to be able to share files?

iTunes: Share? What exactly do you mean….

Me: You know what….You have answered my question. Thanks for the cool-looking machines that have Unix based OS’s (since your own OS sucks ) that cannot be connected to one another. No wonder you’re company products were never picked up by businesses needing file sharing.

iTunes: Still, a CD-R will more than meet your needs…

Me:….SMACK!

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