On March 21 of this year President Bush was asked at a White House news conference if he foresaw any upcoming changes in his staff. He said not only did he not foresee any but that the current staff had been doing a great job and added, “We’ve been a remarkably stable administration, and I […]

The current Presidential administration continues its offensive on the media in a calculated attempt to convince Americans that the media is, in large part, to blame for continued violence in Iraq. They point out that the terrorists know that if they blow up a building, kidnap someone or behead someone that it’ll get major coverage […]

Yesterday President Bush stated that it would be up to future Presidents to decide the situation in Iraq with regard to the withdrawal of troops. The press immediately jumped on the remark to mean that troops would be in Iraq for the next 3 years. Frankly, this administration has been extremely careful in choosing the […]

Well, it’s now been one day short of five weeks since my accident at Mont Tremblant. Things have been interesting to say the least. I sent a nice thank you letter to everyone up at Tremblant but didn’t get any sort of reply. I suspect their legal people probably instruct them to say nothing in […]

Just sitting here with my broken leg in various stages of pain killer dementia (which I’m going to blame this idea on if it’s a stupid one) and thinking about spam. Why am I thinking about spam? I use a challenge/response system that has pretty much erradicated spam from my inbox but, like most solutions, […]

A friend of mine has been telling me, for years, that Mont Tremblant is an exceptional place to visit for a ski vacation and that, specifically, Club Tremblant is the best value around for an all-inclusive stay. That includes lodging in a great atmosphere, lift tickets for the duration, lessons from a top ski school […]

The FCC just reversed an earlier finding by concluding that à la carte programming, if allowed by cable and satellite providers, should result in lower costs for the consumer. Of course the lobbying groups that are backed by those two technologies disagrees entirely, which is no surprise of course. However, I’ve noticed that not one […]

It’s been a few days now since the Coretta Scott King funeral and the rightwing pundits are still up in arms over the comments of several speakers at the event. Their spin on this is that a funeral is no place for comments like those of President Jimmy Carter or Rev. Joseph Lowery. The pundits […]

I’m not a supporter of capital punishment. I have seen no evidence that it works as a deterrent for those who would commit the act. Thus I don’t want to condemn radical Muslim’s to death. However, I am all for Darwinism. That comment comes into play when I think about the disturbance in Europe over […]

In his State of the Union, which was full of misleading statements and rhetoric, President Bush made references to how important our freedom is and that it must be protected. Meanwhile he’s acting in ways that fly in the face of these comments. First, the wiretapping is unlawful. There’s no gray area here. It’s illegal […]

Like the stereo-typical male who drives around for hours refusing to stop to ask for directions, the world has attempted to tell us that we’re driving in the wrong direction, but we’re not listening. We push for democracy in the Middle East and the result has been nothing short of an ironic slap in the […]

Last week saw the release of information noting a record year for game sales in 2005. This week securities firms are recommending caution as they predict dramatic slowdowns for 2006. Even with the solid numbers last year, PC game sales have fallen off and many keep wondering why. I bought substantially fewer PC games in […]