So Sony got hacked. We all know that. North Korea did it, we all know that also. But there is a much bigger issue here. That is quite simply the weakening of the American spirit.
The movie itself, “The Interview” which was completely fictitious and a comedy, somehow pissed off the wacko leader of Korea. So this leader of a third world, backwards nation, decided to hack Sony. Turns out that it was not a bad idea on his part, because the end result was that he proved the folks in Hollyweird have zero balls and have canceled the release of the movie.
We all know that Hollywood is full of left-wing liberals, we have now confirmed that it is full of gutless, fearful, wimps who cow-tow to the enemy. North Korea is a full-blown commie regime, run by a lunatic who has a limited grasp on the realities of the world. Yet oir own citizens choose to choose fear over being true Americans and stating very publicly that they would release the movie and tell North Korea to go fuck themselves.
This liberal, weak-willed attitude is common among those folks in the Hollywood circle. If you don’t have the balls to be an American, you idiots in Hollywood need to leave our country and move somewhere else.
I urge all Americans to boycott every single movie released this Christmas season with the exception of “American Sniper” which is a truly American movie that shows what we are all about.
I don’t like that bastard running North Korea, but you folks in Hollywood are even worse.
Today I watched Dinesh D'Souza's "America, imagine The World Without Her" The movie is quite thought provoking and does an excellent job of tearing down most, if not all, of the liberal, anti-american, socialist drivel being fed to our younger generation via the writings of folks like Howard Zinn.
The facts expressed in this movie destroy the liberal, anti-american myth. There isn't a lot of hype or yelling, just a calm stripping away of the commie myths of Americans committing genocide on the Indians, of Americans stealing Mexican land from Mexico and several of the other left-wing myths.
There is an incredible amount of history told in a very short period of time. This film should be required viewing in every high school in this country. I recommend buying it, downloading it or renting it. However you get it, make sure to share it with a liberal idiot. Make sure to show it to your children and friends.
I found it to be inspiring and eye opening.
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So for those of you who read my blog, whether it be on my alternate site, my home PC site or my blogspot site you will have probably noticed that I tend to be direct, to the point and rather outspoken when it comes to issues that really concern me. So to help my readers better understand me and where my motivation comes from I guess I need to give a rather long and dull explanation of how I got to where I am now.
It all started in 1975 when some idiot at the Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles gave me my motorcycle permit. I actually failed my first motorcycle permit test but passed the second one by actually practicing my pushing skills. Yes, in those days you had to be able to push the bike you took the test on in a figure eight, due to some insane thought by the DMV that bikes were unreliable and you would eventually have to push your machine somewhere or other. But I digress...
So this idiot gave me my bike license and then it was on. I learned on a 125cc Honda TL125 that I bought for $125 and I was hooked. I convinced my dad who loaned me he money, that I ostensibly needed it for my summer job in Illinois 22 miles away. That summer and the next I learned how to go fast and that rainy streets were slippery and that helmets do save lives. So of course by late 1976 I needed something faster and so I purchased a 360 Honda and began to learn my limits on the faster machine. Of course this wild and crazy behavior led to me wanting more excitement and I ran into the Navy recruiter at school who convinced me the real excitement would be working on aircraft in the United States Navy. A few videos and that recruiter had me hooked. I knew that due to my eyesight I wouldn't be flying those super cool, neato and nifty F-14's but by god, I could be around them and learn electronics/avionics courtesy of the taxpayers.
So after graduating high school I headed off into the USN and from there off to many nifty adventures in places such as Bermuda, working on P-3C avionics. Needless to say I was somewhat disappointed by doing shore duty on an immobile island with only about 50 total miles of roads (okay maybe 75-80 miles of roads). By that time I had progressed to owning a super neat 1978 Honda 550 Four K, the tiny cousin of the almighty Honda 750. Of course in Bermuda I was separated from my sweet 4 cylinder speed machine and relegated to finding and purchasing a nice, very used Honda CB125T. A very small, but fast enough for an island with a 20 mph limit, machine. I promptly got a speeding ticket for doing 35 in a 30 zone (57kph I believe). This was th first of many lessons I had in "if you wish to play, you must be willing to pay.
So moving on with this saga, I returned to the USA only to be assigned to VS-30 (Dirty 30) in Jacksonville, Fla, Cecil Field. Lucky me, off I went to get some real excitement onboard the USS Forestall (CV-59) on a Mediterranean cruise. Alas to my dismay, I was working on lowly S-3 Vikings and not super cool, neato F-14 Tomcats, but I was happy to find that our Wing was assigned the last 2 F-4 Phantom squadrons still in existence. I had learned another valuable lesson and that was to accept your fate and enjoy the moment. After going through fire fighting school and seeing "Trail by Fire" for the 20th time I went out with VS-30 to see the world. In the meantime my beautiful 550 Honda was in my brother's watchful hands. He never became a bike nut, which is probably good, since one speed freak in the family is probably enough. But once again I digress...
My time on "the boat" taught me that you don't always get paid enough for what you do and that living on the edge is the best high you can ever hope to experience. Working the flight deck was considered, at the time, to be the most dangerous occupation in the world and by god, I loved it! The smell of jet exhaust and the absolutely mind numbing sound of takeoffs never ceased to give me a smile. Sure you could get sucked into a jet engine, blown off the deck by jet exhaust or just make a stupid error and get run over by a taxiing aircraft, but it all seemed so normal. I never considered for a moment that it could get me killed because at the age of 22 I was invincible. But I did learn another valuable lesson and that was, after hours of thinking about it in my rack, that I was somehow really making a difference in the world while the folks I went to high school with were just people who didn't count. They just went to work, paid taxes and folks like myself and 4900+ others on the boat were putting our asses in danger every day so they could drive their cars to work and grab a cheeseburger without ever thinking about the evil Russians (it was the cold war), or thinking about their freedoms at all. I don't mean to demean those who have not served at all, it is a personal choice, but in my mind you folks don't count as much as those who have, (absolutely no offense intended).
So following that wonderful lesson I got home with a wad of cash big enough to purchase another shiny new bike, a Honda CB900F. At the time this was a bleeding edge sport machine with a top end of roughly 138mph. Fast enough to kill you, but as I would soon learn, not nearly fast enough for that adrenalin rush I now needed on a daily basis. Another lesson learned here was that waiting for something good was worth it but there was always something better out there. Waiting all those months to buy this bike taught me the value of hard work and patience. I paid cash and rode out of the dealership with a new helmet, nice gloves and a custom leather jacket that I had mail ordered months earlier, on a bike that I was totally unprepared to ride. I promptly got a ticket and then another and another but I never slowed down because I always considered speed limits an unnecessary government restriction. Lesson learned here? Only that I needed something much, much faster. But I did begin to understand the law and why we have those restrictions. They are not for those of us who can easily ride a machine as safely at 120 mph as those who can barely operate a car in their driveway, they are there expressly for those who simply shouldn't ever leave their driveway. The ones who want the government to protect them from their own incompetence. This was the beginning of my understanding that government regulation is for the weak-willed sheep who have no desire to improve themselves, whether it be driving a car or life in general.
So I got out of the Navy and eventually ended up at Underwriters Labs in Northbrook, Illinois. It paid well and I was comfortable but that lasted only about a year. You see, the motorcycle bug had me and I needed to go fast, really fast. I needed the rush that a 9-5 job just didn't offer. So I went out and bought myself a shiny new VF500F. What the hell you say? Yep, it was quick, handled well and was perfect for racing on a track, the place I would really learn about life. You see I knew I still had to keep working, so the 500cc bike was a compromise, but well worth the time spent on the track. After a few months of spending my time at the track I began to see the world in a whole new light.
You see, racing anything is all about coming to the realization that you are not the best, you don't have the most money and that life and luck are damned unfair. There is always someone a little faster than you. Perhaps because their daddy is bankrolling that killer motor or because they are younger and more "invincible" than you. It doesn't matter why but the fact is that racing teaches you just how goddamned unfair life can be. Make a mistake and you end up dead, miss a shift and you lose a race, pick the wrong tires and you come in third, not first. It is a great teacher, this going fast and wanting to go faster, thing called racing. It teaches you that the governing body really can't control the outcome. You have to make things happen and that their is no such thing as a level playing field. In short, you are totally responsible for the outcome at the end of the day, much like the outcome of your life in general. In racing there are no special favors for the poor, you run what you 'brung' is the saying.
After a year in racing I hooked up with an endurance team and got to race Suzuki GSXR1100R machines at speeds that finally satisfied (almost) my adrenalin addiction. Zooming around at Daytona at over 185 mph was a wonderful, peaceful, calming moment for me. I didn't quit smiling for weeks afterwards. I had finally achieved my goal of scaring the hell out of myself while a the same time being in that zone you get when everything in the world is right. The fence posts and barriers go by in slow motion and you can see the grass gently moving in the breeze and there is an eerie silence even though your ear-plugged ears are bombarded by the scream of the engine at 10,500 rpm and the wind pummeling you over the windscreen. At moments like that I would realize that I had earned this, I had worked for this and that no one, no group, nothing in the universe could take away my achievement. I later realized that these lessons apply to everything, from work to school to the first time whatever it is you are doing goes just right. It is always okay to ask for help when you absolutely need it, but it is always so much better when you get there on your own.
These lessons are but a few reasons I came to realize that no one, or no group or no governing body determines your destiny. You are the only one who can determine that and to depend upon the government to help you along diminishes you as a human being. That which you do not achieve on your own is merely a shared experience. That which you achieve by yourself can be shared by others, but only those who have gotten there by also following their own path can truly understand the realization of the experience.
Getting there on your own is what being a conservative is all about. Doing your thing, whatever that may be, is important. It doesn't matter what it is, whether it be laying bricks, painting a portrait or playing a musical instrument, but it is better when you do it all by your self.
I am sure I digressed more than I should have, but screw it, I think I made my point and I really, really miss riding fast and taking chances...but once again I digress...
So listen to the song and try to understand.
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As a conservative we all hate Obamacare for numerous reasons. Whether it be the constitutionality of it or how poorly it was implemented or simply because it sucks. We have all read the polls about how other people feel about the program and well, to be quite frank I am sure that most of wish that the media would come ask our opinions directly.
Well, thank goodness for the Internet and the wonders of wireless technology. You see, each and every one of us who have a wireless router at home or at our small business have our own little broadcast network. We can't say much, but we can use it to show our feelings about this flaming pile of dog excrement known as Obamacare.
The key is that little thing known as your SSID. This morning I changed mine to read Obamacare Sux 01. I added the 01 because I am hoping folks will jump on the bandwagon with this idea and run with it and it will make mine easier to find. For the next few days or perhaps all week I would like to check my cell phone and tablet and see the Obamacare Sux SSID whenever I check for a wireless connection.
This is a simple way you can express your viewpoint to everyone passing within 1000 or so feet of your house. So take 2 min and reset your SSID today.
Note: I used the word Sux so there would be more room for a random number afterwards, in case all your neighbors change theirs also. Okay, I admit it, Sux was just more catchy. You can click the image at the top of this article to view a full size image (and save it to post on Twitter and Facebook, etc). Use the hashtag: #obamacaresuxSSID .
Pass the word and let your opinion be heard. Sharing this URL is encouraged.
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Tim
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Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared off the radar several days ago and within a few hours speculation began to start as to what happened. As of right this moment the aircraft has yet to be found. We can make some assumptions as to what happened but they are primarily conjecture. We know for certain that at some point the aircraft either crashed or landed somewhere other than it's destination. That we know for certain because commercial aircraft are not capable of in-flight refueling. Beyond that we are stuck with insane conspiracy theories, poorly researched journalism and experts telling us conflicting points of view.
Take for example that the aircraft failed to report any sort of emergency before simply going off radar. It does sound sinister doesn't it? In truth, this is not completely surprising. Pilots are taught to Aviate, Navigate and Communicate, in that order. Air France Flight 447 is a classic example. The aircraft had technical issues and when the crew misinterpreted their instrument readings due to iced over pitot tubes (the little tubes which measure airspeed), they ended up committing a series of errors which caused the aircraft to descend from 38,000 ft all the way into the Atlantic Ocean in a matter of a few short minutes. The pilots aboard flight 447 never reported a single issue or emergency on their radios. Why? Because their attention was on flying the aircraft not on talking on the radio.
Flight 447 was also similar to the Malaysian Air flight in another respect, it turned from a northeast heading to a westerly heading during the descent making it much more difficult to find. Once again the pilots primary concern was regaining control of their aircraft and not which way it was going.
Last but not least, it took 5 days to find the wreckage of flight 447. The Ocean is much larger than people realize and the primary tool for spotting wreckage is the human eye. It is a difficult task on a moving,rolling landscape that changes appearance constantly. So a few days to find the aircraft is not unusual. Flight 370 is out there somewhere and I have no doubt that wreckage will be found.
But until that happens we need to stop speculating on stupid ideas like government conspiracies and all the other outlandish theories that keep popping up on the Internet. This isn't a movie folks and there isn't always an evil genius responsible for every little thing that goes wrong. Sometimes it is just as simple as a machine broke or a human made an error or a series of tiny little problems escalated into a fatal mistake. In short before you jump to any conclusions remember that shit happens. It just does and there isn't always a clear reason why.
Tim
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More than 2 weeks ago a story broke about the FCC and their "study" of newsrooms. They are going to be putting people into newsrooms to see how stories get published. An FCC commisioner actually spoke up about this over 2 weeks ago and yet the press in this country, with the exception of Fox News, has been virtually silent on the subject. The FCC calls this a study. Research Design for the Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs. You can download and read it from this link. It is a long document (78 pages), but worth reading. Below is a short excerpt:
The most reliable way to collect this information is through personal contact with news media property staff or someone familiar with the staff. However this also presents challenges. It is important to identify and talk with people who are willing to provide demographic information about their respective property’s work force. Official inquiries of this type are normally directed to the Human Resources office, which often
refers such questions to the corporate office.
The whole document concerns how they will run their study and what they are studying. A lot of it has to do with typical liberal subjects such as minorities and how they are affected by the news. Below is some typical reading from the document:
The primary criteria used to select markets will be size and racial/ethnic diversity (including the
availability of news in multiple languages). Given the multi-national, racial and ethnic
composition of the United States, it is important that markets selected are representative of our
increasing diversity. Further, given the focus of the study and FCC’s particular interest in access
to CINs by minority and underserved populations, diversity of the selected markets is integral.
Page 25 of the document gives a list of most of the things this study is looking for.
The most important thing about this "study" is how it appears to focus on what news stations are and are not reporting. The fact that they are checking up on what stories relate to certain groups is just plain scary. The FCC is in the business of granting broadcasting licenses, not directly controlling content. Even though this study is voluntary lets face it, who is going to say no to the guy who controls your broadcast license?
Another item of interest is their apparent curiosity about who is employed at those newsrooms. There are a lot of pages relating to the racial and ethnic make-up of these news stations. That is damned sure not the FCC's business.
One last item of concern is that the study involves newspapers in addition to broadcast news. The FCC has absolutely zero, zilch, nada, none, zip, authority over newspapers. This more than anything points directly to the government wanting total control of the media.
The really, really sad part is that the news organizations as a whole are not up in arms about this study and the potential consequences. This is direct government interference with the news media. It may be a study today, but we all know that tomorrow it will be the basis for some sort of legislation. This needs to be stopped now. You need to write to your Congressional Representative and your U.S. Senators and demand 2 things. One that the FCC stay out of the newsrooms and the news business and secondly ask them to hold hearings on where the idea and direction of this study came from. Is this simply some jackass in the FCC with a stupid and intrusive idea or is this coming from somewhere in the White House?
You can find and contact your Reps and Senators at the USA.Gov website. It took me less than 5 minutes to write to mine, I suggest you do the same. Then I suggest you contact your local media outlets and ask them why they are not screaming bloody murder about this so called study.
Folks, if the thought of the FCC putting folks into newsrooms to check up on how stories are selected and reported on, doesn’t scare you then you really need to move. The feds are quietly trying to take full control of the media here. No matter how they spin it, this is a clear and present danger to our way of life. This reeks of “Pravda” and every other Soviet era communist controlled state media [ If you have no clue what "Pravda" is, then you need to slap your teachers for failing to educate you properly ]. You need to be writing your Congressional reps and Senators today. If you don’t care, then you need to leave this country and go to Russia or Venezuela or Cuba.
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Tim
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So a few days back I received my shiny new MeMo pad from Newegg.com. I went the cheap route and bought an open box item for only $112.00. Not a bad deal at all. If you are looking for a mid-level, first time 7 inch tablet at a low price this one is definitely work looking into. Be aware that there are 2 versions of this device out there. Last year's version and the HD7 from this year. The new model is an ME173X. Keep that in mind when shopping online. You will see these MeMo pads really cheap, but always be aware that it is usually the ME172X, which has a slower processor.
The specs on the HD7 are as follows:
1.2 Ghz Quad Core processor
1gb DDR3 ram
16 gb of device storage
MicroSD card slot for up to 32gb storage
1280x800 IPS display
WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
5mp rear camera, 1.2mp front camera
10 hr battery life
The product comes with Android 4.2 but upgraded immediately to Android 4.2.2. The setup took only a few minutes and the device is surprisingly fast. It isn't a Nexus 7 by any means, but fairly close to last year's (2012) Nexus 7. It comes with most of the standard Google apps installed, such as Gmail, G+, etc. The main, and only advantage to this tablet over the Nexus 7 is the microSD card slot which allows you the luxury of being able to insert as many microSD cards as you wish to save data. So storage is only limited by your budget on microSD cards. I installed at 8gb SanDisk that I had lying around and of course immediately realized I'll probably need at least a 32gb to store all my stuff.
The default home screen comes with the clock and weather app (accuweather widget) already setup. Kind of handy as it also has your alarm settings on it.
The Notification bar is super handy and allows you to control most functions such as WiFi, Bluetooth Power Saving, brightness and jump to system settings all from one point.
Battery life is pretty close to what is advertised. I watched several movies yesterday and used the device extensively to surf the web, check Google+ and at the end of roughly 8 hrs use I had about 33 percent battery life left.
In closing I would highly recommend this device for anyone wanting a very good tablet without blowing more than $150. They list for about $149 on most sites, but can be found for a bit less if you shop around. Amazon and Newegg usually have several "open box" items at much lower prices than list. I expect the price on these to further drop now that ASUS has introduced the HD 8 version.
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So for those of you who read my blog, whether it be on my 
More than 2 weeks ago a story broke about the FCC and their "study" of newsrooms. They are going to be putting people into newsrooms to see how stories get published. An FCC commisioner actually spoke up about this over 2 weeks ago and yet the press in this country, with the exception of Fox News, has been virtually silent on the subject. The FCC calls this a study. 
So a few days back I received my shiny new MeMo pad from Newegg.com. I went the cheap route and bought an open box item for only $112.00. Not a bad deal at all. If you are looking for a mid-level, first time 7 inch tablet at a low price this one is definitely work looking into. Be aware that there are 2 versions of this device out there. Last year's version and the HD7 from this year. The new model is an ME173X. Keep that in mind when shopping online. You will see these MeMo pads really cheap, but always be aware that it is usually the ME172X, which has a slower processor.
