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Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Wow Fahrenheit 9/11 was a Great Movie!!!
Wow Fahrenheit 9/11 was a Great Movie!!!
My wife Nicole and I with some friends Sam and John saw Fahrenheit 9/11 last Saturday and it was fantastic!!
If people think Bush bashing is showing the rest of the footage the mainstream media will not show, then it is Bush bashing!!
I have also been hearing that Michael Moore doesn't mention Israel in the film, this is true. But, this movie was over 2 hours, and it would have been 5 hours if he would have started to mention Israel!!
Michael Moore stuck to what he could prove in the time allotted, I am sure he spent a long time editing this film.
Hopefully he will make enough money off of this film to make another film about Israel's connections to 9/11, or anything else that is being covered up.
Cabaret was good, and very appropriate timing with the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany during the story and the attitudes of the people during that time and the reflections of the same attitude (It will never get out of hand, just don't marry that German born Jew, etc.) in our time (oh, America would never trick its own people into war the way Hitler did, etc.)
Plus the women dancing in the lingerie of the time at the Kit Kat Club were great! He He!
All the actors and actresses were great, we have seen David Curley in the Goodbye Girl before and he was fantastic in this musical as well, as was the whole cast! I would recommend this show!!
Friday:
We worked from home after Nicole's 4:00 to 5:00PM meeting was cancelled. Whew!! That saved us a lot of gas! The Friday evening we went over to John B's place in Oakland and the 3 of us had some pizza and old school AD&D roleplaying fun (My wife had never played, and it was fun!!)!!
Saturday:
Slept in since we have been out late the last 2 nights, but we are seeing Fahrenheit 9/11 today! Yay, for Michael Moore!!
The Theater we are going to doesn't use Fandango or anything like that, so hopefully we can get tickets for a showing. I don't anticipate a large crowd in Pittsburgh, Ca for this movie. We will see!
I will update today after we come back from the movies!!
Today my wife and I worked from home after having a guy from Pulte, our home builder, come look at the dryer vent or rather point it out to us!!
It is on the roof, and apparently clogged somewhere, so we will need to have a chimney sweep come and clean it out, no biggie! We have been in this house for 5 years today, so a clogged dryer vent tube is ok.
We were here until after 10:00 so we just went to Oakland to grab some Rx, and then just came back, at least we saved some gas!
The internet is a wonderful thing and I am not just saying that because my wife and I work at Cisco Systems! It is nice to be connected to work and still be in my chair in the living room with my wife and the cats!
Here is a great picture of the sunset here in Antioch that my wife Nicole took:
Father's Day was a great time, my wife and I went to San Mateo to see my Dad and Step-mom and then we went to Campbell to see Nicole's Dad and Step-mom!!
We also got to see my sisters Robin and her husband Dave and little Joshua, and Debbie and her husband Mike and the kids Megan and Matt (who is walking!!!!)!! Jacky was having some Father's Day fun with her dad Pat!!!!
The weather was great, and it was great to see everyone!!
Unfortunately I forgot to take any pictures!! Sometimes I just forget.
Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children are hiding abroad and working in church ministries, The Dallas Morning News has found.
From Africa to Latin America to Europe to Asia, these priests have started new lives in unsuspecting communities, often with the help of church officials. They are leading parishes, teaching and continuing to work in settings that bring them into contact with children, despite church claims to the contrary. "
Well this is what happens when groups "take care of their own" and it is bullsh*t!! Parents take these things in your own hands!!
If I had a child that was molested by a religious official, I would beat him with a cross (or whatever the intrument of their religion is!)
Priests and politicians and police should never be exempted from being busted, in fact when they break the law it is actually worse, since they were in positions of respect.
Preists, Politicians, and Police are actually jobs that need a short term limit so that they cannot get to the point to where they think they can get away with the crap they do!
There was just some idiot form Move America Forward stating that their goal is to get the film boycotted by movie theater owners and movie goers, but she hadn't actually seen the movie!! She kept stating that the movie is propaganda and doesn't represent a fair and balanced look at the events. Ha!
She wants to comment on the movie not being far and balanced, but she had not seen the movie!!
This is the standard type of smear campaign that Republicans usually do....That movie was liberal propaganda....or they only show one side!!
Well we always get the one sided view when all the media channels show the presidents speeches (what a joke!) and all of the morons that they call political consultants!!
So many people will go see this movie, simply because these morons at Move America Forward are going to get it in peoples heads that no one will tell me what to see and not see!
Actually it was a funny interview on KTVU channel 2 Ross McGowan was ripping on this stupid lady, letting her talk all about how bad the movie was and then asked her point blank, have you seen the movie? Her answer: No.
I am sorry when a moron from some group that falsely uses the words Move America Forward, and tries to go back to scare tactics and most likely threats to keep people from seeing a movie that actually shows American's how messed up the leadership in our country is!!
"This week, it is virtually impossible to read, watch or listen to any mainstream media that is not extolling the godlike status of Ronald Reagan, one of the most egregious war criminals and mass murderers in American history. Journalists Robert Parry, Bev Conover, Will Pitt and Greg Palast have all written incisive pieces documenting the criminal acts of the Reagan administration, most notably, the Iran-Contra scandal and the largest theft in the history of the human race, the Savings and Loan outrage of the 1980s. Unquestionably, Ronald Reagan should have died in prison, not in his cushy estate in California. That the aforementioned historical facts are not being reported by corporate media and only by independent journalists is blatantly symptomatic of the robotic trance Stepford America prefers over the wrenching realities of the smiling, doddering, 'sweet old man,' former B movie actor turned president. Meanwhile, the entire world, with perhaps the exception of Maggie Thatcher fans in the UK, is aghast with our need to lionize Reagan in the face of the heinous atrocities he permitted and promoted internationally in the name of ridding the world of the 'evil empire.' "
This is the best article I have read on Reagan!! It talks about all of the things the mainstream media has left out when describing Holy Ronald Reagan!!
READ THIS ARTICLE IF YOU ARE TIRED OF ALL THE REAGAN COVERAGE!!
"'Good-looking men and women are generally judged to be more talented, kind, honest and intelligent than their less attractive counterparts,' says Patzer. 'Controlled studies show people go out of their way to help attractive people - of the same and opposite sex - because they want to be liked and accepted by good-looking
people.'"
This is why I try to be nice to everyone, even people that aren't perfect!! It seems to put a smile on peoples faces.
Not much going on today....I am in the middle of a TOI (Transfer of Information!) in the lab so it is real boring since the white noise of all the networking gear is putting me to sleep!
Had to stop at the post office on the way in to pick up a package, and the place was packed!! Damn! If I ever get laid off I am applying at the post office or the DMV since they always need help!
Picked up my package and then off to Oakland, or more to the point Oaksterdam, then to work! My wife worked from home today so I am driving by myself today, hopefully the way home will not be as bad as yesterday as all routes were slow!!
I will most likely head out soon (3:30 ish) and try to have a nice 2 hour drive instead of 3!
We need to find a new spot, there was a security guard in a small red car waiting to follow anyone that pulled into the parking lot and he was on us the second we entered the parking lot!
Cheesey security guard in a cheesy security outfit.
We have been run out of the building next to this one a few times, but that security guard told us this other parking lot was cool.
Well This week, after years of coming to this parking lot for lunch, the spot has been closed to us!!
Myk, Nicole, and I will drive around on Tuesday to find a new spot that doesn't get a lot of traffic, and that is still close.
Hhhhmmmm...
Now after 5:00 we have a place to light fireworks and piss off the security guard!
I have been on a card game binge lately....I have been reading on the Tarot, on eBay getting a few fun card games like Steve Jackson's Hacker Deluxe and Hacker II I was also able to find Fluxx for a good price which goes with Stoner Fluxx!! Fun, fun, fun!!
Thursday...my wife had a doctors appointment to get the results of her colonoscopy and the results were mostly good, she had a polyup that was in a pre-cancer stage so it was found extremely early which is good!! The Downside is that this is a condition that seems to run in her family and her brother will have to get checked every 5 years as well.
So we are relieved that the polyup was not in the cancer stage, but could be removed easily!!
Now Friday...we went in to work for meetings, then we came back to Antioch to pick up the F-150 at Antioch Ford for its 90,000 mile service at 102,000 (oops!) I thought we did the service at 90k but I just did an oil change instead. This truck is the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned!! I would definitely buy this truck again, I am not sure about the new ones as ours is a 2001 and the new ones look 'to nice' for trucks in my opinion.
After that we stopped off at Play at Home Billiards in Antioch (next to Michael's on Sommersville!) and got a hard pool cue case that fits 2 cues for my wife's very nice Adam DX cue, and for my Meucci Power Piston (this is the finest cue I have ever touched!!) and I was able to find a Demo model that is all Black (the way I like!!!) and on sale!!
We have a Billiard bar on the way, from eBay, we needed some furniture in the dining room to complete that part of the house. Now we can work on getting a new couch, I have had this couch since 1996 - OUCH!! We will eventually figure out which type of couch will fit good in our front room, and that is cat friendly!!
Is leather bad with cats? Hhmmmm!
Well the Contra Costa County Fair is at the Antioch fairgrounds, my wife and I might check that out tomorrow if it isn't to hot!!
Today I have reviewed the situation Iraq in relation to how and why the coalition occupation will affect your current dollar, gold, and oil investments. The Bush administration is well aware that there is a global energy crisis looming and steps have been taken to secure oil reserves in the Mid East. Billions of dollars of new debt creation will be needed for this mission to be accomplished which will not bode well for the U.S. dollar. Holding gold and oil related investments remain a smart choice.
Iraq: It's all About the Oil
Months before the U.S. attacked Iraq last year, I foretold readers that there is no way Bush would not invade and the reason for the invasion had nothing to do with finding weapons of mass destruction (WMD's) or any other excuses Bush and company were trying to sell us.
Today we know that there were never any WMD's but the main stream media still doesn't understand why U.S. forces are there and why they are unlikely to ever leave.
Tonight's meeting is An Introduction to Snort in a Linux Environment
(Snort is an Open Source network intrusion detection system) by Tom Fulton, Sr Systems Engineer at Novell/SuSE Linux
I am sure a lot of War Drivers and WiFi scanners have tried snort but not everyone gets it up and running or actually realize all the potential of snort!! Tom is going over some features and how to get up and running!
I will try to get a copy of the presentation linked here soon.
Blind Faith and Envy Remix
