Archive for August, 2005
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
As an amateur radio operator, I often get asked what makes being a ham special. When I explain how I can communicate by radio in so many ways, I get blank stares. I try to explain that amateur radio is classified as an emergency service, because of its use during disasters when other communications methods [...]
How Spam Affects Blogging
I haven’t been the most active lately, on the blog. I know. I’ve been doing a lot of stuff, but that stuff just hasn’t been here on the blog. One reason is spam. Every day, I’ve been logging in to the blog and deleting spam comments by the dozens. Overnight, over 80 spam comments have [...]
Debunking the Anti-American Media Lies
Whenever a Republican is in office, and military action is called for, we get a true idea of who in our society is the most anti-American. You can tell who they are, because they’ll start spouting anything they hear that could possibly make America look bad, and harm us in our military action. One of [...]
Link of the Moment – Mawson Station, Antarctica
I’ve been lax in posting, lately. There’s been a lot going on, ranging from work to web development to car repair. Yesterday, I spent a whole day working with the church’s youth group, and on PC/network issues for the church. It’s all very nice and productive, but blogging has taken a backseat. I figure, at [...]
Freakonomics – Book Review
I was a bit late in getting my hands on Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. I’ve wanted to read it since before it was released, but until recently, I didn’t have the time to dig into it. As I neared the end of Return of the King, I knew [...]
Russian Cows to be Fed Marijuana
According to this MSNBC story, Russian cows are going to be fed marijuana over the Winter. I should note here that I am NOT keeping a straight face as I write this. The Cows are the latest victims of the drug war in Russia. Marijuana crops were planted among the corn and sunflower crops, which [...]
I’m No Fan of the Gaza Pullout
It really bothers me to watch the strife in Israel over Sharon’s pullout from Gaza. Israeli citizens are being pulled out of their homes as an appeasement to enemies of Israel, and only Israel is to blame. Israel has been beset by enemies on all sides since its inception thousands of years ago, and today [...]
Hitchens on Sheehan
My favorite liberal columnist, Christopher Hitchens, has written another great column. This time, he’s taking on nitwit exploiter Cindy Sheehan and verbose boor Maureen Dowd. It’s a good read, as usual. “There are, in fact, some principles involved here. Any citizen has the right to petition the president for redress of grievance, or for that [...]
Christine Sheehan Parrots Osama & Co.
Christine Sheehan, media darling of the moment, is just the latest “useful idiot” on the left that is fighting on the side of Al Qaeda and other terrorists. In words that could have just as easily been said by Osama bin Laden himself, Sheehan said, “You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of [...]
Bono on Grace through Christ
“That’s between me and God. But I’d be in big trouble if Karma was going to finally be my judge. I’d be in deep s—. It doesn’t excuse my mistakes, but I’m holding out for Grace. I’m holding out that Jesus took my sins onto the Cross, because I know who I am, and I [...]