New Toys

Well, Scotty got a new toy last week. A brand new HP desktop computer. You would think that would bring joy to the land, but noooo. I can't get half the things to transfer over from my old PC, even with an external hard drive. I lost my videos on iTunes and I can't find my bookmarks for Firefox. I am not a happy camper.

I see the President signed the budget bill for the rest of this year. Isn't that nice that he cut Medicaid, Medicare and student loans, while still managing to give tax breaks to the rich? Now if your parents need to go into a nursing home, Medicaid will be even harder to get. Sometimes I just want to bitch-slap the press and ask them why they are not making this a big news item. Today they are still fixated on cartoon violence (it ain't what it used to be).

As I hear more and more about these cartoons and the way the violence is being spread, I have to respect the Danish government for their standing up to the Islamists. I also respect the editor of that paper that first published the cartoon for what he said about freedom of the press. If these Islamists don't like the way Western countries work, then they should head back to the peace and quiet of their own countries. Europe was not designed as a melting pot, like America, and there is no reason those countries should not restrict their immigration. They have native peoples there who still run the country and if these Islamists have brought an atmosphere of fear and intimidation to those lands then they should be booted out, pronto.

The Christianists here wish they had the power to incite riots every time someone says or does something they don't like. With Bush and the Republican guard, they are half way home. Fear can spread so quickly, just look was happened with Janet Jackson's wardrobe incident. Suddenly everyone was afraid to say or do anything the least bit adult on TV (not cable).

Interesting news today about some Evangelical leaders signing a document that states that humans have caused global warming and that humans should work to solve the problem. They state that we are destroying God's creation (Earth) and should reverse course so as to save the planet. Of course, James Dobson and the other hard-liners refused to sign, saying that no one really knows what causes global warming (if it exists at all). Sounds like both sad and happy news. So maybe all American Evangelicals aren't idiots after all.