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Written by Admin in: Karl |

Apr
19
2005

Stop with the DAMN ribbons already!

This morning I saw a Lexus SUV (I know…don’t even get me started on
that issue) with five (yep…you read right FIVE) different ribbons
stuck to the vehicle. Do you really feel like you’ve done your part to support
the troops by sticking a magnet on your car that the troops will never see?!?!?

Or worse yet….have a flag from ’01 that’s so battered that it’s just pathetic?

Ever thought it might be better to spend those $$$ donating to The
Army Community
Service or
Air Force Services Agency where you can be assured it’s going to our
servicemen and their families?

My buddy John and I were at our local Barnes & Nobles coffee house when a
soldier and a young lady stop in to get something. As ex-military we can
tell he’s a combat veteran. Without a word he gets up and walks to the
counter waits till the reach the register and pays for their coffee and meal.
He tried to do it anonymously, but the people behind the counter pointed him
out. The young soldier comes to thank us, but instead we thank him and
tell him we appreciate his sacrifice.

THAT’S SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS!!!!

Anyways…it caused me to search out and become a member of the
Anti-Magnet Campaign:

From his website:

Why are you doing this?
We believe that there is strong possibility that the troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan might be a little far away or maybe even a little too busy to be
checking out the pseudopatriotic magnet on the back of a 1986 Geo Metro as it
drives down I-95 or sits in an Olive Garden parking lot.

Why do you hate America?
We don’t hate America, we hate that people think slapping a stupid magnet on
the back of their car has meaning. Mostly everyone in this country supports the
troops and hopes they will return safely. Maybe you should be telling them
directly in person, on the phone or in a letter and not driving around with a
big magnetic banner you probably got at Wal*Mart that simply attempts to prove
to everybody but the troops that you support the troops more than everybody
else.

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Written by Admin in: Political Correctness |

Apr
15
2005

It’s Tax Day again….

I absolutely HATE April 15th. Not
so much because it’s ‘tax day’ as it’s the day that my marriage ended in 1998
(the divorce came later). Let’s just say….I have proof that includes a date/time
stamp and leave it at that.

However…it IS tax day as well (probably the reason it will
always be in my mind).

<sigh>

To change gears…did you know that American spend an average of 6.6 billion
hours on taxes each year? I couldn’t believe it either, but thanks to my good friend Mr. Ralph Lynch (actor/writer/programmer and all around pleasant fellow) providing this great link from the Associated Press Wire:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050415/D89FVDJ80.html

While Steve Forbes may have been
the

George Costanza of the political world, he did propose a grand idea for this
country: The ‘flat’ tax. Before I give Steve-O a pat on the back though,
he had a clause for "unearned" income, so his inherited wealth would not have
been taxed using his specific formula. For a flat tax to work it would
have to be flat.

Here’s why a flat tax would work and be better for our economy. It would
effectively create a uniform taxation of all capital inputs – simply all capital
would be taxed at a flat rate. No more adjusted taxing by industry,
subsidies or credits thereby removing all exemptions, deductions and loopholes.

Also with a flat tax, your taxes could be taken out at the pay period, with a
postcard annually to adjust any additional income taxes outside reported
earnings. Regardless of what critics say, America has already had
experience with the flat tax concept:

One-fourth of all states with income taxes have just a single rate.
A majority of state corporate income taxes impose a single tax rate.
All sales taxes, including all federal excise taxes, are imposed at a
single rate (i.e., no one pays more tax per gallon of gasoline because of his/her income for the amount of gasoline consumed).

But an even larger federal flat tax program is Social Security:

The Social Security payroll tax is a flat 5.6 percent tax rate on both
employers and employees on all wages up to $62,700.
There are no exemptions whatsoever and no taxes at all on income from
capital or wages above the maximum.
Because the payroll tax has no exemptions and does not apply to capital or
high wage incomes, it is the simplest of taxes to administer and does not
greatly discourage economic activity.

Those who oppose the flat tax because it is not "progressive" in nature would
also be the ones to oppose just this aspect of Social Security were it to be
introduced today. Flat tax advocates, on the other hand, simply want the income
tax to be more like the Social Security tax — a flat tax that works!

So what do we do? As Ralph eloquently put it….please write your
senators.

He wrote this:

Dear Senator Murkowski,

We spend 10% of GDP calculating or litigating taxes. Every year. That only
benefits tax accountants and tax attorneys, who generate no real wealth for our
nation. They simply consume 10% every year.

Why bother trying to grow the economy by 5% when we destroy 10% of it every
year?

Please institute a flat tax – whatever rate you need – and let us fill out a
postcard tax form. And save our economy 10% a year.

Tax accountants and tax attorneys are smart enough to find productive work. All
the special interests will, in time, find a flat tax even to their benefit. A
rising tide does lift all boats.

We will have a much wealthier nation.

Thank you.

No Ralph….thank YOU!
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http://www.sincitythemovie.com/

Written by Admin in: America |

Apr
15
2005

Sin City is just SPECTACULAR!

Sure…you can call it gritty or dirty. You can call it sexy. You
could go so far as to say it’s a damn fine hardcore gruesome tale of sex &
violence in the ‘big city.’

I just simply say…STUNNING!

The stylization so correctly reflects the comic that Frank Miller can’t help
but be pleased. The special effects team did a great job in keeping the
‘comic’ look and feel.

And then there’s the caliber actors….

Mickey Rourke
Bruce Willis
Jessica Alba
Nick Stahl
Frank Miller (does a cameo as the Priest who give last rights to Marv)
Rosario Dawson
Clive Owen

And…Elijah Wood as Kevin. Trust me…you’ll never think of
him as Frodo Baggins ever again!

I do want to remind everyone this movie is not for kids!
The ‘R’ in this movie is serious. It’s violence is intense, it’s
perversity even more so.

Either way….go see it.
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx

Written by Admin in: Entertainment |

Apr
11
2005

Critical Micro$oft patches out tomorrow…

Micro$oft Corp. on plans to issue eight security alerts with patches, some
critical, for Windows, Office, MSN Messenger and Exchange tomorrow (4/12/05).

Five of the security bulletins are for the O/S, and at least one of those is
deemed critical, Micro$oft said in a notice posted to its Web site. Office, MSN
Messenger and Exchange will get one bulletin each, all deemed critical, the
company said.

In Micro$oft’s rating system for security issues, vulnerabilities that could
allow a malicious Internet worm to spread without any action required on the
part of the user are rated critical.

Micro$oft gave no further information, other than that some of the patches for
Windoze will require restarting patched computers, as may the MSN Messenger
patch. The fixes for Office and Exchange won’t require users to restart the
applications.

The software maker provides information in advance of its monthly patch-release
day, every second Tuesday of the month, so users can prepare. Last month,
Microsoft didn’t release any patches after releasing a dozen security bulletins
in February.

In addition to the patches, Micro$oft on Tuesday through Windoze Update plans to
release an updated version of the Windoze Malicious Software Removal Tool and
two "high priority" updates for Windoze that aren’t related to security issues,
the company said.

The Malicious Software Removal Tool detects and removes malicious code placed on
computers.

More on this or any other future updates can be found at:

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http://www.petcem.com/dogs_of_war.htm and

http://www.animalsinwar.org/

Written by Admin in: Microsoft |

Apr
07
2005

Don’t you animal lovers have anything better to do?

You’ve GOT to be kidding me….memorials for animals in
war?!?!?!?!?

They had no choice. Of course they had no choice…they’re ANIMALS!!!!!!

How much do these memorials cost? How much is their upkeep? We have
humans starving all over the planet yet we spend billions on our
pets and go so far as to even make needless memorials.

This is just as bad as the protesting of http://www.savetoby.com where people are protesting the eating of a DAMN rabbit (which is perfectly leagal I might add).

The truth of the matter is this: The difference between a pet and food is always……

CHOICE
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Written by Admin in: AAARRRGGGHHH!!! |

Apr
03
2005

Is the Burger King creeping you out too?

Does anybody else besides myself find the new Burger King commercial to be one of the creepiest homoerotic ad campaigns ever undertaken?

Let’s look at the first commercial:

When the guy wakes up, he is shocked and horrified to find the King sitting in his bed (do notice that the King is under the covers, not on top). They lock gazes for a moment, then, as if breaking out of a romantic reverie, the Burger King turns away from the guy to retrieve the breakfast sandwich. He holds up one finger, as if to say, “hold on, don’t move, I have this thing I want to show you.” What
‘thing’ might that be, hmmmm?

The sandwich is presented with all the flair of a Price Is Right model showing off the next item up for bids. Look at the pretty sandwich! The aforementioned “meat & cheese” line is delivered like this: “egg and meat and cheese … and meat and cheese!” Two meats, but only one egg — clearly an endorsement of the male (meat) over the female (egg). And, with the second “meat” added after an emphatic pause, the homoerotic subtext is further reinforced.

Finally, at the end of the spot, the guy and the King are laughing, sharing some secret in-joke that, like an old couple in a long-term relationship, needs no verbalization. Then, the King puts his hand on the guy’s knee. The guy, still laughing, puts his hand on the King’s hand. The King immediately pulls his hand away, the guy stops laughing, and the whole situation becomes an awkward homoerotic near-miss.

Then there’s the next commercial…Darius Rucker (lead singer for Hootie & the
Blowfish) stars as a black cowboy in clearly a ‘tutti-frutti’ rhinestone cowboy suit with a long shot of two more black cowboys fixated on enjoying their meat sandwiches. Sure, you can say there were Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders in the commercial, but they didn’t get as much air time as the men nor were they the emphasis (even with Brook Burke saying “come and get it!”).

The latest commercial, for the omelet sandwich, shows the Burger King doing a peeping tom in a guy’s home (his wife/girlfriend walks by oblivious to this fact) so you again have the King handing the guy a sandwich…And who the
HELL takes a sandwich from a guy staring at them through the bedroom window I might add?!?!?!?

And while this guy has his sandwich and stares back at the King, we now see birds flock to
the King in some odd ‘divinity’ scene.

Sorry, but I see an add campaign with clear pro-male/anti-female characteristics
(these latest commercial reminds me of surreal MTV video’s)…more of the new
Gay Agenda hard at work.
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