Just more crazies on the interwebs

I found this on the comments on a story on Foxnews about the quake in Baja:

"zoobie555

Montana

Clearly, this is one more sign of Jesus' return. The end is near, the lord has risen, and most dumbocrat fools will try to explain this away as some sort of "tectonic activity". See what happens when you elect an Islamic anti-christ to be your leader. It happened in New Orleans to wash the gays from the streets, and in Haiti to purge their devil worshippers from the ranks. Now it is happening in the state of caliFORNICATION! But no, it's just the earth's plates moving away from each other at the rate of a growing fingernail the non-believers will say. Prove it, I say. The earth is 6,137 years old. At 2.2 inches per year, Africa did not seperate from South America a distance of 3,897 miles! This is god's final warning to the immoral degradation of his chosen land the U.S.A. (In GOD we trust! One nation under GOD). Progressivism has destroyed all that God's word once stood for, now the liberals will pay the price for supporting Allah Obama's (false gawd's) communistic health care "reform" the passage of which sickens lord Jesus! Soon the rapture and only the righteous will be spared! AMEN!!!"

Wow...just wow....I've meet all sorts of crazies in my life, but wow...just wow

I think I have to support Obama now...CRAP

So I went to this article I found on drudgereport.com:

Obama's 17-minute, 2,500-word response to woman's claim of being 'over-taxed'. found here: Now those who know me know that I don't support Obama. I am a fiscal conservative and a social libertarian (less spending on all levels and do what ever you want, so long as its behind your front door) and I think both parties are just groups out for their own power and not for the benefit of their supporters. I get a lot of flak on campus for being a Glenn Beck support and a Reagenite but I am neither but I'll take the ignorance of the right or the left with a shrug...goes with being a social libertarian. 

Now the article quoted typical Obamaese and the disgust of the Right so I giggled until I read this comment from "Liberalsodomy" (note the following post has strong NSFW language; the spaces I assume are to stop the Washington Post comment filter).

"barry X, the abandoned b a s t a r d of an illicit union between a deranged, teen aged, communist w h o r e and malcolm X, has his instructions from london to permanently destroy America and her economy via debt, euthanize the greatest generation, demoralize her military via homosexuality and exhaust it in a wild goose chase in the "graveyard of empires", and disarm it via fiat. He does hate America, especially White America, and does love his works of treason and destruction. It is through this that all his actions may be understood.
I hope the military honors their oaths, steps up and eliminates this a s s h o l e. This son of a w h o r e is the walking definition of a "domestic enemy" and we won't sit still anymore for his treason.
NEVER EVER forget the mainstream media that conspired to foist this muslim nation wrecking b a s t a r d on America is responsible. They intentionally sold us this traitor.
The democratic soviet is comprised of 22% of the population (blacks, jews, queers, transgenders, communists, and abortionists) An amalgam of misfits tied together by nothing more than malevolent envy and hate for Natural Law.
This man is actively destroying an America he was raised to hate, is supported by communists in the media and must be neutralized for the good of all.
It should be considered that he is a communist or muslim plant groomed to destroy America from within."

WTF? Seriously? Is this the view of Tea Partiers? IS this the view of more that .00000001% of Americans? If this is even close to true I can understand why my liberal colleagues and superiors HATE the Right.

After reading that toxic waste, I threw up a little in my mouth. I hope the election cycle this year is not filled with this crap. However with radio talk show hosts, including ones here in Logan, Utah urging us to violate federal law and not fill out the Census Form I don't think this is going to happen.

On a lighter note I found this hysterical:


"and I'm like, OH THAT'S WHAT'S SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN."

Something else

After the last rant on geo-politics/economy/education here is something funny...

US/China relations and education reform

I am typing this with my newborn on my lap, excuse the mistakes they're from his flailings and my one handed typings, and I am thinking about his and my other chilren's future.

China is the elephant in the room that we Americans doing talk about. America is losing it clout in the world and its economic power. See http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9306da0-0461-11df-8603-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1  This has been a trend since the 1970's but is truley scary in the teens now. We are no longer competitive in manufacturing and our economy is mostly service based. We don't producing much anymore and most of what we design is now "Made in China." These are not new insights nor am I saying US firms should not seek out the means of production that cost them the least and bring the most profits.

What I am saying is that Ameica needs to deceide what we are. Being a nation of consumers will not work. I propose we become a nation of ideas and R&D. We create the items, software, and ideas that make the world better. We let others build it. We can do this. Education would need to become our biggest expiditure. Not NCLB but real education reform would be required.

There is a problem with this. First is this article from the Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ef3097e-09da-11df-8b23-00144feabdc0.html and second is this one from Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60P0Z620100126. China is leading the world in research growth and young Americans are jobless. American kids are smart but stupid. They have high Intelligent scores but used Wisdom as a dump stat (Thank you D&D!) Most kids today, geez I'm feeling old at 34 calling 20 somethings kids, can do all kinds of electronic jobs but waste their time on Xboxs and MMO's. Lets use those intrests and get kids excited about learning. CHANGE THE SYSTEM.

If we don't we follow the example of the British Empire and its decline from 1930-1970.

On that note my kids are taking Mandarin and Hindi....

Blizzard...

When I mention this word I am thinking this; my wife pic #2 and my brother pic #3

#2

#3



We are all right but due to the current blizzard in Logan and Sardine Canyon I don’t know what my boys are thinking. I hate weather.

I’m doing my PhD at Florida State.

Is God really there?

This thought comes to all of us at one time or another. We wonder if there is a higher being watching out for us. For me that Being is my Heavenly Father. I know He is there and let me tell you why.

Parenthood sucks. To be a good parent means that you have to give up a lot for your children with no thanks.

"Dad can I use the Xbox now?" "Geez Dad when will you get off the TV." Can we go skiing?"

Note I love gaming, tv especially during football season and hate skiing or cold (see last blog) yet with the exception of the skiing I tend to let my children play on the computer or TV. It also means a lack of sleep while holding a sick child while he vomits all over you or cries inconsolably at 2:30 am.

To get back to the point I've come to understand my Father during my newest son's (10 weeks)past few nights. See we are trying to get him to fall asleep on his own. He'll crash if we hold him but that could be awkward at 16 so we want him to learn to self-soothe in the crib. He won't take a paci and he doesn't like it. We know its a learned behavior cuz you put him in the car seat out he goes, without even driving him around. The bugger knows you sleep in the seat. If we could only get him to do it in the crib.

The problem is his mother. He knows she's wrapped around his little finger and it breaks her heart to hear him cry. So when it comes time for him to sleep at night he'll howl for 30 minutes, screaming until he is purple; he knows she'll break. The whole while she leans over his crib singing, shhing and crying but not picking him up. One can almost see the boy's thoughts, "LIFE IS UNFAIR! WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME? NO ONE LOVES ME!" And yet his mother is there sobbing tears of sorrow while he is crying knowing that the pain is temporary and it is whats best for him.

I hold my wife night after night knowing that her heart is breaking and adding to her whispers,"Daddy's here, Daddy loves you, Daddy won't let anyone hurt you." until he falls asleep. I then hold my wife and she cries herself to sleep and while I lie there in the dark I feel arms wrap around me and I hear:

"Daddy's here, Daddy loves you, Daddy won't let anyone hurt you. This is necessary but afterwards you'll be a better person My son."

I know God lives and He is the perfect parent. I know He wants all of us to be parents so that we understand His love. I also know I have a Heavenly Mother who loves me but Her heart is breaking as she watches me grow into the being I can become. Even when it hurts and I feel alone I know They are there loving me and telling me I can do it.

Thank you God for my children. I think I am beginning to understand now...

Snow, Snow and Snow

In the move to the great white north (Logan Utah). I heard that it snows alot and gets cold. Well to my suprise it snowed on 09.30.09 and got cold...28 degrees nighttime. WTF. What have I got myself into. I'm doing my PhD in Florida. BRING ON THE HURRICANES!

also this makes me laugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEWgs6YQR9A