Dec 02
Posted: under commentary.
Tags: Conspiracy, Government
I was listening to a podcast the other day by Leo Laporte in which he was doing a commercial for Audible.com and mentioned the book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. He was saying that according to the book the CIA is inept. Now I have not read/listened to the book but according [...] [...more]
I was listening to a podcast the other day by Leo Laporte in which he was doing a commercial for Audible.com and mentioned the book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. He was saying that according to the book the CIA is inept. Now I have not read/listened to the book but according to a Publishers Weekly review the author, Tim Weiner concludes the CIA is a “reservoir of incompetence”.
So my question is this, if this is the case, why is the CIA and the U. S. Government in general for that mater considered by some to be the greatest architects of conspiracies in the world? From the Kennedy assassination to the South Central Los Angeles crack epidemic some say they planned it all.
The problem is you just can’t have it both ways folks; are they incompetent or not? Or maybe they are so good they just make you think they’re incompetent.
Nov 26
Posted: under commentary.
Tags: regulation, Small Buisiness, Taxes, Whittier Daily News
If you own a buisiness you will relate and if you think you want to own your own business read this and think long and hard before jumping in. This artcle appeared in the letters to the editor section of the Whittier Daily NEs on November 18, 2008. I Did My Part
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If you own a buisiness you will relate and if you think you want to own your own business read this and think long and hard before jumping in. This artcle appeared in the letters to the editor section of the Whittier Daily NEs on November 18, 2008. I Did My Part
Nov 19
Posted: under commentary.
Tags: bankrupt, California Budget, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Spending, Taxes
Governator says we should "…not get stuck just on fiscal responsibility.” [...more]
What is this the great Governator says we should “…not get stuck just on fiscal responsibility.” Was this the same guy who we put in office because Gray Davis was not ahh err fiscally responsible?
The state of California is basically bankrupt and all the Governor can do is suggest raising taxes and cut school spending. As if there is no place in the $144.4 billion state budget that can be cut without affecting essential services. Did you know we spend over $2.7 million per year to have an Office of the Lieutenant Governor?
The electorate in California is not blameless here either. Just this last election on November 4th we Californians opted to borrow via bond issues over $23 billion. At some point this has to stop the state can’t keep borrowing and spending like this. If we don’t get stuck on fiscal responsibility soon we are going to be stuck in bankruptcy.
Nov 17
Posted: under Humor, commentary.
This was sent to me by someone who saw it on a scripting help group. It is so true I just couldn’t help posting it to Opuscules.
“Use any version of Microsoft FrontPage to create your site. (This won’t prevent people from viewing your source code, but no one will want to steal it.)”
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This was sent to me by someone who saw it on a scripting help group. It is so true I just couldn’t help posting it to Opuscules.
“Use any version of Microsoft FrontPage to create your site. (This won’t prevent people from viewing your source code, but no one will want to steal it.)”
Nov 16
Posted: under commentary.
Tags: Andrew Cohen, Grammer, Washington Post
The Bush economy has now forced the Washington Post to outsource it’s proofreading jobs to automated spell checking systems. Can other print media be far behind? With more and more thinking people finding their news from other than traditional print sources the Post has evidently seen the need to implement cost saving measures and do [...] [...more]
The Bush economy has now forced the Washington Post to outsource it’s proofreading jobs to automated spell checking systems. Can other print media be far behind? With more and more thinking people finding their news from other than traditional print sources the Post has evidently seen the need to implement cost saving measures and do away with proofreaders. In a recent WashingPost.com blog, Andrew Cohen states, “It is not yet known where venue for the case ultimately will be placed…” It looks like the bit twiddlers in Redmond need to do a little more programming on their spell checker to improve the grammar side of the equation.
