Obama is weak. There, I said what so many "journalists", reporters, newsroom hacks and anyone else who claims to bring objective, unbiased information to the masses refuse to say.
Over these past few days however, I have noticed a pretty strong response from the MSM against Putin, and his actions. I haven't witnessed them lashing out at Obama for a lack of action, but rather praising him for it. A stern warning and threats of sanctions, and other non-violent intervention; These will do absolutely nothing except further anger the new Axis. The Cold War may finally go hot, and we were too short sighted and eager to progress our social efforts to prove to the world that we are not racist, to actually elect a competent president who has the cojones to deal with a tyrant like Putin.
For a president who has agreed that the invasion of Crimea was wrong, he
sure hasn't reacted in a manner which would help reverse the situation,
and guarantee the interests of the Ukrainian people. My support lies with the poor folks in Ukraine who are opposed to the ties they have with Russia, and desperately want at least some form of a freer market with the Europeans, and maybe even us. I can hardly blame the Ukrainian military for surrendering. Being outnumbered and outgunned, it would have been suicide to go against a military several times larger than your own, especially since they are about equal in terms of technology and strategy both being former Soviet nations.
This next section goes out to anyone in the US who believes Putin is a better leader than Obama. You are absolute scum. People such as yourself fall so easily for the propaganda put out by Russia, and are so caught up in a good vs. evil mindset, you cannot see the error in your belief. Obama is no great leader by any measure, I'm in no way defending his horrible choices as president, and his absolutely idiotic approach towards damn near every single political issue that our country has and is dealing with. But that in no way makes either of them better than the other. They're shitty, just in different, very separate ways.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
DO NOT buy anything from Hot British Deals - Shipped from the UK on Amazon
Where do I begin? After receiving an Amazon gift certificate from one of my relatives, I went browsing around on Amazon for a few things. I ordered a gently used copy of Eat the Rich by P.J. O'Rourke which I've been told is an excellent book for understanding economics and how economies work.
After that I browsed around for some Vegemite which I've tasted previously and liked. I found a very decently priced deal from Hot British Deals - Shipped from the UK on Amazon, and added it to my cart, along with some other British foods.
After I had checked out however, I checked their feedback (Should have checked it BEFORE I checked out) and realized all their recent feed back was 60% or so negative with comments such as "seller said item was lost by the royal mail, it's been 3 months and have still not received items! Never ordering from them again!"
At this point I thought "Oh shit..." and promptly and frantically emailed the seller demanding that they cancel my order, and contacted customer support. After about six of my own messages, the seller finally and most importantly ONLY contacted me back after the customer support representative messaged them, which they responded to with this:
At this point I realized I was in too deep, keep in mind at this point, the seller hadn't marked the shipment as shipped, I had ordered no less than 24 hours ago and the order status was "Preparing for shipment" set to go out on the 3rd.
Several more messages were sent to the seller with no response asking them to cancel my order. I contacted customer service once more and they filed a report, as well as noted that the seller claims the Royal Mail lost the package before it even entered their hands.
After the claim was filed, and another message was sent to the seller, I received this:
At this point it's up to Amazon to fix. Amazon's customer support so far has been excellent at handling it. I have a claim filed and within the month, it should be cleared up.
Be warned, if you're reading this after coming across their Amazon store or any other e-commerce presence they hold, DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THEM as you will receive nothing.
After that I browsed around for some Vegemite which I've tasted previously and liked. I found a very decently priced deal from Hot British Deals - Shipped from the UK on Amazon, and added it to my cart, along with some other British foods.
After I had checked out however, I checked their feedback (Should have checked it BEFORE I checked out) and realized all their recent feed back was 60% or so negative with comments such as "seller said item was lost by the royal mail, it's been 3 months and have still not received items! Never ordering from them again!"
At this point I thought "Oh shit..." and promptly and frantically emailed the seller demanding that they cancel my order, and contacted customer support. After about six of my own messages, the seller finally and most importantly ONLY contacted me back after the customer support representative messaged them, which they responded to with this:
Hi, We are very sorry you have still not received your items, after a few lengthy phone calls with Royal Mail they are now telling me this item is 'lost', we are very sorry about this and we have let them know how feel about this, please understand issues like this are out of our control but we will resolve this issue for you please bare with us. We will reship this order for you. Many Thanks Top Brand Discounts 4 u
At this point I realized I was in too deep, keep in mind at this point, the seller hadn't marked the shipment as shipped, I had ordered no less than 24 hours ago and the order status was "Preparing for shipment" set to go out on the 3rd.
Several more messages were sent to the seller with no response asking them to cancel my order. I contacted customer service once more and they filed a report, as well as noted that the seller claims the Royal Mail lost the package before it even entered their hands.
After the claim was filed, and another message was sent to the seller, I received this:
Hi, This order was already shipped before your request. Thanks
At this point it's up to Amazon to fix. Amazon's customer support so far has been excellent at handling it. I have a claim filed and within the month, it should be cleared up.
Be warned, if you're reading this after coming across their Amazon store or any other e-commerce presence they hold, DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THEM as you will receive nothing.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Defcad.org shut down by US government? Or April Fools Prank?
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
The farce that is "spending cuts"
Ever notice how "spending cuts" always effect you and never the government?
It doesn't seem to matter which level of government either, federal, state, city, etc they all have a sort of doomsday that means the end to what we interpret as essential services provided by them that will be cut short or removed all together.
Are we really that daft to believe that the waste in government comes solely from the action end of our services, and that the long list of administration and useless desk workers are working on the most efficient shoe string budget possible?
Why don't we instead examine these areas and cut down the REAL waste in government?
It doesn't seem to matter which level of government either, federal, state, city, etc they all have a sort of doomsday that means the end to what we interpret as essential services provided by them that will be cut short or removed all together.
Are we really that daft to believe that the waste in government comes solely from the action end of our services, and that the long list of administration and useless desk workers are working on the most efficient shoe string budget possible?
Why don't we instead examine these areas and cut down the REAL waste in government?
Saturday, February 23, 2013
How can we accurately gauge the 2014 elections?
Like many other Americans I too watched the election results of 2012 after casting my ballot earlier that day.
I found that I was severely let down, believing that the course of events that conspired before the election, with libya, you didn't build that, joe biden's endless stream of gaffes, and a collapsed economy; That a Romney lose was either going to be a land slide, or an Obama win was going to be a squeaker.
It turned out to be neither of those, at least regarding the electoral vote.
I was in a state of mental dreaming as if I needed to wake up from some nightmare post Obama reelection. For about a month I thought to myself "Is this really happening? DID Obama actually win, or am I dreaming?"
Alas, time elapsed and the "dream" or more likely a nightmare had not subsided.
The scramble of looking for reasons why Romney lost the election was even more disheartening. Accusations of him not connecting with minorities and women, the stream of taunting from childish Paul bots, etc sent my brain into a state of total disbelief.
How could a nation that had been suffering a worse fate then under it's previous president, possibly re-elect a man, legitimately, that is leading us over a cliff?
I'm certainly not the first to admit that the GOP has become soft, and has unfortunately listened to liberal pundits and decided that appealing to their audience is the right thing to do, has left real conservatives without a party we actually support.
It no longer matters that many of the 08' Obama voters stayed home during this election, when plenty of 08' Obama, 00-04' Bush voters stayed home or voted for Ron Paul/Gary Johnson.
What we must now focus on is how we can win the 2014 election, or at the very least keep the seats we have in the House and prevent the president from further ruining this nation, leaving it's populous a poor and pitiful standard of living, worse then that of Europe.
I know what you're thinking, "You just said you no longer support the GOP, yet you want to keep them in power? Why?"
The simple answer is even though I don't agree with what the GOP is doing, I still believe they will be less damaging then the Democrats.
I don't see the logic in letting things get far, far worse then they need to be for this country, rather then attempting to slow down the process.
YES, I realize that we need to stop it completely, but with our modern lifestyles, and extreme lack of care in making yourself educated about what's going on in the US, let alone the world, that doesn't exactly seem feasible.
If it is time for a third party to take the lime light away from the Republicans and focus on the real issues at hand, let it be so.
However I think it will end up coming out like this past election, but far worse.
Imagine if you will, if a party like the Tea Party or Libertarian party were to wedge themselves into Congress.
We would lose votes to the Libertarians/Tea Party and concede the election to the Democrats, accomplishing nothing.
What ever we choose, has to be a unified effort.
If we hope to further the goal, we MUST do it all at once otherwise we will sink faster then we are already sinking.
Since no plans have been made to do this yet, I am still sticking with the lesser of the two evils since they are less likely to drill as many holes in our metaphorical boat known as the United States, and cause us to sink.
They're still going to drill holes, but FEWER of them.
I found that I was severely let down, believing that the course of events that conspired before the election, with libya, you didn't build that, joe biden's endless stream of gaffes, and a collapsed economy; That a Romney lose was either going to be a land slide, or an Obama win was going to be a squeaker.
It turned out to be neither of those, at least regarding the electoral vote.
I was in a state of mental dreaming as if I needed to wake up from some nightmare post Obama reelection. For about a month I thought to myself "Is this really happening? DID Obama actually win, or am I dreaming?"
Alas, time elapsed and the "dream" or more likely a nightmare had not subsided.
The scramble of looking for reasons why Romney lost the election was even more disheartening. Accusations of him not connecting with minorities and women, the stream of taunting from childish Paul bots, etc sent my brain into a state of total disbelief.
How could a nation that had been suffering a worse fate then under it's previous president, possibly re-elect a man, legitimately, that is leading us over a cliff?
I'm certainly not the first to admit that the GOP has become soft, and has unfortunately listened to liberal pundits and decided that appealing to their audience is the right thing to do, has left real conservatives without a party we actually support.
It no longer matters that many of the 08' Obama voters stayed home during this election, when plenty of 08' Obama, 00-04' Bush voters stayed home or voted for Ron Paul/Gary Johnson.
What we must now focus on is how we can win the 2014 election, or at the very least keep the seats we have in the House and prevent the president from further ruining this nation, leaving it's populous a poor and pitiful standard of living, worse then that of Europe.
I know what you're thinking, "You just said you no longer support the GOP, yet you want to keep them in power? Why?"
The simple answer is even though I don't agree with what the GOP is doing, I still believe they will be less damaging then the Democrats.
I don't see the logic in letting things get far, far worse then they need to be for this country, rather then attempting to slow down the process.
YES, I realize that we need to stop it completely, but with our modern lifestyles, and extreme lack of care in making yourself educated about what's going on in the US, let alone the world, that doesn't exactly seem feasible.
If it is time for a third party to take the lime light away from the Republicans and focus on the real issues at hand, let it be so.
However I think it will end up coming out like this past election, but far worse.
Imagine if you will, if a party like the Tea Party or Libertarian party were to wedge themselves into Congress.
We would lose votes to the Libertarians/Tea Party and concede the election to the Democrats, accomplishing nothing.
What ever we choose, has to be a unified effort.
If we hope to further the goal, we MUST do it all at once otherwise we will sink faster then we are already sinking.
Since no plans have been made to do this yet, I am still sticking with the lesser of the two evils since they are less likely to drill as many holes in our metaphorical boat known as the United States, and cause us to sink.
They're still going to drill holes, but FEWER of them.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
What was MLK's dream about?
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."
I have many a time thought what exactly did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mean by his words in this speech, and in his overall teachings that seem to be so paraded around by liberals and affirmative action supporters, as well as white liberal apologetics (race wise, not religious)
Was Dr. King's dream such that people should be forced to live in mixed race neighborhoods, or that society should be forced to elevate the stature of certain individuals because of the color of their skin?
Does anyone else see how racism is still very much alive and well, but has now reversed itself into a platform for those of black skin color to become superior to whites?
I had always believed and interpreted MLK's teachings to mean a man or woman, no matter what color, creed, etc has the same rights as any other person, and should have the same opportunities as everyone else.
I however do not see the connection that is so often made, that because people of black skin color were essentially treated far worse by society then any other race, that they deserve special privileges and advantages, which in the minds of liberals, would boost their stature and accomplishments to that of whites and exceed them.
This method of thinking has invaded our government and our schools. For example both I and a fellow classmate who are of white or partially white skin color were put in honors classes because the school didn't have enough whites to meet the school district requirement.
As a result I received a pretty poor education for a few years because the material was uninteresting and way above my skill level at the time. Was that worth it? Was my education worth sacrificing so the school could meet some requirement to please some politician, and give them a data point they can rattle off at their next re-election campaign rally?
The particular line that sticks in my mind from MLK's I Have a Dream speech is:
"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".
Funny how those of us who judge the president by his character, by his actions as a president, are thought of as racist for not supporting anything he does. Yet it was perfectly fine to blame Bush for these same reasons, despite him doing things on a much, much smaller scale.
I guess bad presidents can only be white. Black presidents, no matter what actions they take or what character they have are the best presidents we'll ever have in this country, simply because they're black.
As for any ridicule that may come of my stance, accusing my family at one time owning slaves, I'm about to dispel any thought of that.
On my father's side of the family, our family arrived in the US at the start of WWI. I believe it was my Great Great Great Grandfather who came here to avoid being drafted into the Imperial German army.
Last I checked slavery was abolished long before WWI even started.
As for my mother's side of the family, her father and all her siblings came over right before Mao Zedong began the Great Leap Forward campaign which would have killed them, considering they lived in a village of poor farmers.
So what was that about owning slaves? Sorry, no one in my ancestral lineage owned slaves, and actually more then likely my family may have at one point BEEN slaves by some Chinese land owner.
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