Set your WayBack machine to November 2008. Senator Barack Obama was elected president. Suddenly we heard chants of redistribution of the wealth, will take our guns, will force sharia law, convert the US to Islam, and a bunch of even crazier prognostications.
Guess what? None of them happened. Wealth Distribution? The wealthy have gotten wealthier in the past 4 years. Guns? Not one gun has been taken from anyone. Sharia law? Seeing as it's against constitutional law, didn't happen, and neither was the the country converted.
A looming depression was prevented, and a recession was overcome. Was jobs lost? Yes. Recovery is happening, and even Mr Romney said it would 10 to 12 years to recover, but you all whine that President Obama didn't get it done in 4 years.
The man who orchestrated a devastating attack on the US was found, and is now dead. Something Mr Romney said wasn't worth moving heaven and earth to do.
The latest whacko predictions are the US is going to be invaded by Russia or China. Hogwash. If company CEOs have pissy fits because President Obama was re-elected and fires employees because of it, put the blame where it belongs.. on the shoulders of the CEOs.
It's time for you to put on your big boy/big girl pants, and grow the f&&k up and stop pouting that the two faced, swinging more than a weather vane in a hurricane, Etch-A-Sketch Mr Romney was soundly defeated, as were many Tea-Party politicians were.
Nuff said.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Insanity - Doing same thing over and over expecting different result.
The GOP has been running candidates that keep doing the same song and dance; coddle the wealthy, go after the middle class, the poor, senior citizens and women to make up for lost tax revenues. Their behavior is the definition of insanity. This time around, it was even worse with the blatant lies of the Romney campaign, the constant changing of stance on issues, sometimes within hours of pleging something. Telling women that getting impregnated by rape God's will, or just another form of conception.
Voting for President Obama wasn't voting to rely on the government. Taxes and government is what we deal with to have roads, running water, bridges, cities, education, military, electricity, fire and police departments, and a slew of other services. No one likes paying taxes, but if the tax burden is rightfully shared, it's not so onerous.
Social Security, Medicare aren't 'entitlements', as that connotates a hand out. No, they are earned benefits. Veteran's benefits are earned, not entitlements. And we are a nation that takes care of those in need, as in the survivors of Hurricane Sandy. F.E.M.A. isn't a hand out, or an entitlement, it's something our tax dollars pay for, that will even aid those who speak out against 'government entitlements'. A good education is something every child is entitled to get, paid for by our tax dollars, unless you're aiming for a generation of undereducated slave workers.
It's time for some people to realize that there is a bigger issue and world beyond what they can see out their window, and stop being so insular. Either that, or the next time you have a house fire, don't call the fire department, as that's a government funded by tax dollars aka 'socialist' organization. See how that works out for you.
Voting for President Obama wasn't voting to rely on the government. Taxes and government is what we deal with to have roads, running water, bridges, cities, education, military, electricity, fire and police departments, and a slew of other services. No one likes paying taxes, but if the tax burden is rightfully shared, it's not so onerous.
Social Security, Medicare aren't 'entitlements', as that connotates a hand out. No, they are earned benefits. Veteran's benefits are earned, not entitlements. And we are a nation that takes care of those in need, as in the survivors of Hurricane Sandy. F.E.M.A. isn't a hand out, or an entitlement, it's something our tax dollars pay for, that will even aid those who speak out against 'government entitlements'. A good education is something every child is entitled to get, paid for by our tax dollars, unless you're aiming for a generation of undereducated slave workers.
It's time for some people to realize that there is a bigger issue and world beyond what they can see out their window, and stop being so insular. Either that, or the next time you have a house fire, don't call the fire department, as that's a government funded by tax dollars aka 'socialist' organization. See how that works out for you.
Obama 2012 - 274 Electoral College votes
The party of Anti-Science, Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-intellect, sexism has been defeated. Also, much relief that the Koch Brothers and the other billionaires funding Mr Romney's campaign were shown that the Oval Office is NOT up for sale, nor is a Venture Capitalist presidential material.
The wisdom of the young
"Mom, no matter the election results you'll be glad. If President is re-elected, you'll be glad. If Romney is elected, you'll be glad you're living in Australia." Alan Joseph Pavlak (my son) 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Oh good, I won't have to replace so many after all.
Brought Ziggy outside to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine (she likes going out there but doesn't like the harness. But then she squalls just as much when we take it off. Silly moggie).
While I was out there, I decided to inspect the non working solar lawn lights. A whole bunch of them aren't working, so I brought out a screw driver, and my swiss army knife. I took some of them apart to inspect them. It seems that the one group have rechargeable coin batteries. No good, as the batteries would cost more to replace than the solar lights! Those shall be broken down for recycling. The others, their batteries were just old, and I think I was able to salvage 3 (maybe only 2, will have to wait for battery to charge up) out of the 4 of another group.
I will make a tally of how many come on tonight, and then decide on how many and which will be replaced.
While I was out there, I decided to inspect the non working solar lawn lights. A whole bunch of them aren't working, so I brought out a screw driver, and my swiss army knife. I took some of them apart to inspect them. It seems that the one group have rechargeable coin batteries. No good, as the batteries would cost more to replace than the solar lights! Those shall be broken down for recycling. The others, their batteries were just old, and I think I was able to salvage 3 (maybe only 2, will have to wait for battery to charge up) out of the 4 of another group.
I will make a tally of how many come on tonight, and then decide on how many and which will be replaced.
Election Tampering up to date
So far, the GOP has been attempting to move heaven and earth to make sure their candidate sits in the oval office. They know that he can't win by fair means, and are doing all they can to make sure he get there by foul means.
So far, the GOP has (in no particular order):
Changed/restricted or gotten rid of early voting in districts that would favor democratic ticket. (One Republican politician bragged that they changed the PA voter laws so Romney would win the state.)
Engaged in voter intimidation. (GOP and TeaNuts harassing voters at the polls, making all sorts of demands, and just interfering)
Putting up signs saying show photo ID, and in itty bitty almost unreadable text "Voluntary not mandatory", but when people walk away not having the ID, not bothering to tell them, again, in areas that would favor Democratic candidates.
Voter suppression via illegal voter purges, or flat out lying to voters (example, telling voters in Wisconsin that if you've been convicted of a felony, you can't vote. Yes, you can if you've served your sentence, you are fee to vote)
Voter Fraud - Republican worker who works for company with strong ties back to Romney/Karl Rove was busted throwing away filled out voter registration cards. Another one was fraudulent voter registration forms submitted in Florida by a firm the Republican Party hired.
This is just some of the shenanigans the GOP is up to. Let's be real, if the Democratic party did any of these, the GOP would be exploding.
But what gets me about all of this is the blind eye the republican supporters seem to have. If this shit was done TO GOP supporters they would be screaming blue bloody murder! That's called "Hypocrisy". Learn the word, all those who are ignoring what the GOP and it's supporters are doing, because the word hypocrite is readily applied to you.
So far, the GOP has (in no particular order):
Changed/restricted or gotten rid of early voting in districts that would favor democratic ticket. (One Republican politician bragged that they changed the PA voter laws so Romney would win the state.)
Engaged in voter intimidation. (GOP and TeaNuts harassing voters at the polls, making all sorts of demands, and just interfering)
Putting up signs saying show photo ID, and in itty bitty almost unreadable text "Voluntary not mandatory", but when people walk away not having the ID, not bothering to tell them, again, in areas that would favor Democratic candidates.
Voter suppression via illegal voter purges, or flat out lying to voters (example, telling voters in Wisconsin that if you've been convicted of a felony, you can't vote. Yes, you can if you've served your sentence, you are fee to vote)
Voter Fraud - Republican worker who works for company with strong ties back to Romney/Karl Rove was busted throwing away filled out voter registration cards. Another one was fraudulent voter registration forms submitted in Florida by a firm the Republican Party hired.
This is just some of the shenanigans the GOP is up to. Let's be real, if the Democratic party did any of these, the GOP would be exploding.
But what gets me about all of this is the blind eye the republican supporters seem to have. If this shit was done TO GOP supporters they would be screaming blue bloody murder! That's called "Hypocrisy". Learn the word, all those who are ignoring what the GOP and it's supporters are doing, because the word hypocrite is readily applied to you.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
I don't like it when software manufacturers lie
Too often, makers of certain programs will flat out lie in order for you to buy their latest and often not so greatest.
Case in point: OnOne PhotoSuite5 with PhotoTune 3 would be upgraded to v6, but would not have PhotoTune. Ok, fine. Then we were told that PhotoTune wasn't compatible with CS6. Those of us who had it were told "This will no longer work with CS6 so you will have to upgrade!" OnOne also has on their website that PhotoEssentials 4 will not work with Photoshop Elements 11, so you have to get PhotoSuite 7.
Well, just for shits and giggles, I went through the laborious process of installing OnOne PS5, then the upgrade to 5.5, then 6 (hey, it was the way it had to be done, no short cuts) to CS6 (it automatically finds all compatible Photoshop versions). Tried it out, and and PhotoTunes didn't work. I went on an internet search, using the exact error message.
Imagine my surprise when I found out the only reason it didn't work was because it didn't install a critical file needed to launch the tools library. What do to, what to do. I copied the critical file from PhotoShop CS5 into the Photoshop CS6 directory, and three guesses what happened (and the first two guesses don't count). Worked perfectly.
Same thing with PhotoEseentials with PS Elements 11. I installed it, noticed there was one error with one file, so copied it from the PSE 10 directory, and now it works.
So, for shame OnOne for deliberately sabotaging your software in an effort to make people buy your latest.
Case in point: OnOne PhotoSuite5 with PhotoTune 3 would be upgraded to v6, but would not have PhotoTune. Ok, fine. Then we were told that PhotoTune wasn't compatible with CS6. Those of us who had it were told "This will no longer work with CS6 so you will have to upgrade!" OnOne also has on their website that PhotoEssentials 4 will not work with Photoshop Elements 11, so you have to get PhotoSuite 7.
Well, just for shits and giggles, I went through the laborious process of installing OnOne PS5, then the upgrade to 5.5, then 6 (hey, it was the way it had to be done, no short cuts) to CS6 (it automatically finds all compatible Photoshop versions). Tried it out, and and PhotoTunes didn't work. I went on an internet search, using the exact error message.
Imagine my surprise when I found out the only reason it didn't work was because it didn't install a critical file needed to launch the tools library. What do to, what to do. I copied the critical file from PhotoShop CS5 into the Photoshop CS6 directory, and three guesses what happened (and the first two guesses don't count). Worked perfectly.
Same thing with PhotoEseentials with PS Elements 11. I installed it, noticed there was one error with one file, so copied it from the PSE 10 directory, and now it works.
So, for shame OnOne for deliberately sabotaging your software in an effort to make people buy your latest.
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