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Their agenda clear now?

February 16, 2010 Posted by mitch | media, politics | 0 Comments

So, the opinion show of Fox and Friends. Has decided to discuss some unnamed study that going to 4 years of college makes you more liberal. They are saying its because professors are pushing their own liberal bias and that schools employ only liberal professors, and this translates into them rubbing off and being a bit more liberal. And to quote... they ask "How do with fix this?" !?!? First of all... I'm a little put back at the boldness of the statements they were making in the video. I mean... It says a lot about what they really want. They're saying that people shouldn't go to college because you'll become a dumb liberal? Uhm... I'm sure that's why... or maybe they're using that as a reason to keep you from going to school and actually learning something... learning critical thinking? Learning how logic works... learning how if a=b and b=c, then a=c EVERY TIME! Learn to develop your own opinion, and be exposed to many different cultures and people, because government funded schools are required to admit an ethnically diverse student body. In fact it sounds to me like they like to keep their audience uneducated and dumb... so they'll believe and act solely on the agenda they put forth. I mean... the proles were an excellent work force, keeping the party in power and able to do whatever they wanted. They just needed to throw a bone or two every now and again. I have to say... I think our education system is failing... on the basis that at the very minimum, high schools should be teaching Critical Thinking and Ethics classes at least in 10th grade.

My observation of the talking news heads....

January 27, 2010 Posted by mitch | media, thoughts | 0 Comments

So... I'm at home today watching baby Zoey, and I'm flipping back and forth between CNN and Fox News.... CNN spent a good 20+ minutes showing whats going on on Haiti. During that same time... Fox... Nothing but how the state of the union tonight is very critical for the Presidents reputation, even within his own party! There are things he has to say in order to keep the Dem's from turning on him... yeah... so CNN is showing the horrible situation in Haiti... and fox is bickering and FUD stirring. Then Fox moves on to the recall of the "faulty" gas pedals of 8 models of Toyota's. Basically saying Toyota is a HORRIBLE company for having a faulty product AND RECALLING IT. ie: THEIR FIXING THE PROBLEM!! at the cost they even stated of 8 million a week! It wasn't government mandated... it was done at their own accord. But some how this is bad... they show up outside a New York City Toyota dealer and act surprised when someone doesn't see it as a big deal... of coarse they don't put that person on camera, because he was looking for a hybrid, but as soon as they find a crazy lady that agree's that toyota is a horrible company, she gets a full minute to spout her bias moronic view. Her pedal stuck in her toyota camery and she hit a pot, making her an expert that should deserve some face time on the TV, that these cars should be taken off the market (which they were... as noted previously in the story) but they were even hinting that people should stop buying Toyota's all together? WTF Fox! Really... Your about as fair and balanced as an iceberg. ===== Update ====== Just heard commentator say that "American's" probably wouldn't be so against the Health Care Bill, if they just knew what was in it. I'm befuddled... WTF!!! I don't know of any other channel thats put more mystery and added more confusion over just what was in the bill other than Fox News... so... to answer his question... its because of you, you ass-hat...

Jon Stewart Lays into the Dems! Finally... Grow some *#@(@ balls!

January 19, 2010 Posted by mitch | media | 0 Comments

Thanks Jon, we need more to say it... why is it it has to come from a comedian?

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For Fox Sake!

November 2, 2009 Posted by mitch | media | 0 Comments

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Ow3ned!

Depends on what your definition of truth is...

October 4, 2009 Posted by mitch | media, thoughts | 0 Comments

So... I'm annoyed.. I watch/listen to Hannity and Beck, and co... as much as I can stand anyway. I can't stand how they constantly remind you that they are the only ones telling you the "truth". And because I have other resources I use for information, I recognise the lies and the errors in the logic. Also... they appeal to people emotions more than they use actual logic. But this one I enjoyed alot... because apparently Fox New thought that being able to count was all they really needed to know how to do. Not needing to understand anything about how an economy works. Let me explain what I mean, then I'll show you what they did... With regards to the bad economy and the number of layoffs that have been being reported every month for the last 6+ months. If a person is laid off, gets hired some where else, and laid off again... thats still just ONE person out of work... NOT TWO. Yet, could show up as two in the layoff totals for one month or one in two different months. And yet, the "truthers" would like you to believe that its two... as is evident from this reporting of the "truth" from Fox New: If you'll notice, they're claiming that 147 million people are unemployed in the US... Very interesting isn't it? Yet the Department of Labor says that the national unemployment rate is only 9.8%... and with a population of just over 300 million people in the US... Yeah, they're saying that almost 50% of the US is unemployed... really? REALLY?!?!?! and you believe they give you the truth? If they lie about something like this, something that a novice like me could spend more time writing this post than I did to look for evidence to prove their lies what about the things more complicated? When in all actuality at 9.8% of people being unemployed... that's 30,146,595 people. What a leap from 147 million isn't it? And, if your first response is to say that there are still 30 million people out of work and thats a big number... I will agree with you it is... however, also looking at historical data... back in 2007 when we wern't considered to be that bad off economically... the national unemployement in September of 2007 was 4.7%, which still means 14,458,064 people were not working. So in contrast... there are 15,688,531 people without jobs that had them back in 2007. Just to put things into perspective for ya...

so good, I couldn't let it go unnoticed

September 18, 2009 Posted by mitch | media | 0 Comments

In a comment posted on digg.com by one UniversalGuy:

I am a conservative. This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like, using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of U.S. Department of Agriculture-inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. At the appropriate time, as regulated by the U.S. Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the U.S. Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school. After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health administration, enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to my house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and Fire Marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local police department. And then I log on to the internet -- which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration -- and post on Freerepublic.com and Fox News forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right.

To you sir, I say well done!

Cult I say, Cult!

August 31, 2009 Posted by mitch | media, politics | 0 Comments

I've attempted, very poorly I might add... to put to words what I think of our current political situations... With listening to George Orwell's 1984 on my drive home for the last week, I've been making comparisons to today's world and the one imagined by Orwell... and the certain similarities are alarming to be honest. Anyway, I came across an article entitled: The Republican Party Is Turning Into A Cult. And, I believe it describes how I've felt for some time... but I believe it manages to remain "fair" and "balanced".

Speech less...

August 11, 2009 Posted by mitch | media | 0 Comments

I don't know what to say really...

Bill O strikes again

July 29, 2009 Posted by mitch | media | 0 Comments

Ok... so, admittedly I don't watch the Bill O'Reilly Show because I honestly can't stand it... he says things all the time that just make me go "WTF!?!?" (look it up). Anyway, his latest moment: Letter: "Has anyone noted that life expectancy in Canada under our Health Care System is higher than in the USA?" - Peter Gillies - Victoria Canada Bill O: "Thats to be expected Peter, because we have 10 times as many people as you do. That translates to 10x as many accidents, crimes down the line" Uhmm I don't think Bill O knows math at all... while we would have more by Number. Life expectancy is an average, thus things such as those get averaged out, and our life expectancy should be *THE SAME OR GREATER*. By Bill O's logic... China, India... should live to be what? <2?!?! bravo, and I'm sure his audience didn't think twice at such a remark... what a re-tard.

Colbert is spot on

April 2, 2009 Posted by mitch | media | 0 Comments

The 10-31 Project. I love Colbert!

EXT3 for my PS3!

January 17, 2008 Posted by mitch | media, ps3 | 0 Comments

First, this is kind of a rant, I know people have complained about it on the playstation.com forums, but the fact remains... Currently it seems the PS3 only supports FAT32 as a file system on removable drives, which we all know that FAT32 has a file size limitation of 2GB4GB*. So some of my video rips(of DVD's I OWN and DO NOT PIRATE!) to MP4 (with full audio) come in around 2.3-2.72.9 GB. The audio quality actually seems better than when I play them off the DVD in this format, and the video quality seems to remain the same. I rather like the idea of not needing to shuffle and access DVD's when I want to watch a movie, also, when I do have kids, I don't want them man handling the DVD's and making them unreadable... something simple that can access a media file off a central server in my home network seems to be a much better option. Anyway, this brings me to the brunt of my rant... I don't believe the license would prohibit Sony from including EXT3 support in a firmware update, and I say EXT3 simply because it would be the easiest, from a license prospective. I don't think HFS+ is open (tho I know Linux has atleast basic support for it) and NTFS I know isn't. And there are already drivers for MacOS and Windows for EXT3. I'd be fine if it was included but not officially supported file format... Just as long as it works. * Update * As someone rudely pointed out by calling me an ass that Fat32 can do a 4GB file instead of the 2GB I had mentioned earlier. Depending on if MS wants to get legal with their precious IP litigation again, another filesystem would be much preferred.

Awesome take on the Simpsons

December 18, 2007 Posted by mitch | media | 1 Comment

Check this out... an artists take on the Simpsons crossed with an anime style. Its amazing!

Steven Colbert wants to be The Greatest Living American

April 18, 2007 Posted by mitch | media | 0 Comments

Seriously, I love the Colbert Report on Comedy Central and when Steven asks to be Google Bombed as The Greatest Living American, that is what he will be.

Whats with the knee-jerk responces?

April 17, 2007 Posted by mitch | media, thoughts | 0 Comments

- UPDATED - April 17th 3:41pm - it appears that the shooter did purchase the 9mm through a gun shop. However, I have also found some of the short 1 act plays that the shooter had written. While some may claim that they're sick and twisted. I would rather argue that they're are quite immature for the age. The story as its written seems much more junior high to me. Tho, possibly some type of insite into his own persona... Thinking he definitely needed some type of psychiatric care. As, most of you have undoubtedly heard, there has been an awful tragedy at Virgina Tech, and my heart goes out to the families of the victims. Those feelings aside... I'm again, infuriated by the responses people have been giving with regard to the situation. Saying that VT "should have locked down the school and notified students of the situation". Is the scale of this type of claim really that far above and beyond peoples comprehension? The sheer logistics of such a feat are mind boggling. To say that after what appeared to be an isolated incident in the first shooting with no information or evidence leading anyone to believe there would be another shooting 2 hours later, they should have locked down the whole school!?!? And that they should have warned everyone? Again... if this was say Manhattan, I don't think anyone would be able to walk on city streets... EVER. If they had to follow the same guidelines... A normal High School, is entirely different as its usually very controlled with one large building and maybe a few smaller ones just around the perimeter and usually less than 10 buildings total, and <5,000 students. This was an open College campus with a mix of residential and commercial intermixed to boot. With over 40,000 students alone. Its would be kind of hard to lock down over 700 buildings! Why is it that when a tragedy strikes... we want to pawn off the responsibility of it onto "things" and "entities" instead of the person/people that committed the acts? I hear the cult of Scientology is saying that the shooter was probably over medicated on anti-depressants, as they had also "discovered" that is what caused Columbine. Yeah... you read that right... Or, VT didn't do enough to warn people, or they didn't shut down the campus... This is all BS... honestly. Don't get me started on Gun control, as it had nothing to do with it. I've seen reports that the serial numbers were filed off of the guns.... why would the shooter, prior to doing what he did, file off the serial numbers to his guns? Quick answer is he wouldn't.. why bother, he went in knowing he was probably going to die. By his own hand or the police or someone else with a gun, I'm pretty sure he knew he wouldn't come out of it alive(Also, none of the other tragedies have ever had filed off serial numbers). So again, why were these ones filed off? The simple answer was that is the way they were when he got them. Which also means he did not obtain them legally. So more strict gun laws WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM HAPPENING. Its been said many times, but I still think it needs repeating: The only thing stricter gun laws do, is prevent lawful citizens from obtaining guns. Making guns illegal will mean only criminals will have guns. If anything, we should be encouraging more lawful citizens to carry guns. Which leads to the latest whipping boy... Video Games. Jack Thompson was very quick to exploit this tragedy for his own agenda against the Video Game Industry. My argument is the same as I've written about before. Look at the statistics... Look at the TENS of MILLIONS of gamers in the US alone. Then look at the numbers of these types of incidents(I'm not trying to discount them, just trying to bring a little perspective with regards to gamers).... If Video Games were training our youth and even those that have aged into their mid 30's now... we are looking at MUCH less than 1% of possible gamers. I don't buy it, any of it. Why the media allow the lunatics to spread their own propaganda without ANY evidence what-so-ever is beyond me. As bad as that is... People believe it... I don't know which is worse... more and more, The movie Idiocracy becomes more and more ironic... Which seems to be leading us more towards that of V for Vendetta. The police state everyone seems to think is a great idea, in order to feel "safe". I believe it was Ben Franklin (on of our founding fathers) that said:

He that would give up liberty for a little temporary safety, deserves neither.