Monday, May 30, 2011

Memorial Day

RatesToGo
This goes out to all the fallen and the families that have had to suffer so that America can and always will be a bastion of freedom in an imperfect world.

On this day, politics aside, everyone in this country should remember those brothers and sisters who have, with ultimate honor, sacrificed their most precious possession to ensure the freedoms that we happily squabble over like children. (reposted from last year)

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Osama

Fox news reporting (Geraldo) that Osama Bin Laden is dead (he says confirmed) and the President is going to speak very soon on 'unknown subject'.

Great news if it's true.

Waking up?

Korczak
Americans might (just might) finally be figuring out this debt thing.
PRINCETON, NJ -- The large majority of Americans say spending too much money on unneeded or wasteful federal programs is to blame for the federal budget deficit, while 22% say the deficit is a consequence of not raising enough in taxes to pay for needed programs.(link)
Read the whole thing and check out the breakdown on the numbers. Democrats are still much more likely to want to raise taxes, but even they have a majority (56%) that think out of control spending is the problem.

Warzone

 Recently played a few games on Caldera (warzone) and then... Lots of luck in this one, but satisfying