When I realize the commandment I am weakest to keep is, "Thou shalt not covet;" I also realize that it's the one Leftists despise above all.

Come now Spain. Universidade de Vigo is carrying the water for the entire nation on iTunesU & are there any video podcasts originating here?

Bait and Switch, Telefonica Style - Movistar Engaña a Un Pringado Más

Bait and Switch, Telefonica Style
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I ordered an iPhone from the only officially authorized source of iPhones in Spain: Movistar. It's the mobile / cell phone branch of the telecom monster, Telefonica.
As you can see, they did not send me an iPhone, but if I open the package any further, I will have even more difficulty than I am already in for, in trying to send it back, to get what I've paid for.

Orange, not to be outdone, will not let me unblock my old phone, that I purchased through them over 2 years ago, so I am stuck, with no working cell phone. I KNEW I NEVER SHOULD HAVE BITTEN THE APPLE OF TEMPTATION, BUT SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR iPhones TO BE OFFICIALLY CARRIER FREE!!!!! I even had an actual bad dream about getting screwed again, (not kidding,) and I still went for the bait.

My Nokia died recently. Coincidentally, Movistar had offered me a free iPhone, plus 30% discount on monthly plan. Bastards sent a Palm Pre!

Despicable, Telefonica Movistar, and Orange, too! If you change carriers in Spain, better not forget to get your phone's unlock code first!

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
Lao Tzu

Lame viral marketing ploy: vodafone_es tries a wikipedia scam. http://ping.fm/FDLrb

Patrick Henry Hughes

Heavy weights, or a pole wedged in between the seat and the roof of the cab, should have been obvious to the writers of Lie to Me. Sheesh.

If a company uses my voiceprint for customer service, without asking, is that an invasion of privacy? GPS/cell triangulation for language?

If the human brain is supposed to be such an impressive, and difficult to emulate super-computer, why is it so bad at math?

World's Largest Earthquake Shake Test in Japan

Living so close to such a blatant hypocrite could lead to tiredness and irritability, if I let it.

BOO!

vain ... much disturbed ...

Norway Cloud Spiral - Simulation of possible explanation

Free #Cuba political prisoner #DarsiFerrer NOW! Libren a Darsi Ferrer YA! Viva los derechos humanos http://tinyurl.com/DarsiFerrer #DDHHCuba

Wow, plenty of B.S. in NPR's podcasts this week.

Obama's Speech Made Zo Rant.

Perfection

It was only 68 years ago?! And they still speak Japanese in Japan! I wonder if any 2 peoples in earth's history were so quick to move on?

Moving Beyond the Fake Stimulus: Reviewing Policies that Produce Real Growth

That'll learn 'em. http://ping.fm/XlEaO
You think you know, but you have no idea.

Just in case anyone wonders what is my top Christmas wish?

Eric Holder could resign.

The difference between 'too much' and 'not enough' ground cumin is so difficult to measure, and yet an attempt is always worthwhile somehow.

Ugh! After just under 4 yrs, I have to give up on my N80, & standing up for Nokia. 2 screens, 5 firmware flashes. Slider phone = dead :.^(

Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Bigger Gov't Is Not Stimulus

The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
- Virgil Thomson

Juan Carlos Hidalgo comenta realidad latinoamericana en VOA

Michael Crichton on Environmentalism as a Religion

Fresh tangerines are quite pleasant, but I also enjoy peeling & sectioning, & leaving it for a few hours, letting the skin become crinkly.

Surprised Kitty

Is it Caturday where you are?

The Senate health bill has the beginnings of VAT taxation. There must be a revolt against this. America with both Income & VAT is no America

I begin to feel smug when I see Brits and Spaniards afflicted with the same type of gossip and springer-esque bilge as US -then, I get sad.

It seems there should be some open source standard for gps map updates It's becoming like printer ink Cheaper to throw the old hardware away

CFL's really do make me feel sickly and irritable. I have seen some LED light that I like. I hope it becomes affordable someday. OLED?

is thankful that all it took was new plugs & wires to get his (wife's) car running again. VR6 = expensive, even when swapping them yourself.

I am pro-immigration-reform and pro-health-insurance-reform, but I am anti-orwellian-word-twisting of the word "reform" & all doublespeak.

Judge Andrew Napolitano Natural rights Patriot Act - Part 3 of 3

Without hyperbole, I think this may be the most important YouTube video I've ever seen.

UPS vs. FEDEX: Ultimate Whiteboard Remix

This may be a first: a TV show might just actually get me to read a book. Legend of the Seeker --> Sword of Truth. Spain, Spain, Spain.

Sometimes I think I should have been a geologist, as this is the most fascinating thing I've seen in a week: http://ping.fm/ZqIlY

How quickly politicians lie, and drop centrally important campaign promises, when elected How lying liars in the press killed the newspaper

When writing in stone, favoring your right hand on the mallet, it does seem more natural to write right-to-left; clay and stylus not so much

to clarify "priceless" = I can't even bribe my 'Community President' to consider a solar panel on my section of canopy & no loans for mopeds

2 street-legal electric mopeds: €24k; An 8kWh/d solar station on the roof of my parking stall: €4k; Permission & a loan to do it? Priceless.

wonders if George Bernard Shaw would have considered reality tv as a form of martyrdom? http://ping.fm/whvdV

Just as I always expected, Calatrava IS an alien:
http://ping.fm/odzDs

http://ping.fm/ZUZ3O

Who needs Net Neutrality? We NEED competition. Bust them up (again) make them compete for the USER, at the consumer level. If not: NN is ok.

Dont Copy Europes Mistakes: Less Government Is the Right Way to Fix Healthcare

Hey kids! Want to make old people nervous? Use these as ringtones... http://ping.fm/n0vA1

Rush Limbaugh's "Susan in Glendale" : The Obama Healthcare Smoothie

Socialism Kills

Socialism Kills

Did capitalism die, or is it about to commit suicide-by-cop?

Shot Fired Into Home of Lou Dobbs of CNN!

choose a [spouse] you're also choosing their family All the love & hate, the history that made them who they are becomes a part of your life

So, $9k you'd save on gas. How much can the dealer charge you to replace and dispose of the batteries? Talk about planned obsolescence.

Now, let's say gas averages $3/gal during that time, and you can choose a 25mpg car or a 100mpg hybrid. You'll spend $12k in gas, or $3k.

Now say you're looking to buy yourself a car (you're not laid off UAW) & you put 100k miles on it in the time it takes to pay off the loan.

Say you pay taxes, and your gov' took it and gave it to a company that turns around and makes their product in a factory in Europe: (Fisker)

hmmm... http://tinyurl.com/yl7k5kq
http://tinyurl.com/yj3tv7a

NSFW Climate Change Bedtime Story

So which is it? Mixed Messages From Government Leaders on Health

Obama in this clip seems to say that the very people who will be at the 'head of the line' for flu vaccines are actually the very people who won't be at the head of the line according to public health workers actually administering the vaccine.

Obama: ...Unhealthy kids, pregnant women...

...........VS..........

"...officials sent out a notice Thursday saying supplies were limited so they first want to reach the target group - healthy, non-pregnant people ages 2 to 49, especially health care workers or those who care for infants."

http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/65706417.html

So which is it, and aren't you glad politicians get involved in these types of decisions?

I too am ashamed by the foolish and hypocritical things I've said and done in the past.

I love that I can still get surprised by a stray popcorn kernel that pops, even after I've emptied the whole microwave bag into its bowl. ❃!

Pro-Lifer Assaulted at Prayer Vigil Outside Planned Parenthood

Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?

Iraq-Land of Manti, Obama-Pachus, McChrystal-Captain Moroni, Acorn-Morianton: Compare and contrast the parallels amongst yourselves.

Watching A Mighty Wind, in Spanish, is not very funny. Too bad so much relies on actually hearing the original actors' voices and timing.

Glenn at his best

John Stossel - The Minimum Wage and Consequences

Are there any phrases to say "maybe You just Can't Go Home Again" in Spanish that will make sense to a Spaniard? http://bit.ly/spUBR

TV surpassed Film in entertainment quality; Not HBO, not Sat. or Cable, and certainly not "Reality" or talent shows. Examples? House? MXC? ?

Explosive Video, Fannie Mae CEO calling Obama and the Dems the "Family" and "Conscience" of Fannie Mae

Timeline shows Bush, McCain warning Dems of financial and housing crisis; meltdown

We Now Have A Total Gangster Government

The Broken Common Bond

Either I wasn't paying attention, or my professors failed to tell us, when we read Rigoberta Menchu, that it wasn't true.

At least 37 states, since the original 13, have been added to the Union, under the U.S. Constitution. Some readmitted, but why did it stop?

Illegal immigration destroys democracy, and if unchecked, entire republics. Think about it, and reject any politician who allows it.

JFK on Mormons

I have already begun shrinking. I used to be 189cm tall, just 2 years ago-now 187 & still have 189 wingspan. At this rate I'll be 4'9" @ 76.

CNN+'s way to question the Nobel committee's decision? -> to hourly quote Hamas and Taliban leadership's grievances against the west. classy

feeling the sharp edges of my of my exploded bicuspid, wondering what's the point of socialized medicine that doesn't cover dental.

can't even breathe, listening to the Obvious Child, closing my eyes so hard it looks like a digitized iTunes screensaver,

and then developed a benign brain tumor. Benign my ass. When things get bad enough to leave, don't go back simply because you now know why.

whose mental and emotional instability leads her to betray the very principles that brought us together in the first place,

would rather have spent the rest of my life caring for a wheelchair-bound invalid, than with a useless woman

watched two episodes of Flashpoint, one in Spanish, one in English, and I am impressed. Thank you Antena 3.

Just read an interesting passage about Gid & some loud-mouthed intelligence officers said too much too loudly and made a bad situation worse

Confiscación de Tierras en Calabozo Edo-Guarico por parte del INTI

Caught on tape!

Feeling better today. Took a walk through the park before work, listened to Selected Shorts: http://ping.fm/rEclY

On top of all that, I've got the Police Academy Theme stuck in my head. Dum dum dedum da dee dee dum, dumde-du³-dum dedum, dada dee³ dum!

Not only did my pet get half-eaten by a falcon, (I've seen them flying suspiciously close lately,) but now Dumb & Dumber won't be the same.

Sad -left my pet bird on the balcony, and came home to find its body, with puncture marks, still almost entirely inside its cage, sans head.

Si estas pasando por un infierno, sigue para adelante. Si crees que lo mereces, aún sigue, y cuando te libras, eso también lo merecerás.

comes across some object made of a plastic & remembers a Christmas of Star Wars action figures, their tropical smell, and heat when chewed.

PSA - Listen to Overpaid Celebrities

http://blogforcuba.typepad.com/my_weblog/

http://blogforcuba.typepad.com/my_weblog/

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Radio Globo (Pro-Zelaya/Los Comunistas) Arenga contra los judios

Moral relativism doesn't get much sicker than a group of women who have previously bemoaned bullying, and then defend the rape of 13 yr old

Oh Spain, Spain, Spain, when are you going to stop settling for shirky customer service? When? ¡¡¿Cuándo, Cuándo, Cuándo?!!

just occurred to me how improbable it is to have descended from a people who preferred losing for being too nice, over winning by too mean.

un

Vote for no congress incumbents, unless they get on C-SPAN saying the banned speech - http://ping.fm/zkMX4

I don't reboot often, but now w/ Snow Leopard, I reboot twice as fast, BUT it now takes TWICE as long to do anything: Bluetooth mouse & k.b.

WooHoo! Spanish Old and New Testament are up and running online, with full crossreferences, saved mark-up, and media library. lds.org/es/ot

Bob Hope on Zombies and Democrats

Bwaaaaains!

one of my favorites about doing my own laundry is getting to perform a Clothespin Resuscitation™. When that little wooden leg pops back in

The largest margins are easiest in the most expensive products of their class. Car insurance for young drivers, eh GEICO?

Obama's FCC Diversity Czar Loves Hugo Chavez's Revolution - Czar Mark Lloyd - Glenn Beck

Since when did I install Google Gears? Man I have to stop clicking "OK" after bedtime. I can't remember anything I do while sleep deprived.

Home Sharing - Compartir en Casa - on iTunes 9: Drag & Drop works! Arrastra y Soltar tu propia música de tu Deskie a tu Lappy

Jack Webb Schools Barack Obama on Healthcare

How? How did they know?

Am I the only one whose fillings ache from the whine of OLED screens?

Snow Leopard's spellchecker now calls "Multi-lingual" = "Automatic by Language."

Is it just me, or did Google remove the options images, maps, and news (etc.) from the top-menu of search results pages? WTF

Despite not approving of the phrase, our president Barack Obama, is THE person who best embodies American Exceptionalism http://bit.ly/vxSGp

http://ping.fm/ikHDg Name Brand Spain

Did Tolstoy know, that he exposes my worst weakness and greatest fear; that she wouldn't have married me if she had had a better childhood?

Happy families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. If my wife had a better childhood, wouldn't I be happier now?

I forgive Huell Howser's politics, I love his accent, knack for finding good in anything & his podcast makes me homesick http://bit.ly/FcQec

Obamas Mother of All Political Lies

Just in time for people (criminals) who don't want to register their pay-as-you-go SIMcards, as the EU is requiring: http://ping.fm/oO5lh

okay, so is a "buycott" the same as a "girlcott" ? sometimes I feel sorry for Spanish news translators

Pigs? Fishies? Are they sarcastic? In Spanish it sounds like pigland-Cerdeña; English sounds like Sardine; Italian Sardegna sounds sardonic.

If you live in Spain and have $1500 you can get an iPhone that will work with your existing SIM, even if you don't use Telefonica. http://ping.fm/6dW4S

So, "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit" doesn't apply to the Barabbas of Lockerbie. Western Civ keeps turning its best traits in the wrong direction.

Why Europeans have no qualms pirating American products? Snow Leopard single user box set $169 within US; but $209 + $33 VAT = $242 in Spain

Hugo Castro, micromanaging, closing down golf courses. http://ping.fm/Dkfvq

@Colin: For some reason, when I got up this afternoon, my wife was trying, unsuccessfully, to tune in to a local radio station that plays popular flamenco music. It reminded me of when we lived back in the States, and would practically wear-out her CDs that had artists like Pastora Soler, Nina Pastori or Alba Molina, whenever she was feeling homesick.
So, now we're in Spain, whenever I'm feeling the 'blue Virginia blues,' I find myself getting out the Alison Krauss and Union Station, or Rhonda Vincent and the Rage CDs, and going for a drive.
Back when we lived in Virginia, my Dad would play the Stained-Glass Bluegrass show on the radio as we drove to church on Sundays, and my Mom would put on the Thistle & Shamrock show on the drive home.

I got back from my own drive today, and started listening to this music done by these Scythian guys, and it was truly a nice touch, and well timed.
I've been reading about Alan Lomax, and wondering now if he wouldn't have loved getting a couple of Ukrainians to "sing into his can."

Also, back in Virginia I was taught under the Suzuki school as well. Mostly, I just fiddled around, though ;-)

On Virginia's flag, the victor stands over the conquered tyrant, wearing her Amazonian garb. On a few occasions the ancient Scythians joined ranks with the queens of the Amazons to attack the Greeks. Ages later, the Goths started their migration from the northern shores of the Black Sea, ending up in Spain, and even today, in the Canary Islands, teenage punks spray paint "Fuera Godos" on the handball courts.

How many of us, throughout time, have imagined retiring to the golden shores of some blessed and fortunate island in the west, only to find we're still stuck in Spain, eating macaroni and cheese?

As Joe Walsh says, "I can't complain but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."

http://www.alisonkrauss.com/media/restless/

http://espanol.video.yahoo.com/watch/2827047/v33881861

http://wamu.org/programs/sgbg/

http://thistleradio.com/

http://www.angelfire.com/psy/amazon/index_files/image003.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/670px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjXsBv4zzPI&eurl

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4krgv_celticthe-dubliners-barney-mckenna_music

The oldest Galician recordings ever, by Alan Lomax

Charles Barnett (The Alan Lomax Collection)

"There's something weird about every family, Shawn. That's what makes America great." -Officer Henry Spencer, Psych.

Dash Cam: Mom tasered in front of her kids in New York

A hypoglycemic, security guard, who was deceived by a hispanic woman, and can't grow a beard, and isn't very fit - is it me or Paul Blart?

Dem Congresswomen Admits ObamaCare = Taxpayer Funded Abortion Coverage

This Is Priceless - Leah From New Hampshire For President

"Don't put words in my mouth..." - Peter Schiff, me, et. al.

it's just wrong to do that to a Buick like that.

So is Psych back? yay!

HITLER RANTS ABOUT OBAMA HEALTHCARE AND RIGHT WINGERS

OMGWTFBBQ

Where's the ACLU in all this?

Robert Gibbs Responds To Whitehouse Website Fishy Emails

mumble mumble lie mumble lie mumble mumble lie

Hopefully I won't soon get bored, but so far following @JQAdams_MHS has enlightened me to this: http://ping.fm/Z3fSz

forgot how revolting it is to have started eating a beautiful apple, only to find it tastes awful & has half a worm still in it. Like voting

I have gained over a kilo a week for eight weeks straight. And I did it without diet or exercise!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha "...with del Toro in town to pick up an award and the other three working on a "research project..." ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

just how many languages are there, then, that sound like "mid" when their saying "with" ??

John Conyers on Reading the Healthcare Bill

Seems like she enjoys sticking it to the real labels for their loud TV ads and overpaid models. A Spaniard complains about TV noise=precious

My neighbor and his girlfriend are loudly, drunkenly? discussing knock-off apparel, on their balcony, at 3AM. She enjoys buying counterfeits

Is it just me or is there a lot more violence and murder in the news recently?

Bezo's apology is a good template for any business leader who's company has turned against its customers, and wants to turn things back.

When the president starts "regretting" that people "obsess" over his remarks, there's something wrong with the remarks or the press or both.

How DNA Copies Itself

It makes sense to me that inter-department budgetary competition would make for a meaner and leaner armed forces. Am I wrong? F-22 worth it?

Diamond Rio: In God We Still Trust

You've been had: As simple as not reading a bill, but still voting for it. You've been had. They want the power. It's your power. Stop it.

My local candidate for this year's Darwin Awards: http://ping.fm/tHBq9

Creepy! Amazon just made the decision an extremely easy one. Will I buy a Kindle, ever? NO! http://ping.fm/0keFx

The Moody Blues - Emily's Song - John Lodge Song

I only learned today what I had suspected about this song, that it was a father's words to his child.

There's something really specially about this song. Eternal, for me.

I also hear a couple of Buddy Holly songs inside of this song.

I moved from one apt to another, in the same building, lost 96% of my bandwidth: Jazztel's failure to remedy this is pushing me toward wimax

My new favorite feature in Safari, which may or may not be new, is: right-click any word, and middle-click "search in google" OPENS NEW TAB!

Tío Chano vs Transformers 2 (Spoiler Alert!)

Joe Lima is my hero.

Hour 5 of Torchwood was an epic, end-of-an-era for me, and afterwards I was so in the mood for a Samantha Who and a Burn Notice. Thanks USA!

Well, I guess Torchwood makes for the most watchable four hours of television in the last two months. Come on U.S. make some new TV for me.

The Obama Stimulus: Predictions vs. Reality

Someone put words to what I was feeling: "Michael Jackson was dead to me long before he passed away." -neighbor talking too loud on balcony.

To paraphrase Evan Sayet: If there is no such thing as correct and incorrect, there is nothing to progress towards-There are no progressives

HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "How Modern Liberals Think"

Worth every minute

There is no ruling class in America. Or better said, everyone who votes is the ruling class. Unless they continue to vote for 'rulers'

We need to get together, and stop allowing those who are supposed to represent us from acting like they rule us. It's our job to rule them.

Durban Review - Swag Bag

Michael Jackson is Dead

Dan Mitchell on cutting the Dept. of Education on CNBC

How are Americans not rioting in the street. Listen to the whole thing. Sign up for the podcast. http://ping.fm/MS8aZ

Andrew Thompson - We're In Business

Just in case

yay, WIRED used an image of mine: http://ping.fm/avVAV

Hey kids, you do not belong to the state; it belongs to you.

I wish I could watch Weeds, and not understand the Spanish. Knowing what they're saying makes it a little less 'scary'

Non-user-replaceable laptop battery sounds like such a bad idea, Apple. I've already burned through two in my 12" Powerbook.

Americans! WARNING!! Never accept a VAT (or "national sales tax") unless you make sure you first repeal your income tax. No VAT for America!

My guilty pleasure: MXC

http://ping.fm/xAJbw Don't get eliminated!

Windows 7 Spain: 2 hr free d.l. and burn. 30 min install. Only needed one driver, Nvidia already had it on their site. Cool "Spain" theme.

silence is golden but duct tape is silver

Mother-in-law ran a failed clothing retail, wife got fired from a laundromat, & I'd kill for a top-load washer and a gas dryer right now.

week of having company over, can confirm: all females in my wife's family claim inability to smell mildew/mold, even in someone else's house

Updated to 10.5.7 both Powerbook 12" and Mac Mini Intel without a hitch. Also without any noticeable improvement in the things that bug me.

Steven Malanga on CNBC's "Closing Bell" with Maria Bartiromo

Bartiromo pwns Tasini

So, now that my president has got his: job-titles, first-place outward markers of success, his economic dominance; we should to stop trying?

"the Grendel got in again" I woke up the whole house laughing at the Simpsons again. sorry

Hasta La Vista, Arnold!: What California's Budget Mess Means for America

This open font, CartoGothic Std, is really making me happy right now. Free² http://ping.fm/go1ME

iTunes finally killed my account. I am staying overseas, and I can no longer buy on the U.S. store, and I will no longer. Dumbasses.

As cold and aloof we may seem as English speakers, we still start our letters, even business correspondance, with "Dear"

Unrealistic-birthday-wish: http://www.0-360.com/ want one so bad, I just wish I had some genius way to convince the wife I can't live w/o it

On Naked Short Selling from DeepCapture.com

Naked short selling - redefining systemic risk from Judd Bagley on Vimeo.

That's: Rexona solid and Ikea Pokal 17278 respectfully (I know, respectively... it's hilarious)

TMI time: The only deodorant that I can find around here that works, happens to be manufactured in Russia. Same for the glasses I drink from

my feeble attempt to offset my grey hairs with pectoral muscles will end all too little all too late.

Hey kids!
Want to make old people nervous?
Use these as ringtones...

http://ping.fm/n0vA1

An Engineer's Guide to Cat Yodeling (with Cat Polka)

omgwtfbbq

Substituting some strange meats for Jimmy Dean, and what my grandparents would have simply called, "breakfast" is sold as "Full English..."

None of the hotels use the phrase "continental breakfast." "'American buffet'" on the other hand, is better described as "all-you-can-eat."

So, per capita, a single individual in the U.S. can produce for export the same value of goods that it takes 4 people in China to export.

Life on Mars, Spanish TV version: not too shabby!

I have a ride, but nothing to wear.

I have got a gripe, but no influence.

Smee

People who want to institutionalize public health never cease to give conflicting messages, and thus demonstrate why the individuals themselves are the only ones qualified to make those important choices, not a confused bureaucracy...

The "wrong" type of grease in our food has become a controlled substance, and yet the people I've met that support this decision also think that they should be able to buy and smoke marijuana legally. Many of those same people also believe that it requires a law to keep people from smoking tabacco in the wrong places.

According to them, there should be a 'right to die,' such as doctor assisted suicide, and yet certain prisoners must be kept on "suicide watch."

We should never sentence a convicted murderer to death, just in case there's a chance that we kill an innocent person, or even if they are guilty, because of all the potential that person might have had to live a better life. And yet, a woman supposedly should be able to abort, (and kill any potential life,) of any fetus she wants, for any reason, without consulting the father, or the grandparents, just in case it might inconvenience her during the time it takes for the adoption.

Another mixed message over "what's best for society's health" comes now from girls who grew up being taught to hate their Barbies, because their moms were jealous of the "unhealthy image" or "unobtainable ideal" she portrays.
And yet, we are supposed to support a utopian socialized medicine scheme exactly BECAUSE it is an ideal, an unobtainable ideal, because then our intentions would be good. But, teaching abstinence is somehow too irrationally optimistic for them.

None of it adds up, and the biggest hypocrisy comes from those who are so quick to push the relativist's point of view in their attempt at "tolerance."
They'll say things like "there is no black or white, just shades of grey," in order to justify the idea that somehow traditional values of right or wrong no longer apply, and that you're a "demented redneck" if you try to stand up for what you believe in, or if you conserve worth in the American Dream or even just sitting around the dinner table with your kids, and talking to them about having standards.

They'll preach that everybody has to "break free" from the constraints of the 'out dated' morals and define for themselves their own personal morality.
But, not if you're too fat and rich for them, or too skinny and pretty, in this case.

"To each his own" only applies when they're getting theirs. And how dare you talk about it on the radio, without asking their permission.

Don't you know they won THE election?!!

Okay, so The Big Bang Theory is now my favorite sitcom. My wife helped me to realize I wasn't getting some of the uncomfortable situations.

Abusive Border Patrol Agents w/ Nun Chucks at NM Checkpoint

always carry a camera and always refuse warrantless searches, or your rights will be denied you as well. Make this the norm, and not the exception.

Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920

it's weird, Sarkozy's criticism of my president and my prime minister still manages to get me to feel defensive and a little ticked off, Hmm

I'm trying to reconcile the way I feel about airlines charging the obese extra with the way I feel about ISP bandwidth charges.

Biased CNN reporter enraged at TEA Party protesters

Interviewer or heckler?

Made a nice, big mug of chamomile this 'morning' when I got up. It's the least I can do. Happy 15th, America!

Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito, from Virgil's Aeneid; "do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it." Von Mises

The highlight of my Easter weekend turned out to be Doctor Who.

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

Mythbusters made me think of Buckaroo Banzai. I must see it again. John Lithgow has oft read me to sleep on Symphony Space's Selected Shorts

Ron Paul 0wnz the Federal Reserve

What's keeping merchant marine from defending itself, ala Benjamin Button?

I just got the emails informing me that they are cancelling my .mac homepage and my groups. Couple that with all the twitter spam = AARGH!

32 songs in 8 minutes

Is pronunciation genetic? So many Northern Europeans seem to speak English so fluidly, yet Spaniards seems to struggle. How to test for it?

Obama Bows to Saudi King

Daniel Hannan MEP: The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government

Milton Friedman - Greed

another thing that Spain does better: generic sugar-free cola drink. To me, Hacendado brand DIET tastes as good as NORMAL Coke, costs a 4th.

A decade later, Valencia catches up with Poway. See Blink 182 vs Dr. Pitangu.

Mom & Dad and a cow-orker recommended Life on Mars. It passed my 1 episode watchable test, but can my bandwidth handle another tv series?

Still in pajamas, had idea for new iPod Shuffle in-ear-phones; has adjust band/strap behind and/or over top of head. Otherwise: Uhura-style.

I think I've got a bad case of the pajamas.

Real, must see TV

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS! (Featuring Michael Moore)

Why do I keep a copy of iWork06 installed? To export cheap, quick, wysiwyg pages as html, of course. Sad, but true.

Words I can't explain why I hate the sound of: redoubt, polémica...

just realized that I've always know Southern Gothic, without knowing it's called that, and that I can never forgive myself for leaving it.

Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Cri

GBH-Grievous Bodily Harm
ABH-Actual Bodily Harm
Things I learned on LAW & ORDER | UK

...by two separate yet equally important groups; the police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders...

Is Pam Beesly the Samwise Gamgee (and actual hero) of The Office? Compare and contrast. Ring-wraith=camera crew? Viewer=all-seeing Sauron?

Haikus can be strange
And end unexpectedly.
Refrigerator.

-Heard on How Stuff Works Podcast

http://ping.fm/FYcpz

Unreal! Spanish judges are "on strike" and marching down the street, blowing whistles like juvenile delinquents. Honor has lost its meaning

Stained Glass Bluegrass; No one to recognize it here, neither disapprove, nor worry that I'm ursurping "their" music by missing Red Shipley.

Discovered a new TV show (for me) on Spanish TV: The Journeyman.

How could this have been the first time I've heard about any of these important legal issues? Well done video presentation: http://ping.fm/SDlxy

So, not only does anti-matter exist, but we actually have been USING it on ourselves for years. A PET scan is Positronic Emission Tomography

It's official, my wife has actual brain damage. It's right there, on the MRI. This could explain a lot.

A belt buckle on Bones, a belt buckle on My Name Is Earl, and maybe my wife is right, the TV watches us back. A game of horseshoes!

Progress? http://ping.fm/viySm

Totally sweet trick I just learned in the RouteBuddy forum: just append &output=kml to the end of a google maps url to get a kml track file

As a kid I mixed up my w's and r's, something my older sister helped me to sort out. Now my w's and g's (a little.) Spanish is rubbing off.

So, Daschle's out on principle but Geithner's in by process?

Last night's storm caused a tornado in downtown Malaga. A previous storm caused a tornado in Estepona. I'm told this is extremely rare.

A thunderstorm is going over, it's pitch black, and the hailstones are bouncing off the balcony hard enough to hit the window at eye level.

Websites of Spanish businesses don't actually work. Something always jams. Insurance quotes, change mobile or internet service, buy tickets?

I'm on the record that I have always supported the Celebrity & Athlete Windfall Tax. It's time to show us how true liberals pay their taxes

YuoTube [sic] trippingtoindia.com Adobe Flash 10.37 and KobeLightftot1985 are malware social engineered messages saying YOU are in a video.

Cambio

Why didn't I see this until now?

got ding'ed for $14.95 by proflowers.com's "easy saver" had to call to get them to cancel the charges. Not a good way to keep customers guys

Murder in Benalmádena. Some guy got shot to death right where I (used to) like to hang out and watch cars go by. http://ping.fm/qgkS6

did I mention I finally get to take the loser "L" off the car? I have been driving in Spain legally for a year.

Democrats sent rep's to Spain. Got on TV and had fiestas, with Socialist Party. Still more excited about insulting Bush than welcoming Obama

CNN in Europe is reporting that the markets will SUFFER if they give Geithner too much of a hard time about tax he "may or may not've paid"

Disappointingly, France is the only country in the European Union that actually has a republican form of government. EU has 7 monarchies!

You need to restart you computer. Hold down the Power
button for several seconds or press the Restart button.

Veuillez redémarrer votre ordinateur. Maintenez la touche de démarrage enfoncée pendant plusieurs secondes ou bien appuyez sur le bouton de réinitialisation.

Sie müssen Ihren Computer neu starten. Halten Sie dazu die Einschalttaste einige Sekunden gedrückt oder drücken Sie die Neustart-Taste.

コンピュータを再起動する必要があります。 パワーボタンを数秒間押し続けるが、 リセットボタンを押してください。

Hisham Melham says it's a canard; sees the Arab experiments in democracy as having chosen militant extremism, only need more time to prepare

Moussa says Arabs can't open up to democracy while there's a conflict in Israel= Wife: we can't have nice things, makes her sister feel bad.

Free to Choose - vol 01, 1980

The double standard is exceding ridiculous levels; media coverage of the appointment of Timothy Geithner, for example.

Demolished!

Makes you wonder what private property means in Spain.
Do you own your land?
Your home?
Your self?

Can you defend it?

Why does this make me so sad? http://ping.fm/2L0oV

The Last Starfighter and The Sword in the Stone. Compare and contrast.

How could it have taken me so long to finally realize that Trivial Pursuit is a funny, and somewhat ironic, name for the board game.

Why happy birthday (twice) in 2001 Space Odyssey? To reiterate the distances involved; can't go home? To show just how good HAL's A.I. is?

One of the best EULA / disclaimers out there. Be warned: http://ping.fm/x710u