What the Hell is Up with Betty Nguyen?

For some reason, for the last month or so, half of my referrals from google have been for a post I wrote about Betty Nguyen a year ago.

1) How the hell is it that my post is still anywhere near the top of the list when you do a Google search of Betty Nguyen?

2) Why the hell is everybody suddenly doing Google searches for her?

I Hope Nobody is Surprised

It has just been announced that the lesbian couple who filed the lawsuit to legalize gay marriage in Massachusetts has separated. Now I don't wish ill on anybody, or take delight in other's misfortunes, but I could have predicted this. (and probably did) It is a simple fact that the vast majority of homosexual relationships do not endure. Remember the much celebrated relationship of Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher? How about Ellen DeGeneris and Anne Heche? Now to be fair, celebrity heterosexual marriages frequently end also. But these three relationships were held up to us as examples of why gay marriage should be legal, and that homosexuals were just as committed to each other as heterosexuals. That is simply not the truth. The truth is, male homosexuals are usually promiscuous (one of the more prominent, Andrew Sullivan actually makes the argument for gay marriage, but also makes an argument that men (hetero and homo) are incapable of being monogamous and that that is OK) and lesbian relationships are very unstable.

Liberal Hypocrisy Pt. 2,000,087,192

The world's leftwing is all up in arms over Pres. Bush's "massage" of Germany's chancellor. While it apparently was over-familiar (she does seem to be startled and uncomfortable) it hardly rises to the level of sexual harassment, which some of the more vocal harridans are calling it.

Yet these same people were the ones sticking up for Pres. Clinton and dismissing his de facto and de jure sexual harassment in the Oval Office, and his probable (since she never got her day in court) rape of Juanita Brodderick.

Mideast Today

Let me make a few statements.

I believe that the Palestinians got the shaft from the British 90 years ago.

I believe that the Israelis, if they did not invent modern terrorism, certainly taught it to the Arabs. I totally agree with John Derbyshire's comments here.

I believe that Israel has the right to exist, but the exact same reasoning and logic demand that Palestine has a right to exist.

I believe that for at least the last twenty years, the Palestinians have been remarkably stupid and counterproductive. They have been ill-served by their leadership and their religious leaders.

I believe that Israel has been totally justified in it's actions over the past week, and would support their invasion of Lebanon, Syria or Iran, as I believe all three have committed acts of war against Israel.

It Just Gets Worse

First Rove goes to the La Raza convention, now Pres. Bush goes to the NAACP. What is next, Condi Rice going to a Klan rally?

Of course, some idiot starts heckling him. The NAACP is not only a racist organization, it's officials have made some very offensive remarks about Pres. Bush personally. They have called him a racist, associated him with people who dragged a black man to death, and called his administration the Taliban wing of America. And yet he saw fit to give the organization legitimacy it does not deserve, and pander to it by agreeing to signing the outdated and offensive Voting Rights Act.

When he embraced Julian Bond at the end, I nearly threw up. Julian Bond is among the worst of the racists, and the worst of the rhetorical bomb throwers.

Once more politics wins out over principal.

Calif. Driving

OK, I said most of this before...but I just can't stand it. The left lane is the passing lane. If you can move to the right without slowing down...do so. If there are cars behind you, and no cars in front of you, speed up or move to the right. If three cars in a row pass you on your right, take the hint, and either speed up, or move over to the right.

There are four problems that slow traffic down:

1) trucks - not much we can do here, but I am willing to consider limiting trucks to non-peak hours. Cars and trucks alike ignore dedicated truck lanes.

2) slow cars - I discussed them above

3) scared drivers & 4) stupid drivers - most accidents are not caused by fast drivers, aggressive drivers or confident drivers. The problem is the stupid and scared drivers. They screw things up for everyone and interfere with the natural flow of traffic. Apart from drunk drivers (who in my opinion qualify as stupid drivers) I gurantee you most accidents are caused by someone doing something stupid (changing lanes without looking for example) or slow drivers gettting in the away. I don't know what to do about 3 & 4, but we all know they are the biggest problem on the road.

Summer TV

I've been watching Trasure Hunters and VH1's World Series of Pop Culture this summer. My guilty pleasures. The commercials for Heroes this fall look interesting. I've cut way back on my TV watching..but football season is coming up........

Wouldn't You Know.....

Joe Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame filed a lawsuit against Libby Rove and others last week. Fox TV got an exclusive interview with Robert Novak, whose article started it all. Who did MSNBC get their exclusive with? Why Joe Wilson of course.

Dancing Machine

I went out for dinner/dancing with a bunch of friends from work last night. We had 15 for dinner, and 12 for dancing. We found a place nearby that has a DJ that plays mainly 70's and 80's music on Thur and Sat.

I didn't get home until 2:00 AM. I'm getting too old for this shit. My knees hurt, my head hurts, ....what the hell has happend? (besides 200 extra pounds) I used to go dancing almost every week. I guess I'll just have to work myself into shape. I definitely danced more than all the other guys there, but Joy just wears my ass out. The girl loves to dance even more than I do...


I gotta go find some gatoraid and aspirin.

Shame on you Mr. Rove

Yesterday Mr. Rove addressed a meeting of the National Council of La Raza, a racist organization that is brazen enough to blatantly call themselves "The Race" and openly advocate racist ideas. This is worse than addressing a Klan rally, because at least the Klan doesn't advocate treason. Most Republicans refuse to address the NAACP because of their racist and politically biased rhetoric. La Raza is worse than the NAACP. One day the Republican Party will look back at yesterday with immense shame, hopefully soon.

Unless the Republican nominee in 2008 openly repudiates this type of pandering to illegal immigrants and racists, the Republican Party just lost my vote in 2008.

World Diving Championships 2006 (World Cup 2006)

OK I get it. Football (soccer) is the world's sport. I've lived overseas, and I've played soccer in the US and the UK. It's a great game, very athletic. Usually low scoring, but very enjoyable to watch if you know the game.

However it is the only sport in which acting is rewarded as much as, or even more than, athletic ability. It is a well known, established and accepted fact, that soccer players fake fouls and injuries. It is considered by most to be part of the game.

A French player just faked a foul in the penalty box, and it was quite obvious that he did so. A penalty kick was awarded, and now France leads 1-0. The player who took a dive will be considered a hero, especially if his goal is decisive.

That is simply wrong. He should be held up to scorn by the sporting world. FIFA should punish him for his actions.

Update: Justice is served, Italy wins on penalty kicks.

Birth of the Party

While reading Ann Coulter's newest book (Godless) this morning, I was suddenly struck by a revelation. If you look at the founding of, first president of, and initial platform of, the political parties, you can actually see the pattern from the beginning.

The Republican Party was formed in 1854 when the Whigs refused to oppose slavery. Freeing the Black man, and treating all men as equal was literally the reason for the Republican Party. The Republican Party also supported education, free homesteads for farmers, and the modernization of the country's infrastructure.

The first Republican president was Abraham Lincoln, a man dedicated to preserving the United States, and responsible for freeing the slaves. A man who promoted mercy and conciliation towards the eventually defeated South. A man so great he is on the Penny and the $5 bill, not to mention Mt Rushmore. Widely considered to be one of our greatest Presidents. His nicknames are Honest Abe and the Great Emancipator. He re-established a system of national banks.

The Democratic Party was formed by Andrew Jackson in reaction to what he believed to be a stolen election in 1824. It was formalized after his electoral victory in 1828. The party claimed the heritage of Thomas Jefferson, and the belief in civic virtue and the yeoman farmer. They were opposed to cities, banks and industrialization.

The first Democratic president was Andrew Jackson, a man most famous for his victories in the war of 1812, and in various conflicts against the Indians. His presidency is most remembered for two things: his destruction of the national bank, and the strengthening of the spoils system in American politics. He appears on the $20 bill. He was known as Old Hickory.

Happy 4th!!

Happy Birthday America!!


Thank you once again to those dead white European males, our Founding Fathers, who have created the most free nation ever to grace the face of this Earth.

The end of the Democratic Party?

First they kicked out Zell Miller. Then they attacked the DLC and the only Democrat to get elected president in the last 25 years. Al Gore, who used to be a pretty conservative Democrat (hell at one time he was against abortion) is now a leftwing wacko. The latest is that the whole Daily Kos/moonbat wing of the party is trying to run Joe Lieberman out of the party. Things are getting real ugly. We may actually be witnessing the death of the Democratic Party. As much as I hate Hillary, she may be the Democratic Party's last chance to remain viable.

Save the Penny!!!

They're talking about getting rid of the penny again. It seeems it costs 1.2 cents to make the 1 cent coin. Incidentally, it costs more than 5 cents to make a nickel, but no one is talking about getting rid of those. If it's hitting the penny and nickel already, the dime and quarter can't be far behind.

We almost had that one problem once before, but they changed most of the copper in a penny over to zinc. Apparently there is no metal suitable to switch to that is cheap enough.

I have an idea however. If it costs 1.2 cents to make a penny, have a national penny redemption day (or week), say around Lincoln's birthday, in which people can redeem their hordes of pennies for 1.1 cent apiece. The national mint saves a little money, but it gets all of those millions of stored pennies back in circulation, and the mint wouldn't have to make any for a year or two.

Superman Returns

Just got back from the film. It was pretty good, but way too long at 2 hrs 40 min. They could have easily cut out an hour of the chick stuff and the artsy shots. I liked it much better than the Christoper Reeve movies. (although I would have preffered Hackman to Spacey as Luthor...although Spacey didn't do a bad job) I prefer Kate Bosworth as a brunette also.


Still no where near as good as the Spiderman films, Sin City or even the X-Men movies.

Oh the Horror!!!!

The today Show is doing a story about a magazine and company that promotes gender segregated vacations....oh wait, it's vacations for women, with no men, I guess that makes it OK.


Why is it that anything organized for men only is suspect, and in fact illegal in many cases, yet anything organized for women only is OK? For instance, it is OK to prohibit men from playing women's sports, but not OK to prohibit women from playing men's sports. It OK to have women only gyms, but not OK to have men only gyms. There are thousands of professional organizations that are women only, but don't even think of organizing one for men only.

Just another example of leftwing hypocrisy.

Why do women go on women only vacations? No surprise, women enjoy being around other women. Well guess what? There are times when men enjoy being around other men!

There has got to be a better way

I just had my computer fixed, and they had to re-install windows. This wiped everything off my computer. I play an online game called City of Heroes (City of Villians also). This means that even though I reloaded the games from my CDs, I still have to endure hours of downloads (of the expansions and patches) before I can play. We are talking quite literally about days worth of downloads. I started the City of Villians downloads (the newer game and thus much fewer patches and expansions to download) at 7:00 PM last night, and they're still going. Hell I would have paid $10 to get expansion discs to avoid all of this. (the patches and expansions would load much quicker from discs .. less than an hour)

Blogging Community

Many of us find it hard to imagine life without the internet and the world wide web, yet it has only been since the mid 1990's (around ten years) that it has been widely accessible. Its impact has been literally life and world changing.

One of the more recent offshoots has been the growth of the blogosphere. The very earliest blogs began perhaps five or six years ago. Now a full blown international community has grown up around them, linking people from all over the world into what could easily be labeled as tribes. Groups of bloggers coalesce around shared ideas and viewpoints and form a community. Cohesion is provided by links and trackbacks. It is common to find a community of blogs who share the same commentors. One only has to look at the explosive growth of a community like MySpace which is largely inhabited by teenagers today to see the possiblities for the future.

These online relationships often extend into "real life" in the form of conferences and blog meets. I know of at least one marriage that is a result of blogging, and sadly, today the blogging world expereinced its first significant death, that of Acidman. You only have to look at his site, Gut Rumbles, to see the impact that this man's life and death has had on people all over the world. Rob was able to reach a wider audience than he ever could have dreamed of ten years ago, and have a profound effect on the lives of people he could have never met. There are people all over the world tonight grieving for the loss of this man. He was not perfect, he was not a "Great Man", but he was a great man in the way he lived his life and fought to remain true to who he was. Hopefully his writing will be preserved, because it deserves it, both as an example of what blogging is all about, and to preserve the memory of a fine man.

One day sociologists will be studying the tribes and communities we have formed, and mining the archives of internet caches to study the online world we are living in. It's a brave new world we are forging, largely unwittingly.

As for myself, I cannot look at blogging the same again. Rob's death has shown me just how important these online friends are to me.

Acidman R.I.P.

The blogging world suffered a great loss. Rob Smith who blogs at Gut Rumbles (linked on my blog roll) was found dead this morning. This grouchy old man got in on the early wave of blogging, and developed a unique and honest voice. He laid everything out there. He had been going through some bad times, and was honest enough to talk about them.

I never met the man in person, but I am grieving for him anyway. His presence will be greatly missed around the blogosphere.


Update (6/27/06): I've just read the best tribute to Rob yet. It not only perfectly captures the essence of the man, it would have delighted him to read.