Here’s another of my favorite rant topics: on-line music sharing. Music industry sues students over alleged file-swapping networks, says CNN.com. I can’t decide if it irks me or makes me want to laugh. You decide. Either way, it’s a joke. The music recording business will do anything, no matter how ridiculous, to hold on to…
Op-Ed Blog
HMOs
Here’s a good one: Supreme Court ruling approves state laws on doctor choice. What do the HMOs have to say? The Health Insurance Association of America says the laws “are one more instance of government unnecessarily interfering in private relationships between doctors and health plans.” Uh, right. No doctor I’ve ever met truly wants to…
Enough, Moore!
Did you like director Michael Moore’s rant at the Academy Awards? Did you see his movie ‘Bowling for Columbine?’ I didn’t think so. On a related note, here is the poster boy for gun control. Stupid enough to make one wonder if Moore might just have a point.
YourDomain.porn
Depending on your view of on-line porn, this article 5/restore your faith in the justice system or make your blood boil over what’s plainly a violation of the 1st amendment. Ironically, this solution, blocking access to web sites based on the site’s server address, does offer significant possibilities for creating child-safe zones on the Net….
Texas A&M Basketball
Question for all of the Texas A&M alumns who’ll be watching the NCAA Final Four this weekend – why does A&M suck at basketball year after year? It’s bad enough that I have to watch those (short) ‘Horns from t.u. being ranked in the top 10 and winning all seaon long. Now they are in…
Cost of War
Well, after the news about the American soldiers killing a van full of women and children, it’s time to ask if we should be in Iraq. It’s nice to live in a place where we can ask such questions, isn’t it? What’s the answer? Hell if I know. A reasonable person has to assume that…
Martha Burk is a Fool
Something that irked me like crazy all of last year has recently poked its foolish little head back to the surface: the National Council of Women’s Organizations — led by chairwoman Martha Burk — and Jesse Jackson are still attempting to bully Augusta National golf club into admitting a female member. As anyone with a…
Balance That Budget
I am loving the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the government over the budget shortfalls. As an IT professional, I’ve been fortunate to have made a decent living in my career, even in the era of failed dot-coms that never should have been started to begin with. Still, I have to manage a budget…
A Soldier’s Wage
They reported on what I thought was something odd: the Red Cross is having a hard time meeting demand for aid for the families of the troops overseas. Now it’s a good thing that the Red Cross exists and is helping these families; however, it’s a sad commentary on the state of this country’s priorities…
Nightmares
A grown man, dreaming of taking a walk through the woods and finding cats hung from trees by their necks. In my dream I blamed the act on cruel teenagers, the little shit for brains that they are. Once awake, I decided to have a look around and what do I see out my front…