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ABC News President Westin Concedes Iraq Coverage Too Negative . [Zogby Blog]
Last month, a media watchdog group found that ABC's World News Tonight, anchored by Peter Jennings, was by far the most anti-war of the Big Three nightly newscasts.
Mr. Westin - if you think it's too negative - why the hell don't you grab that stupid Canadian asshole spewing all the negative coverage on the evening news by the throat and squeeze real tight till he turns blue? Is a network News President just a title that has no power behind it? When did you suddenly gain this great insight? Today? I'll watch this evening and see if anything has changed but I'm willing to bet I will hear the same old well worn quagmire crap. What do they pay you for? Seems to me that if I worked for a company and the President was unhappy with what I was doing, I would try to change. If anything, your Mr Jennings cranks up the venom spewing a notch or two every night. I think we know who really runs the ABC News department and it's certainly not you Mr. Westin. (LP)
11:58:44 PM 
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ORDERS
To: Private First Class Robert L. Palmer
From: Commanding Officer - USS Lopsided Poopdeck
You are hereby ordered to present yourself in the uniform of the day, ready for inspection, at 0800 hours, on October, 25, 2003, at Denneys Restaurant in Mojave, CA, for the purpose of attending the Edwards AFB Air Show 2003.
Failure to appear will result in severe disciplinary action (administered by Navy Seal Trainers). You are encouraged to bring any family, friends, or pets as you desire.
Signed: CO, USS Lopsided Poopdeck, October 16, 2003
10:36:32 PM
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Extremist in the Ranks. [Citizen Smash - The Indepundit]
Looks like he’s highly experienced and qualified for a senior leadership positions. So what’s the problem?
But Boykin is also an intolerant extremist who has spoken openly about how his belief in Christianity has trumped Muslims and other non-Christians in battle.
A Christian? In the Army??? Say it isn’t so!
He has described himself as a warrior in the kingdom of God and invited others to join with him in fighting for the United States through repentance, prayer and the exercise of faith in God.
This man MUST BE STOPPED!
9:50:05 PM
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Ernest Benn. "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy." [Quotes of the Day]
9:44:58 PM
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We Need to Block the Borders. Want to know why so many Hispanic voters went for Arnie in the recall election? Here you go.
Joseph Navarro, a second-generation Hispanic business owner, said Bush and Schwarzenegger have begun to address the fact that illegal immigration "has gone way beyond" what California can support. That is one reason, he said, why Latino voters... [Right-Thinking from the Left Coast]
Only about 20 years too late! (LP)
9:40:36 PM
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From The LangaList
 Is MS unique in its problems? Will switching OSes end our patching woes? Probably not. OpenSource may be in part benefiting from modular fingerpointing as practical Linux distributions (not just kernel) have many pieces with many "owning" project organizations. Any commercial organization that writes complete OSes, applications or kitchen sink work environments (MS) is going the suffer the effect of all fingers pointing to one place.
Note the OpenSSH problem below. Sounds just like MS repeating RPC problems.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/mandrake/2003-q3/0170.html
" A buffer management error was discovered in all versions of [Linux's] openssh prior to version 3.7. According to the OpenSSH team's advisory... It is uncertain whether this error is potentially exploitable, however, we prefer to see bugs fixed proactively." There have also been reports of an exploit in the wild.
MandrakeSoft encourages all users to upgrade to these patched openssh packages immediately and to disable sshd until you are able to upgrade if at all possible.
Update: The OpenSSH developers discovered more, similar, problems and revised the patch to correct these issues. These new packages have the latest patch fix applied."
And OpenSSH has been having similar problems since 2001 --- Administrator 4. Falter
Thanks, Admin. Indeed, all software has weaknesses and flaws. Microsoft has some special problems (see http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-09-29.htm#1 ), but people who think they'll be safe from trouble if they switch to Macs or Linux or whatever will be sorely disappointed. No commercial OS is immune from bugs or security problems. Probably, none ever will be. And whichever OS is the current top dog will get the most negative attention and hack attempts. It's inevitable.
No matter what OS you use, you have to stay current with patches, and keep your guard up.
7:20:11 PM
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MYTHUNDERSTOOD! [Tim Blair] (funny and sad at the same time)
[Rockefeller] told Snow and a national television audience that President Bush has alarmed the nation with a speech warning that an attack from Iraq was imminent.
Snow coolly played a tape of the president's State of the Union speech where he in fact said exactly the opposite. Bush warned the Congress that the United States could not wait for a threat to become imminent, to appear suddenly and without warning.
Snow then read from a speech that Rockefeller himself had given, one in which the West Virginia Democrat had proclaimed the threat from Iraq to be imminent.
Sen. Rockefeller was exposed and embarrassed and babbled on incoherently ...
8:39:43 AM
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This is good even if your kids are grown and you have grandkids.
For those who already have children past this age, this is hilarious.
For those who have children this age, this is not funny.
For those who have children nearing this age, this is a warning.
For those who have not yet had children, this is birth control.
The following came from an anonymous Mother in Austin, Texas:
Things I've learned from my Children (honest & no kidding):
1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.
2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
3. A 3-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.
5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh," it's already too late.
8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
9. A six-year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old man says they can only do it in the movies.
10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old.
11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
12. Super glue is forever.
13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.
14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
15. VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18. You probably do not want to know what that odor is.
19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on.
20. Plastic toys do not like ovens.
21. The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.
22. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.
23. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
24. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
25. The mind of a 6-year old is wonderful. First grade...true story: One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, "...And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'" The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?" One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said...'Holy sh!t! A talking pig!'"
The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.
8:24:33 AM
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