2008 Presidential Candidates

List of 2008 Presidential Candidates gathered from Wikipedia).

Democratic Party

Joe Biden: he's out for being an early supporter of the Iraq war. He's also responsible for creating the "Drug Czar".

Hillary Clinton: she's out for authorizing Bush to use force in Iraq and starting the FEPA.

Christopher Dodd: he's out as an Enron lackey (too bad, cuz he dated Princess Leia ;)

John Edwards: he's out for authorizing Bush to use force in Iraq

Mike Gravel: I think I am going to have to take a closer look at this guy... eliminate the IRS, allowing the public to create federal ballots, etc

Dennis Kucinich: anti-Iraq war, anti-Patriot act, anti-Diebold, pro-instant runoff voting, and impeaching Cheney. Although many good issues, his plan to ban handguns by civilians seems unconstitutional so he is out.

Barack Obama: pro-Mexican fence, anti-Lobbyist-ownership. His comment about god wanting him to run really made me nervous though - I expect that he will cave to Christian propaganda so he is out.

Bill Richardson: signed medical marijuana and anti-sexual orientation discrimination laws in... need to look closer at his voting history.

Wesley Clark: admitted that the Iraq war had nothing to do with WMD or regime change; but he also talked highly of Bush, Powell, Rumsfeld, Cheney and Rice... ie: he can't be trusted so he is out.

Al Gore: I've heard so much over the years, I need to take a fresh look to decide on him

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Republican Party

Sam Brownback: out due to being in the pocket of the church

John H. Cox: anti-War, anti-IRS, etc -- but he looses my vote because he thinks security is more important than civil liberties. Besides, he is a hyprocrite (says that he is for religious freedom, yet wants to ensure christian views of marriage) - he's out

Jim Gilmore: he's out for being pro-War

Rudy Giuliani: consistently censoring, lobbying for oil, and overall untrustworthy - out

Mike Huckabee: fiscally irresponsible, so he is out

Duncan Hunter: extremist regarding abortion, pornography, immigration; out for being a terrormonger

John McCain: even outside of his public opinion of the Bush administration and his indecency hypocracies, he hired a PNAC member and thus is out.

Ron Paul: anti-War, anti-Patriot Act, lied about taking money from PACs, pro-Fence, anti-IRS, and pro-abortion as a state right. He seems to have quite a following online. I am not happy with some of his views, but take a closer look.

Mitt Romney: flip flops on abortion, gay rights, etc - thus can't trust any election propaganda so he is out

Tom Tancredo: anti-family planning and thus pro underage poor mothers, and pro familial rapist being notified if the child tries to get an abortion, so he is out even though pro states rights and medical marijuana

Tommy Thompson: pro ability to fire people for being gay and corrupt (see health care profits) so he is out

Newt Gingrich: House Ethics Committee found him to be corrupt, so he is out

Chuck Hagel: seems to take the constitution as more important than Bush or the party. Said it was unpatriotic to NOT question the government. research him more.

Fred Thompson: Misunderstands the Separation of Church and State; anti-family planning and thus pro underage poor mothers; so he is out

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Third Party

While in general I would like to vote for a third party, we all know it is technically impossible to have one win, even if they receive 100% of the vote... as such, I am not going to work out details for each of them... But here they are:
Jerome R. Corsi, Dale Thompson, Alan Augstson, Elaine Brown, Kent Mesplay, Kat Swift, Daniel Imperato, Bob Jackson, Steve Kubby, Robert W. Milnes, George Phillies, Wayne Allyn Root, Christine Smith, John Bowles, Gene Amondson, Earl Dodge, Steve Adams, Celesta Baier, Terry Barkdull, Don Cordell, Richard H. Clark, Orion Karl Daley, Susie Flynn, Jon A. Greenspon, Mark B. Graham, Don J. Grundmann, Bob W. Hargis, Arnold Jones, Steve Kissing, David Koch / Ken Goldstein, James H. McCall, Frank McEnulty, Co Martin, David J. Masters, Frank Moore, Michael Moriarty, Philip W. Morrow, Gail Parker, Arthur Regan, Joe Schriner, Jonathan Sharkey, Ben Thompson, Michael Tienken, Lanakila Washington, Lisa Weltman, Ruth Bryant White

News from the Net

We've seen all the tech before, but still makes me want one (even if it is M$).

Will someone please countersue this a*hole?

GoogleMap gets some interesting tidbits... If you go here, you'll notice a few things... Let's see... there's the trimet icons... There's the street view (in some areas) [look near traffic/hybrid/satellite when in full nation view]... There's the Add Placemark, Draw Line, Draw Shape, KML export. I couldn't figure out how to get the Real Estate Search, Movie Showtimes or Distance Measuring Tools to work. Of course, there are other gadgets (and you can make your own). I even saw Exit numbers on 217. Very nice.

Got a brain tumor? Maybe you need an electrical field.

The Linux sponsored car crashes first at Indy 500 and came in dead last because of it.

Hardware firewall on a usb stick?

28 new planets found.

Google throws its hat into anti-spyware while being investigated by the FTC. They also are buying FeedBurner.

New Zealand has decided not to renew their M$ Office license.

NASA to release Landsat 7 data.

Japan decides to make it illegal to store your music online.

Haha! Have a Nissan? Better hope you don't have a cell phone or it may erase your car keys.

Well, now we know why the USA says there is no global warming. Because the Germans say there is.

Hardwired crypto?

Soda pop, fruit juices, pickles, jams/preserves, soy and sauces/dressings, cranberries, prunes, plums, cinnamon, cloves, and apples turning off your DNA? WTF?

Power your car from sugar/starch?

Looks like it is finally time for me to buy a backyard grill.

How about a look at the top 25 censored stories of 2007?

Want to upgrade your wifi, military style?

The University of Ohio caves to terrorism.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has evidentially decided that any video that happens at the turnpike belongs to them. Wonder what they would think of some home videos from the car?

BestBuy accused of overcharging yet again.

The MPAA takes a massive blow. In related news, freedom has a new enemy in the Copyright Alliance.

Remember someone getting busted for not stopping random users from accessing their wifi? Well, it looks like the FBI is no better.

If you've been debating an HD-DVD or BluRay player, you might want to rethink that (and get a burner).

5 year felony charge for using a cafe's free wifi access?

Some female sharks can reproduce without having sex!

ESRB vs. Illinois

Thanks to Brett for finding this...

First paragraph:

When the State of Illinois was tardy in paying its legal bills after
attempting to defend a law that regulated the sale of violent and sexually
explicit video games, the Entertainment Software Association wondered about the
reasons for the delay. Now they know: the state was scouring department budgets,
looking for the $1 million it cost to defend the unconstitutional legislation in
court. Yes, you read that right—the State of Illinois spent one meeeellion
dollars of taxpayer money on the litigation even as the state budget was starved
for cash in other, more pressing areas. And worse yet, they spent it on a bill
which, when introduced, was plainly unconstitutional.

Physical

As many of you know, I recently had my first [ever] physical. According to the lab results, they checked my Glucose (Blood Sugar), Kidney Function, Calcium, Sodium, Potassium and Thyroid Function. All were marked Normal.

Below that, they said that I had the following results:

Type	Result	Goal	Comment
Cholesterol	208	<200	Mildly elevated
Triglycerides	192	<200
HDL (good chol)	38	>40
LDL (bad chol)	132	<130

A Fair(y) Use Tale [video]

Hehe

News from the Net

Advances in exploration of the deep.

Nortel smacks down its kids after they leave home.

Yet another reason that alternative fuels are not the answer.

Math factorization record broken.

In case you haven't heard yet, there is news about StarCraft II.

The Smithsonian cowtows to the Bush administration. Resignations ensue.

Undercover agents exposed.

The RIAA has decided that Congress should overturn a 70 year law and give them more money.
Here's an idea, why don't we CHARGE the RIAA for every time anyone ever plays any songs... Yeah, that sounds better.

Widespread network hole.

More Wet Mars data.

What do MySpace and Sex Offenders have in common? The attention of the Attorney Generals.

What better way to appear to be involved in a conspiracy than to completely change the entire grid with the use of the T-word?

Groups of Russian journalists all resign due to the censorship taking place.

Dr. Who is finally coming true -- spy drones hit the streets, er, sky in the UK.

So you have been thinking about making your own Home Theater PC? Well, here's another reason to avoid Windows Media Center for it.

Prostate cancer gene found.

Internet radio station Atlanta Blue Skye LLC has decided they want boycotted. Of course, so does XM Radio.

Advances in splitting hydrogen from water.

I'm not going to say anything... you have to read the synopsis.

The Pirate Bay wants to create an uncensored alternative to YouTube.

In case you missed it, you can now preorder the Optimus Keyboard. As much as I would like to, I am not about to spent $1564.37 on a keyboard.

HP decides to just eliminate what was left of their reputation.

Advances in teleportation and spintronics.

Scotty has been found.

A Spyware maker is suing an anti-spyware maker. Friggin nuts.

More details on the sunken treasure.

NetFlix sued for fraudulently obtaining patents.

Thermal Imaging and Arthritis

Now that's an interesting use of Ghost Hunters equipment.

Pandora Radio: Music Genome Project

Bear pointed this place out to me. Kinda interesting. My first test of Pandora Radio was finding artists like 'Soulwax'. You can see the radio station I made here. Pretty impressed so far.

Sony Unveils Prototype Projector At Special Screening of "The Da Vinci Code"

52 foot screen
18k lumens
mmm.. tasty :)

News from the Net

Who would like a 'Virus Sponge'?

The French Government and Micro$oft join up to create a spam blacklist.

UK Researchers may have found an alternative to animal testing. IMHO, this is huge. Especially when combined with the new artificial blood.

First ever extrasolar planetary map.

So what happens if some company (say, like Viacom) sends a takedown notice to remove some content they don't own (say, yours)... Well, if it is hosted on MySpace Video, you won't be able to re-upload it anymore. Not like they would ever trust the liars at Viacom over their users though, right?

The FBI/FCC invasion of privacy is required to be implemented by tomorrow. Interesting since it (government domestic wiretapping) is now illegal.

13.2 billion year old star found.

This is important for those of you in the Portland Metro area... Washington State has banned texting while driving. I'll be nice enough not to mention any names.

Posting pr0n links is now illegal in Hong Kong.

NASA's latest contest is for autonomous robots moving moon dust.

Oooh. A Streetlamp-Powered Wireless Network.

IPv6 flaw could greatly increase DDoS attacks.

Get ready Spock, it appears Captain NASA is coming for you.

A bubble fusion researcher faces trial for fraud.

Google says that 1 in 10 web pages have malicious code on them.

Well, shortly after I mention the PC World editor resigning, it appears that he is back and the CEO has been demoted.

Scientists come up with odd way of reformatting text to make it easier for the brain. Give it a try.

Media Rights Technology is suing Micro$oft, Apple, Adobe and Real for NOT using their DRM. They say that NOT including their software constitutes circumventing it.

The EFF sues spoon-bender Uri Geller.

Where you using ICQ? I don't remember what my number was, but it still sucks that thousands of them were deleted overnight.

Let me guess, you read this and the first thing you think is, "at least it isn't being launched a year earlier"

You have a pacemaker? Maybe you should skip getting an iPod.

Cryptic Studios (makers of Cities of Heroes) released an open-source animation tool.

Wait, I don't get it... Why are Scotty's remains not in space?

Google Earth gets sound.

NASA is set to hold a media teleconference on TUE explaining that Aristotle was right.

If you ever hear the term 'Digital Consumer Enablement', don't be fooled - it is a marketing ploy to get you to buy DRM-infected media.

Florida may not get to have a presidential primary.

An online critic is thrown in jail for picketing a Scientology center after a woman died there.

New "Terminator" trilogy planned.

Shredded Secret Police files being reassembled.

Advertisers will soon be able to tell which ads you are looking at from 30 feet away.

Lucas to make 2 more Star Wars films? WTF?

California may soon ban Diebold voting machines.

Your kid isn't doing so well in school? Maybe you should move somewhere with a different height of ceiling.

Since my SavaJe phone is not going to be supported, maybe I should switch the the Sun phone that was ported from it?

In case you missed it, Kuntz pointed me to the Encyclopedia of Life.

Scientists think they have found the genetic marker that makes us humans instead of chimps.

News from the TV

Latest Windows Trojan is pretty clever.

Tony Blair resigns.

Yet once more, they show that they think police should be exempt from the law. Personally, I wouldn't care about him making pot brownies -- but keeping everything he confiscates -- that's bad.

So the Feds refuse to tell Michael Moore whether or not he can go to Cuba, then 'investigate' him for going anyway.

Pet Food recall has expanded more and more... Latest update was less than a week ago.

Construction to our property without us being notified?

So my neighbor and I noticed that our sidewalks were marked. Ok. I leave to pick up Dino and by the time I get back there are more markings. Interesting... Wait a second, there is a locate mark on my property and on my neighbors, pointing towards each other (encompassing both properties).... Hmmm.. My driveway in front of my garage and the ground in front of my side yard are marked too... What the hell?

So, going to searchandstatus.com I find this....



WTF? Was no one going to notify me that they were going to be digging up my property? So when the guy behind us offered us money to let him install it and we told him no - I guess that means he gets to do it anyways without compensation?

Poppy Seed Drug Tests

We've all heard of this, but....

The Discovery channel program Mythbusters put the poppy seed claim to the test, feeding mythbuster Adam an enitre loaf of poppyseed cake and Jamie three poppy seed bagels. Tests were administered every half hour, and Adam tested positive after the first test. Jamie was slower, taking two hours to test positive after eating the bagels. Both tested positive for the remainder of the day, but were clean the next morning, 18 hours later. Myth status: confirmed.