Intemperate Thoughts

Republican candidate impressions

Kirk — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:26:26 +0000

Quick impressions of the remaining candidates:

Mitt Romney - wishy-washy wet blanket
Rick Santorum - Theocrat
Newt Gingrich - Egomaniacal douchebag
Ron Paul - Goofy Libertarian.

Not a great crop to topple (needed) Pres. Obama.

Why are some large sites blacking out on January 18?

Kirk — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:36:56 +0000

EFF has the answer.

Keep Internet Freedom. Stop SOPA and PIPA.

Ron Paul calls out Rick Santorum

Kirk — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:49:11 +0000

Blog post per week

Kirk — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:35:15 +0000

New year, new resolution. I will try to create one blog post a week about the something to deal with computers/internet/security. Let's see how long this resolution keeps up.

Why does the government hate the Constitution?

Kirk — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:01:56 +0000

Many examples of the government overstepping their bounds and attacking American citizen's liberties:

PATRIOT Act - the assault on the Bill of Rights began after the attacks of 9/11

Health care act - wasn't insurance designed to cover against catastrophes? Where do they get the idea that the Commerce clause of the Constitution can force people to enter private contracts to purchase the same?

War on Terror - there are laws against all of terrorist acts already. Almost as bad as the war against drugs.

SOPA/PIPA - freedom of speech online under attack.

Habeus Corpus - 6th and 7th Amendments under attacks in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (story)

Odd questions

Kirk — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:09:08 +0000

Watching North Carolina - Michigan State play basketball on the deck of the carrier USS Carl Vinson, going to commercial they showed images of normal operations on the ship. MIL asks me - They are not landing on the ship while the game is going on, are they? #facepalm

Random thoughts

Kirk — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:20:23 +0000

Is anyone else tired of all the Repubican debates? Several, like Rick Perry, don't appear that they can create a cohesive thought.

Does anyone else think the Obama jobs bill forgot to point out that it is extremely focused on Union type jobs?

What happens when the not-so-"Super Congress" fails to make any cuts?

This is likely the prevailing theme of the upcoming election.

Who said Congressmen are clueless?

Kirk — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:25:38 +0000

Today, I received an email from my Congress critter, Cliff Stearns, thanking me more my latest concerns on a very important topic. I am not convinced that he knows what I am talking about from his letter.

Just doing my part to contribute to government action.

Irony?

Kirk — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:52:15 +0000

It is ironic to have someone call Fox news biased while watching MSNBC with Chris Matthews?

Just saying.

Former US Senator from Florida a spammer?

Kirk — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:08:36 +0000

Former US Senator George LeMieux in Florida (or at least his campaign) has really begun to irritate me with his political emails. How can a former Senate critter get on my nerves? Let me see:

1. Send political campaigning email to my mailboxes.
2. Use the email addresses that I had given his Senate office when he was supposed to represent the State of Florida. This occurred when contacting the office on either privacy or credit union related topics.
3. Ignore the multiple unsubscribe requests from said link on email.

That is probably not the way to ingratiate yourself to a potential voter in 2012, especially when I am not a registered to either "major" political party. This is what I would consider "douchebag" behavior and not worthy of a potential US Senator. Clean up your own house before trying to manage (meddle) in people's affairs in the Senate.