Archive for August, 2009

I’m going to get pummeled for this…UPDATE I was wrong

Posted: August 20, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…but it seems to me if Al Megrahi has cancer and is going to be dead in three months. Let the Libyans pay for his cancer treatment as he rots.

Under British law the brits would have to pay for his treatment as he dies, why should he get world class healthcare paid for by the people he murdered.

Now if the cancer stuff is a bunch of BS then that would be another story.

OF COURSE they are releasing his for political reasons. That’s how politics and diplomacy is done.

I have absolutely no problem with people who think the other way.

I’ll say this, if they give him a hero’s welcome then I’ll change my mind in a real hurry.

Update: Hero’s welcome I was wrong.

Yes MSNBC will get away with it…

Posted: August 20, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…because they will ignore Fox when they point it out and they and other networks will not report it.

They are marketing to a niche. That niche will make excuses for stuff like this. It will not cost them anything.

I can’t help but remember a bit from Bernie Goldberg’s book Bias where they the video of a story concerning looting after a hurricane because all the people being arrested were black. The reporter was beside himself pointing out that all the police were black too as the nation being covered was predominantly black.

Well if your primary worry is not to be #1 you can make a good living off a niche market.. They will do just fine….

…unfortunately.

Update: Added links of others who commented on it.

Update 2: I still think they will get away with it. Their customer base doesn’t care.

Required praying

Posted: August 20, 2009 by datechguy in catholic
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When you claim to be a Christian in general or a Catholic in particular. You are required to pray for you enemies and friends.

As Americans we also have an obligation to recognize the difference between our political foes, and our actual enemies (such as Radical Islam).

If you are a Christian in general or a Catholic in particular we are obliged to pray for our president and our congress. Right or wrong, good or bad Barak Obama is my president, John Olver is my congressman and Ted Kennedy and John Kerry are my senators. If I am not praying for them then I’m not carrying the ball.

An excellent spot for a catholic to include government figures in a prayer is during the Sorrowful Mysteries third decade (Crown of Thorns) the traditional request is for “contempt for the world”. A honest politician should have contempt for the “world” and the influences of it and vote for what is right.

If we are going to claim Christianity’s mantle we have to follow through.

Doctor Who: The Sandman; Amazon Review

Posted: August 19, 2009 by datechguy in amazon reviews, doctor who
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thesandmanMy review of Big Finish Doctor Who Audio #37 the Sandman is available at Amazon.com here.

It’s an interesting episode with a very different premise.

You can get this episode and the entire Big Finish Doctor who line from Mike’s comics.

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