House of cards

Posted: June 2, 2009 by datechguy in internet/free speech
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Well its been a few weeks now since everybody told us that Dick Cheney out front was a bad idea, lets see how that’s worked out

Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to closing the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.

By more than 2-1, those surveyed say Guantanamo shouldn’t be closed. By more than 3-1, they oppose moving some of the accused terrorists housed there to prisons in their own states.

There is only one conclusion to make

Well it was a bit of a wait

Posted: June 1, 2009 by datechguy in employment, personal
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But visiting the unemployment office in person got the extension taken care of with a minimum of fuss.

Always bring a book when you know you will have a long wait, and you will be able to deal with it cheerfully.

Lets talk blame

Posted: June 1, 2009 by datechguy in oddities, opinion/news
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Well it seems to me that we might now ask if we are going to attempt to blame the murder of Mr. Tiller on all those who disagreed with him and protested him, by that standard are we to blame the various anti-war movements for this shooting?

Granted the details are very different but how many years have groups on the left been shouting haditha or Abu Ghraib? Shall we now blame the Maine Cat Woman for this shooting? By her standard we should.

Both those arguments have one thing in common, the attempt to repress protected speech that the other doesn’t like, and both arguments are equally absurd.

How bad is unemployment in Massachusetts (part 2)

Posted: June 1, 2009 by datechguy in employment, personal
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…it’s so bad that when I called the extended benefits line at 888-998-8418 to get the ball rolling on extended benefits the automated phone message told me to call back on THURSDAY three days from today!

If I wasn’t waiting for a callback from a doctor over a broken wrist for a son of mine I’d hit the local office at once.

I do have an interview on Wednesday, so with luck all of this might be a moot point.

On the brighter side my son who just graduated high school has just gotten a job. He was laid off back in July of last year from the job he had since he was 14. (He started a week before his 15th birthday). He will be starting later this month. So maybe there is hope after all. He was laid off 4 months ahead of me. I hope that doesn’t mean I have to wait till November to find something.

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