http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/Blog Of The Working Man's Thinking Man!ennoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:08:49 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com1249125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/SdP2U0yWERg/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:08:49 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-5311666318735799596MadKane expresses her feelings in a double limerick about Rush and Sanford called De-Moralized?:Rush claims that Obama’s to blameFor Sanford’s disgrace and his shame:The stimulus billDestroyed Sanford’s will.Wow, even for Limbaugh, that’s lame.When a Democrat strays — no excuse!Just right-wing attacks and abuse.But conservative sinsAre spinned — turned to wins.Try to reason with Rush? It’s no usehttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#5311666318735799596http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/SSoB8yZy_-Y/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:06:15 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-4822351174260846500I don't normally do this sort of thing, but this made me laugh so much I had to steal, er, share it. It's a letter to Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos. I should point out that the poll results on the original post indicate that nearly 20% of the readers think this letter is a fake, and the sad truth is that right-wingers are so insane that it's hard to tell what's a parody and what's not. Here's http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#4822351174260846500http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/DdpYdQJVTZ4/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:39:46 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-2607618104119976717The only kind I wanthttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#2607618104119976717http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/7tspezoLriM/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:30:41 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-8257188303221188000Some of you know that I'm a military man, an Air Force vet who, while hardly an ideal airman, is proud of the work I did in calibration at Air Force bases in Japan and Montana. I happen to love fighter jets and enjoyed working with F-16s, which are sleek and beautiful to behold bot in the air and on the ground. I also have a love of the great battleships, from the American Iowa class to the http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#8257188303221188000http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/0BzHzXvSHcs/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:49:06 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-3703842530484522652He was the punchline to a lot of jokes, many in poor taste. He was also one of the hardest working child performers in the entertainment industry, something that probably led to his behavior later in life. Some people fervently believe all the nasty things that were said about him just because they have an irrational hatred of anyone who has wealth and fame that wasn't earned being a "http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#3703842530484522652http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/yJ-XHDEyGcs/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:05:38 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-2223970583425793702I'm now a certified A+ IT technician.That and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee.http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#2223970583425793702http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/L0KiPuFSaMk/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:54:22 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-3440357605240768431An oldie but a goodie.Godspeed, Mark Sanfordhttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#3440357605240768431http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/Dn-lb_APW_U/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:03:52 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-7392037847140543935In an editorial for the NY Times, Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review writes:In their outrage over the Ricci verdict, I suspect, conservatives have gotten carried away by their laudable fervor against race-conscious policies. But we on the right, of all people, should know that not every wrong has a judicial solution.The case in question involves a white firefighter in New Haven, Connecticutwhohttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#7392037847140543935http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/XNPlq3XArVc/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:01:30 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-7385172313955929612I downloaded the beta version of Windows 7 from Microsoft and installed it on one of our refurbished machines (2.6G dual core w/ 1G RAM) and was very impressed. Ran very well. It has the ease of use of Windows XP plus some very nifty features. Glad to see they learned from the Vista disaster...http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#7385172313955929612http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/hSgiUXWI2yk/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:16:17 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-3497018246414140337Of course, when the GOP and its financial backers use terminology like this, it's they who are scared. Scared the gravy train will be over.Anyone who has a chronic illness or a catastrophic event knows exactly what profitized health care is all about. And it ain't their health. The insurance companies, who led the charge in defeating a national health care system last time, have had every http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#3497018246414140337http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/aP8j5a-4lw4/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:24:32 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-7435134574701023046If the results of this poll are correct, then why is it that the teevee talk shows are almost entirely populated with Republicans?Liberal media, my asshttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#7435134574701023046http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/_Km4wRBSUMU/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:34:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-5386651369690641914The entire economy is nothing but a scam. Insurance companies of all stripes take your money and do everything they can to avoid paying out. Manufacturing jobs, which used to be the backbone of our economy, get outsourced to other countries so that corporations, which in right-wing ideology are more important than human beings, get to pay their workers less (and care about them less) and not http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#5386651369690641914http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/hCg_XrM8dCc/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:25:43 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-2287399358954163951Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, and Bob Herbert all had recent articles about right wing hate talk and how it incites people to violence. Which, in my opinion, it clearly does, though some try to sugarcoat it by saying that it's indirect. No.Here's the sad truth: the hatemongers on radio and television (primarily but not exclusively FOX) are going to continue to be on radio and television because http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#2287399358954163951http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/jE4vIozOIao/2009_06_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:09:35 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-2560698606135063502BureaucracyYou have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. After that it takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.One of my fellow co-workers at Digital Workforce (I'll call him "Sam") is the recipient http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#2560698606135063502http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/h_1ZGFuoAi8/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Sat, 30 May 2009 21:31:32 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-5181022389704009262I sympathize with what Bob Herbert is saying in this column: there are just so many horrible things going on in the world today that it makes you numb just to think about it. Christians will say, and it's hard to disagree, that humankind is inherently evil, but of course the solutions they give generally involve more of the same kind of misery that has plagued us since the beginning: religion ishttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#5181022389704009262http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/8Sb0xwnVfzI/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Fri, 29 May 2009 15:22:57 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-8519338929505084752It's remarkable to me how the people who use this phrase as an excuse to toss billions of dollars to defense, to support military ventures regardless of their actual worth in terms of national security, not to mention the tremendous amount of waste and corruption in the military-industrial complex, and also to support heinous and illegal acts like torture to justify their bed-wetting fear of http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#8519338929505084752http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/iIeXliupQ8U/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Wed, 27 May 2009 03:29:57 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-6897715316857456182I realize, that in the great scheme of things, that this isn't particularly important, but has anyone noticed how bad the refereeing is in the NBA? More to the point, how desperate they are to achieve a particular goal (having two similar star players meet in the Finals)?The Orlando Magic are up 3-1 on LeBron James, not the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Denver Nuggets are tied two games apiece with http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#6897715316857456182http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/_LkGDPJj7nY/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Mon, 25 May 2009 08:10:04 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-4656817355180587996Note:This is an annual reposting of a transcript of my "Cup O' Joe Report" blogcast from Memorial Day of 2006.It's Memorial Day, the day we honor those who gave their lives in the service of their country, but sometimes I think that when we focus on the soldiers themselves, we don't look closely enough at why they had to do so. In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln laid it out clearly: we owe it tohttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#4656817355180587996http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/uKJXiFH-PyU/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Fri, 22 May 2009 07:13:52 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-2141363201603614676Re: Blue Double CrossBack during the Democratic primary campaign, Mr. Obama argued that the Clintons had failed in their 1993 attempt to reform health care because they had been insufficiently inclusive. He promised instead to gather all the stakeholders, including the insurance companies, around a “big table.” And that May 11 event was, of course, intended precisely to show this big-table http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#2141363201603614676http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/9_IrDRi53IQ/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Wed, 20 May 2009 15:01:18 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-4456590072349169630It's no longer possible for me to look at things from a "big picture" point of view when the "big picture" is nothing but depressing. All I'm concerned with at present is my ability to support myself on a month-to-month basis. The future beyond that doesn't exist.FYI, That doesn't mean I wont have anything to say, it just means I need to take care of my own stuff first.http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#4456590072349169630http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/t60tGCKE-ww/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Fri, 15 May 2009 22:24:05 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-3165947139517660006Prosecuting and imprisoning people like Bush, Cheney,Rumsfeld, and the other architects of the war, the occupation of Iraq, and of torture for political purposes, is a long and sticky business. As I have pointed out before, it took Peru twenty years to put Fujimori in jail, and he's small potatoes compared to this lot. Same with Pinochet.It's not enough to be right about the issue, which we arehttp://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#3165947139517660006http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/qeficM2_Geo/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Thu, 14 May 2009 18:23:47 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-6218220360704733263The Bush Administration and the GOP leadership didn't give a damn about terrorism or Osama bin Laden before 9/11When 9/11 happened, they used it as an excuse to go after Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11 and was not a threat to the US but whom Cheney and others in the administration had a grudge againstThey approved the use of torture techniques to get someone to admit to a link between http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#6218220360704733263http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/4Onwg7KBbuo/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Thu, 14 May 2009 17:03:09 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-9128334944640502939Couldn't We Sell Them HUMVEES Instead?The Explorers program, a coeducational affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America that began 60 years ago, is training thousands of young people in skills used to confront terrorism, illegal immigration and escalating border violence — an intense ratcheting up of one of the group’s longtime missions to prepare youths for more traditional jobs as police officers http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#9128334944640502939http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/WZBnMg-w_Aw/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Mon, 11 May 2009 21:37:40 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-378771461540821524I want to begin by thanking the staff at Anime Central, particularly convention chairperson Rosa Halcomb, for their generosity in allowing me to attend this year's convention. It was one of the better weekends I've ever spent at a convention, and certainly better than pretty much any weekend I've had this year, except of course for the weekend I spent in NY/New Jersey attending my niece's http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#378771461540821524http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CupOJoe/~3/11APg_rNZw0/2009_05_01_archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CupOJoe)Tue, 05 May 2009 05:14:58 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826361.post-3365068412421873856It's been a busy week or so here at Casa Vecchio: my work with Digital Workforce has kept me pretty busy. We gave out fifty computers last Friday to assorted schools and community organizations and we're preparing to install a 50-computer training center at another local school in the next week or so. In addition to that, my roommate Eric and I have been putting together a little comedy sketch http://cupojoe.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#3365068412421873856