By JamesW on Jun 13, 2009 in Blog, Featured, Rants & Raves | 1 Comment
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, [...]
By JamesW on Jun 4, 2009 in Blog, Rants & Raves, The Mud Pit | 2 Comments
The Republicans love their “trickle down” theory. This theory, for the uninitiated, can be described as “terms of political rhetoric that refer to the policy of providing tax cuts or other benefits to businesses and rich individuals in the belief that this will indirectly benefit the broad population.”
Interesting idea, but why hasn’t it worked? The [...]
By JamesW on Apr 22, 2009 in Rants & Raves, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Christian Conservative Right, would you like to get back in the game? Maybe win a few elections? Have some significant influence over frail humans? Then you need to change your mindset. The recent presidential election shows us that most Americans are tired of fear, intimidation, and most of all, anger. We don’t want it [...]
By MaxW on Aug 6, 2008 in Rants & Raves | 1 Comment
Some people who have received the CNN daily top ten email spam have unknowingly downloaded the trojan get_flash_update.exe file. If you are among these people, your anti malware software may identify the threat as Win32:Trojan-gen (Avast); Trojan.Erotpics (Symantec); TrojanDropper:Win32/Nuwar (Microsoft); BackDoor-DNM (McAfee) and I-Worm/Nuwar.W (AVG).
If the get_flash_update.exe file is downloaded and installed on your computer, [...]
By MaxW on Aug 4, 2008 in Rants & Raves | 5 Comments
So today I get this email that appears to come from CNN.com and when I click on a link it takes me to a video player page that looks offical and says that it needs to download a plugin. Well that is a exe that comes with a virus, thankfully i opened this on my [...]
By JamesW on May 6, 2008 in Environment, Rants & Raves | 4 Comments
In this world, certainly in America, their seems to be people and their vocational endeavors that add to the world, and those that subtract. Some lawyers spend all of their professional lives suing people and businesses, ultimately leading to more restrictive laws, and sucking in money (to their bank accounts) that might [...]
By MaxW on Apr 17, 2008 in Featured, Rants & Raves, World | 0 Comments
During a recent trip I made a shocking discovery; I pulled into a gas station next to the freeway, got out and almost put my credit card into the pump before I realized that they where charging a premium for using a credit card.
I stood there for about a minute trying to figure out why [...]
By JamesW on Apr 2, 2008 in Featured, Rants & Raves, World | 0 Comments
BioFuel Now Competes Directly with Worlds Food Supply
Are you wondering why your grocery dollars aren’t stretching quite as far? In Mexico City, a barely publicized riot, called “The Tortilla Riots”, break out in protest of escalating corn prices (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6319093.stm) and sharply rising flour prices destabilize Pakistan. In Sudan, a grocer that supplies the countries needy [...]