I got a job offer for more money and am now between jobs. I don't start my new one till Dec. 1st so I have plenty of free time. So, call me UP! I am willing to try to hang out with people I rarely see over this time. If you don't have my number or access to my number than that means you are just generally a bad person or I never really cared for you.
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Thursday, November 18, 2004
THE DRAFT WON'T HAPPEN!
Nah, not that draft! The hockey draft.
The lastest article fresh from the AP talks about how its not really legal to draft players if there is no CBA. Of course since the season looks like a wash, I don't know why anyone 18 college student or juniors player would want to be drafted so they can sit and stare at one another anyway.
Here it is if you missed it:
TORONTO (AP) -- There won't be an NHL entry draft before a collective bargaining agreement is reached with the players' association, the director of the league's scouting department said.
The lockout has already wiped out over 240 games, plus the All-Star weekend, and it appears there won't be any NHL hockey before January -- if at all this season. The sides haven't met since Sept. 9 and no negotiations have been scheduled.
If the season goes by the boards, next June's draft -- scheduled for Ottawa -- would be the next major event to be lost. The draft can't be legally held without a collective bargaining agreement.
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.If the lockout continued into next season and was then settled, Central Scouting director Frank Bonello said there could be two drafts within a few months.
``If there were to be an agreement, say January '06, we would have a draft shortly after that time so that we'd have it prior to June '06 when the next draft is,'' Bonello said. ``In other words, we would be very anxious to get a draft in so we don't miss it if that is the case.''
What would have to be hammered out as part of labor negotiations is the draft order.
Wait, did he just throw 'o6 out as the date they are aiming for? More and more I am hearing this is lasting till January of 2006. Are these people high? It is almost as if they just shrugged it off and have no desire to get it done quicker. Again THERE WILL BE NO FAN BASE if they wait till winter of 2006!
The lastest article fresh from the AP talks about how its not really legal to draft players if there is no CBA. Of course since the season looks like a wash, I don't know why anyone 18 college student or juniors player would want to be drafted so they can sit and stare at one another anyway.
Here it is if you missed it:
TORONTO (AP) -- There won't be an NHL entry draft before a collective bargaining agreement is reached with the players' association, the director of the league's scouting department said.
The lockout has already wiped out over 240 games, plus the All-Star weekend, and it appears there won't be any NHL hockey before January -- if at all this season. The sides haven't met since Sept. 9 and no negotiations have been scheduled.
If the season goes by the boards, next June's draft -- scheduled for Ottawa -- would be the next major event to be lost. The draft can't be legally held without a collective bargaining agreement.
.textforypgreenadvert
.If the lockout continued into next season and was then settled, Central Scouting director Frank Bonello said there could be two drafts within a few months.
``If there were to be an agreement, say January '06, we would have a draft shortly after that time so that we'd have it prior to June '06 when the next draft is,'' Bonello said. ``In other words, we would be very anxious to get a draft in so we don't miss it if that is the case.''
What would have to be hammered out as part of labor negotiations is the draft order.
Wait, did he just throw 'o6 out as the date they are aiming for? More and more I am hearing this is lasting till January of 2006. Are these people high? It is almost as if they just shrugged it off and have no desire to get it done quicker. Again THERE WILL BE NO FAN BASE if they wait till winter of 2006!
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
"Old Man Tucker"
My friends an I lately talk about how fast time goes. How we are all getting "old" and of course 25 years old isn't old at all despite being a quarter of a century old. However, man did this seem imposible to reach when I like 8. Thought we would all be zipping around in flying cars by now.
Anyway, everynow and then something happens, and you are like DAMN I am old.
Take an point the text message I got tonight
Hey, Keith Friday Dec, 3. we are getting a bus and going to philly cause im finally 21. You should def come and tell the crew.
.............
from Alssya
Jesus, how did this happen?
Anyway, everynow and then something happens, and you are like DAMN I am old.
Take an point the text message I got tonight
Hey, Keith Friday Dec, 3. we are getting a bus and going to philly cause im finally 21. You should def come and tell the crew.
.............
from Alssya
Jesus, how did this happen?
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
"Fish Have Feelings Too"
Just read this. I guess we should just start eating bark and dirt now. Eating seafood is evil now.
"Late Night Snack...errr Blog"
Well, I pissed all this time away reading email and other people's blogs. Now its the witching hour and I should be hitting the sack. So I am going to have to delay whatever great article I was going to write since I should be counting sheep right about now.
So, I will leave you with this thought. Mama Nuccio's Cheesesteak Hoagie. Yum...Ate one this weekend and am still thinking about it. If you never had one. Get one. Now that you can't get your balls washed by Asian hookers I guess its the best way to spend your time in money in the town of Hi-nella.
MMMM....Anyone want to go this weekend?
So, I will leave you with this thought. Mama Nuccio's Cheesesteak Hoagie. Yum...Ate one this weekend and am still thinking about it. If you never had one. Get one. Now that you can't get your balls washed by Asian hookers I guess its the best way to spend your time in money in the town of Hi-nella.
MMMM....Anyone want to go this weekend?
Sunday, November 14, 2004
"The Ultimate Doom"
Well in case you haven't noticed there isn't any NHL hockey being played at all. If the NHLPA thought their tactic to refuse to even talk about a salary cap let alone accept one would work better with work stoppage they are sadly mistaken. Perhaps they thought the work stoppage would shock the sports world, well it didn't since they have been talking about it for two years now. Not only that after about 48 hours it wasn't even a story anymore.
No one is talking about. Not that there is much to talk about. Most the casual fans have simply lost interest and moved on with their lives. I have talked to some people, who didn't even realize that there was a lockout.
Since the lockout beacame offical a few months ago the two sides are acting as if our public oppinion actually matters. You would think they were running for office, with both sides attacking each other. The NHLPA meet on Nov,2 to try to figure out what their next course of action they would take. Meanwhile NHL.com was trashing them telling their readers the NHLPa is a bunch of liars basically. NHL commish, Gary Bettman met with fans in the home of the Hurricanes to take their questions. What good does that do though? The fans can't fix the problem. Don't bitch to us about the NHLPA ...TALK to THEM.
The NHLPA may think that have scored a victory this week. Forbes Magazine said the NHL lost ONLY $123 million not $ million stated in the Levitt report. The Levitt report filed by former head of securities and exchange comission Arthur Levitt was slammed by the NHLPA, who said it exaggerating their losses.
So while still some people think the season can be saved (I am no longer one of them) others feel that it could last for years. Coaches, and players have already made plans for the years of lockout. Are these people insane? Do they actually think that there is going to be hockey to come back to after such a long lock out? Do they really think that the fans will act like nothing will happen? Do they not realize that angry fans=no fans= no money=millions and millions of bucks to play a game? I am bewildered by their comments of a 2 or 3 year lock out.
These "victories" that the sides keep thinking they are winning are nothing. Every week that a goes by makes it worse. These sides seem to live in a different world than we do. They can't realize that the NHL could be gone forever if they don't start talking ASSAP. They seem to think that the fans won't lash out at them. They seem to think that their casual fans actually give a damn.
Recently, I Bill Guerin who is high up in the NHLPA was asked if he would rather see a salary cap or the NHL die. He said he would rather see the NHL die before there was one in the NHL. That says it all! Don't worry Bill, you asshole looks like you are going to get your wish. The bottom line is it works in the NFL, so there is no reason to think it won't work here either. The owners I am assuming have lost so much money (its their own damn fault though) they said to Garry Bettman, listen most of us are going to pull out of this league if there is not cap. So, if you really want to give in you will lose over half your league. I am sure Bettman doesn't want that to happen since it will make him look mighty bad. Meanwhile the players are like, hockey players deserve all the money they can get. Our sport is the most popular in the world, the sports world simply won't last without us!
Once the season is officially cancelled, I would assume thats it for the NHL too. I can only hope that they late replacement players come. I mean really who actually belives in the the NHLPA's cause aside from lawyers and lawschool students (sorry Drew) when they have players over seas playing for less money, 3rd &4th line players getting screwed either way, and the vast majority of the public being so apathetic about the NHL ever coming back let alone if the players will be able to earn 1.7 millon or 1.3 millon bucks a year.
What I see happening is in roughly 4 years or so a new World League forming. They would likely have a North American Division which would include teams in Philly, NYC, Hockeytown, Boston, MOntreal, Toronto, and maybe a few other cities. They would play in their own divison and then play for a winner to go to Europe to play against teams over there. The season won't be as long. More hockey players will out of work than ever before, and Americans aside from a few in the towns with teams will care about the sport as much as they do about soccer.
Someone should tell that prick, Guerin about the people conntected to the game who actually have to work for a living that are losing their jobs or taking huge paycuts so him and his greedy friends can bicker with millionaires about a game no one gives a crap about anymore.
****nerd props to anyone who knows where I got the article title from*****
No one is talking about. Not that there is much to talk about. Most the casual fans have simply lost interest and moved on with their lives. I have talked to some people, who didn't even realize that there was a lockout.
Since the lockout beacame offical a few months ago the two sides are acting as if our public oppinion actually matters. You would think they were running for office, with both sides attacking each other. The NHLPA meet on Nov,2 to try to figure out what their next course of action they would take. Meanwhile NHL.com was trashing them telling their readers the NHLPa is a bunch of liars basically. NHL commish, Gary Bettman met with fans in the home of the Hurricanes to take their questions. What good does that do though? The fans can't fix the problem. Don't bitch to us about the NHLPA ...TALK to THEM.
The NHLPA may think that have scored a victory this week. Forbes Magazine said the NHL lost ONLY $123 million not $ million stated in the Levitt report. The Levitt report filed by former head of securities and exchange comission Arthur Levitt was slammed by the NHLPA, who said it exaggerating their losses.
So while still some people think the season can be saved (I am no longer one of them) others feel that it could last for years. Coaches, and players have already made plans for the years of lockout. Are these people insane? Do they actually think that there is going to be hockey to come back to after such a long lock out? Do they really think that the fans will act like nothing will happen? Do they not realize that angry fans=no fans= no money=millions and millions of bucks to play a game? I am bewildered by their comments of a 2 or 3 year lock out.
These "victories" that the sides keep thinking they are winning are nothing. Every week that a goes by makes it worse. These sides seem to live in a different world than we do. They can't realize that the NHL could be gone forever if they don't start talking ASSAP. They seem to think that the fans won't lash out at them. They seem to think that their casual fans actually give a damn.
Recently, I Bill Guerin who is high up in the NHLPA was asked if he would rather see a salary cap or the NHL die. He said he would rather see the NHL die before there was one in the NHL. That says it all! Don't worry Bill, you asshole looks like you are going to get your wish. The bottom line is it works in the NFL, so there is no reason to think it won't work here either. The owners I am assuming have lost so much money (its their own damn fault though) they said to Garry Bettman, listen most of us are going to pull out of this league if there is not cap. So, if you really want to give in you will lose over half your league. I am sure Bettman doesn't want that to happen since it will make him look mighty bad. Meanwhile the players are like, hockey players deserve all the money they can get. Our sport is the most popular in the world, the sports world simply won't last without us!
Once the season is officially cancelled, I would assume thats it for the NHL too. I can only hope that they late replacement players come. I mean really who actually belives in the the NHLPA's cause aside from lawyers and lawschool students (sorry Drew) when they have players over seas playing for less money, 3rd &4th line players getting screwed either way, and the vast majority of the public being so apathetic about the NHL ever coming back let alone if the players will be able to earn 1.7 millon or 1.3 millon bucks a year.
What I see happening is in roughly 4 years or so a new World League forming. They would likely have a North American Division which would include teams in Philly, NYC, Hockeytown, Boston, MOntreal, Toronto, and maybe a few other cities. They would play in their own divison and then play for a winner to go to Europe to play against teams over there. The season won't be as long. More hockey players will out of work than ever before, and Americans aside from a few in the towns with teams will care about the sport as much as they do about soccer.
Someone should tell that prick, Guerin about the people conntected to the game who actually have to work for a living that are losing their jobs or taking huge paycuts so him and his greedy friends can bicker with millionaires about a game no one gives a crap about anymore.
****nerd props to anyone who knows where I got the article title from*****
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
"Echelon 2k5: A New Hope
Despite the fact that the Echelon mall is roughly half empty and suffered another blow in the food court losing the Philly cheesteak place recently there is still hope.
One of Tucker's Worlds inside sources seem to think big changes are on the way. Although ground will not be broken for the new Wal-Mart till after the new year, and the store isn't slated to open till 2006 it will have an impact on the mall. Some stores will be hurt some won't be hurt.
Anyway the feeling is that PERIT is going to try to turn things around. Despite the fact that the Wal-Mart will not be actually connected to the actual mall it is undeniable that their will be an increase in traffic at Echelon. The mall just has to capitalize on it.
My source said that according to PERIT that almost every empty space in the Echelon Mall is spoken for to be filled in this rebuidling process. Although, its unclear when that will actually start. Even the old double level Sears building will be split into two different stores.
It is also unclear to what kind of stores are coming into the mall, and if they will be higher end stores or not. Nothing is likely to change till after the holiday season.
I was there recently when they had a Halloween event and the mall was mobbed. Perhaps PERIT this off. There is still not date for the destuction of J C Pennys yet. If these rumors are true the dark days of Echeleon could be coming to an end soon. 2005, will certainly be a make or break year for the aging mall.
One of Tucker's Worlds inside sources seem to think big changes are on the way. Although ground will not be broken for the new Wal-Mart till after the new year, and the store isn't slated to open till 2006 it will have an impact on the mall. Some stores will be hurt some won't be hurt.
Anyway the feeling is that PERIT is going to try to turn things around. Despite the fact that the Wal-Mart will not be actually connected to the actual mall it is undeniable that their will be an increase in traffic at Echelon. The mall just has to capitalize on it.
My source said that according to PERIT that almost every empty space in the Echelon Mall is spoken for to be filled in this rebuidling process. Although, its unclear when that will actually start. Even the old double level Sears building will be split into two different stores.
It is also unclear to what kind of stores are coming into the mall, and if they will be higher end stores or not. Nothing is likely to change till after the holiday season.
I was there recently when they had a Halloween event and the mall was mobbed. Perhaps PERIT this off. There is still not date for the destuction of J C Pennys yet. If these rumors are true the dark days of Echeleon could be coming to an end soon. 2005, will certainly be a make or break year for the aging mall.
Monday, November 08, 2004
"Blame Tucker"
This past Sunday was the first time I watched an Eagles game from start to finnish all year long. In fact I put aside time in my day to watch it. I went over Price's new apartment and watched with his wife, sister-in-law, and Allen.
The played awful and got their butts handed to them. I fairly sure it was my fault. Sorry to anyone who had money on the birds.
Oh yeah, and I already told Price if he has the Super Bowl Party John Madden will be there.
The played awful and got their butts handed to them. I fairly sure it was my fault. Sorry to anyone who had money on the birds.
Oh yeah, and I already told Price if he has the Super Bowl Party John Madden will be there.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
"The Day After"
Well clearly I don't have to tell anyone the news of the day. What is amazing is how well George W. Bush did in the popular vote, and the Republicans gained a lot of power in the Senate. Now that later, makes me a bit uncomfortable I must admit, because I like to have some checks and balances. Also, the one guy (don't know his name, or that state) thinks homosexuals shouldn't be able to teach. Well, I got really mad an outraged. Then I thought to myself, well if thats the way that State wants to be represented then I guess that is the voice they want. Thats the whole point of it really to give the states some say in what goes on.
Anyway, the voters turned out in record numbers, and every think I predicted you can pretty much flip-flop (last one I swear) in regards to the swing states. It just shows how the exit polls can't always be depeneded on. For whatever reason by the time I was leaving work and Kerry's people were ready to pop-the champaign and start moving into the White House.
The democrats are really stinging, because the lost seats, they lost the popular vote, they lost the election. One wonders if one of their bullet points for the stolen election accucastions in Florida may also has vannished. I was listening to a certain loud mouth 610 guy who took a caller who said that losts of independent parties including the NYC times counted the votes and came up for more for Bush then Gore. He claimed that the exit polls couldn't be all wrong. Well, apperently they can be, and in addition Bush knocked one out of the park in FLorida.
The democrats will have four years to figure out what went wrong. Was the MTV Vote or Die move a waste of time? Did they back the wrong horse bringing Kerry out? I am not sure, but looking at the popular vote one wonders if putting the most liberal man in the Senate in the race was the right way to get to moderates. Even John Edwards couldn't win his own state, and Kerry actually was out performed by Al Gore 4 years ago. Is is possible that Bush wasn't as hated as we thought? Again..I am not sure.
Now, before I wrap this up I would like to thank Drew for John Kerry week a few weeks ago. It was very informative and a class act. In fact I don't hate Kerry voters, or think they are dumb. I don't think the doomsday painted for the US will happen. TERMINUS is clearly pretty much in agreement that the draft will happen soon, and Lima Beanz wonders if the draft will last shy of a decade to draft his son.
I don't see prayer in school coming back, just because Bush wouldn't want to divide the country even more. I also don't even think all the republicans would even be in favor of that. I don't think abortion will be over turned. I also dont think there will be a draft. I do hope Bush pushes through the healthcare plan he had to have small businesses band together for cheaper rates.
In fact I will let the next 4 years unfold, and whoever the first 3 commenters that disagree with them dinner if any of those 3 become a reality. The worse thing for Kerry people will hope that they are wrong about being draft etc. I feel for people who voted for Kerry, because I am sure that people who voted John Kerry because of how much emotion was put into this election.
Its November 3rd now we have to understand that we are all Americans. In reality there has to be a different voice out there we don't hear from at that much in order to shoot Bush to such a large win in the popular vote.
So, thats it the ride is over. The race is done. No more hype. No more questions just moving forward. What wild ride. I will remember this race for the rest of my life and certainly tell my nephew about it.
Now Bush has to try to unite America again, and hopefully everyone can get behind him and move on.
***note to readers*** I have included John Kerry's speech from today in the comments section. Also Drew I will buy you a beer the next time we go out. Not to drown your sorrows in. But, out of respect and hope that this didn't really shatter your will to stand up for what you beileve in. Drew you are one of the most passionate people I have ever met about politics and I would hate for you give up on doing what you are doing. You have a huge following on your blog, and the potential I feel to become a big name blogger one day. In the next election stuff like that will play an even larger role. Hold on to your hope for this country Drew. Take pride in making a difference. The democrats have plenty of time to get on the same page.
Hey only 1,460 days to the GENERAL ELECTION! Hey why even bother putting the Tucker's World hype machine at all?
Anyway, the voters turned out in record numbers, and every think I predicted you can pretty much flip-flop (last one I swear) in regards to the swing states. It just shows how the exit polls can't always be depeneded on. For whatever reason by the time I was leaving work and Kerry's people were ready to pop-the champaign and start moving into the White House.
The democrats are really stinging, because the lost seats, they lost the popular vote, they lost the election. One wonders if one of their bullet points for the stolen election accucastions in Florida may also has vannished. I was listening to a certain loud mouth 610 guy who took a caller who said that losts of independent parties including the NYC times counted the votes and came up for more for Bush then Gore. He claimed that the exit polls couldn't be all wrong. Well, apperently they can be, and in addition Bush knocked one out of the park in FLorida.
The democrats will have four years to figure out what went wrong. Was the MTV Vote or Die move a waste of time? Did they back the wrong horse bringing Kerry out? I am not sure, but looking at the popular vote one wonders if putting the most liberal man in the Senate in the race was the right way to get to moderates. Even John Edwards couldn't win his own state, and Kerry actually was out performed by Al Gore 4 years ago. Is is possible that Bush wasn't as hated as we thought? Again..I am not sure.
Now, before I wrap this up I would like to thank Drew for John Kerry week a few weeks ago. It was very informative and a class act. In fact I don't hate Kerry voters, or think they are dumb. I don't think the doomsday painted for the US will happen. TERMINUS is clearly pretty much in agreement that the draft will happen soon, and Lima Beanz wonders if the draft will last shy of a decade to draft his son.
I don't see prayer in school coming back, just because Bush wouldn't want to divide the country even more. I also don't even think all the republicans would even be in favor of that. I don't think abortion will be over turned. I also dont think there will be a draft. I do hope Bush pushes through the healthcare plan he had to have small businesses band together for cheaper rates.
In fact I will let the next 4 years unfold, and whoever the first 3 commenters that disagree with them dinner if any of those 3 become a reality. The worse thing for Kerry people will hope that they are wrong about being draft etc. I feel for people who voted for Kerry, because I am sure that people who voted John Kerry because of how much emotion was put into this election.
Its November 3rd now we have to understand that we are all Americans. In reality there has to be a different voice out there we don't hear from at that much in order to shoot Bush to such a large win in the popular vote.
So, thats it the ride is over. The race is done. No more hype. No more questions just moving forward. What wild ride. I will remember this race for the rest of my life and certainly tell my nephew about it.
Now Bush has to try to unite America again, and hopefully everyone can get behind him and move on.
***note to readers*** I have included John Kerry's speech from today in the comments section. Also Drew I will buy you a beer the next time we go out. Not to drown your sorrows in. But, out of respect and hope that this didn't really shatter your will to stand up for what you beileve in. Drew you are one of the most passionate people I have ever met about politics and I would hate for you give up on doing what you are doing. You have a huge following on your blog, and the potential I feel to become a big name blogger one day. In the next election stuff like that will play an even larger role. Hold on to your hope for this country Drew. Take pride in making a difference. The democrats have plenty of time to get on the same page.
Hey only 1,460 days to the GENERAL ELECTION! Hey why even bother putting the Tucker's World hype machine at all?
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
*********ELECTION NIGHT**************
TUCKER's WORLD BACKS BUSH
Well okay I put it off and for some good reasons, and at some very bad reasons.
I had to make a decision about how I was going to run Tucker's World during the campaign. What I realized this year is to have a much better political conversation with someone no matter where they stand is to put a topic in the air and look at both sides. I don't usually start the conversation with I THINK BLAH,BLAH,BLAH. I usually start with..what do you think. I get a feel for where they stand on the issues and take it from there. I figured I would try to make fun of the election that wasn't all that funny.
Maybe I was a little to easy on Bush, but most of my readers read TERMINUS, so why beat a dead horse? I did question John Kerry quite a lot on here, and that happened after I realized that many of the people I talked to couldn't give me one thing they liked about John Kerry or even tell me how he was going to fix most of our problems. Not to say they were all uneducated. I just wanted people talking about it.
Well let me just say that I backed out of an making it clear this weekend, because I realized. I am not going to sway anyone's vote. To be honest I am sure some of my readers would have just called me nasty names and attacked me. Yeah, Lima Beanz you are right. It was no secret towards the end anyway. Although, I have had readers tell me they didn't have a clue who I was voting for. Also, most people at work from the way I discuss politics with naturally assumed I was voting for Kerry. Although, I tried to convince someone I was voting for Nader today.
The thing of it is, I didn't make up my mind till about over a month ago. Towards the end it was between Bush and no one at all. At the end of the day, I just wasn't sold on John Kerry. He had better music, and lots of promises, but I didn't buy that he would MAKE A STRONGER THE US. I honestly, think he is totally underestimating how easy it will be to fix the nations problems. If he wins tonight I highly doubt that the terrorists are going to stop what they are doing, and everyone will want to help us with the mess in Iraq.
The war In Afganistian (sp?) was sadly over looked, and I think it was a much larger success than people give credit for. Hell, they actually had elections there. Do I agree with the war in Iraq? For some reasons I do, but not entirely. In the comments section below I will give you list of quotes from others who thought there were WMDs too. In fact given all the confusion who really knows if there were some at one point.
I am not going to make this a long story, because clearly I stand where I stand. The majority of my readers are Kerry voters. So, I must be the only blogger in the world who has the majority of his readers disagreeing with him. Think about that. Most blogs are read by people who nod their heads and say...yeah..That's right.
The sad thing is even though I knew in my heart who I was voting for I wasn't looking forward to saying so on here. Considering I know of only one of my readers (god knows who half the mystery posters even are) for a fact voted for Bush. But really what difference would it have made but to have hate projected towards me? I might even lose some of my new readers which I really hope not, because I consider most of them my friends. I get it a lot when it comes to my worldly views. Most people think those views don't even fit my personality and are shocked to hear where I usually lean.
As I am writing this Dan K asked me how anyone could actually think John Kerry to run this country. The fact is not everyone that votes for Bush is an idiot or rich. So, please I can think of tons of people that are middle class that are voting for Bush. I even know a handful of democrats that are voting for Bush. Today a friend at work told me he was democrat and read a lot about the race, and told me he is voting for Bush because he just doesn't think Kerry is up to the war on terror.
Now, I respect every ones views on my blog. I will never call anyone names that disagree with me. Sadly, I am rarely given to the same respect when I speak my mind. Usually, slandered and called nasty names for people who supposedly love freedom of speech. I had a friend at work that I have been talking about the election almost non-stop for several months. He actually was disappointed in me for voting for Bush. Telling how disappointed it was that I was going to vote for Bush, given how in formed I am.
I just think that Kerry is mostly all style. He will win this election based on all the MTV watchers who know very little and think that we will be drafted if Bush wins. They let Kerry's wife get away with the lie that we would "Catch" Bin Laden a week before Nov2. It was a bold faced lie based on nothing. Sadly, NO ONE called her on that.
I gave Kerry a good chance, but I never was fully sold. I can go on and on. If Kerry thinks we need more people in Iraq...How will HE DO IT WITH OUT DRAFTING YOU? He keeps saying he has a plan. Sometimes citing you have to wait till January to hear what it is.
I really fear Kerry thinks its an easy fix..It isn't.
Now I have heard so many nasty things about the Bush. That's fine. No problem with that. However, there are many people that are close to me and important in my life that did vote for Bush. They aren't even close to all the nasty things that are said about being a Bush supporter. In fact some of them are some of the best people I have ever met. I respect peoples views. I am not a bigot, I am not against minorities, and I don't think anyone voting for Kerry is dumb, un-American, or bad people.
You can't change my mind I can't change yours. We can talk about stuff all we want, but the bottom line at the end of the day. I voted for Bush. I could endorse him, but who would listen? I am not in that business its up to you to make up your own mind and vote. That's what makes America great. Hopefully, you people will continue to read my blog and respect my views.
Thanks for reading and following the wild election ride. Sorry for the delay in this post. Keep reading and thanks again for supporting Tucker's World.
Well okay I put it off and for some good reasons, and at some very bad reasons.
I had to make a decision about how I was going to run Tucker's World during the campaign. What I realized this year is to have a much better political conversation with someone no matter where they stand is to put a topic in the air and look at both sides. I don't usually start the conversation with I THINK BLAH,BLAH,BLAH. I usually start with..what do you think. I get a feel for where they stand on the issues and take it from there. I figured I would try to make fun of the election that wasn't all that funny.
Maybe I was a little to easy on Bush, but most of my readers read TERMINUS, so why beat a dead horse? I did question John Kerry quite a lot on here, and that happened after I realized that many of the people I talked to couldn't give me one thing they liked about John Kerry or even tell me how he was going to fix most of our problems. Not to say they were all uneducated. I just wanted people talking about it.
Well let me just say that I backed out of an making it clear this weekend, because I realized. I am not going to sway anyone's vote. To be honest I am sure some of my readers would have just called me nasty names and attacked me. Yeah, Lima Beanz you are right. It was no secret towards the end anyway. Although, I have had readers tell me they didn't have a clue who I was voting for. Also, most people at work from the way I discuss politics with naturally assumed I was voting for Kerry. Although, I tried to convince someone I was voting for Nader today.
The thing of it is, I didn't make up my mind till about over a month ago. Towards the end it was between Bush and no one at all. At the end of the day, I just wasn't sold on John Kerry. He had better music, and lots of promises, but I didn't buy that he would MAKE A STRONGER THE US. I honestly, think he is totally underestimating how easy it will be to fix the nations problems. If he wins tonight I highly doubt that the terrorists are going to stop what they are doing, and everyone will want to help us with the mess in Iraq.
The war In Afganistian (sp?) was sadly over looked, and I think it was a much larger success than people give credit for. Hell, they actually had elections there. Do I agree with the war in Iraq? For some reasons I do, but not entirely. In the comments section below I will give you list of quotes from others who thought there were WMDs too. In fact given all the confusion who really knows if there were some at one point.
I am not going to make this a long story, because clearly I stand where I stand. The majority of my readers are Kerry voters. So, I must be the only blogger in the world who has the majority of his readers disagreeing with him. Think about that. Most blogs are read by people who nod their heads and say...yeah..That's right.
The sad thing is even though I knew in my heart who I was voting for I wasn't looking forward to saying so on here. Considering I know of only one of my readers (god knows who half the mystery posters even are) for a fact voted for Bush. But really what difference would it have made but to have hate projected towards me? I might even lose some of my new readers which I really hope not, because I consider most of them my friends. I get it a lot when it comes to my worldly views. Most people think those views don't even fit my personality and are shocked to hear where I usually lean.
As I am writing this Dan K asked me how anyone could actually think John Kerry to run this country. The fact is not everyone that votes for Bush is an idiot or rich. So, please I can think of tons of people that are middle class that are voting for Bush. I even know a handful of democrats that are voting for Bush. Today a friend at work told me he was democrat and read a lot about the race, and told me he is voting for Bush because he just doesn't think Kerry is up to the war on terror.
Now, I respect every ones views on my blog. I will never call anyone names that disagree with me. Sadly, I am rarely given to the same respect when I speak my mind. Usually, slandered and called nasty names for people who supposedly love freedom of speech. I had a friend at work that I have been talking about the election almost non-stop for several months. He actually was disappointed in me for voting for Bush. Telling how disappointed it was that I was going to vote for Bush, given how in formed I am.
I just think that Kerry is mostly all style. He will win this election based on all the MTV watchers who know very little and think that we will be drafted if Bush wins. They let Kerry's wife get away with the lie that we would "Catch" Bin Laden a week before Nov2. It was a bold faced lie based on nothing. Sadly, NO ONE called her on that.
I gave Kerry a good chance, but I never was fully sold. I can go on and on. If Kerry thinks we need more people in Iraq...How will HE DO IT WITH OUT DRAFTING YOU? He keeps saying he has a plan. Sometimes citing you have to wait till January to hear what it is.
I really fear Kerry thinks its an easy fix..It isn't.
Now I have heard so many nasty things about the Bush. That's fine. No problem with that. However, there are many people that are close to me and important in my life that did vote for Bush. They aren't even close to all the nasty things that are said about being a Bush supporter. In fact some of them are some of the best people I have ever met. I respect peoples views. I am not a bigot, I am not against minorities, and I don't think anyone voting for Kerry is dumb, un-American, or bad people.
You can't change my mind I can't change yours. We can talk about stuff all we want, but the bottom line at the end of the day. I voted for Bush. I could endorse him, but who would listen? I am not in that business its up to you to make up your own mind and vote. That's what makes America great. Hopefully, you people will continue to read my blog and respect my views.
Thanks for reading and following the wild election ride. Sorry for the delay in this post. Keep reading and thanks again for supporting Tucker's World.
Monday, November 01, 2004
"THE BIG DAY!"
Well, I just had to relax for a bit. Well this is it my friends, today it the day we have been all counting down to. Some of you might be reading this before you go to bed and will vote first think in the morning. I have a friend who never voted before that i making a point to get up at the butt-crack of dawn and vote. It's going to be a wild finnish to a wild long memorable, history in the making ride. I am voting after work most likely, unless I happen to get up early for some reason. Considering the states won't be called till at least 8 I won't miss too much but hype and spin. My prediction at this point is that it will be John Kerry by a much larger margin than anyone would have expected. Be careful out there tomorrow people...enjoy voting and please check in on my blog with stories at the polls. I want to know whats going on out there. I will try to update my blog through out the night. So, click back if you have time. I want to see if can be one of the first bloggers to declare the winner. Again, I am saying Kerry is going to win, by a big enough margin that we should know it when we go to sleep tonight. Of course, I am not anpert.
TUCKERS FREAKING OUT
JOHN KERRY JOHN KERRY JOHN KERRY JOHN KERGeorge BUSH! RY JOHN KERRY JOHN KERRY vote or die!!!! BUSH..BUSH BUSH..4 more YEARS! WE WILL HOPE IS ON THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!STRONGER AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flip-flopper!!!!!!!!!!!! Draft dodger.....IRAQ...OSAMA TAPES...FLIP FLOPPER....KERRY voting for stuff before he voted against it....KERRY saying well it depends on the outcome about if he would have done something....Micheal Moore's movie ......pulling troops out of Iraq.......people with kerry edwards signs at the intersection of haddon ave and cuthbert blvd wanting me to honk my horn...images..images......muddslingging I have election over load...too much media propaganda..too many ads..to many signs...too many talking heads im...freaking out loyal readers...im freaking out TUCKERS WORLD's HYPO-METER has broken.....................where are my cicada friends? did they go under ground for 17 years when I was paying attention to this election./...where are the cicadas? WHEEEEEEEEEEEEERE are they?
"What I Learned"
:::cue up childrens music:::
Okay, kids here is some stuff that I learened during the race for the white house.
1. If you are the front runner for the democratic candidate for president. Don't scream like a crazy guy.
2. If you opponent is in the middle of farm country holding an ear of corn looking like a jack-ass. You imedately have to stand in the middle of farm country and hold an ear of corn and loko like a jack-ass.
3. Because, John Kerry served in Vietnam, and we should listen to everyone who served in Veitnam, unless they don't like John Kerry.
4. Rock Stars LOVE Kerry.
5. MTV thinks we should vote for Kerry or we will all die.
6. Bush thinks lots of stuff are funny. He kept laughing in the 3rd election.
7. Curt Schilling LOVES Bush
8. Osama HATES Bush
9. Osama LOVES Micheal Moore's movie.
10. Sean "P Diddy"Combs really wants us to vote.
11. Both sides are getting down in dirty to try to sway the election.
12. Younger voters will believe anything you tell them.
13. Kerry Really thinks Hope is on the way.
14. If we found WMDs by now people would be like John ..Who?
15. Bush thinks we will be hit again if Kerry wins and we will all be eaten by wolves. Kerry thinks if we vote for Bush we will all be drafted and attack Iran. ***note to readers Liza's dog looks like a wolf and tries to chew my hand off everytime I go over her house. ***
Okay, kids here is some stuff that I learened during the race for the white house.
1. If you are the front runner for the democratic candidate for president. Don't scream like a crazy guy.
2. If you opponent is in the middle of farm country holding an ear of corn looking like a jack-ass. You imedately have to stand in the middle of farm country and hold an ear of corn and loko like a jack-ass.
3. Because, John Kerry served in Vietnam, and we should listen to everyone who served in Veitnam, unless they don't like John Kerry.
4. Rock Stars LOVE Kerry.
5. MTV thinks we should vote for Kerry or we will all die.
6. Bush thinks lots of stuff are funny. He kept laughing in the 3rd election.
7. Curt Schilling LOVES Bush
8. Osama HATES Bush
9. Osama LOVES Micheal Moore's movie.
10. Sean "P Diddy"Combs really wants us to vote.
11. Both sides are getting down in dirty to try to sway the election.
12. Younger voters will believe anything you tell them.
13. Kerry Really thinks Hope is on the way.
14. If we found WMDs by now people would be like John ..Who?
15. Bush thinks we will be hit again if Kerry wins and we will all be eaten by wolves. Kerry thinks if we vote for Bush we will all be drafted and attack Iran. ***note to readers Liza's dog looks like a wolf and tries to chew my hand off everytime I go over her house. ***
Sunday, October 31, 2004
"Monster Mash"
I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster from his slab began to rise And suddenly to my surprise He did the mash He did the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash He did the mash It caught on in a flash He did the mash He did the monster mash
>From my laboratory in the castle east To the master bedroom where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the mash They did the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash They did the mash It caught on in a flash They did the mash They did the monster mash
The zombies were having fun The party had just begun The guests included Wolf Man Dracula and his son The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds The coffin-bangers were about to arrive With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five" They played the mash They played the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash
They played the mash It caught on in a flash They played the mash They played the monster mash Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring Seems he was troubled by just one thing He opened the lid and shook his fist And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"
It's now the mash It's now the monster mash The monster mash And it's a graveyard smash It's now the mash It's caught on in a flash It's now the mash It's now the monster mash Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band And my monster mash is the hit of the land For you, the living, this mash was meant too When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you Then you can mash Then you can monster mash The monster mash And do my graveyard smash Then you can mash You'll catch on in a flash Then you can mash Then you can monster mash
>From my laboratory in the castle east To the master bedroom where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the mash They did the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash They did the mash It caught on in a flash They did the mash They did the monster mash
The zombies were having fun The party had just begun The guests included Wolf Man Dracula and his son The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds The coffin-bangers were about to arrive With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five" They played the mash They played the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash
They played the mash It caught on in a flash They played the mash They played the monster mash Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring Seems he was troubled by just one thing He opened the lid and shook his fist And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"
It's now the mash It's now the monster mash The monster mash And it's a graveyard smash It's now the mash It's caught on in a flash It's now the mash It's now the monster mash Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band And my monster mash is the hit of the land For you, the living, this mash was meant too When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you Then you can mash Then you can monster mash The monster mash And do my graveyard smash Then you can mash You'll catch on in a flash Then you can mash Then you can monster mash
"Weird U.S." (Tonight at 10:30 pm! on the History Channel)
Well you might have thought this was going to be about the election based on the title. Perhaps how "weird" it is that these two guys are the "best" men for the job out of the entire population of the U.S. Well it isn't.
Well most my readers know I am big fan of the local publication WEIRD N.J. in fact I have brought issues out for my friends to read on many occassions. I know some of my readers even read it on their own. Anyway, if you don't know what the magazine is about its out twice a year Oct, and May it talks about strange roads, legands, folklore, abandoned wharehouses, places where the NJ devil supposedly lives, UFO sightings of the the years, midgets, and freaks that live in the woods and mess with people.
Honestly, I don't believe half of what I read. However, its fun to see how the legends get the changed, and different people debunk of confirm the stories. They magazine is really interseting and a even people that don't think ALIENS have shown up yet can get something out of it. They show road side oddites like robots made of junk, big statues, bizarre sayings written on trees, and they even wrote a great (and freaky) article about a cold case of a missing girl years ago. The case is now reopened despite still not knowing if who or why she was killed, but the details around it are crazy.
Anyway, to get to the point the two guys who started out (they also have a book) are doing a spin-off book WEIRD U.S. ,a nd they were asked to film a special for the History Channel that will air tonight at 10 30 pm est.
If the show goes over well, it will become a series. Good for them! Although, I am worried that it will lose its NJ appeal, they assure their fans that WEIRD NJ will still be around.
In the newest issue (now at newstands) people might be saddened to hear that The Swampman or "Swampy" the man who roamed around in the creek in woods near the Deptford Mall, was arrested after attacking someone. The police said he was believed to be living in the woods bettween 10-2o years.
He was sent to ancora and the incident was even in the newspapers I am told. So, don't bother looking in the woods by the mall anymore for "Swampy" because, he is gone. I feel cheated that I never got to see him. They said he wore several layers of clothes, and attached pieces of trash to his body and ate out of dumpsters by the mall.
So, don't forget to tune into Weird US tonight at 10 30 on the History Channel!
Poor Swampy....
Well most my readers know I am big fan of the local publication WEIRD N.J. in fact I have brought issues out for my friends to read on many occassions. I know some of my readers even read it on their own. Anyway, if you don't know what the magazine is about its out twice a year Oct, and May it talks about strange roads, legands, folklore, abandoned wharehouses, places where the NJ devil supposedly lives, UFO sightings of the the years, midgets, and freaks that live in the woods and mess with people.
Honestly, I don't believe half of what I read. However, its fun to see how the legends get the changed, and different people debunk of confirm the stories. They magazine is really interseting and a even people that don't think ALIENS have shown up yet can get something out of it. They show road side oddites like robots made of junk, big statues, bizarre sayings written on trees, and they even wrote a great (and freaky) article about a cold case of a missing girl years ago. The case is now reopened despite still not knowing if who or why she was killed, but the details around it are crazy.
Anyway, to get to the point the two guys who started out (they also have a book) are doing a spin-off book WEIRD U.S. ,a nd they were asked to film a special for the History Channel that will air tonight at 10 30 pm est.
If the show goes over well, it will become a series. Good for them! Although, I am worried that it will lose its NJ appeal, they assure their fans that WEIRD NJ will still be around.
In the newest issue (now at newstands) people might be saddened to hear that The Swampman or "Swampy" the man who roamed around in the creek in woods near the Deptford Mall, was arrested after attacking someone. The police said he was believed to be living in the woods bettween 10-2o years.
He was sent to ancora and the incident was even in the newspapers I am told. So, don't bother looking in the woods by the mall anymore for "Swampy" because, he is gone. I feel cheated that I never got to see him. They said he wore several layers of clothes, and attached pieces of trash to his body and ate out of dumpsters by the mall.
So, don't forget to tune into Weird US tonight at 10 30 on the History Channel!
Poor Swampy....
Saturday, October 30, 2004
" 3 Day BLITZ!"
3 simple days left....who do you think will win and why?
Simple question.
ENJOY THE HYPE, HATE ADs and PEOPLE SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER for the next 72 hours or so.
Bask in it my friend, beause this is the 3-day blitz.
Simple question.
ENJOY THE HYPE, HATE ADs and PEOPLE SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER for the next 72 hours or so.
Bask in it my friend, beause this is the 3-day blitz.
"Bush Bashers Gone Wild!"
Its amazing how few people know that this even happened. A few months back Drew wrote on TERMINUS (too lazy to use the URL) in article called "Typical Republican Behavior" he wrote about how republicans are more likely to become really voilent and I guess just plain mean towards people who didn't vote their way.
I begged to differ.
I am sure so would Catherine Harris who almost met the reaper at the hands of a man who I would doubt has Bush sign on his lawn. Well just check here.
I begged to differ.
I am sure so would Catherine Harris who almost met the reaper at the hands of a man who I would doubt has Bush sign on his lawn. Well just check here.
"Look Who is Back!"
Hey, just in time for Halloween Osama Bid Laden is back making tapes and telling us why we are all going to die. Experts say that they can tell its a new video because of his reference to recent events such as Dan K's wedding (hey I never blogged about that...mental note), Boston Red Sox winning, the NHL locktout and the Eagles 5-0 record.
Okay, he didn't talk about all that stuff thought I would lighten the moode. Jeesh, just when you thought this election couldn't get any more nasty, darker or depressing. Now don't take this the wrong way, but do you think Osama has seen Micheal Moore's film? I uses some of Moore's most burning jabs as talking points. Not to say he is getting his info from there, but perhaps he knew where to hit.
Political experts with fancy degrees on their walls have said this will benefit President Bush (Mr. Bush to you ABC news viewers) in the pending election. I have a meaningless degree that is lost in my room somewhere. I am not sure, if there were any undecided voters out there (I know a few actually) then I am sure that this could easily sway them to vote for Kerry just as easily. Osama paints Bush as arrogant, greedy and on the same level of his pals in the middle east.
On the other hand John Kerry's comments about going back to when terrorism was just a nusance might just come back to hurt him. You know the good old days when people just got killed over seas and when we could collectively forget attacks like the '93 WTC attack and get back to are lives and stuff. Oh, once in awhile people like those on the USS Cole would be attacked, but that was just annoying too. Just like hookers and gambling, right?
Anyway, even still I don't see this swinging into Bush's favor. If Kerry's camp really do they might try to spin it. Saying that the released the tape this late to try to change the out come of the election. If Kerry says this you know he is officially shaking in his boots. Kerry as far as I know has just jib- jabbed at Bush saying that the fact that Osama is alive and free and making tapes proves Bush is failure when it comes to protecting our nation.
As a service to my readers all 4 of them I will provide you with the chilling transcript left by the terrorist mastermind. Well it will make my article really long and many people stop reading, but heck I am saving you the trouble of actually googgling the for it, Right?
In this verision it includes a few "news readers" that might shed some more light on what he is saying.
Newsreader: A new message from Bin Laden to the American people about the reasons and resulats of the 9/11 attacks.
Newsreader 2: The head of AL Qaeda says the continuation of us policy will lead to the repetition of what happened.
Male presenter: The head of AL Qaeda organization directed a message to the American people and this video and audio apearence in this tape which Jezeera required for the first time for two years. In the beginning of his message, he spoke about the reasons why they chose the US to execute 9/11..
OBL: You American people, my speech to you is the best way to avoid another conflict about the war and its reasons and results. I am telling you security is an important pillar of human life. And free people don't let go of their security contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom. He should tell us why we didn't hit Sweden for instance. Its known that those who hate freedom don't have dignified souls.like the 19 who were blessed. But we fought you because we are free people, we don't sleep on our oppression. We want to regain the freedom of our Muslim nation as you spill our security, we spill your security.
Female presenter: Bin Laden spoke for the first time about the main reasons he thought of executing Sept 11 attacks, confirming that the Israeli operation in Lebanon was the first incident where he thought of it.
OBL: I am so surprised by you. Although we are in the fourth year after the events of sept 11, Bush is still practicing distortion and misleading on you, and obscuring the main reasons and therefore the reasons are still existing to repeat what happened before. I will tell you the reasons behind theses incidents. I will be honest with you on the moment when the decision was taken to understand. We never thought of hitting the towers. But after we were so fed up, and we saw the oppression of the American Israeli coalition on our people in Palestine and Lebanon, it came to my mind and the incidents that really touched me directly goes back to 1982 and the following incidents. When the US permitted the Israelis to invade Lebanon with the assistance of the 6th fleet. In these hard moments, it occurred to me so many meanings I cant explain but it resulted in a general feeling of rejecting oppression and gave me a hard determination to punish the oppressors. While I was looking at the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it came to my mind to punish the oppressor the same way and destroy towers in the US to get a taste of what they tasted, and quit killing our children and women.
Male presenter: Bin Laden considered in his message that the results of Sept 11 were successful in his opinion and as a reason of that, he said that the similarity between the administration of Bush the father and the arab regimes said Bush learned so much from them during his visits.
OBL: We didn't find difficulty dealing with Bush and his administration due to the similarity of his regime and the regims in our countries. Whish half of them are ruled by military and the other half by sons of kings and presidents and our experience with them is long. Both parties are arrogant and stubborn and the greediness and taking money without right and that similarity appeared during the visits of Bush to the region while people from our side were impressed by the US and hoped that these visits would influence our countries. Here he is being influenced by these regimes, Royal and military. And was feeling jealous they were staying for decades in power stealing the nations finances without anybody overseeing them. So he transferred the oppression of freedom and tyranny to his son and they call it th e Patriot Law to fight terrorism. He was bright in putting his sons as governors in states and he didn't forget to transfer his experience from the rulers of our region to Florida to falsify elections to benefit from it in critical times.
Female Presenter: Bin Laden considered the way Bush dealt with the first moments of Sept. 11, giving a good chance to the executors of Sept. 11 to complete it.
OBL: We agreed with Mohamed Atta, god bless him, to execute the whole operation in 20 minutes. Before Bush and his administration would pay attention and we never thought that the high commander of the US armies would leave 50 thousand of his citizens in both towers to face the horrors by themselves when they most needed him because it seemed to distract his attention from listening to the girl telling him about her goat butting was more important than paying attention to airplanes butting the towers which gave us three times the time to execute the operation thank god.
Male presenter: the final part of the message is that the security of the Americans depends on the policy that they execute despite the winner of the elections. OBL: Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or Al Qaeda. Your security is in your hands. Each state that doenst mess with our security has automatically secured their security.
Female Presenter: In Bin Laden's message he approached other points. He pointed to the contradiction which considers oppression and killing of innocents a legal act. They formed an international law as bush the father did with the children of iraq according to bin laden. Bin Laden pointed to the millions of pounds of explosives dropped on Iraqi children as bush his son had done, as he said to remove an old agent and install a new agent to help instealing the oil of iraq. And bin laden said the events of 9/11 came as an answer to this oppression and said that if the answer to this oppression is considered bad terror, then we need to do it. And he stressed that he wants to deliver this message to the Americans in words and in deeds since the 9/11 events. He reminded Americans of a few warning messages through various news media like Time Magazine and CNN and other Arab and correspondents since 1996. He warned them of the conswquences of their countries policies. He talked abou t the damage Sept 11 caused the US economy and that it cost close to a trillion dollars. He talked about President Bush and that the emergency law requires more money.
Okay, he didn't talk about all that stuff thought I would lighten the moode. Jeesh, just when you thought this election couldn't get any more nasty, darker or depressing. Now don't take this the wrong way, but do you think Osama has seen Micheal Moore's film? I uses some of Moore's most burning jabs as talking points. Not to say he is getting his info from there, but perhaps he knew where to hit.
Political experts with fancy degrees on their walls have said this will benefit President Bush (Mr. Bush to you ABC news viewers) in the pending election. I have a meaningless degree that is lost in my room somewhere. I am not sure, if there were any undecided voters out there (I know a few actually) then I am sure that this could easily sway them to vote for Kerry just as easily. Osama paints Bush as arrogant, greedy and on the same level of his pals in the middle east.
On the other hand John Kerry's comments about going back to when terrorism was just a nusance might just come back to hurt him. You know the good old days when people just got killed over seas and when we could collectively forget attacks like the '93 WTC attack and get back to are lives and stuff. Oh, once in awhile people like those on the USS Cole would be attacked, but that was just annoying too. Just like hookers and gambling, right?
Anyway, even still I don't see this swinging into Bush's favor. If Kerry's camp really do they might try to spin it. Saying that the released the tape this late to try to change the out come of the election. If Kerry says this you know he is officially shaking in his boots. Kerry as far as I know has just jib- jabbed at Bush saying that the fact that Osama is alive and free and making tapes proves Bush is failure when it comes to protecting our nation.
As a service to my readers all 4 of them I will provide you with the chilling transcript left by the terrorist mastermind. Well it will make my article really long and many people stop reading, but heck I am saving you the trouble of actually googgling the for it, Right?
In this verision it includes a few "news readers" that might shed some more light on what he is saying.
Newsreader: A new message from Bin Laden to the American people about the reasons and resulats of the 9/11 attacks.
Newsreader 2: The head of AL Qaeda says the continuation of us policy will lead to the repetition of what happened.
Male presenter: The head of AL Qaeda organization directed a message to the American people and this video and audio apearence in this tape which Jezeera required for the first time for two years. In the beginning of his message, he spoke about the reasons why they chose the US to execute 9/11..
OBL: You American people, my speech to you is the best way to avoid another conflict about the war and its reasons and results. I am telling you security is an important pillar of human life. And free people don't let go of their security contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom. He should tell us why we didn't hit Sweden for instance. Its known that those who hate freedom don't have dignified souls.like the 19 who were blessed. But we fought you because we are free people, we don't sleep on our oppression. We want to regain the freedom of our Muslim nation as you spill our security, we spill your security.
Female presenter: Bin Laden spoke for the first time about the main reasons he thought of executing Sept 11 attacks, confirming that the Israeli operation in Lebanon was the first incident where he thought of it.
OBL: I am so surprised by you. Although we are in the fourth year after the events of sept 11, Bush is still practicing distortion and misleading on you, and obscuring the main reasons and therefore the reasons are still existing to repeat what happened before. I will tell you the reasons behind theses incidents. I will be honest with you on the moment when the decision was taken to understand. We never thought of hitting the towers. But after we were so fed up, and we saw the oppression of the American Israeli coalition on our people in Palestine and Lebanon, it came to my mind and the incidents that really touched me directly goes back to 1982 and the following incidents. When the US permitted the Israelis to invade Lebanon with the assistance of the 6th fleet. In these hard moments, it occurred to me so many meanings I cant explain but it resulted in a general feeling of rejecting oppression and gave me a hard determination to punish the oppressors. While I was looking at the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it came to my mind to punish the oppressor the same way and destroy towers in the US to get a taste of what they tasted, and quit killing our children and women.
Male presenter: Bin Laden considered in his message that the results of Sept 11 were successful in his opinion and as a reason of that, he said that the similarity between the administration of Bush the father and the arab regimes said Bush learned so much from them during his visits.
OBL: We didn't find difficulty dealing with Bush and his administration due to the similarity of his regime and the regims in our countries. Whish half of them are ruled by military and the other half by sons of kings and presidents and our experience with them is long. Both parties are arrogant and stubborn and the greediness and taking money without right and that similarity appeared during the visits of Bush to the region while people from our side were impressed by the US and hoped that these visits would influence our countries. Here he is being influenced by these regimes, Royal and military. And was feeling jealous they were staying for decades in power stealing the nations finances without anybody overseeing them. So he transferred the oppression of freedom and tyranny to his son and they call it th e Patriot Law to fight terrorism. He was bright in putting his sons as governors in states and he didn't forget to transfer his experience from the rulers of our region to Florida to falsify elections to benefit from it in critical times.
Female Presenter: Bin Laden considered the way Bush dealt with the first moments of Sept. 11, giving a good chance to the executors of Sept. 11 to complete it.
OBL: We agreed with Mohamed Atta, god bless him, to execute the whole operation in 20 minutes. Before Bush and his administration would pay attention and we never thought that the high commander of the US armies would leave 50 thousand of his citizens in both towers to face the horrors by themselves when they most needed him because it seemed to distract his attention from listening to the girl telling him about her goat butting was more important than paying attention to airplanes butting the towers which gave us three times the time to execute the operation thank god.
Male presenter: the final part of the message is that the security of the Americans depends on the policy that they execute despite the winner of the elections. OBL: Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or Al Qaeda. Your security is in your hands. Each state that doenst mess with our security has automatically secured their security.
Female Presenter: In Bin Laden's message he approached other points. He pointed to the contradiction which considers oppression and killing of innocents a legal act. They formed an international law as bush the father did with the children of iraq according to bin laden. Bin Laden pointed to the millions of pounds of explosives dropped on Iraqi children as bush his son had done, as he said to remove an old agent and install a new agent to help instealing the oil of iraq. And bin laden said the events of 9/11 came as an answer to this oppression and said that if the answer to this oppression is considered bad terror, then we need to do it. And he stressed that he wants to deliver this message to the Americans in words and in deeds since the 9/11 events. He reminded Americans of a few warning messages through various news media like Time Magazine and CNN and other Arab and correspondents since 1996. He warned them of the conswquences of their countries policies. He talked abou t the damage Sept 11 caused the US economy and that it cost close to a trillion dollars. He talked about President Bush and that the emergency law requires more money.
Friday, October 29, 2004
"Rats, Locked Out Again"
So, since there is no hockey the close I have come to see any NHL action is via the Playstation Game Liza got my for my b-day. NOw I don't have a system so I have to play it when I am over Lizas house which works out fine if she has school work to do or whatever.
Anyway, I have been telling everyone how great this game is. The season mode is great you can look at the Phantoms statics, keep 3 people as scrathes, and move other to the minors so when you use them they are better players.
There is also a gameroom where you can play hockey trivia, air hockey or bar shuffle board. In addition to those, you can unlock jerseys and old team including the '87 Flyers. I haven't figured out how do this yet, but I am sure its cool.
The gameplay rocks the players can use their skates when pinned against the boards, the goalies are the most realistic I have ever seen as far as moves. The game is played like an ESPN broadcast. Gary Thorne and Bill Clementon call the game. Aside from the fact they seem to think the Flyers still play at the Frist Union Center it is pretty well done.
Anyway, I started a season. With all the feature of injuries, minor leaguers, and what not its quite fun to play the coach and try to get lines to score and win more games. In fact the players on waviers or listed as free agents are impressive. They even have Mark Greig who was mainly a Phantom, every time I flip through his picture he looks all sad.
"I just want to be a Phantom again!"
Anway I was 5-2 and about to face off against the Habs who had almost the same record. It was going to be a great matchup! Sadly when I tried to load that game, the screen just kept saying loading and the music kept looping. Convinced I had a smudge on the disc I removed it and looked at it. Not the case. I tried restarting a few times. No luck.
So, like a nerd I googled it. Found some video game geek message boards, and found to my horror that my season like the real one was likely to be once ice for ever. Apperently, the game has a bug in the Season or franchise mode that if you end up with more than 3 injuries (I did) the game just shuts down and never loads again with in the season. Especailly if the other team you are about to play have people hurt. So, the season was lost, because of lazy programers.
Now I have started the season all over again, and lost the first two games.
Just be warned anyone who buys this game. I think the only way to fix it, is to play the season with no injuries which sucks. Hopefully that is THE ONLY bug that will keep my season from locking up.
Anyway, I have been telling everyone how great this game is. The season mode is great you can look at the Phantoms statics, keep 3 people as scrathes, and move other to the minors so when you use them they are better players.
There is also a gameroom where you can play hockey trivia, air hockey or bar shuffle board. In addition to those, you can unlock jerseys and old team including the '87 Flyers. I haven't figured out how do this yet, but I am sure its cool.
The gameplay rocks the players can use their skates when pinned against the boards, the goalies are the most realistic I have ever seen as far as moves. The game is played like an ESPN broadcast. Gary Thorne and Bill Clementon call the game. Aside from the fact they seem to think the Flyers still play at the Frist Union Center it is pretty well done.
Anyway, I started a season. With all the feature of injuries, minor leaguers, and what not its quite fun to play the coach and try to get lines to score and win more games. In fact the players on waviers or listed as free agents are impressive. They even have Mark Greig who was mainly a Phantom, every time I flip through his picture he looks all sad.
"I just want to be a Phantom again!"
Anway I was 5-2 and about to face off against the Habs who had almost the same record. It was going to be a great matchup! Sadly when I tried to load that game, the screen just kept saying loading and the music kept looping. Convinced I had a smudge on the disc I removed it and looked at it. Not the case. I tried restarting a few times. No luck.
So, like a nerd I googled it. Found some video game geek message boards, and found to my horror that my season like the real one was likely to be once ice for ever. Apperently, the game has a bug in the Season or franchise mode that if you end up with more than 3 injuries (I did) the game just shuts down and never loads again with in the season. Especailly if the other team you are about to play have people hurt. So, the season was lost, because of lazy programers.
Now I have started the season all over again, and lost the first two games.
Just be warned anyone who buys this game. I think the only way to fix it, is to play the season with no injuries which sucks. Hopefully that is THE ONLY bug that will keep my season from locking up.
Thursday, October 28, 2004
"3 More Reasons Kerry Will Win"
Okay most these polls are all over the map. So, lets look at this logically. Okay, lets at least talk about these 3 things standing in the way of Bush's relection.
1. Did you know that 7 percent of all Americans have a cell phone, but not a land phone? Well its true, at least that what I read recently. Now I am guessing these are mainly 30 and under people. Who are likely to vote for Kerry. The kicker is that very few if not none at all were included in any of the polls. That alone could shift the results.
2. You would think people would rally around a wartime president more, right? Well clearly not in this election. Look what happened to his father back in '92. A hell of a lot more people supported that Iraq war than this one. Still Bush the father lost. So, how you could his son win if his father lost even though he pretty much won that war?
3. I really don't see Bush taking the Keystone state at all. He has a lot of people pulling for him in the state. Also, I think he could lose Florida too. Although, unless it is a wide margin it could get sticky again. Well the last election there was so neck and neck. However, I would imagine he lost more votes than won votes in four year. Plus you have the people who voted for him and are miffed at him. Lets all them the Jenna voters. Nothing personal Jenna, I just want to create a cool buzz word for the election. So, the Jenna voters will swing this state in Kerry's favor.
Do you guys actually see any holes in my theories?
Barely over 5 days left to go..well to the election anyway. Actually know who our next president in...well that could come sometime around the next time we see an NHL game.
1. Did you know that 7 percent of all Americans have a cell phone, but not a land phone? Well its true, at least that what I read recently. Now I am guessing these are mainly 30 and under people. Who are likely to vote for Kerry. The kicker is that very few if not none at all were included in any of the polls. That alone could shift the results.
2. You would think people would rally around a wartime president more, right? Well clearly not in this election. Look what happened to his father back in '92. A hell of a lot more people supported that Iraq war than this one. Still Bush the father lost. So, how you could his son win if his father lost even though he pretty much won that war?
3. I really don't see Bush taking the Keystone state at all. He has a lot of people pulling for him in the state. Also, I think he could lose Florida too. Although, unless it is a wide margin it could get sticky again. Well the last election there was so neck and neck. However, I would imagine he lost more votes than won votes in four year. Plus you have the people who voted for him and are miffed at him. Lets all them the Jenna voters. Nothing personal Jenna, I just want to create a cool buzz word for the election. So, the Jenna voters will swing this state in Kerry's favor.
Do you guys actually see any holes in my theories?
Barely over 5 days left to go..well to the election anyway. Actually know who our next president in...well that could come sometime around the next time we see an NHL game.
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