20q.net will blow your mind.

Okay, so yeah, I was thinking of tape, I don't know how they got it, but they did.

Q20. I am guessing that it is a roll of duct tape?
Right, Wrong, Close
19. Is it human powered? No.
18. Do most people use this daily? No.
17. Does it go inside other things? No.
Can it float? Unknown.
16. Can you hold it? Yes.
15. Does it fold up easily? No.
14. Does it contain a liquid? No.
13. Can you order it at a restaurant? No.
12. Do you carry it in your pocket? No.
Do you use it at night? Unknown.
11. Is it larger than a microwave oven (or bread box)? No.
10. Is it man made? Yes.
9. Is it hard? No.
8. Have you seen one in real life? Yes.
7. Does it get wet? Sometimes.
6. Can it be used to season foods? No.
5. Can you see through it? Sometimes.
Is it white? Unknown.
4. Would you give it as a gift? No.
3. Does it display information? No.
2. Would you find it in an office? Yes.
Is it larger than a pound of butter? Unknown.
1. It is classified as Other.

It starts at question 1, and asks you other questions. I did not think it was going to guess duct tape. Seriously, this computer must be smarter than most people, because I don't think anyone would have guessed tape.
try it out: http://www.20q.net/

Race according to Ideology, not Color

Victor Davis Hansen has another brilliant observation concerning Reverend Wright up at his PJ Media Blog.

Rice and Thomas

I was suprised that almost no one has commented on Wright’s slurs against Justice Thomas (“Clarence Colon” ) and Secretary Rice (Con-damn-nesia”). Neither Obama nor any prominent African-American voiced outrage. Why? The two most powerful African-Amerians in public service are an apparent embarrassment to their own communities, due to their ties to conservatives. In other words, in the Ward Churchillian mode, one is not necessarily as much African-American by race as by ideology;thus a half-white Obama of African heritage, who experienced far less prejudice than the older, darker, and African-American Thomas, is the more authentic African-American because of his leftist Chicago politics and his patronage of the fiery Wright

This has real repercussions for future racial relations. Since the liberal left has been able to dictate to the African-American population that a particular leftwing philosophy is essential to one’s genuine (as opposed to false) identity.

The fact that Clarence Thomas almost certainly was subject to more prejudice during his life than Obama is of no concern to Reverend Wright. He is not speaking for the black man, he is speaking for the anti-conservative black man, i.e. himself. Any attempt by Obama to describe Wright's comments as typical black resentment are ridiculous, because there are successful blacks who have endured significantly more hardships in their lives than the Senator, yet they seemingly do not hold any of these resentments.

Victor Davis Hansen has one of my favorite takes on the whole Obama-Reverend Wright situation.

All in all—a mess.

Lost in all this is that the racial healer Obama has probably done more to set back racial politics than almost any recent public figure in memory. His Rev. Wright is worse than Farrakhan whom the reverend praises.

Had a Colin Powell or Condoleezza Rice run for President, the black vote would have split 50/50, there would have been no such extremists in the closet to worry about, and race would have been irrelevant. But Obama, who talked about making race as unimportant from the very beginning, through his ties with this racist church, with his pandering to Wright, with his wife’s outbursts, and by his own words in his memoirs, has made racial identity the center of his political existence. The final irony? A Powell or Rice no doubt experienced racial prejudice far more than did the younger, bi-racial Obama who did not grow up as an African-American on the mainland.

Read the whole thing here

For Obama to declare himself the "non race" candidate is ridiculous, because everything he does is as the "black candidate." There could have been far more qualified African-Americans who would not have all the skeletons that Obama has and race simply would have been actually a non-issue because there would have been more substance to the candidate. Obama is the candidate for white Democrats to erase their "white guilt," despite the fact that all he is is the black candidate. Its reverse racism at its most hilarious.
Instead of trying to find the right candidate, whether he's (or she's) white, black, hispanic, asian, etc., they chose the black candidate and ignored all of the things that might be wrong with him, and now they are dealing with the problems of choosing a candidate based on the color of his skin, and ignoring all of the things that might be wrong with him.
And now Obama refuses to actually address Wright's statements, he refused to really condemn those statements, because he needed that hatred of the black voters of the white population of the US to become what he is now. They voted for him because he is the black candidate.

Basically, Obama has two problems and he cannot really shirk either one of them. One: He actually had no idea about what Reverend Wright said, in which case: do we really want to elect a president that ridiculously oblivious to the statements of one of his closest advisors?
Two: He knew what Wright said, and had to grin and bear it because he couldn't afford to lose his most loyal constituency. If this is the case, as I suspect it is, (after all, these statements were made and pointed out by conservative bloggers over a year ago and its just becoming news now), then he has simply been lying about his ending "politics as usual",his "hope" and "change" that he has been talking about since his candidacy basically began. Obviously, people expect politicians to lie, but for a presidential candidate to hear the kind of things that Wright said and not address them, or possibly agree with them, makes him the kind of candidate I don't believe can possibly win this election. Either he's incompetent or he's a liar and possibly really has vitriolic feelings for the white establishment in this country, and we really don't need that kind of candidate. If anything comes out of this, I hope it makes people see through the "Obamessiah" facade that his supporters stand by. With all the idiotic things his advisors and staffers have done, (eg. Staffer saying Hillary and Obama both aren't ready to answer the proverbial 3AM phone call.), I'm inclined to believe he's just imcompetent, but I'm personally fine, as a Republican, with Obama losing votes because people are scared of Wright's disgusting rhetoric. That is Obama's problem and he does have to deal with it, this is one scandal the Mainstream Media can't whitewash.

Mexican criminal organizations use national parks for pot cultivation

Ok one more thing from the report that should hopefully piss off pot smokers.

Marijuana cultivation on public lands has created a litany of problems. An increasing number of unsuspecting
campers, fishermen, hikers, hunters, and forest and park officials have been intimidated, threatened, or even physically harmed when they neared marijuana cultivation
sites. To establish and maintain a marijuana field, traffickers must clear cut native plants and trees; poach and hunt wildlife; devastate the soil with insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers; and divert natural waterways like springs, streams, and creeks. According to the National Park Service, 10 acres of forest are damaged for every acre planted with marijuana, with an estimated cost of $11,000 per acre to repair and restore land that has been contaminated with the toxic chemicals, fertilizers,
irrigation tubing, and pipes associated with marijuana cultivation.

By smoking pot, you might think that you are being one with the land, but I'm doing more to help the environment (not that I really give a crap one way or another) by not smoking pot than you are by lighting your doobie.

National Drug Control Strategy 2008

I'm not a fan of drugs. Here's my take on one of the most interesting parts of the Bush Administration's report which can be found here.

In 1996, California became the first State to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes. California’s Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, was intended to ensure that “seriously ill” residents of the State had access to marijuana for medical purposes, and to encourage Federal and State governments to take steps toward ensuring
the safe and affordable distribution of the drug to patients in need.

California now has more than 12,000 registered medical marijuana cardholders and an estimated 310 medical marijuana dispensaries. The quantity of medical marijuana moving through each dispensary is staggering: conservative estimates suggest at least 500 pounds of marijuana per year per dispensary. This means 155,000 pounds of marijuana moved for “medical” purposes or 12.29 pounds of marijuana per registered patient. As approximately 1,200 marijuana cigarettes can be made per pound, each user would be provided with 14,734 marijuana cigarettes per year, or 41 marijuana cigarettes
a day.

To anyone who says that these dispensaries are perfectly well handled, WAKE UP. This means that the government of California is basically handing out marijuana to anyone who can pretend they are in pain. And don't give me that people with Glaucoma need it. Only 2% of the users in California who use medicinal marijuana have either Glaucoma, AIDS or Cancer. Its not being used predominantly by senior citizens either. Only 2% of users prescribed with use for medicinal marijuana are 60 or older, while over 60% are under 40.


I didn't read the entire report, but one positive thing that came out of it is that, despite glamorization of drugs by Hollywood, drug use is down in youths across the country, for all major drugs including marijuana. For those who say we're losing the War on Drugs, look again.

Elections 08

I probably won't write about them much here. I'll vote for McCain probably for the same reason that all those airheads say they will vote for Obama. (Heh, Firefox still throws up a red line under Obama for spelling, but none for McCain), because he says he'll remove our troops from Iraq, regardless of the situation. Ignore the fact that we're winning over there. Ignore the fact that the surge is working. Fine. You cannot ignore the humanitarian crisis that will break out over there if we do not give the Iraqis more time to get their shit together. Obviously that's not the only reason I won't vote for Obama, as the thought of voting for him has never crossed my mind, but that, to me, is the most important reason. Believe it or not, I have never fainted because an articulate African-American said the word "change."