First Amendment? Or What?

So, Hayden Barnes, this punk kid at Valdosta State (In, of course, Valdosta GA), decides to twist the administration's tail a bit. This is VSU's Administration, in the person of the President, right?

Read the whole thing HERE.

Well, the Prez, Ronald Zaccari, decided to expell young Mr. Barnes as a "clear and present danger to this campus".

The "clear and present danger to this campus" consisted of an entry in a FaceBook.com page, a collage with a reference to a "Zaccari Memorial Parking Garage."

Point #1: College students are always getting outraged over something - and flapping their jaws about it, whatever it is.

Point #2: College presidents are the face of The Administration. Good Heavens, they might even get mocked!

Point #3: His Eminence Zaccari needs to get over himself.

I mean, Mr. Barnes could have referred to the Prez as "The Little Zucchini", right?

Mr. Barnes gets a hearing on 26 November, which means that THIS quarter/semester is completely shot to doll rags.

The Little Zucchini has, with malice aforethought, laid VSU (and the taxpayers of Georgia, which means me) open to a whopping great lawsuit and judgement based on the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States - and that, my friends, really annoys me.

Why shouldn't it? After all, it IS my money, right?

The Nobel "Peace Prize"

From the Will of Alfred Bernhard Nobel

...and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

And.... so where does AlGore stand in the above?

For that matter, how about Yasser Arafat?

The Nobel "Peace Prize" has degenerated to a bucket of smelly stuff.

'Nuff said.

MoveOn Dot Org is afraid of Susan Collins??

It seems quite silly, actually.

One of the least visible, least influential Replican Senators, Susan Collins of Maine, has been targeted by MoveOn dot Org.

Senator Collins' campaign attempted to buy ads on Google to refute MoveOn Dot Org's attack ads.

Move On Dot Org promptly lit a fire under their lawyers, saying "Stop that Republican Senator from Taking Our Name In Vain!"

Which they promptly did.

Adam Kovacevich, responding to questions via e-mail from FOX News, said Google prohibits ads that include trademarked names if those trademark holders oppose those users. "Under our advertising policies, companies and organizations that demonstrate that they own trademark rights can request that their trademarked terms not be used in the text of ads on Google. MoveOn made such a request, and as a result we required that this advertiser rewrite their ad and remove the trademarked terms."

Now, I think we can all agree that Google lived up to the letter of their policies. However, we can also agree that their policies regarding political speech in advertising needs a good, solid review, especially considering Google's caving in to other left-wing organizations such as the People's Republic of China (aka "Red China").

We can also see that MoveOn dot Org is not interested in political debate. MoveOn dot Org is interested in winning (but their track record there sucks) and intimidation, at which they're actually pretty good, when pushing most Democratic politicians, and some Republican politicians around.

Now, this blog, OWW2.BLOGSPOT.COM, is hosted on BlogSpot, which is a unit of Google. Therefore, remember what the official name of the NAZI party was? The "National Socialist Worker's Party". And consider that the following has been demonstrated:

MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.
MoveOn.Org is an un-democratic, left-wing, fascistic organization.

And just a little itty-bitty reminder, Google and MoveOn - this is political discourse, does not violate the Terms of Service, and is protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Should MoveOn.Org make any attempt to silence me, I expect Google/Blogspot to step up. If Google/BlogSpot caves in to MoveOn.Org, well, we'll know who's who and what's what, won't we?

Good "Free" Stuff For Your PC

Today is another "Things Computerish" day, wherein I point out some of the good free stuff that I use. "Free" as in "It doesn't cost me one thin dime, and is More Than Good Enough". This is stuff that I use and depend on. This stuff should all be at the top of the list for anyone who is at all concerned about getting the best out of their Windows computer.

SECURITY

Virus Protection: AVG AntiVirus can be had HERE. Good, solid stuff, and it does not get in the way of normal operations like Norton, or McAfee. You'll have to dig a little on their site, but trust me, it's worth it.

SpyBot Search and Destroy is HERE. Afraid of Malware? You're not? You should be! Use this, and you'll happy.

AdAware Personal is HERE. See above.

UTILITY

The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows can be had HERE. If you are the "Family, Neighbors, and Friends Local Computer Geek", and you don't have this, you're working 'way too hard. Also true if you are a professional supporting a Windows desktop environment. You don't need it often, but when you do need it, you need it Real Bad.

DIRMS is one of my favorites. It's included in the UBCD, and is a really good disk defragger - much better than Microsoft's included disk defragmenter. Stand-alone DIRMS can be had HERE. I highly recommend that you boot with the UBCD, and then use DIRMS to do a thorough and complete defrag of your system's hard disk. Your system will run faster and your hard disk will be less likely to fail.

AutoIT is for geeks only, and is available HERE. If you have to do lots of scripting, AutoIT is far superior to any other scripting language I've worked with. The learning curve is very steep, but the folks in the forums will be delighted to help, and the end result is simply astounding. If you have to support lots of PCs in a networked environment, you really need this one. If your management is being difficult, work up a couple of simple tasks (I used an installer for a terminal emulator that has lots of install options), and then do a Dog-And-Pony Show.

APPLICATIONS

NoteTab can be found HERE. Think Notepad on steroids. Good stuff, and absolutely free!

FireFox can be had HERE. I don't use it (I have to support Internet Exploder 6.0, so I use it, and I know it all too well!), but Mrs. OWW won't use anything else.

Now I've got a Teenager in the House!

Today is one of "those" days - "those" being defined as Very Important Days that you always remember.

Today Chickie went from being a "kid" to being a "teenager".

I've seen flashes of "teenagerness" of course. Clothing style. Hair. Nails. Smart-mouth. Unexpected tears. Maniacal laughter over nothing at all. From happy and smiling to red-hot rage to broken-hearted tears, and back to happy and smiling, all within fifteen bewildering seconds.

And that was just a taste.

I've been through this before, with Katydid, my first girl-child, about twelve years back.

Which brings up a story for me to tell.

We were still living in California, and Katydid was visiting for the weekend (Katydid's Mom and I were divorced many years ago), and we went off to the local supermarket to get some groceries - Katydid, Chickie, and me.

Katydid was carrying Chickie on her hip, and 'round about the time we hit the canned fruit section, this really nice older lady walked up to Katydid (who still had Chickie on her hip), and said "Your baby is beautiful!"

Katydid made me very proud of her that day, and eased my mind considerable, for I was dreading the "teenage years", and all the perils for a young lady.

Katydid replied, very nicely, to the nice older lady, "Thank you. But this is my sister."

Of course the nice older lady wanted to sink right into the floor.

When we got around the corner (into the "Ethnic Foods" section, as I recall), Katydid said to me, very quietly but with great intensity, "Daddy! As if I could be So Stupid!"

Well, Chickie, not so long ago, you made me equally as proud of you.

We were talking about one of your acquaintences here in Georgia, and you said something about her probably going to be an "un-wed teenage mother with no education, no husband, and no life, and NOT like me at all, because she's being an absolute dum-dum!"

On top of all that, Chickie, you are, for the most part, a pretty good kid, mostly, and I love you very much.

There's no doubt in my mind that the coming years will drive me right out of what's left of my alleged mind - but there's a few things I won't have to worry about. Much. I hope.

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart. I Love You....

Music and Weather

It's been raining, with occasional thunder and lightning, all day.

Perfect weather for listening to E. Power Biggs cookin' away at The Mighty Wurlitzer.

Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor. Fugue in G-Minor.

There ain't much better, anywhere, by anybody. J.S. Bach played by E. Power Biggs.

You think you know music? Def Leppard is OK, Queen rocks, the Moody Blues come close, but I tell you three times, pure music is defined by J.S. Bach as played by E. Power Biggs.

And yes, I am Old Weird Ward.

My place, my rules.