Back With a Vengence

I always knew that when I was living in Chicago there was something just not right with some of the liberals there. Their current Governor, who was elected the last year I lived there, has now shown his true face.

Nope, he's not a new breed of Democrat who can draw votes from both sides like Obama. He is a straight up lost his mind, died in the wool, wacko leftist who does not believe that 1) Parents know what's best for their children, 2) That most children can't tell the difference between a video game and reality.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich thinks that children who play video games up to the age of 18 have failed parents and just can't tell the difference between violence in a video game vs. reality. In fact he believes so strongly in this that he is pushing for a law in Illinois to make the sale of "violent" or "sexual-themed" game to anyone under 18 illegal.

His legislation if it passed would define a "violent" video game as any where the characters physically hurt one another. Dude, wake up to reality, that would be 80% of the games out their including Pac-Man, Finding Nemo (Son loves that one), and any of the Mario Brothers game. Granted he is targeting games such as in his words, "GTA, Halo 2, and Moral Kombat" but his broad definition could really apply to most games on the market today.

I believe his efforts will fail and that this may hurt his reelection chances among folks who want the government to stay out of their personal business and not blatantly state that they doing a poor job raising their kids so the government will help out with some more unneeded laws.

This is just another clear example of how Democrats don't seek to empower anyone; rather they pass laws to "protect us from ourselves". I got news for you Rod, my 4 year old knows the difference between a video game and reality, most kids do and most parents are doing a fine job. Take some advice and stick to other topics your more familiar with like raising taxes.

A link to the story is below, enjoy. I would include in closing that this story while championed by a Democrat this time has in the past been a favorite of left-leaning Republicans who share the view that we all too stupid to make the right choices in life so the government should do it for us. They share equally in my distain for government officials who intrude in the citizenry's lives. Later.......................

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/

Life Keeps Getting In The Way Of Blogging!

I am going to beg out of another thought-provoking post and simply present The Wednesday Mad Tech Site of The Day.

Hold the applause; this is a one time deal. See, today is my wedding anniversary and I have plans for Mrs. Mad Tech and they won't allow me to write tonight.

Without further ado, The Wednesday Mad Tech Site of the Day is.........

2Slick's Forum

2Slick is a chopper pilot who tells the true stories of our efforts in Iraq from the point of view of himself and his fellow soldiers. He is one of a growing number of military personnel turning to the internet to get the truth out on Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terrorism.

Speaking of Mrs. Mad Tech; I have been blessed to be married to the most caring, giving, and understanding woman I have ever had the privilege to know. Thank you for being there for me and kicking me in the ass when needed. Thank you for being a great mother to our children, my best friend and lover, and for being yourself. I love you with all of my heart and soul and thank God everyday for bringing you into my life.
Later................

Pentagon Announces 2005 Deployment Schedule

The Pentagon announced its troop deployment schedule for 2005 today, here is the link.

I make note of this because I want to wish good luck and Godspeed to every soldier being deployed. May God continue to watch over you and bless you and your families. Your service is not in vain and at least this American thanks you.

On a more personal note, I have mentioned in the past that my brother is a member of the 101st Airborne. They are among the units listed on the deployment schedule. I find it hard to convey my feelings to my younger brothers sometimes and him in particular. Must be from all the knock-down, drag-out fights we had as kids and even young adults, but I want him to know that I am proud of his service in the military for the past 13 years and continue to be. Stay safe and come home to your wife and children.
Later......................

Here are some links to sites that directly help the men and women in our military.

The USO
The Red Cross
Fisher House
Defend America
Support Your Troops
Any Soldier

Merry Christmas ACLU

Found this over at TS Right Dominion and had to share. Let me add a little F*ck you to the ACLU from the bottom of my heart. Later................

Day Off

No post today, I have a scheduled day off from work and plan on spending it with the family. Of course after I take yet another Microsoft exam, they never seem to end.

Back to tomorrow with all kinds of Mad Tech goodness. Give the folks on the right a read, they have some good things to say. Later......................

Am I Crazy? Do I Amuse You?

Feeling a little nuts today, my lovely children are on a rampage and I am about to cry Uncle. I will return to my regularly scheduled postings tomorrow. Later........

P.S. This is not really a picture of me. I mean damn!!! Get a freaking nose job already. Later........

Something Warm And Fuzzy For The Holiday Season

Came across this article a few days ago so if you have already seen it I apologize. Basically the story details a fatwa allowing use of nuclear, biological and chemical that was issued about a year ago by a Saudi cleric.

According to Islamic law those weapons were prohibited from use and in fact OBL faced criticism from other radical Muslims for not giving the United States "warning" before the 9/11 attacks. Now with this ruling, it appears that al Qaeda has no remaining religious or moral barriers to prevent from carrying out these attacks if they actually posses them.

In fact let me go out on a limb and say that "every" terrorist group in the world that is at least loosely tied to Islam will take this as a green light and re-double their efforts to obtain these weapons. Given the fact that this news was largely hidden from the public for over a year, I would guess that they have already followed up on the fatwa.

While al Qaeda is certainly not finished and continues to plot against this country and its interests, my greatest fear are groups such as Hamas or Hezbollah. Not that they had the resources to strike this country but that they would use those weapons against a U.S. ally such as Israel or even Egypt or Jordan. Those last two countries are not such a stretch when you look closely at who the majority targets in Iraq are, Muslims killing Muslims.

Given this countries strong ties to our allies in the middle east, any attack by the aforementioned groups would only draw us in deeper. The reality of the situation is that the United States will need to keep a large military force in the Middle East for an extended period of time. This is the reality of our obligations to the region, regardless of whom the President is or who controls Congress. It is very disappointing to see members of the media, Democrat party, and others not acknowledge the reality of our foreign policy. We are all Americans and if we do not recognize the true form of our enemy, I fear there will be some dark days ahead for this country.

I have linked the article below; regardless of your political leanings give it a read. It very clearly lays out the threat against our country. Later.............

http://www.jinsa.org/articles/articles.html/

WTF Friday Rant Volume 1 Issue 2

First a bit of blogsphere business to attend to, I would like to extend a large thanks and major hat tip to my buddy Zeke over at It Is What It Is. He wrote a few kind words about this site in a posting yesterday. Give him a read; you'll like what you read.

Now on to the madness that is the WTF Friday Rant. Enjoy the insanity.........

When is a dictatorship not a dictatorship? I guess if you make some phony laws to direct blame from said dictator.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200412/08/

Flash!!!!! Space Station hit by food shortage, apparently eating disorders exist in space as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/science/space/

Great, I can see it now, "Man killed on flight over cell phone argument" And I would be lucky enough to sit next to the jack*ss.
http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/

Shock and Awe, Liberal Press makes the news rather then reports it!!! Like any of us are the least bit surprised by this loser, even his editor agrees.
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/

Fo Shizzle, SC dropped the sticky icky on the shorties and had to jet before the po-po dropped a case on da man.
http://reuters.excite.com/article/20041209/

"Damn I have a headache honey." Wife relived after 4 years of excuses for no sex.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41839

MoveOn calls McAuliffe a Bitch and he likes it.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/12/9/215826.shtml

The Island of Dr. Moreau found in Minnesota, Nevada (not Area 51, sorry), and California. Ok, California is not really that surprising.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6534243

"Commies love the ACLU" Damn! I knew they had something in common.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41864

Hey ACLU!! Even the Atheists believe, shouldn’t you?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?

And last but not least.

Pope tells the Devil to go to Hell
http://www.reuters.com/

Test of AudioBlogger

When Univeristies Go Bad

It's been awhile since I was on a college campus on a regular basis. I do however have friends and family that are still in school so I had some idea of how bad it had become for conservative and libertarian leaning students, basically anyone who does not agree with the administration’s or faculty’s leftist agenda.

Thanks to Evan Maloney and crew over at Academic Bias, we now some concrete example of how leftist colleges and universities are becoming. Evan took to the road and visited some of the more well known institutions of higher learning in this country, including the University of Tennessee and Cal Poly. His documentary focuses on the practice of university administrators and faculty to force their political views on the student body by enforcement of "speech codes".

The case studies include extreme political correctness, academic bias, student censorship, and last but not least administration cover-ups of student mistreat by other students or faculty. Frankly there is little that the libs and their extreme cousins, the socialists do that shocks me but this film was a great eye-opener.

After viewing the film, I did some research on the subject matter and found numerous examples of schools abusing their student body (Not that body, stay with me folks). Quite a few examples can be found over at FIRE, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. This group while founded by liberals does the kind of work that the ACLU should be doing and often finds themselves at odds with other liberals. These folks are ok in my book.

Also during the course of my research I came across a book called The Shadow University by Alan Charles Kors and Harvey A. Silverglate. Their book documents the hundreds of cases of free speech and civil rights abuse the authors have found across this country. They showcase how the free speech and civil rights movements of the 60's are being perverted by administrators and faculty to foster their agenda. I plan on reading this book and from the excerpts on their website. I suggest if you’re concerned about the indoctrination of our youth, you do so as well.

I have provided a link below to the film by the folks at Academic Bias; take a gander if you’re inclined. The second link to an article by a liberal professor at Adrian College speaking to the fact that the Saddam Hussein style of government is the only one that will work for Iraq. This article I took personally since Adrian College was the site of my first college courses, albeit when I was 13 years old. This has been around in the Blogsphere so I just suggest a visit to the article, your jaw will drop and you'll say WTF? Hat tip to MaxedOutMomma for a great take on the article and the professor. Enjoy the links and the film if you watch it. I would download it if you have broadband; the streaming is a little choppy. Later...............

Academic Bias: Brainwashing 101

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1207-31.htm