Leaving For Hawaii

I'm leaving for Hawaii in the morning. While I'm gone the media server is on it's own for six days. Hopefully all will be well while I'm away. If not, consider it a preview for my move in October when none of my images, movies or music will be available until I resettle and redirect everything to be hosted from Hawaii. Aloha !

Obama Takes A Page (or two) From Stalin And Hitler

The high and mighty Greek God Obama doesn't want anyone talking about his close relationship with the terrorist Bill Ayres. So much so that they threaten legal action against anyone bringing this ugly truth to light. He's even taking to having reporters arrested for trespassing on a public sidewalk. This is the kind of hope and change he wants to bring to America. This is what America can expect to be a daily occurrence if he becomes President.

Well I'm bringing it up Barack Hussein Obama. Millions of other Americans will too.
You have a lot of questions to answer about your relationship with unrepentant Bill Ayers. Threats and intimidations won't silence us. You have a lot to answer for Mr. Obama. Guilt by association ? Well, considering the job you're applying for... hell yes.

You Libs always talk big on free speech, until someone says something you don't agree with. Then you're always quick for harassment or even legal action.

Oh, and congratulations on having a ticket that's even more liberal than the last two ! I didn't think that was possible ! And having two Senators on the ticket ! Neither with any executive experience, let alone experience at all in the case of Obama ! And Biden ? Are you kidding me ? He's been on the wrong side of history his entire career ! The depth of sound bites and video feeds from this windbag will be a goldmine for McCain.

So read the links.
See for yourself.
This the the change Obama wants to bring to America.

Inflation Hits 11,200,000 Percent !

The Jimmy Carter Years ?
Well, almost...

Can you imagine living in a place where a loaf of bread cost 1.6 trillion dollars ?
There is such a place.



100 Billion Dollars (Say it like you're Dr. Evil)

Zimbabwe inflation hits 11,200,000 percent

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared in the past three months and is now at 11.2 million percent, the highest in the world, according to the country's Central Statistical Office.


Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared to a world high.

Official figures dated Monday show inflation has surged from the rate of 2.2 million percent recorded in May, despite the government's price controls.

The country's finance minister confirmed the new figure in an interview but said the rising inflation rate was not confined to Zimbabwe alone.

"While our case has been aggravated by the illegal sanctions imposed by the Western powers, rising food prices are a world phenomenon because of the use of bio-fuel," said Samuel Mumbengegwi. "But we will continue to fight inflation by making sure that prices charged are realistic."

In February, the price of a loaf of bread in the country was less than 200,000 Zimbabwe dollars. On Monday, that same loaf of bread cost 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars.


HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared in the past three months and is now at 11.2 million percent, the highest in the world, according to the country's Central Statistical Office.


Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared to a world high.

Official figures dated Monday show inflation has surged from the rate of 2.2 million percent recorded in May, despite the government's price controls.

The country's finance minister confirmed the new figure in an interview but said the rising inflation rate was not confined to Zimbabwe alone.

"While our case has been aggravated by the illegal sanctions imposed by the Western powers, rising food prices are a world phenomenon because of the use of bio-fuel," said Samuel Mumbengegwi. "But we will continue to fight inflation by making sure that prices charged are realistic."

In February, the price of a loaf of bread in the country was less than 200,000 Zimbabwe dollars. On Monday, that same loaf of bread cost 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars.

Analysts have said the Zimbabwean government's official inflation rate figures are conservative. Last week, one of Zimbabwe's leading banks, Kingdom Bank, said the country's inflation rate was now more than 20 million percent.

The locally-owned bank predicted tougher times ahead for Zimbabwe in the absence of donor support and foreign investment in an economy that has been in freefall for almost a decade.

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Zimbabwe summit fails to reach agreement
Once considered the breadbasket of Africa, Zimbabwe has been in the throes of an economic meltdown ever since the country embarked on a chaotic land reform program that has decimated commercial agriculture.

Analysts say the crisis has worsened following President Robert Mugabe's disputed reelection in the June 27 presidential run-off. His challenger Morgan Tsvangirai boycotted the race over widespread allegations of violence and voter intimidation.

The economic crisis has destroyed Zimbabwe's currency and made it difficult for Zimbabweans to buy basic commodities, electricity, fuel, and medicines. Many Zimbabweans have left the country amid rising unemployment and deepening poverty.

Last week a summit in South Africa of regional African leaders failed to persuade Zimbabwe's political parties to agree to form a government of national unity, which observers view as the best way to end Zimbabwe's record recession.

I guess that land reform program (Steal land from the evil white farmers) worked out pretty well for them.

I'm going to buy a few of those 100 Billion Dollar Bills just for the fun of saying I'm a billionaire.

Hat Tip: Amos

Ode To My Family

Sorry for service downtime today. Someone at IP address 58.9.110.32 kept making repeated requests for OdeToMyFamily.mp3 and was overwhelming my system. I'm pretty sure it was a DOS attack. Anyway, I renamed the file until the jerk goes away.

Complex S(expletive..)

Flying piece of shit art causes museum chaos in Switzerland

A giant inflatable dog turd by American "artist" Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line (Oh no ! Energy Crisis !) and breaking a greenhouse window (Oh no ! Greenhouse Gases !) before it landed again, the museum said Monday.
The art work, titled "Complex S(expletive..)", is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 metres (yards) from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children's home (They're going to be in therapy for a while... "Can't sleep, Giant Poo will get me !"), said museum director Juri Steiner.

The inflatable turd broke the window at the children's home when it blew away on the night of July 31, Steiner said. The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.

Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if the piece would be put back on display.

Escaped 'giant poo' causes chaos

Russia Invades Georgia, World Distracted By Games

Georgia says Russian tanks mean 'war' in South Ossetia
This is bad.

Russia sent troops and dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia today, vowing to protect its citizens in a move described by Tbilisi's pro-Western Government as an act of war.

A South Ossetian rebel minister said that more than 1,000 people had been killed in overnight shelling of the city of Tskhinvali, the separatist capital which Georgia claimed today to have captured.

In probably the most serious regional crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, at least 50 Russian tanks – and possibly many more – rumbled through the Roki tunnel, which cuts through the Caucasus mountains separating South Ossetia from the Russian province of North Ossetia.

The Russian incursion came after Georgian forces moved to regain control of the region that broke away along with rebel Abkhazia in the 1990s. Russia backs the separatists in both provinces and has its own peacekeeping forces there.

"One hundred and fifty Russian tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other vehicles have entered South Ossetia," President Saakashvili of Georgia told reporters in Tbilisi. "This is a clear intrusion on another country’s territory. We have Russian tanks on our territory, jets on our territory in broad daylight."

Mr Saakashvili added that Georgian forces had downed two Russian jet fighters over Georgian territory.

Georgia mobilised its reservists yesterday and launched a massive offensive overnight. Fighting raged today around the city of Tskhinvali, the regional capital, as Georgian troops backed by tanks and warplanes pounded separatist forces,

A senior Russian military commander said parts of Russia’s 58th army were approaching the rebel capital.

"We cannot allow the deaths of our countrymen to go unpunished. The guilty parties will receive the punishment they deserve," President Medvedev told a meeting of his security council in the Kremlin.

"I am obliged to protect the lives and dignity of Russian citizens, no matter where they are located."

Mr Medvedev's predecessor, Vladimir Putin, now Prime Minister, warned on a visit to Beijing, where he attended the Olympic opening ceremony, that the Georgian action would bring "retaliatory measures".

Both Nato and the White House appealed for an end to the fighting as international diplomacy went into overdrive and Mr Putin discussed the crisis with President Bush at a gathering ahead of the Olympic ceremony. A US official said that 100 American military trainers working in Georgia were all safe.

"Russia is fighting a war with us in our own territory," he told CNN as Russian armour rolled into South Ossetia.

"It’s not about Georgia anymore. It’s about America, its values: we are a freedom-loving nation that is right now under attack."

Tensions between Georgia and Russia have been rising over the last few months over South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Georgia accuses Russia of fermenting trouble in both regions and supporting the separatist governments as a way to put pressure on Georgia and foil its attempts to join Nato. Russia has given out passports to a majority of South Ossetians and Abkhazians.

More: Russia, Georgia seek control of South Ossetia capital

At Least We Don't Have To Deal With Edwards Anymore

Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he loved only his wife, Elizabeth.

"Two years ago I made a very serious mistake," Edwards said, blaming the prominence of being a vice presidential candidate. "All of which fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want," he said.

Edwards has always been egotistic and a narcissist.
Just as he has always been a fraud, liar, cheat, hypocrite, etc.

He's also an idiot.
How could he run for President and not know this would come out ?

Now we just have to wait for whatever Obama has hidden to come out.
You know, besides the whole being friends with William Ayers, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, etc.

Nebulous

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Milestone

I turned in my one Month notice today !

I have officially committed to my plan.
I will be living in Mililani, Hawaii by the end of October.
It went much better than I expected.
They were all happy for me.
My "Boss" on site was eager for me to work remotely once I get settled.
I struggled with this the whole Month.
But, there will always be a reason not to do it.
Time to do it.
Time to move to Hawaii.