Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sometimes, You Have to Look Twice
Okay, so yesterday (as in Monday, the 28th), when I was packing up my books at my locker and getting ready to leave school, I turned my head to the left. Then, I looked back at my locker. Then turned my head back and stared. It took my a while to process it, but what I saw was my principal, Mrs. Baker, in the middle of the hallway, just about two or three yards away from me, talking to Tommy Tuberville. They were just standing in the middle of the hallway talking. In front of all of the kids leaving school. How weird is that? For those of you who don't know, Tommy Tuberville is the head coach of Auburn University football, so in this state, he's more important than the governor. Sometimes, you just have to look twice.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Site Update
There has been a site update today. I made a new banner for the site which looks really cool. It is kinda Web 2.0 and futuristic looking. It is on all of the skins and looks really good. So check that out. Also I noticed a strange little thing in Safari. The "Minimalist" skin is defunct. I don't know what is making this happen because it works fine in Firefox. I have no idea about Internet Sucksplorer. I actually don't know how any of the site looks in Internet Explorer so try to use Firefox for the best or at least expected results. There is a link to a Firefox download on the home page.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
The Impossible
I am sure that most of you have heard the paradox: Snow in Alabama. Well we have too. Every other year or so there is a wild prediction, 50% chance of snow. And pretty much every year since the blizzard of 1993 there hasn't been any snow to account for. The weather men and women sure like playing tricks on us don't they? Well this year seems to be a little different. Two days ago they were predicting snow again and it was an 80% chance. So that night at around 9:30 when it is still 45 degrees we went to bed knowing that the weather man was crazy. Our belief was confirmed the next morning to wake up to no snow and only 38 degrees outside. So we began our day and then around 9:30 AM the unthinkable happened. Little white flakes of ice were falling from the sky. It was snowing. Really it wasn't very exciting. About an hour later it stopped and there was a light dusting all over the ground. So we kinda played around in it for awhile and had some fun. Believe it or not there is still some snow hanging around today. The most amazing thing about the snow is that is was still around 38 degrees when it snowed which is not optimum temperature. I guess the moral of the story is that is really can snow in Alabama (just not very much).
Updates and Numbers 1-20-08
This was a pretty good week. Video views went up from 24,447 to 25,111, a 664 view increase. Over the past few weeks it seems we are getting around 640 views per week which is almost 100 views per day. Channel views went up to 1,341. For some reason our subscriber number did not increase... COME ON PEOPLE!! Well that is the breakdown for the past week. Now for the site updates. All of the pages have been set to display the same thing in the side columns to help with continuity. Expect some update to the about us page soon.
Censorship by Fox News (Who woulda guessed...)
WHY THE HELL CAN'T ANYONE SEE THE WRITING ON THE DANG WALL?!!?
It amazes me how no one seems to pay attention any more to the political scene. Just pick a candidate without even knowing much about them. Ignore all the freaking censorship on the airwaves. Why can't people see where this goes?
OK, first, we have a president who has basically doubled the size of government (Patriot Act, anyone? OK, what about No Child Left Behind?). We're also involved in a war that doesn't even really have a purpose. What the HELL does Iraq have to do with 9/11?!?! (The answer is nothing. We though it did, but once we learned it didn't, we just keep on pushin' on anyway for absolutely no reason at all) Plus, we're running up a budget deficit like no one has ever seen before!!! Come on, people! The Real I.D. program? Hello? You're gonna keep track of us with our driver's licenses through a microchip? Not only are you invading privacy, but you're forcing states to use a National Driver's license (What about the Tenth Amendment?)!!
Second, we have a field of presidential candidates who aren't worth two cents (except for the censored one, I'll get to that later)
On the Democratic side, we first have Hillary, who, with HillaryCare, wants to own the health of your child. Plus, all of her other ideas she's put forth sound very 1984... (Read her book (Large TV's in public places showing you how to raise a child?!? WTF??!?? (I hear big brother calling...)))
And then there's Obama, who with three years of D.C. experience (3 YEARS? AND WAS ONLY IN THE ILLINOIS SENATE FROM 1997-2005?!? HOW THE HELL IS HE QUALIFIED? (AND HAVE YOU EVER HEARD HIM SPEAK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY?? I DON'T EVEN THINK HE KNOWS WHAT FOREIGN POLICY IS!!!)) is in no way qualified. And in the end, he is severely a socialist. Let's look at his tax plan. First of all, the only thing you'll see on his website about it is his series of tax credits for the middle class, which, is an admirable plan. Here's the catch: Instead of just decreasing taxes and not raise any, he's going to raise taxes on the rich. Now, while that might not sound bad, look at the facts. The group that injects the most money into the economy, and really keeps the wheels on it, is the wealthy. Plus, Reagan more than proved the theory of trickle-down economics. He changed the face of our country through it. When he cut taxes on the rich, the rich spent more, more money went down to the lower classes, and in the end, everyone had more money. This still goes on today in parts of our country. In Florida, stone masons are getting the ability to buy $80,ooo cars, because the rich commissioned them to build stone houses, and payed them a lot of money for it. Trickle-down works! Why doesn't Obama realize that? OK, Obama on education. He wants to (taken directly from his website) "Expand early childhood education, Improve our schools, and Produce more math and science graduates." Now, this sounds great, but over its whole life, the Department of Education has NEVER helped school districts. No matter what you do or say you want to do, the DoE is a waste of taxpayer's money that has done nothing but create standardized tests that happen to show nothing of if our schools are successful or not because they custom tailor the tests to each state depending on how dumb or smart it is. Anyway, expanding mandatory schooling to the K level is very much dictatorial and an invasion. For children that young, it should be the parent's decision. I don't know why Obama doesn't actually think of choices and the taxpayer. (Remember that any government programs dealing with school have ended badly and in stagnation (NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND!!!!!!! HELLOOOOOO!!! WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SEE THAT OBAMA'S DANG PLAN IS NOTHING BUT AN EXPANSION OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!) Don't even get me started on his Healthcare plan. That'd take a book. I'm sorry, I've spent too much time on this extremely socialist but extremely charismatic 1 1/2 term senator who doesn't understand foreign policy or the economy.
Oh, and as an important side note, I think it's important to note that both Hillary and Obama have said that they will not promise to withdraw all troops from Iraq by 2013.
OK, time for the big government soon to be practically fascist-socialist Republicans. First, there's Mister "Oh look at my hair because I don't want you to realize that I'm a worse panderer than John Kerry". All this man can do (Mitt Romney) is pander pander pander. No one can really know what he believes, because he changes it all the time!! What the hell? Plus, he fully supports the Vietnam Take II (The Iraq War).
And my least favorite, Mister "When I'm president we're gonna have a theocracy". How anyone could really listen to Huckabee and support him is beyond me. He supports the Federal Marriage Amendment, changes his position on illegal immigration based on what crowd he's pandering to, and while he says he supports the Fair Tax, his record in Arkansas would like to disagree. Plus, he gives no credence to science or evolution, and probably wants to expel everyone from this country who isn't a freaking Christian.
And there's Mister "9/11 Tourette's" who all he ever talks about is his handling of New York city on 9/11. I'll tell you something you probably didn't know. He wasn't the one who handled New York so well. He had practically nothing to do with it. It was his police chief who did everything for him. Plus, he supports gun control (Bye, bye, 2nd Amendment!).
And of course there's McCain and Thompson, but the first is too crazy and old and the second is too lazy, so I won't waste time on them.
And then, there's Ron Paul. The only candidate out of everyone in the field who really wants to make the National Big Brother Government smaller. The only one who will pull us out of Vietnam Take II. Wants to dismantle the CIA, the Fed, the DoE, the Department of Fear (aka Homeland Security) I could go on. The only one out of the Congressional-bound presidential candidates who has rejected the Congressional Pension Program. An OBGYN who has personally paid for all of the visits of his patients on Medicaid, out of the knowledge of how broken the system is. Never voted to raise taxes. Never voted for the Iraq War. Never voted for the Patriot Act. The only candidate who actually follows The Constitution. I could keep on going on, or you could go to www.RonPaul2008.com.
So that's my rant, I'll probably do more later.
Looks like censorship is at it again.
OK, first, we have a president who has basically doubled the size of government (Patriot Act, anyone? OK, what about No Child Left Behind?). We're also involved in a war that doesn't even really have a purpose. What the HELL does Iraq have to do with 9/11?!?! (The answer is nothing. We though it did, but once we learned it didn't, we just keep on pushin' on anyway for absolutely no reason at all) Plus, we're running up a budget deficit like no one has ever seen before!!! Come on, people! The Real I.D. program? Hello? You're gonna keep track of us with our driver's licenses through a microchip? Not only are you invading privacy, but you're forcing states to use a National Driver's license (What about the Tenth Amendment?)!!
Second, we have a field of presidential candidates who aren't worth two cents (except for the censored one, I'll get to that later)
On the Democratic side, we first have Hillary, who, with HillaryCare, wants to own the health of your child. Plus, all of her other ideas she's put forth sound very 1984... (Read her book (Large TV's in public places showing you how to raise a child?!? WTF??!?? (I hear big brother calling...)))
And then there's Obama, who with three years of D.C. experience (3 YEARS? AND WAS ONLY IN THE ILLINOIS SENATE FROM 1997-2005?!? HOW THE HELL IS HE QUALIFIED? (AND HAVE YOU EVER HEARD HIM SPEAK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY?? I DON'T EVEN THINK HE KNOWS WHAT FOREIGN POLICY IS!!!)) is in no way qualified. And in the end, he is severely a socialist. Let's look at his tax plan. First of all, the only thing you'll see on his website about it is his series of tax credits for the middle class, which, is an admirable plan. Here's the catch: Instead of just decreasing taxes and not raise any, he's going to raise taxes on the rich. Now, while that might not sound bad, look at the facts. The group that injects the most money into the economy, and really keeps the wheels on it, is the wealthy. Plus, Reagan more than proved the theory of trickle-down economics. He changed the face of our country through it. When he cut taxes on the rich, the rich spent more, more money went down to the lower classes, and in the end, everyone had more money. This still goes on today in parts of our country. In Florida, stone masons are getting the ability to buy $80,ooo cars, because the rich commissioned them to build stone houses, and payed them a lot of money for it. Trickle-down works! Why doesn't Obama realize that? OK, Obama on education. He wants to (taken directly from his website) "Expand early childhood education, Improve our schools, and Produce more math and science graduates." Now, this sounds great, but over its whole life, the Department of Education has NEVER helped school districts. No matter what you do or say you want to do, the DoE is a waste of taxpayer's money that has done nothing but create standardized tests that happen to show nothing of if our schools are successful or not because they custom tailor the tests to each state depending on how dumb or smart it is. Anyway, expanding mandatory schooling to the K level is very much dictatorial and an invasion. For children that young, it should be the parent's decision. I don't know why Obama doesn't actually think of choices and the taxpayer. (Remember that any government programs dealing with school have ended badly and in stagnation (NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND!!!!!!! HELLOOOOOO!!! WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SEE THAT OBAMA'S DANG PLAN IS NOTHING BUT AN EXPANSION OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!) Don't even get me started on his Healthcare plan. That'd take a book. I'm sorry, I've spent too much time on this extremely socialist but extremely charismatic 1 1/2 term senator who doesn't understand foreign policy or the economy.
Oh, and as an important side note, I think it's important to note that both Hillary and Obama have said that they will not promise to withdraw all troops from Iraq by 2013.
OK, time for the big government soon to be practically fascist-socialist Republicans. First, there's Mister "Oh look at my hair because I don't want you to realize that I'm a worse panderer than John Kerry". All this man can do (Mitt Romney) is pander pander pander. No one can really know what he believes, because he changes it all the time!! What the hell? Plus, he fully supports the Vietnam Take II (The Iraq War).
And my least favorite, Mister "When I'm president we're gonna have a theocracy". How anyone could really listen to Huckabee and support him is beyond me. He supports the Federal Marriage Amendment, changes his position on illegal immigration based on what crowd he's pandering to, and while he says he supports the Fair Tax, his record in Arkansas would like to disagree. Plus, he gives no credence to science or evolution, and probably wants to expel everyone from this country who isn't a freaking Christian.
And there's Mister "9/11 Tourette's" who all he ever talks about is his handling of New York city on 9/11. I'll tell you something you probably didn't know. He wasn't the one who handled New York so well. He had practically nothing to do with it. It was his police chief who did everything for him. Plus, he supports gun control (Bye, bye, 2nd Amendment!).
And of course there's McCain and Thompson, but the first is too crazy and old and the second is too lazy, so I won't waste time on them.
And then, there's Ron Paul. The only candidate out of everyone in the field who really wants to make the National Big Brother Government smaller. The only one who will pull us out of Vietnam Take II. Wants to dismantle the CIA, the Fed, the DoE, the Department of Fear (aka Homeland Security) I could go on. The only one out of the Congressional-bound presidential candidates who has rejected the Congressional Pension Program. An OBGYN who has personally paid for all of the visits of his patients on Medicaid, out of the knowledge of how broken the system is. Never voted to raise taxes. Never voted for the Iraq War. Never voted for the Patriot Act. The only candidate who actually follows The Constitution. I could keep on going on, or you could go to www.RonPaul2008.com.
So that's my rant, I'll probably do more later.
Looks like censorship is at it again.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Numbers 1-13-08
This weeks views are as follows.
Video views: 24,447 up from 23,831 which was a 616 view increase. This is good because we generally receive 1,000 views every two weeks.
Channel views: 1,297 up from 1,256.
Subscribers (yes we got another one): 18!! up from 17. Subscribers are rare and we love them. Yay for subscribers. Actually why don't you make a Youtube account and subscribe today?
Video views: 24,447 up from 23,831 which was a 616 view increase. This is good because we generally receive 1,000 views every two weeks.
Channel views: 1,297 up from 1,256.
Subscribers (yes we got another one): 18!! up from 17. Subscribers are rare and we love them. Yay for subscribers. Actually why don't you make a Youtube account and subscribe today?
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Numbers 1-6-08
Well the holiday rush seems to have ceased and the New Year is here to stay. So how did we do last week? Well we did amazingly well. Views went up to 23,831, a 1,441 view increase from last week. This was mostly due to our New Years video from LAST YEAR. It got over 900 views on its own. Channel views went up to 1,256. So this was probably our best week ever, we hope to see more like this.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
More Updates!
Today the site was updated quite a bit. A new skin was added. It is called minimalist and is recommended for people with slow internet. But even if your internet is 128 mb/s it is still worth looking at. Also the most viewed videos and newest videos has been updated and is now current and will probably stay that way for awhile. And finally the Others page has some real content. The Dashboard Widgets have been added and are available for download by simply clicking the links. And also on the Others page a link to the Mystic Teacup Photography page has been put up. So I hope everyone will go and see these major changes and I hope everyone has a great '08.
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