HoodaThunk?

The mental wanderings of a common man.

Skip to: Content | Sidebar | Footer

Month: August, 2009

This “pastor” is no man of God

31 August, 2009 (22:33) | Politics, Religion | By: ricjames

As a Catholic, I don’t take it kindly when someone proudly prays to God for someone to contract brain cancer and suffer a slow, lingering death. As an American, I find it appalling that someone would pray for that person to be the President of the United States. Yet that’s what Baptist Pastor Steve Anderson [...]

Instapundit on the term “teabagger.”

31 August, 2009 (08:14) | Politics | By: ricjames

IS “TEABAGGER” THE NEW “N-WORD?” No, but when I hear someone use it, I know that nothing they say on the subject is worth taking seriously. Either they’re deliberately using it as a sexual slur, or they’re too ignorant to be worth listening to. (Instapundit)

Officer Wesley Cheeks: “It ain’t [America] no more, OK?”

30 August, 2009 (12:14) | Law, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

At the town hall meeting held by Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) on August 25in Reston, VA a protestor carried a sign that had a picture of President Obama on it. Fairfax Officer Wesley Cheeks, allegedly a law enforcement officer, decided he didn’t like the sign and threatened the protester with arrest if he didn’t put [...]

Boston’s bequeathed hypocrisy

30 August, 2009 (07:57) | Politics | By: ricjames

Now that Senator Ted Kennedy’s path in this life has been laid to rest and the laurels have been cast in his memory, it is time to speak plainly both on matters the Senator was involved in and those he set into motion. In his final days, the Senator engaged in, and urged his Democrat [...]

L.A. County needs a county fair

29 August, 2009 (18:26) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

Watch their ad and you’ll believe it, too. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)

Attack on WiFi systems using WPA-TKIP demonstrated

29 August, 2009 (16:14) | Blogging, Crime & Punishment, GWOT, Internet, Technology | By: ricjames

The vast majority of people with broadband internet connections for their homes these days are using wireless routers to connect their PC’s, Mac’s, and laptops to the ‘Net. While the adoption by the masses of basic security procedures has improved over the last 5 years, the fact is that the online landscape changes dynamically and [...]

States receiving unsolicited laptops, refusing them

28 August, 2009 (18:24) | Crime & Punishment, GWOT, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

It’s good to hear, in this age of information warfare, that government agencies aren’t simply accepting what appear to be free laptops sent to them anonymously: Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited. [...]

Mattel gets a pass on the regulation their negligence created

28 August, 2009 (11:00) | Economy, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

If you haven’t heard about the unintended (?) effects created by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) you should definitely get up to speed on it. The CPSIA was enacted in the wake of those Chinese-manufactured toys that turned out to have lead content far in excess of that permitted by law. The requirement [...]

U.N. recommends teaching 5-year-old about masturbation

26 August, 2009 (22:29) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Yet another reason the UN shouldn’t be allowed to tell us so much as the time of day: U.N. Report Advocates Teaching Masturbations to 5-Year-Olds. The United Nations is recommending that children as young as five receive mandatory sexual education that would teach even pre-kindergarteners about masturbation and topics like gender violence. The U.N.’s Economic, [...]

Senator Ted Kennedy dies at 77

26 August, 2009 (08:11) | History, Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Senator Ted Kennedy died at his home in Massachusetts after fighting brain cancer this past year. We was 77 years old. The family released a statement announcing his passing this morning. The President is actually nearby in Martha’s Vineyard: President Obama, on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, said he and first lady Michelle were “heartbroken” to [...]