Monticello c.1943

So apparently, Ron Paul’s a racist (hat tip to Infidel753).  At least that’s what the smear meisters out there want us all to believe.  Paul was editor of a newsletter back in the late 80s that had some morally questionable viewpoints espoused.  Here’s the thing–Paul didn’t write the articles himself, at least none that I’ve read.  Just because PBS airs a special on abortion or Creationism doesn’t mean it supports either position.  I thought we lived in a country where the free exchange of ideas (even bad ones) is heralded as the mark of the intelligent.

I’ve said this before–I don’t care whether Paul believes that little purple men seeded the planets with the super sperm of a carsniferious snagblot and that the secret to life is, in fact, the number 42.  I care about whether the man would allow his beliefs to permeate his politics and undermine the Constitution.  See, the 9th Amendment is something that far too many politicians (and disastrously even more citizens) forget about and it is something which needs to be brought back to the forefront of modern thought.

Speaking of modern thought–it turns out that the  real reason that Warner went Blue-Ray had less to do with siding on the better positioned format (HD-DVD is a much more marketable name than Blue-Ray in my opinion although both are similar in performance) and more with a $400 million dollar payola it received from Sony after the $120 million dollar envelope was passed to Fox and they turned.  It seems the whole loss of Betamax back in the 80s has stuck in Sony’s craw and they aren’t about to let their Blue-Baby go the way of those short video tapes.  If you ask me, the whole thing stinks and I’m sticking with HD-DVD for now (I believe hybrid players are going to make the whole bullshit affair moot very shortly).

And finally, to the three arsholes who filed a $5,000,000 lawsuit against Microsoft for the problems that XBox Live has had over the past month or so–grow up you selfish pricks!  We all went through it.  We all were forced to play our solo campaigns while the Live servers went through their growing pains.  We all sucked it up and so should you have, you litigious whiny little thumbsuckers.  Now, thanks to you, we don’t get any information on what the problem was and how the Live team is marshaling their resources to solve it.  I appreciated Major Nelson’s and e’s candor and open exchange. They admitted it wasn’t acceptable and made honest efforts to communicate why to us.  Now, thanks to you, we’ve entered into a litigious hell hole where nobody talks, nothing gets communicated, and we’re in the dark.

Seriously guys, knock it off.  The world is filled with too many lawsuits and we just want to game.  Have faith that the Live team will do what’s right and get everyone back into the Team Deatmatch we all love so deeply.

Since I like to end things on a note of absolute coolness–watch the new Star Trek XI teaser trailer.  Enjoy your weekend everyone, I’m laying wood down in my first floor and will be incommunicado for a couple dizzays.

Peace!

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