Random Bits

Here are some random thoughts:

• Democrats seem to think sending out rebate checks to everyone will stimulate the economy. Why don't they also see that tax cuts stimulate the economy?
• Why can't I have a spam filter for my TV to get rid of Viagra and Cialis commercials just as I have a spam filter to get rid of the same kind of ads in my email? And what's with the people in the bathtubs?
• I've heard the government makes more money off a gallon of gas than the oil companies.
• The development process known as "SCRUM" is badly broken in my opinion. Unfortunately it seems to be spreading like a cancer through software development groups as the latest silver bullet to make software engineering a science rather than an art. I predict in five years everyone will have jettisoned it and be scratching their heads wondering, "What the hell were we thinking?"
• Neal Boortz is getting meaner by the day, but I still think he's great!
• Why is it that Republicans are constantly painted as the party of racists when it's the Democrats that constantly want to classify people as members of certain groups?
• Speaking of race, is a white person from South Africa who moves to the U. S. called an African-American?
• Greta van Susteren is annoying!
• The United States is not a Democracy. It is a Republic. There is a huge difference.

If you've been looking for the new website of Will Anderson, the (very entertaining) talk show host who was let go from WVNN for some stupid reason, it's here:

http://www.thewillandersonshow.com/

It was hard to find because the censors on WVNN's web site would remove the link when it was posted on their forums. I've posted it here to help Google find it.

UPDATE 04/29/2008: The link appears to go to a parked site with GoDaddy spam, so I guess it's gone again. I give up.

Here is a recent photograph (sorry, the linked photo seems to be gone) of Fort Morgan located near Gulf Shores, AL, which was hit by now infamous hurricane Ivan. It might have been a tempting idea to ride out the hurricane in a structure that was built well before the Civil War. However, it seems to be holding flood waters like a swimming pool!