| A political rant. |
[Oct. 11th, 2008|07:06 pm] |
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| |  cynical | ] |
I originally posted this to my facebook, but since I feel it deserves a broader audience, I'll post this here as well:
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Alright, after seeing and reading so many negative and utterly uninformed comments about Barack Obama, I not only feel utterly ashamed at the stupidity of some of my fellow Americans, but I also feel shame at the fact that we can't educate ourselves properly for an election. As a result, I'm going to take the time now to respond (if only futily) to a few of these insults I've heard. They piss me off enough, and I'm in a mood to rant.
1. Obama is an arab/has an islamic name/is tied to Saddam Hussein because of his name, therefore I don't trust him.
Barack's heritage has little, if any connection to Saudi Arabia, or much of the middle east. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was actually a senior governmental economist in Kenya, and his mother, Ann Dunham, was a white apple-pie American girl originally from Kansas. If it's his first or middle name that you're worried about, it comes not from any Islamic ties, aside from perhaps the origin of the name, but instead that he's named in honor of one of his grandfathers, Hussein Onyango Obama, who served as a mission cook for the British army during World War I. Therefore, pull your head out of your ass and read up on your canadates a little bit. You might want to consider dropping your overly blatant racism in the process.
2. Obama is a muslim, and muslims are terrorists!
I don't know how many times I've had to tell this to people, but Barack Obama is not a muslim, even if he has Obama or Hussein in his name. (See above arguement)
Obama, and his wife and kids, are members of the United Church of Christ. The United Church of Christ is a church founded by the union of two protestant churches in 1957; the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and the Congressional Christian Churches. The United Church is considered a mainline protestant church, and as far as I've been able to dig up about them, follow the same criteria of beliefs that 99% of us Christians hold to be necessary to actually be considered Christian; They believe Christ, the only son of God, was sent to Earth through the virgin Mary and eventually died for our sins to redeem the world. Muslims, on the other hand (and to my understanding), believe that Jesus was a great prophet, but that he was not the son of God. And even then, mainstream Islam does not advocate violence as a means of enforcing the will of God. The muslims who do advocate violence and orchestrate terrorist attacks are considered heretical.
And since I can't stress it enough, get your racist head out of your ass!
3. Obama has ties to a terrorist!
Ah, the latest mud sling from Palin and McCain. You must be referring to one of Obama's old acquaintances; William Ayers. Ayers, in the 1960s, founded Weather Underground, a radical left wing organization that is probably best known for a series of bombings in the US, of which, the first and most noteworthy being that of a New York Supreme Court Justice. Weather Underground has since been dissolved after Ayers left leadership, it's members flocking to other radical left wing organizations, and Ayers himself, after being a fugitive for more than 10 years turned himself into authorities in 1980 and has since turned his life around, becoming a regular, upstanding citizen of society. He now is a distinguished professor of education theory at the University of Illinois-Chicago, with many papers and books on educational theory under his belt.
It should also be noted that when Ayers was active with Weather Underground, Obama was no more than a young child at the time, being born in 1961. As far as Ayers and Obama working together, they both served on the same board for a group called the Woods Fund of Chicago, which is an anti-poverty group for the city that met twelve times. They also lived together in the same neighborhood for a time and Ayers also went as far as to host a coffee event for Obama during his first run for the Senate. Hardly anything I'd define as overtly terroristic activities, unless you conservative types consider these meetings to better society as acts of terror.
Now, to John McCain's credit, I do applaud that he has at least attempted to keep this blatantly racist and hateful attitude towards Obama under control at his rallies, but the rest of you reading who still hold contempt towards him simply because of his name, his color or the fact that he once worked with a reformed criminal need to sit down, sit back, chill the fuck out and think for a minute. I'm sick and tired of hearing stories about cries for Obama's death or that America's going down the can because the socialists/commies are taking over. We're well past the 1950s, McCarthy is dead (and was quite a criminal himself), and the U.S.S.R. is dissolved. Oh, and in case you missed the Berlin Wall coming down or that simply isn't enough for you, earlier today, the Bush administration removed North Korea from it's list of countries that willingly support and harbor terrorists from it's big list of nations that do so. So get over yourselves and shut up. |
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[Jun. 9th, 2008|11:31 pm] |
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| |  geeky | ] |
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| | The crazy program - Fumie Kumatani | ] |
It's so nice to be able to play Phantasy Star Online again, especially the 'Online' part. The Schthack project is easily one I'd consider giving money to.
On that note, I may have to see if they figured out a way to do a LAN version of PSO for the cube. I love playing my hunter, I just don't like split-screen gameplay. It's just simply not designed for it. |
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| Just because I'm bored... |
[Jun. 9th, 2008|03:40 am] |
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| |  curious | ] |
There needs to be another Bemani-type gathering in the Minneapolis area. While a DDR tournament is nice and I do plan on attending the one on July 26th, what I'd like to see is just a larger gathering of midwesterners or at least Minnesotans who are into IIDX, Pop'n, didders and the like. I loved being able to actually interact with players face to face like I did last year at Bowlmani Fest, and since that's not happening this summer...well...what other option is there?
Anyone else in on this idea with me or am I alone? |
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| Mass update? ...Maybe? |
[Dec. 28th, 2007|12:10 am] |
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| | Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi | ] |
It's been a while since I put a serious entry into this thing, and I've been meaning to for a long while, I just have been busy with school and whatnot. But hey, I guess this is what late nights are for when you're wired and not in a mood to game.
As I mentioned earlier, I broke down and bought myself a 360 and am now enjoying the monster known as X-Box Live. I'll admit the downloadable content for things like Guitar Hero and Rock Band is extremely cool and I love it, I just wish I could get dedicated net play to work. I think it's probably my bad internet connection here at home that's to blame for that, as I noticed that my lag on World of Warcraft also spikes very high whenever I try to play. So yeah, I know I said I'd never be interested in an X-Box, but with the amount of good games coming out for it and the fact that the Playstation 3 has very little going for it in my book, I'm enjoying what Microsoft has to offer thus far.
Speaking of stuff I said I'd never get into, I also broke down and picked up World of Warcraft, and I can confidently say being a former Final Fantasy XI player, it is a huge breath of fresh air in terms of MMO gaming. The biggest thing I like about it is that it's actually possible to solo experience worthy mobs and that parties are completely optional. The dedicated role playing elements are nice too, and I'm enjoying crafting my characters around the lore of the Warcraft universe.
I don't know what else to really talk about here aside from a few other miscellaneous things... My love life has continued since I broke up with Chelsea back in January, and I'm now seeing a new woman and am finding myself falling for her charms. While I won't comment about the specifics about the relationship here, I can say that it is nice to have someone in my love life again, and I hope that Chelsea can find someone for her as well, even though things between us didn't work out.
Anyway, I'll be back on campus in the next week or so. Gonna be riding Amtrak for the first time I think, and I'm looking forward to it from what friends have told me about it. |
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| I gots it! |
[Dec. 27th, 2007|01:36 pm] |
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| | good | ] |
If you own one, what's your Live Gamertags? Mine's K0LD X if you want to send me a friend request.
Sadly, plain ol' K0LD was taken. : |
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| So I'll be buying an X-Box 360 tomorrow... |
[Dec. 25th, 2007|03:31 pm] |
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| | curious | ] |
And being a new X-Box owner (I never bought the original) I need some reccomendations for games. Here's what I'm looking at so far:
-Blue Dragon
-Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
-Rock Band (once I get back to Fargo, there's no way I'll be able to carry that back on the train)
-Armored Core 4
I'm not much of a FPS fan, so don't reccomend anything like Halo or The Orange Box. I'm more of an RPG kind of guy.
EDIT: I neglected to mention that I do want the Orange Box (If anything, for Portal), just not the 360 edition. I'm planning on buying the PC edition since my computer can actually handle it and for netplay purposes. |
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| Sad thing is, this is 100% true: |
[Dec. 23rd, 2007|11:53 am] |
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| | amused | ] |
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| | Welcome Home - Coheed & Cambria | ] |
die Katze 88: You remember Marc from bemanifest right?
die Katze 88: (k0ld)
Catastrophe: yeah
Catastrophe: he's amazing?
die Katze 88: he totally sucks at Panel de Pon
die Katze 88: until you get him wasted
die Katze 88: then he destroys you at it
die Katze 88: its really something else. we cant explain it.
I know I've promised updates, I've just been really busy this semester. I will have time to update once I'm home. |
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| I know I'm late with this.. |
[Sep. 23rd, 2007|06:13 pm] |
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| |  tired | ] |
Mario Strikers Charged Friend Code:
141845 467672
More meaningful update will come later... |
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| I hope the crew at Chumley's hasn't forgotten about me.. |
[Aug. 21st, 2007|05:15 pm] |
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| |  okay | ] |
| [ | sound |
| | Blue Rain - dj TAKA vs Ryu* feat.AiMEE | ] |
Well, summer's about to come to a close with me, as I head back too school for my fourth year of college on Thursday. This summer's been amazing to say the least, and I'm hoping this school year will prevail to be just as amazing if not moreso. Also, I think I can confidently say for a change that I'm perfectly happy being single right now. This isn't to say that I wouldn't welcome a new girlfriend right now, but I'm perfectly happy being a single guy and not having that 'chain' that likes to pull me in one direction or another with my life, be it finances or choices or what have you.
As far as gaming goes, I got Planet Puzzle League for my DS, so if any of you reading have it and want to challenge me to a game, I'll gladly take someone on. Just message me on AIM or MSN. And for the record, ( this is the best damn drink. Evar. ) |
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