I, like many in “the rest of the world” really hoped that the election of Barak Obama could salvage a country in shambles. But here’s the problem. Politicians are politicians.
In last night’s state of the Union Obama said:
That’s what I came to Washington to do. That’s why – for the first time in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Rants'
Lying Liars That Lie
January 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Rants
Tags: US
The Biggest News Story You’ll Never Hear About
January 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Rants
Harper’s Magazine has laid what should be a massive bomb to all who read. Turns out that the US has tortured detainees to death.
This story should be huge news. It should be plastered across every US newspaper and every news channel, but it’s not.
Why?
They don’t care.
It’s just that simple. [...]
Tags: US
Sparkfun Pain And Misery
January 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Rants
So Sparkfun had a big sale yesterday. $100 worth of free stuff until they hit $100000. I diligently filled my shopping cart a few days ahead in hopes of making a quick beeline to the payment section once the contest opened. Well it turns out that they had 100 000+ people hammering [...]
Tags: electronics
Did They Get Health Care Or Not?
December 23rd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Rants
That’s the question I’m left with today. The Americans are getting very close to passaing a health care bill. Thousands of pages long, addressing the multitude of system failures they have, yet those watching are left to wonder. Did they fix it?
With health insurance companies running strong in the stock market, it’s [...]
Tags: US
Death Panels Will Kill You And Your Loved Ones
August 11th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Rants
Well, it now seems pretty clear as to how President Obama is going to solve the US health care crisis. This is important to we Canadians because we have health care issues of our own and finding out what our neighbours are doing can be a benefit. Clearly we can’t use the UK [...]
Tags: health care
When Ads Move From Optimistic To Offensive
July 23rd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Rants
Advertisers like to present things in their best light. There’s nothing specifically wrong with that as long as you keep things reasonable. Sure you can say that a product will make your life “better” even though there’s no specific evidence to that fact. Sometimes though, advertisers go too far and start to [...]
Tags: advertising