Pointman’s Page

It doesn’t really seem to matter what I post, I’ve not setup an appropriate “category” for it in my software so the entries typically get stuck under “Notes” or “Politics”. Well, no more! I’ve worked over the categories to make browsing by category actually work. Not all articles have been reclassified yet but I’ll […]

Are we really becoming such paranoid wimps that the site of kids playing with a spent Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW) tube should inspire such fear? Give me a break people. It was an empty fiberglass tube! Anyone with a brain could look through and see a 66mm circle of light at the other […]

The Democrats are running out of issues for 2004. The worst thing that could happen now is for WMD’s to be found in Iraq or the Syrian and Iranian insurgents to be squashed like the insects they are.

With the recent debate on Kyoto in our legislature sciences roll in the political process is in the forefront. But what about the political agenda and aspirations of the scientists themselves? To say that their own political beliefs are of no consequence is blatently ignorant. Consider the “Global Warming” debate. Scientists that dispute […]

Boycott Bush is running a list of corporations that have given to President Bush’s campaign. Are these folk trying to incite the Left to boycott these companies? The same whining about being “blacklisted” by the National Rifle Association? I guess boycotting your enemy’s sponsors is ok as long is artisitic integrity isn’t at stake. […]

Finally, we know why WalMart has been so successful. Or, at least why WalMart is so popular with Mrs. Pointman…
Some people still like to win the lottery the honest way
The President’s Project ChildSafe program ignores the real dangers to our children and hands out gun locks. Three times more children drown in bathtubs […]

Maybe I should start a new category. This weeks is:
Supply / Demand only works in economies that can afford it.
The author then continues….
There may be a great demand for your goat, and you may raise the price of the animal to $5,000. But if your highest bidder can only afford to pay $5.00 tops, then […]

That’s it, the end of the world is nigh… Arab News has actually published an objective look at the US’s actions in Iraq:
Washington may not succeed in turning Iraq into a “beacon of democracy” but it will succeed, after all is said and done, in turning it into a society of laws and institutions […]

In 1948 on the eve of the Israeli declaration of independence the surrounding Arab nations told the Arab s living in the soon to be announce State of Israel to evacuate to make way for the Arab Armies. Many listened, rejecting the fledgling Israel’s offer of citizenship, and fled their homes, possessions and shops. […]

It looks like Hoosiers in Indianapolis have again choosen Bart Peterson as their Mayor. While I dislike Peterson on priciple the Repubs did very little to get Jordan’s name out there. Jordan is being praised for running a clean campaign but that is largely why voters saw little difference between Peterson and Jordon. […]

Jesus is antithetical to Judaism?
“Jews for Jesus and Messianic Judaism on the whole perpetrates a theological fraud on the Jewish and non-Jewish American public,” said Rabbi Isaac Jeret of Temple Emanu-El. “In particular, there is no viable Judaism or Christianity which can have Jews remaining Jewish while believing in Jesus as the Messiah. The two […]

The fiasco with Canada’s firearms registration database was enough for me to believe Canada was loosing their politically correct mind. But more recent events prove that it’s now gone well past that.
he believes Hagee’s primary intent was not to preach from his religious convictions but to incite hatred […] “It was a tonal thing,” […]

I am so thankful that the Dem’s have given such non-partisan support in the war against Iraq.
Oh, wait…
Dem Intel Committee Memo Reveals Anti-Bush Plot
Intel Chair Roberts: Dem Memo May Have Compromised Terror War
Memo reveals political motives behind probes into Iraq plans
Democrat ‘Hit’ Memo Outrages Senators
GOP Slams Dems for Politicizing Iraq Intel
Zell Miller Slams Dem Intel […]

Now that advertiser pressure has shown CBS the error of their ways with regard to their slanted Reagan “docu-drama” Babs is blathering about 1st Amendment rights. She also gives the exact reason people were upset about this butchering of Reagan history:
I say MOVIE - because this is NOT a documentary - it’s a television […]

Gary Ridgway, the new record holder in the serial killer category with 48 victims and a life-without-parole sentence.

Incredible. The Federal court in Nebraska has issued a stay on the implentation of law banning the “partial-birth” method of murdering children. Two other courts (New York and Kalifornia) are considering similiar injunctions against the legislation signed into law today by President Bush.
Yet again we are seeing the “courts” ignore the rights […]

This man should be promoted to a full bird Col instead of being hung out to dry.
“[The enemy detainee] and his accomplices were a threat to oursoldiers and the method was not right, but why should I…be forced into prison for protecting my men?” — Col. West
I think Col West showed an extreme […]

A few screenshots of MS’s Longhorn OS have now surfaced. It appears that MS is continuing the trend toward less usable desktop real estate and more eye candy. What is actual work space looks strikingly like a few Unix desktop environments, including Apples.

This month sees Apache at an all time adoption high with 67% market share. Interesting to note is that MS’s IIS is continuing its steady decline, currently at 21%, to 2000 levels below 20%. After installing IIS 6.0 I predict we’ll see IIS loose another 2-4% which will put it at 1997 adoption levels […]