Giving the world a hand since February 3rd, 2002. "If you're gonna dine with them cannibals, sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten."




Comments by YACCS

 
OH, SURE, BLAME THE VIDEO GAMES

Just seen on the NBC Nightly News: the reason the D.C. snipers were able to target people with no remorse was because they had access to the X-Box video game "HALO".

Um, excuse me?

Yep, it was definitely the video games, not the fact that they didn't value human life.

And while we're thinking of it, would someone remind me of the video games Hitler was playing when he invaded Poland? Which violent movies was Ghengis Kahn watching when he terrorized Asia? Which gangsta rap music was Atilla the Hun listening to when he rampaged across the steppe?

Why does even the Big Media refuse to blame the criminals themselves for their actions? When did people not become responsible for their own actions?

The sniper duo aren't the victims, the people they shot and the communities they terrorized are the true victims.
so wrote Leper around about 6:58 PM

 
WHAT'S UP? NOT A LOTT...

'Twas 12 days before Christmas, and awake on his cot
Staring at the ceiling was Sen. Trent Lott.
His brow was all furrowed, but not in good cheer,
Trying to figure how to save his political career.

All the segregation & racism he'd expressed in the past
Appeared to have finally caught up to him at last.
He'd made the apology and expressed the remorse,
But in return his colleagues were attempting divorce.

"'Twas but an innocent comment for an aging centenarian.
Curse that Josh Marshall for playing librarian!
I thought I had it made, being a white good-ol'-boy,
Instead those liberal pundits have made me their toy."

He hoped and he prayed that he'd have someone on his side,
But even the President took out a chunk of his hide.
"You oughtn't a said it", said the chastising President,
"Racism is a blight on every single resident."

His reputation eroding, the prospects were grim,
All because he let slip a personal belief quite dim,
The moral of the story: to save your own butt,
Be careful what you say or keep your trap shut!
so wrote Leper around about 5:17 PM

 
FINALLY, A QUIZ I REALLY LIKE




Take the Which NHL Star Are You? Quiz


(found via Puck Hog)
so wrote Leper around about 1:41 PM

 
UH, ABOUT THE BUDGET...

It appears that Canada's attempt at gun registration has been as disaster--at least financially.

In 1994, the [Canadian] Justice Department estimated the cost of licensing people to own guns and then registering each gun at $2-million -- the difference between $119-million in expenses and $117-million in projected fees paid by gun owners. By 2001-02, the department had spent $688-million and collected only $59-million in net revenues. Latest word is the program will cost more than $1-billion by 2004-05, to be reduced by only $140-million in fees.

To top it off, the Canadian government isn't even sure how many guns there are in circulation, which makes estimates of compliance impossible. Current estimates vary from 7 million to 25 million firearms. Seeing that criminals won't be registering their weapons, the system is obviously meant to keep tabs on the legal ownership of guns--something that wouldn't fly even for a second in the U.S.

The big question is: has this system made Canadians any safer? Not even the police know the answer.

(via Instapundit)
so wrote Leper around about 12:23 AM

 
IT'S ABOUT TIME

I finally ditched my last ISP in favor of Earthlink. The last straw was realizing yesterday that the crappy 28.8kbps connection I would sometimes get with Copper.net was actually faster than the 48.0kbps connection. That and having the server tell me for 10 minutes straight that the CNN website was down, as well as the NYT, ESPN, and NowThis.com......well, I can only take so much. Now I'm wondering why I waited so long to change...
so wrote Leper around about 12:04 AM

 
OOOOOOOOOH, PRETTY!

Both Off Wing Opinion and Webcrumbs have new homes & looks to match. Check 'em out.
so wrote Leper around about 11:42 PM

 
DOES THAT SAY WHAT I THINK IT DOES?

Upcoming books in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series.

(via the Daily Probe)
so wrote Leper around about 11:36 PM

 
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

By now, I'm sure that everyone has heard about the shipload of Scud missiles intercepted by the Spanish frigate Navarra several hundred miles off the coast of Yemen. The missiles were on an unflagged cargo ship manned by North Korean sailors, probably bound for Yemen. You want to know the first thought to go through my head?

Since when is it forbidden for Yemen to buy Scuds?

I mean, it's not like they were going to Iraq, and the Yemen government is actually enthusiastically cooperating with U.S. forces in rooting out the terrorists in their nation. Yemen is a lawful government, not an al Qaeda franchise, so they should be able to buy whatever military systems they deem necessary. Granted, Scuds have been used in the past by some pretty shady characters, and usually not for the betterment of the world, but last I heard, the Yemenese government was on our side...

...or am I missing something here?

UPDATE: Now it appears as if the U.S. has realized that Yemen can actually buy such weapons if it so desires. Apparently, the only thing to come of this was to verify that North Korea is actually selling missile technology--something we've known for years!
so wrote Leper around about 11:26 PM

 
LETTING MY GEEK FLAG FLY

Ok, ok, ok, so I've been lax. I haven't posted in almost a week. I'm sure that my two devoted readers have noticed. My excuse? Y'see, it all started last week...

On Friday, I bought myself a Christmas present. It was one of those that you'd never expect anybody else to buy for you, so I cut to the chase & picked it up myself. It's a computer game, but not just any game. It's a strategy/war game of WWII, from 1936-1948 called "Hearts of Iron". This game is a hard-core wargamer control freak's dream-come-true. You control technological research, production, individual capital ships, divisions, squadrons, and diplomacy. I started my first game Friday night, and by Saturday afternoon, Germany had annexed the Sudetenland, annexed Austria, defeated France (in under a week!), and installed the Vichy government in southern France--all by mid-1938. It's that cool.

The best part? You can play any country in the world. Any. You could be Latvia if you so desired. Or Brazil. Or Mongolia.

Needless to say, for me, it's like mainlining crack. That's where I've been. Pretty sad, eh?
so wrote Leper around about 11:10 PM