Karnax Network
Freedom of speech (see exemptions below...) |
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Freedom of speech is dead, period. Just a few weeks ago Don Imus called the Rutgers University women's basketball team, "nappy-headed hos". For this, Don Imus lost his job. Al Sharpton was one of the early assholes to jump on this and attack Don Imus saying he insulted all blacks for this comment. Yet just recently Al Sharpton said "as for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don't worry about that, that's a temporary situation". So insulting black people is bad, insulting a religious group is ok. Why isn't Al Sharpton being attack for the same reason like Don Imus? Sure, Sharpton says he didn't mean to insult every mormon, just Mitt Romney. But I'm sure Don Imus was only talking about the Rutgers team, and not every black person. Infact 2 of the players on the Rutgers team were white. Now I don't believe anyone should attack Mr. Sharpton over this, but I also don't think Don Imus should lose his job over his comment either. It's a free country and our freedom to say what we want should never been in jeopardy. |
15 Minutes of Shame |
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People are willing to do anything to put themselves in the spotlight. From making a total fool of themselves on American idol, to Brittany Spears shaving her head after 24 hours of rehab, to John Amaechi coming out just before he retires. But I don't blame any of them for being themselves and living their lives. After all its the newspapers and magazines that have made them what they are. Who knew that people like William Hung could become so famous by being an awful singer, or Brittany Spears for being white trash. Now John Amaechi is free to be gay, I don't care, but nice trick telling the newspapers just before you retire so your website can get a few hits and you can be in the newspapers. I live in Utah, one of the teams John played for, and I still have to explain to people who he is. He says he did it to give others strength, but it seems only his ego is getting the rewards so far. We are making a world of people famous for no reason. Infact the worse you make it, the more famous you are. We don't see much about the American idols that just don't make it, its the ones that leave your ears bleeding. Things like this continue to happen, and we wonder why an 18 year old went on a shooting spree in a Salt Lake City Mall. Maybe he was only following what the world showed him, and if he wanted to be noticed he shouldn't do something nice, he should make a lot of noise. |
Take two of these and call me in the morning |
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It seems we have a pill for anything now. We can do all kinds of amazing things with pills, from a male birth control, to a pill that will take away bad memories. Seems the only thing we can't cure with a pill is AIDS, which is quickly becoming the world's third biggest killer. But I guess if you have AIDS you can just take the pill to take away the bad memories, and the pill that makes it so you don't have to sleep so you can get more out of life. Yes, you heard right, there is a pill that will make it so you don't need as much sleep. I think that is going too far. Now I'm off to buy a bottle before I find out I only have a week to live from some untreatable cancer. |
Orca Winfrey for president? |
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I wasn't aware pot was legal, but it must be for people to be talking about this. How on earth could you ever say that Oprah, or I mean Orca, could ever be president? I'd like to think there is a big difference in running the nation and in running a talk show. Tell me why it is that Orca can recommend a book and everyone goes out and buys it? What has she ever done but run a talk show? Jerry Springer did the same thing, and I wouldn't think twice about listening to what he recommends. But Springer was great at getting fights started on his show. Hey, you know what, thats a great idea! We should get Springer to run for president. He has been a mayor before, and he could start a fight between Iran and North Korea. The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could come out and call Kim Jong Il a bitch. Then Jerry could say, "Why don't you say that to his face, because hes back stage". Then Kim Jong Il would come out and bitch slap the Ayatollah. It would be awesome, they could put it on pay-per-view and use the profit to help the deficit. |
In war, truth is the first casualty |
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With a situation that reminds us of the cold war days, we see two nations being used as pawns to fight a greater war. While Iran backs the terrorist group Hezbollah, America is sending precision-guided bombs to Israel. As an American I have to ask one question, why? I'm aware Israel had two men kidnapped, but does that justify starting a war? And worse yet, why is America involved? We are already hated in the Middle East, why are we sending more weapons to the nation that started this war? America needs to let its little brother fight the battles it starts, and not get involved. |
Need Another Seven Astronauts (NASA) |
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Despite concerns about shuttle damage, NASA decided to go ahead and launch on the 4th of July. Had NASA been wrong on their decision Florida would have had one big fireworks special in the sky. With all the other problems and mistakes NASA has made in the past I'm amazed that they went ahead with this. That is why they are the first winners of my "Finger Award". And I almost made the first winner Al Gore. Sorry Al Gore, you were beat by a big Florida screw up again. |
An Inconvenient complainer |
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Al Gore (pronounced Bore, as in I can't stand listening to you anymore) has a new film coming out. An Inconvenient truth is telling lies at a theatre near you. In it, Gore says it is the hotest the world has ever been, and these are the greatest changes to happen to the earth ever, I think you aren't checking your facts. The arctic used to be 74 degrees, I'd say that was a small change, and humans weren't around to cause that. I think its a bit egotistical to say humans are causing it all. I mean you think Gore could do a google search on the internet he created and find those facts. But to be fair, the average global temperature has gone up 1 degree in the last century. And yes humans are playing some role in that. I bet Gore ranks high on the list of people giving off harmful gases, not just because he is full of hot air. So as soon as Al Gore stops breathing so that he stops giving off harmful CO2, I might listen to him. Here is to no more Gore breathing in '08, now that is something he can run on. |
The Chinese are dammed |
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After destroying a 2,300 year old town, and displacing 1.3 million people, the Chinese have finally done it, they have dammed themselves. At 607 feet tall and 7,575 feet long, it will be the largest structure of its kind, producing 18 gigawatts of power.
The Chinese are stressing that the project isn't finished just yet, as the dam has more 'dings' to be worked out then a chinese gym. (I thought it was a good line, but I doubt anyone will get it.) |
Utah's Beaver voted the best |
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Beaver, Utah was recently voted the best water in the United States. Proving that even in a crap-hole you can have good tasting water. Awards were also given for second and third best testing water in the US. I'd share those with you, but it was a boring event, and I suffer from ADHD. Good luck finding those results, as I'm sure everyone there fell asleep by the time the awards were handed out.
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Smart people don't have kids |
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This isn't an opinion, or something made up. I have the facts to prove it. SAT tests were given to children at the age of 12 in the early 1980's. A team from Vanderbilt recently went back to 380 students that scored in the top one in 10,000. The best and the brightest in the United States. What you would expect was true, like the fact that these 30 something year olds have higher salaries, are more successful, and are more likely to hold doctorate degrees, it also found something else. These high scoring students are also far less likely to have children. Proving what I've said all along, you must be stupid to have kids. You can read more of the report here.
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Crappiest state in the union |
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For the seventh year in a row, Mississippi has been voted the least livable state. As Comedian Lewis Black once said, when is the last time you heard someone say they need a vacation, and a week in Biloxi sounds nice. The next crappiest? Louisiana, sorry guys, and you worked so hard at it this year, what with Katrina and all. The most livable state, according to this list, is New Hampshire.
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Let the games begin |
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The Winter Olympics, with about a fourth of the viewing public as the summer olympics, Turino figured to turn more people away by having a 2 1/2 hour opening ceremony. On the boredom scale it ranks second only to listening to Al Gore. But that wouldn't spoil the chance for really white people to win medals. Much to the glee of Germany, who has the most gold medals after the first day of competition with 2, and Norway, which has the most total medals with 3. I'm still waiting for the Ethiopians to win a gold at the winter olympics. Go Robel Teklemariam!
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Back again |
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The Karnax Network is alive and kicking again. As you can see by the links I hope to give back to the open source community with scripts and tutorials. I've got some simple PHP/MySQL things planned, but I'd also like to get into the Linux side of things. But one of the first things I hope to show you all is the "Me Tracker", where I will show you how to use both the Google maps and Yahoo maps tools. I'd also like to bring back the old SCT (Space Cow Traders) game, and maybe a few others. Along with poking some fun at poor jerks with what I like to call the "Finger Awards". So hit that bookmark button and come on back sometime soon.
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