American car companies are being rewarded for poor
performance for too long. What would happen if G.M went bankrupt? Would they stop making cars? NO. Would there be a catastrophic loss in jobs? Sure in UNION JOBS. During the restructuring of G.M. (my example), most likely in order to keep the assembly line running, G.M. would re-hire all of their old ex-union employees at reduced wages. ..Union.. Busted.

The oil companies have been boasting record profits during
the price-gouge of 2007 where the national average of a gallon of gas was over
$4.00/ gallon. No one bothered to address this issue in Capitol Hill in 2007.
Well, they did, kind of, but it was swept back to the last page of the business
section. Why is this? I am not sure but I would put money on the fact that we
had a Republican President (Oil man) who totally disregarded  our Constitution with the help of Vice president Chaney and his lawyer David Addington.

No one has ever gone to the Oil companies and asked them to
help bail out the car companies. I would think that the oil companies would
have quit a staked interest in how well the car companies are doing. Cars run
on gas don't they? But the oil companies know and do not care if the auto
companies go bankrupt, BECAUSE, they would still suffer from Poor management, Poor performance, &
Crappy Cars.

I am not an anti-labor union person. My wife is a Teamster
with U.P.S. and the union has been very good to us, but I do not understand why
the .U.A.W. has not stepped up to the creativity plate to save their union. OH!
They do not need to they are heavily supported by the Democratic majority in
the House and Senate after the election (BINGO!) After the election. So let's
jump on the bandwagon, cry poor, millions of jobs are at stake(bull shit) and
ask Congress for a loan so they can continue with  Poor management, Poor performance, & Crappy Cars.

.. ..

P.S. Do you think Barack Obama is going to make a difference
with a House Of Whores?

I Want  To Join This Damn Church !
author unknown

    A crusty old man walks   into the local  Baptist Church and says to the
secretary, 'I would like   to join this damn church.'
  
The astonished woman replies, 'I beg   your pardon, sir.  I must have
misunderstood you. What did you   say?'
   
'Listen up,  I said I want to join this damn   church!'
    
'I'm very sorry sir, but that kind of language is not   tolerated in this
church.'  The secretary leaves her desk and goes into   the pastor's study
to inform him of her situation.
       
The   pastor agrees that the secretary does not have to listen to that foul
language.
         
They both return to her office, and the pastor asks   the old geezer, 'Sir,
what seems to be the problem   here?'
             
'There is no problem,' the man says. 'I just won $200   million bucks in the
damn lottery and I want to join this damn church   to get rid of some of
 this damn money.'
                
'I see,' said   the pastor. 'And is this bitch giving you a hard time ? ? ?

'Assassination' Artist Is Questioned and Released

Although there is nothing wrong with what Mr. Arboleda did with his window, it is unlikely that the average person might perceive it as art. Although it fits the definition of what art is, there are people that could find his art as offensive. Especially in New York, who may be understandably paranoid  of such things. Since Mr. Arboleda legally posted his art in "his" window, I feel that, yes, he was censored.

I also think that we must take in consideration the context of which   the 1st amendment, enacted December 15, 1791, was written. Speech &   argument, in 1800, was considered an organized discourse. Freedom of   speech was intended to allow people to voice their opinions publicly,   following a civilized and organized  discourse.

Do you think that the laws and restrictions such as movie ratings,   pornography, child pornography, is censorship? Are Right-to-life-   protesters censored when they graphically display mutilated fetuses?   Does the Military, censor the reports coming out of Iraq and   Afghanistan? Sure it does!

I advocate, the "full" censorship of forms of speech such as   pornography, child pornography, graphic display mutilated fetuses, but   does that make my opinions unconstitutional?  I mean I could just look   away couldn't I? Personally, I cannot "look away" from the possible   harm done to others created in the spirit of free speech.

Is Mr. Arboleda being censored by NEW York City? Of course he is! Is   it right? No it is not, But did his art effectively convey his   sentiments? Arboleda: "The exhibition is supposed to be about   character assassination. It's philosophical and metaphorical."

According to his audience the artist needs to rethink is art to better   communicate his message more clearer to reach a wider audience. That's   what art does.

rs

Microsoft goes out of business???

Social networking: I did not know this, but Microsoft  has(had until July 31) a free classified listing, http://expo.live.com , similar to Craig's  list. But Craig's list has pushed the corporate giant out of the free social  networking-classified business. The irony is Microsoft, with its long history  of swallowing up smaller companies to acquire their technologies and putting  them on the shelf is the Craigslist web site, to push the mega-giant out of a  marketing niche, such as social-networking. 

I think that the Owners of Craig's list (Jim Craig-founder,  Jim Buckmaster-CEO)  know that they are  sitting on a gold-mine, which in 1995 was only a San Fransisco email  listing  of social events in 1995 . The  relatively un-commercial nature of Craigslist has become the world's 8 busiest  english language web site in terms of page views (http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet.html).  Yet,  Craigslist incorporated  as a for-profit company in 1999 does not display  advertising and marketing on it's pages. 

So why doesn't Microsoft attempt to buy Craigslist Like  Google bought YouTube and MySpace , or Microsoft's attempt to buy Yahoo? Is  Craigslist too popular among the non-commercial community's community? What do  you think?

RussellSmith russellsmith@landisnetusa.com

Just Another Dirt-Bag Politician.

On March 10th the story broke out about a sex scandal with  the governor of New York. March 11th Fox's Top Story listed Love  Gov' Set to Leap? Call grows for Spitzer to quit in wake of scandal & CNN's  Top Story Listed: Will  sex scandal sink New York governor?. Fox with their another cutsie, little,  whitty headlines-FUCK YOU FOX!!! CNN with their STUPID QUESTIONS!!!-"Will the  Governor Have a Bowel Movement Today?-FUCK YOU CNN!!!

I am sick and tired of the so-called objective,responsible,  media shoving this useless crap down our throats! On the same day the AP wire  listed the top story as: Deficit  widens as oil prices hit record -a legitimate concern since soon we will  need to take out a mortgage in order to fill our tanks up and oil prices are  driving our economy into recession-a little more important than "The Love Gov".  The general audience cares more about Billy  Crystal to don Yankees pinstripes signing a one day contract to play for  the Yankees as listed on Yahoo's most-viewed story. Instead, the major  news agencies shoves another dirt-bag politician down our throats.

Hey FOX! Hey CNN! NO-ONE CARES! So do not force it on us!

Another reason why I hate Mainstream News.  

rs

RussellSmith russellsmith@landisnetusa.com

Since when does the CIA follow the rules? Or King George screws  up again.

Even if waterboarding was illegal, the CIA  would still use the technique to gather intelligence. Bush is famous for thinking  outside of the water-soaked, flattened box. In his lame-duck, month's, still  managed to screw things up. Congress handed Bush, on a silver platter,  a chance to put to bed, the issue of torture forever. Doesn't he listen to  his advisors? Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California,  a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said "Bush ignored the advice  of 43 retired generals and admirals and 18 national security experts, including  former secretaries of state and national security advisers, who supported the  bill."

I'm not the "sharpest tool in the shed", it appears to me that  Bush realizes how much his policies and administration "screwed" (I cant say  fucked up our country-according to myspace) up our country. By signing the  torture bill he would admit defeat by the democrats in an election year, like  the republicans stand a chance to stay in power after King Bush's reign anyway.  Why do you think that the republican front-runner John McCain is notorious  for going against the party line. 43 retired generals and admirals, and 18  security experts told him to sign the bill.

House  Speaker Nancy Pelosi said" the nation's ability to lead the world depends  on its morality, not military might." The House speaker seems to think that  we are in charge of the entire world? Wasn't it Pelosi who said that A democratic  House would have our troops out of Iraq in a year? People; WHO ARE WE ELECTING?  Are we that stupid to believe every thing that they tell us? Or are going  to make our decision based on color, sex, or political party? Who knows until  its too late.

Historians generally agree that history repeats itself. The  cyclical nature of history tends to give us  a keene sense of what's to come.  Shall we ostracize George Bush, should we re-name Baghdad Constantinople, Clintonaople,  or Obamanople. When are those barbarian Canadians going to invade the United  States? Only time will tell.

rs

RussellSmith russellsmith@landisnetusa.com

Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding

WASHINGTON  (AP) -- President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the  CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected  terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks.

  "We created alternative procedures to question the most dangerous    al Qaeda operatives, particularly those who might have knowledge of attacks    planned on our homeland," Bush said. "If we were to shut down this    program and restrict the CIA to methods in the field manual, we could lose    vital information from senior al Qaeda terrorists, and that could cost American    lives."

Who cares whether or not we waterboard al Qaeda operatives to get information?  I sure don't. These people are not going to be rehabilitated, their mission  in life is to kill as many innocent people that they can in the name of their  own twisted and perverted idealism. What I do care about is the attention that  the media has given this issue and the ramifications of this vetoed bill. Because of all of the attention, watereboarding has a chance of becoming a legally  sanctioned practice by law-enforcement officials in order to obtain information  on criminal cases. That means you or I may be subject to waterboarding.

Our  efficient Congress and Senate who cannot get anything done, has answered to  the media-generated, public out-cry against waterboarding. If the media left  this issue alone, there would not be an anti-waterboarding bill to be vetoed.  WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!.

Now-  instead the waterboarding left to the Military and CIA, now we may have  FBI & Local police waterboarding. The American mentality is "well? If CNN saysit, It must be true." That's how stupid we have become.

Remember the Fall of the Roman Empire,

rs 

This email was sent to me on Christmas day. I was compelled to respond to it:

"It's neat to see all Fox News people use the MC words.  They're the only one too wish everybody a Merry Christmas, seems Bill O'Reilly started it and made a campaign out of it.. A clerk at Wal-Mart looked from side to side then at me and used the MC words."

I hate to disagree, but in my opinion; if Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter were to marry they would have Hitler Youth for their offspring. The two make a living of promoting their hatred and impertinence. To offer "Happy Holidays" to someone is to graciously wish someone goodwill during the holiday season (except a Jehovah's Witnesses), politely. My experience, living in the city, and driving in New Jersey, courtesy has become a lost social behavior.

It makes no difference if someone wishes me "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" .The intention of the utterance is to wish me goodwill and they are practicing courtesy with the intention of which I do not experience too often. A clerk in a Wal-Mart is exposed to many kinds of people (accept the Chinese) so they are more likely to offer or trained to offer "Happy Holidays". In the United States, 83% of the population practice Christianity in some form or other, 8% are not religious at all, 7% practice miscellaneous religions such as Buddhism, Islam or other religions, and the remaining 2% are Jewish. For the Christians to impose their religious beliefs on the 17% of non-Christian people is against what America is all about. Therefore, the practice of wishing someone "Happy Holidays", has evolved into an accepted social behavior practiced by Christians and non-Christians alike.

When a Christian wishes another Christian "Happy Holidays" the idea of "Merry Christmas" is assumed. 

When a Christian offers "Happy Holidays" it is assumed that the Christian is not sure what religious affiliation the individual may have. So the idea of goodwill is offered by the use of "Happy Holidays", which is the Christian way. Is it not?

rs