That was the final statement of 3 witnesses at Stanley Williams' execution. I will admit I have mixed feelings about the death penalty as it currently is. That being said I have to take exception with that statement. It has been the rallying cry for thousands who were sucked in to the charisma and "gift of gab" that allowed this person to create one of the most vicious and violent gangs in history. I can't say if he was guilty or not of the specific crime this judgement was for. I h...
I have watched the drama shows unfold in New Orleans over the past 2 weeks and waited for an event like today. If you recall, early last week Mayor Nagin began to discuss his grandiose plan for quickly getting everyone back to the city, even before the flood waters were half gone, let alone clean up started. The Federal government, mainly through Adm. Alan, stepped in and advised against this. Nagin then publicly railed against the Feds and referred to Alan as, "the Federally appointed m...
In reply to a comment I made Dr, Guy made the following remark, "What is more important. Iran or your Daughter's first date?" I instantly found myself flooded with a torrent of images and scenarios, as well as a coming headache. I thought I would step out of my usual MO for posting and demonstrate how it played out in my mind. Humor is not my strong point, but here goes a try. Does any of this sound familair? NEWS ALERT! Iran has completed the conversion of enough uranium ore int...
In reply to a comment I made Dr, Guy made the following remark, "What is more important. Iran or your Daughter's first date?" I instantly found myself flooded with a torrent of images and scenarios, as well as a coming headache. I thought I would step out of my usual MO for posting and demonstrate how it played out in my mind. Humor is not my strong point, but here goes a try. Does any of this sound familair? NEWS ALERT! Iran has completed the conversion of enough uranium ore int...
In the coming months and years there will be numerous investigations and "bipartisan" studies on who failed and who we can point a finger. A lot of that will be accurate, starting with Mayor Nagin, who was the first miserable failure in this. However, I wonder how many of those investigations and studies will take a hard look at the primary blame behind the aftermath violence? I suspect we will see very little mention of street gangs. While much of the looting and some of the violence were ju...
As I watch and read about the worsening aftermath from Hurricane Katrina, I can't help but be emotionally overwhelmed by many of the newest images. I watched a man break down as he told about how he held on to his wife's hand trying to save her and her last words telling him to take care of the kids. He lost her and his house that he worked a lifetime to have. I watched a couple express how luckey they were. They lost all possessions, but still had each other. I watced an 8 year old chil...
I see a tech story today in Wired News about the New York Civil Liberties Union's concern for my privacy with regards to surveillance cameras. They have hired college students to run around Manhattan to count and catalogue their locations. They are concerned that my privacy will be violated while walking down a public sidewalk or standing in the public area of a business. I do not know about others, but generally, when I go out to a public space I assume I am in public view. I take that in to...
I have been following the recent revelations regarding Karl Rove and Joseph Wilson. Particularly Wilson's press conferences to show his outrage and demand the firing of Rove. I'll start with a a couple of previous quotes from Wilson. First he said in a CNN interview, â??My wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identityâ?. This week he was quoted in a press conference as saying, â??Mr. Rove was talking to the press. And he was saying things like my wife...
This is a departure for me as I usually write about something a little more charged in my other Blogs. However, I made an exception this time as I felt it almost a civic duty. Advent Rising for XBox, much hyped due to Unreal game engine and story by an award winning sci-fi author Orson Scott Card, has been very disappointing. First are the technical problems. Game developers have become much better at debugging before releasing XBox games in the higher end category. It almost seems on this...
Well, here is my first attempt at a blog. Seems like a good chance to express my opinionated side. I am currently a Director of Security, IT and Provisioning at a regional Telecom. My background involves Cable industry, Law Enforcement, "Big Oil", High Level Conflict Management and Social Engineering. In the late 80s, early 90s I was a media hound. I have been on the Today show and numerous news programs. I have been around. With that as my background, I expect to be wide-ranging in my bl...
I am a child of the late 60s. I cut my teeth on the new liberalism and call for equalities. A lot has changed since those days. In fact, the liberals of today are starting to resemble the conservatives of my day. I refer to the California school that has banned teaching of the Declaration of Independence because it contains the word "God". Now wait a minute. I remember in the 60s that one of our biggest gripes was the right trying to re-write and squash history to fit their vision of what ...