Renegade Blogger

“There is a serious investigation going on by federal prosecutors — that’s their job,” the president said. “If they believe something was done inappropriately in the White House, they’ll come and look and they’re welcome to do so.”

Sounds good to me, the president is actually letting the federal prosecutors do there job, especially if it might take down many republicans in congress and be one of the biggest scandals in awhile. However, after saying that he would comply with these federal prosecutors he did something, which, well, doesn’t. It wasn’t front page news in Cleveland, back on page seven the paper ran the story explaining that chief prosecutor in the Abramoff case, Noel L. Hillman, would be stepping down. Why you ask? He was appointed to a federal judge position by the Justice Department. This move by the Administration swiftly ends his involvement with the case that could cause top republicans in congress to face serious questions about bribes they received, maybe a more…republican friendly prosecutor would be in order here. The move also came shortly after Bush himself faced a series of questions from reporters asking him about photos seen with him and Abramoff shaking hands over something. While the move itself is despicable so is the fact that it receives almost no coverage here at home, you think something like this would make the front page news here, but perhaps instead we need a another big picture of seagulls on the front page like today. The media also seems to be in effect playing down the republican scandal, but what would happen if these were all democrats? An Ohio Dem involved in a federal money scandal, no Ohio newspaper would ever pass that up!

I recently talked with a well versed, politically involved friend and was all sat stupefied at our restaurant table at well, why wasn’t anyone upset over what was going on in congress? A recent CNN poll stated that 49% of Americans believe that congress is corrupt. That’s it?? You have top position holders being federally prosecuted and only 49% think that it’s corrupt. Look at what its been doing, pushing hard to understand Medicare laws through, cutting federal student aid and taking prosecutors off the job. Where and when does it end?

January 21, 2006

Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043

Dear Google;
I recently heard that you had denied the Justice Departments request to access the records of what your users have searched for, as well as sites listed in your database. As someone who uses not only the search engine regularly but also uses other services such as Gmail I was re-assured and happy to hear that you didn’t sell out like other search engines. I can only hope that you not only did this to protect trade secrets but to protect the privacy of thousands of Google users. It speaks highly of your organization to do what you did, especially in this day in age when the fear of terrorism and hype about homeland security is used in at times abusive ways.
Thank you

This letter will be in the mail today folks…
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Its Thursday, twelve thirty and I’m comfortably at home at…my home. I love finals week for just this reason, school lets out at absurdly early times, especially when you only have one final to take for the day. For me the school day ended at ten today, not to shabby. My grades’ll be just fine, I’m not particularly worried, nor do I really care, these are the last finals I’ll be taking (probably). Senior Project gets us out of the next round of finals, and I don’t think many of my teacher next semester will make me take them anyway. Come to think of it, there’s really only four more months of high school left. A both encouraging and daunting thought in itself. The future is waiting for me. Will I be ready? Probably…

Holy shit, Hollyy shit! A few days ago I made a post entitled the Blogging Breed. In it I made a comment about Bob Gentry, it read:

Second, who’s this Bob Gentry fellow, shouldn’t he be at work or something? Every time I’m on BE his site pops up, how many hours are you on there pal?!

Mr. Gentry made a whole post about those words, and quite honestly I had to read it several times to even start to pick up on any feelings he had for me. He might be telling me to “Go Fuck Yourself” or that may be aimed at those who really don’t like him. He continues “this is my journal and I’ll write whatever I want.” I would like to say that in no way do those few lines advocate or even remotely suggest what he should or should not write on his blog, give me some credit here.

I would first like to share some of the comments that were directed at me from his comments section

Those few lines have all of the sudden gotten me called some pretty nasty names. Allow me to quote a few of them:
*Ahem*

“What a fucking idiot!”
“boil in a hot vat of oil (it’s a slow painful death)”
“dildo”
“WANKER”
“sad!”
“just jealous that the girlies think you are cute”
“real turd”
“stoooopid”.
Wow.
Yet others took a different approach and just commented in support of Mr. Gentry, while others yet tried to analyze my personality:
“Doesn’t he realize that he also has to be online at the same time as you so he’s guilty of the same thing?” “I’ve always found that whiners and bitchers are just jealous” “Everyone will try and take a bite out of you just to tend to their own insecurities.” “This person reminds me (yet again) of my favorite quote ever (from Rosanne) “I know a lot about people, that’s why I don’t like none of ‘em.”. (be carefull now, that last one also stated (s)he’s starting to loose patience with humanity) Wow, that’s a breath full.

All off these comments kinda got under my skin to tell you the truth. These people had made these comments most likely without reading a single full post on my site nor probably reading the entire post from which Mr. Gentry quoted me.
One commenter, the Retarded Rugrat, kinda hit the nail on the head…kinda:

“Some people are so insecure about themselves that they feel the need to put others down, especially if said person’s blog isn’t getting a lot of hits.”

Now, this yields special comment from me cuase its part true, my site doesn’t receive a lot of hits, sadly, the truth stops there. I appreciate her concern however I would like to inform her that I’m very secure with who I am as an individual and human being. I’m a peace-lovin guy and have stood up for what I believe in even when the consequences are high.

Now, wow. I would like to make clear that in no way do I think Mr. Gentry should change his writing style or anything on his blog. Second, as he informed me that he buys credits from BE, he is free to do so regardless of what I think. I don’t control his money for heavens sakes. The comments I made on my site were from a feeling that I simply observed and felt that practically every time I’m on BE I see his site. Case and point: I was on tonight and it popped up, this is the only way that I found out that he was even talking about me. I don’t not enjoy reading his site or particularly mind it coming up, just stating an observation folks. I would also like to say that I’m glad I made him smile. I’d like to re-iterate that I in no way made any comment as to how Mr. Gentry should run his site or what he should write.
The entry also reads the following which I’d like to respond to:

Perhaps having my real name in my journal and posting photos of myself have something to do with a few of these type of comments. Funny thing about that is, it’s usually coming from someone who is completely hidden(not that there’s anything wrong with that either).

I don’t care that your real name is on your site. Good for you, that takes guts in and of itself, however I would like to quote something from my about section (that was active and online when Bob-o* stopped by).

The RB’s last blog was invaded by people he knew from school causing him to censure his posts for names and content.

I have a problem when people I rarely know try and tell me how to live my life, who I should and shouldn’t date etc. This happened to me and is why I chose to write anonymously. I was told I should not date a certain girl. She’s been with me for a year Sunday. Fuck you.

I hope I’ve made myself clear here, my comments were in no way intended to be spiteful or harmful. I apologize if they were. If you’d like to read Bob’s post about me and all the comments that go with it here’s the site: Paranoid Blogging

*I’ve typed some version of his name so much I feel like were on friendly terms here, hope ya don’t mind. I’d also like to say he has a kick ass welcome page.

So I’m curious to hear what people have to say about graffiti/stenciling/stickering.  I’ve taken an interest to the subject and was curious to hear what other have to say on the subject. Do you see it as blatant vandalism or as a form of expression? Annoying or interesting? Anything goes here, please please please leave a comment with your thoughts on the subject, I really would like to hear em.

I personally see it as a form of expression, a way to get your art/ideas out to the public without having to pay or really be famous. Another form of self-expression.

Surprisingly my transition back into school work and schedule has been tolerable, apart from the fact that I’ve been a bit…delayed in my awakening in the morning. Most likely the next few posts will include a deep analysis of high school life (right) as I’d like to talk about two subjects (one very near and dear to my heart). The first is this. It must really suck to be short in high school. Fortunately I cant speak from experience but I’ve noticed that in the halls most of my awkward moments are with short folk, that or this one kid who my friends and I almost beat up, but that’s another post. Anyway, no offense or anything and of course I mean this in the nicest of ways but try and be more assertive in your movement and actions in the halls, and believe it or not, not all seniors want to shove you into a locker.
I have a Bio test tomorrow (subject change) on DNA and mRNA, and I actually understand this stuff, how bout them apples eh? Finals start next week, after a three day weekend. Unfortunately I have to attend most of them, the horror I know, but last year was nice when I could walk home in the snow and still have the option of eating breakfast. There will be a lack of posting over the next week, my last real burst of studying for high school finals will occur and I will be celebrating a momentous event for any high schooler this weekend, but more on that later…