Whoever at useless (usair) that came up with the bright idea to board the front of the plane first, and then motivate people even more to carry on their bags by charging an extra $15 per bag including the first bag is a complete and total ASSHOLE!!!

Take something simple and make it complex, don’t most airlines fill from the back of the plane…

Freaking idiots

The other day I downloaded a cool little app called iPity, all this thing does is says Mr. T sayings at random or you can select a specific saying should the need arise. I don’t know about you, but I think everyone can use Mr. T as a backup.
Then the other day I was wandering through the app store, and notice that iPity’s rating was down from 5 stars to 2, and I’m thinking WTF could make an app drop like that. Well all the whining was over the fact the the people that wrote the app have done 2 things, they made it free pissing off all the people who paid a dollar, and they added advertising without saying anything. Come on people freaking get over it, the guys that wrote the thing are entitled to some compensation, and yes it was sneaky to throw the ads in without saying anything, but Mr. T still has your back, and that is important. So is going from 5 stars to 2 really necessary, when it is essentially the same app…
Quit whining and get some nuts!!!
Can’t do the ad screen correctly because I’m on a plane, so there’s your solution, use ipity in airplane mode

I was talking to several people in the capitol region today, and as you can guess the topic was the water main break in MD. After listining to the varied reports, that I was hearing of millions of gallons a minute that were pouring from the pipe, as well as the friend of a friend that has special inside connections (aka I made this up so it appears I know more then you people). I was was talking to a friend of mine when we were discussing how much water that was, well since he us a much bigger need then I am, he actually did the math, and for the amount to be anywhere near a million gallons a minute the water would have to be moving at 60 to 80 miles an hour (no I didn’t check his math) but it sounded right an being as the actual number 150,000 gallons per minute which would be around 10 miles per hour which also sounds about right…

So while were talking I was looking at the headlines, of “water main breaks” and “motorists trapped in vehicles” one really stood out “wall of water traps motorists” that one brought to you by NBC Washington. I looked at the video, and when I think of a wall I think of something taller then me, well I guess if you were right at the pipe and the water was coming out , I guess you could call that a wall, but not really.

Ok yes it was a dangerous situation, and people were injured and traumatized…

The thing is the idiots running these stations are so busy hyping and sensationalizing everything, so that when something truly bad is happening people will be so desensitized they’ll not do what is needed.

Wow…
CNN has taken the media crap level to a new low…
Their whiz bang hologram, is just stupid, but I am sure that the typical CNN viewer is getting all excited and call the neighbors asking if they saw the magic on the moving picture box. Anyone impressed by this, probably wonders how they move the yellow first down line on football broadcasts.
Then there is the pain of watching talking heads trying to navigate a touch screen aka “Magic Wall” with way to much information on it. It was to funny watching this guy going up on his tip toes while the screen is not responding to his input, the only thing that would have made it funnier is for the thing to blue screen right there on national TV.

Come on CNN, you have all those technology people behind the scenes who’s job it is to make the magic, instead of the pain of watching the talking heads stumble through the menus. Had I known there was the potential comedy effect, I would have broken out some beer and enjoyed.

It is interesting to note the there is a substantial number of Cisco Telepresence commercials.

So the Virginia Primary is tomorrow, and I am already over the 2008 presidential campaign.
My phone has rang no less then 10 times tonight from unknown callers, who I can only guess were going to tell me how important my vote is, and I need to get out there and vote for whomever, and while I’m at it could I breakout the checkbook and send them money to help stop whomever from ruining the country. Well I didn’t answer the phone, and I don’t even know if I am going to bother voting tomorrow, yes I am experiencing voter apathy.

I did the math a while ago, on the 2 states the media says are so important to the future of this country, Iowa and New Hampshire, because if you don’t do well there forget about it. The 2 states in question contain about 1% of the population, and an even lower percentage of eligible voters, and I could care less about how these people vote. I think the system in this country needs to be revamped.

1. Have all the primary’s on one day, like the First Tuesday after the first Monday in June. No campaigning until lets say the first Monday in April, you cant even declare prior to that date, the FCC would require media outlets to not take any advertising until that date,violation would result in revocation of their license.
2. Anyone holding federal office would be required to resign upon declaration of their candidacy, if your so sure of yourself, lets see you risk your job for something you believe in, and I don’t think you really have the country’s best interest or my tax dollar in mind if you are out there trying to get your mug on TV.
3. End Political rally’s, talk about something that should be left in the past as an history lesson, they only waste time money and energy (Not very green).
4. No more phone calls, if I am stupid enough that my mind can be changed from a phone call, I shouldn’t be allowed to vote in the first place.
5. No more mailers, another big waste of resources, all that paper, that just gets thrown away.
6. No more conventions, another relic of the past,
7. I’m also thinking to balance things out First place is President, Second is Vice President, and Third is Secretary of State, and everyone only gets one vote, so choose wisely. Would make for some interesting cabinet meetings.
8. If you can’t figure out how to poke a hole in a piece of paper, then you are too stupid to vote.

Thats about it.