Trojan Tracker Thingy

Sorry no one has posted since Thursday. I have some kind of trojan tracker virus thingy on the laptop I normally use for blogging This is a new computer I don't have set up to my quirky needs yet--and well dammit until I get the tracker/redirector thing off my laptop, I'm not much use to anyone.

Another: What the Hell is Wrong with Some People?

ht/pets.ohio.com
A firefighter in Ohio faces 80 days in jail and a fine for shooting his two dogs to death rather than board them while he went on vacation--neighbors say they had offered to watch the dogs Skeeter and Sloopy.

This cretin David Santuomo partially suspended the two dogs from a pipe in his basement and then shot them numerous times. After wards, he dumped their bodies in a dumpster behind the fire station where he was assigned.

"He later bragged about killing his pets to fellow firefighters, and he showed no remorse, even joking about it," Robinson said. "Fellow firefighters were disgusted by what he did, and the Capital Area Humane Society was called to investigate."

Hale [the judge] sentenced Santuomo to 90 days in jail and ordered him to pay a $150 fine. He must have no pets or firearms in his home for five years and serve 200 hours of community service; undergo random home inspections; and pay $4,500 in restitution for the costs of the investigation to the county and the Capital Area Humane Society, from which he had adopted the dogs.

Sadly, Santuomo can serve his 90 days in "10-day stints over a two-year period." The good news is he will probably lose his job as a firefighter--sadistic ba*%&rd.

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I forget where I saw this first--Cavuto, I think. Anyway here is the Republican's response to the Democrats' new super majority.

Tweeting Obama

So far as I know this is the first co-ordinated mass effort to effect policy change via Twitter...

In the email today from @DavidAll:

Last week we asked you to help us make history by Tweeting the @WhiteHouse advocating against a government takeover of our nation's healthcare system. We asked Tweets to use the hashtag (a unique identifier) #handsoff when sending a message to the White House so that we could track our efforts to report those results back to you.

As of 2 PM (EST) on Wednesday, July 8, here are the results of the first-ever orchestrated Twitter advocacy campaign:
* 2,269 Tweets urging government to keep their hands off our healthcare
* 913 unique users
* 324 organic Retweets
* 4,025 links in Tweets clicked

What does this all mean? Did we make a difference? Good questions. Four things to keep in mind:

1. First, we need to put our effort in to perspective. This is the first time I've ever heard of anyone orchestrating a coordinated Twitter advocacy strategy. It is my belief that our President, Members of Congress, and US Senators who choose to engage with us on Twitter are either personally reading their Tweets or it is someone who is pretty high up on the chain reading and Tweeting on behalf of the person. Therefore, we've made an impact.

2. On average I personally receive about 5-10 "@" (reply) messages each day. Reply messages are those that are sent to me publicly for others to see that fill a special queue that I read everyday -- all the time. In fact, I've read every single reply message I've ever received. So, in context, someone at the @WhiteHouse account is now reading through thousands of Tweets. That's massive and they're likely scrambling to figure out a response mechanism.

3. The effort has grown organically and continues still today. Check out a new Web site that we've launched at TweetTheWhiteHouse.com where you can see the latest Tweets and how many have been counted. We've also made it easy for you to take part in this continued effort.

4. Influential conservatives like @MichelleMalkin are now using the #handsoff hashtag to help fight government's efforts to takeover healthcare.

Thank you for being part of this movement, more to come.

Revolution,
@DavidAll

P.S. Will you Tweet this message out to help increase awareness of our effort?

We Twittered... Hands OFF, Obama!

You Said What Froze Over?

Governor Moonbeam Supports the Second Amendment.
Ok, so he's only the Attorney General now. But... Holy cow. And he supports Heller, too.

Brown, in support of the NRA in NRA vs. The City of Chicago, writes:

California has a strong interest in protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens. But unlike many states, California has no state constitutional counterpart to the Second Amendment. Unless the protections of the Second Amendment extend to citizens living in the States as well as to those living in federal enclaves, California citizens could be deprived of the constitutional right to possess handguns in their homes as affirmed in District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008).

Jerry Brown seeks to make sure California citizens are afforded their Second Amendment rights... Color me stunned.

S.W.A.T.

Call SWAT! Why?

Hostage situation? No.

Barricaded nutjob? Unh-Unh.

Terrorists with an IED? Nope.

Someone let their grass grow too high.
Oh, the Humanity!

Via SayUncle.

Quote of the Day: Russkies Don't Swoon

Rich Galen on how the Russians aren't fainting at dulcet tones of Obama teleprompting:

What? How great is this? My quandary of "where will I go when I leave the United States" is over. I can pack up all my cares and woes and move to Novocheboksarsk where men's eyes apparently don't roll back in their heads and women don't swoon at the mere mention of the name of Barack.

Now that there is funny...