September 28, 2005

The pefect thought for this week

Knowing others is wisdom.
Knowing yourself is enlightenment.
- Lao Tzu

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 04:01 PM

September 22, 2005

Weird dreams

Jolene and I found some hot new clothes for my new look, I quite like it.

Last night I had some weird dreams. KMFDM was playing a show at a hotel bar for a bunch of drunks. And not a nice hotel, it was some shitty Motel 8 type place in a little shitty redneck town...which oddly enough looked a lot like Evanston, Wyoming. I showed up after they had played and Sacha was trying to sell me some custom modular synth that some electrical engineer had made for him.

I'm not quite sure what that dream was supposed to be about but now I have an urge to listen to some KMFDM.

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 10:42 AM

September 21, 2005

Commercial work

Awesome....

Last night I heard an instrumental piece I worked on for the CSI tv
series get used in one of their promo commercials. It was totally
unexpected but cool.

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 01:01 PM

September 13, 2005

The two million dollar beat?

Apparently The Neptunes have made a track so hot that it's causing a bidding war. Rapper Nas allegedly handed over $2million.

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 12:01 AM

September 12, 2005

Cheney told to "Go f**k yourself"

Caught on video, a disguntled citizen tells Dick Cheney to "Go f**k yourself".

Story with video links

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 09:43 AM

September 08, 2005

Harsh words

Uh oh!

Steve Ballmer has vowed to kill Google.

From the article:
"At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the
room hitting a table in his office," Lucovosky recounted, adding that
Ballmer then launched into a tirade
about Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I
have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill
Google."

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 02:17 PM

September 06, 2005

"We'll protect you"

Here's some video footage from MSNBC

It's about time somebody in a major network wasn't afraid to be critical of our government.

Check it out.

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 05:15 PM

FEMA news

FEMA news.

FEMA is totally fucking up, their leadership is inept. Perhaps someone should stop appointing his buddies to posts (who then appoint their buddies).
The first one here is from their own site:

FEMA tells first responders not to respond first.

FEMA turns down Amtrak's offer of help

FEMA turns away experienced firefighters.

FEMA turns away Wal-Mart supply trucks.

FEMA stops Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel.

FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food.

FEMA won't let morticians enter New Orleans.

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen floatila from delivering aid.

FEMA doesn't utilize 600-bed hospital ship provided by Navy.

FEMA turns down Chicago's massive offer of aid.

FEMA stops delivery of generators.

Some more here.

How else can this be viewed other than a monumental failure?

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 11:28 AM

September 02, 2005

NO Mayor "Get off your asses"

New Orleans mayor lashes out at feds
Nagin: 'They are spinning and people are dying'

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.nagin/index.html

Listen to his interview, he's pissed.

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 10:07 AM

Regarding Donations

For those wanting to help/donate the people of New Orleans, please read this:

https://www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_4498,00.html

I have no doubt that there are people out there trying to profit off of other people's charity. I suggest everyone give directly to the organization they are trying to donate to instead of going through intermediaries.

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 10:04 AM

September 01, 2005

House Rep turns back on NO

From the Times-Picayune

House Speaker: Rebuilding N.O. doesn't make sense
Thursday, 2:55 p.m.

By Bill Walsh
Washington bureau

WASHINGTON
- House Speaker Dennis Hastert dropped a bombshell on flood-ravaged New
Orleans on Thursday by suggesting that it isn’t sensible to rebuild the
city.

"It doesn't make sense to me," Hastert told the Daily
Herald in suburban Chicago in editions published today. "And it's a
question that certainly we should ask."

Hastert's comments came
as Congress cut short its summer recess and raced back to Washington to
take up an emergency aid package expected to be $10 billion or more.
Details of the legislation are still emerging, but it is expected to
target critical items such as buses to evacuate the city, reinforcing
existing flood protection and providing food and shelter for a growing
population of refugees.

The Illinois Republican’s comments drew an immediate rebuke from Louisiana officials.

“That’s
like saying we should shut down Los Angeles because it’s built in an
earthquake zone,” former Sen. John Breaux, D-La., said. “Or like saying
that after the Great Chicago fire of 1871, the U.S. government should
have just abandoned the city.”

Hastert said that he supports
an emergency bailout, but raised questions about a long-term rebuilding
effort. As the most powerful voice in the Republican-controlled House,
Hastert is in a position to block any legislation that he opposes.

"We
help replace, we help relieve disaster," Hastert said. "But I think
federal insurance and everything that goes along with it... we ought to
take a second look at that."

The speaker’s comments were in
stark contrast to those delivered by President Bush during an
appearance this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

“I want
the people of New Orleans to know that after rescuing them and
stabilizing the situation, there will be plans in place to help this
great city get back on its feet,” Bush said. “There is no doubt in my
mind that New Orleans is going to rise up again as a great city.”

Insurance
industry executives estimated that claims from the storm could range up
to $19 billion. Rebuilding the city, which is more than 80 percent
submerged, could cost tens of billions of dollars more, experts
projected.

Hastert questioned the wisdom of rebuilding a city below sea level that will continue to be in the path of powerful hurricanes.

"You know we build Los Angeles and San Francisco on top of earthquake issures and they rebuild, too. Stubbornness," he said.

Hastert
wasn't the only one questioning the rebuilding of New Orleans. The
Waterbury, Conn., Republican-American newspaper wrote an editorial
Wednesday entitled, "Is New Orleans worth reclaiming?"

"Americans'
hearts go out to the people in Katrina's path," it said. "But if the
people of New Orleans and other low-lying areas insist on living in
harm's way, they ought to accept responsibility for what happens to
them and their property."

Hmm okay, a lot of those people didn't choose to live there. Should we have abandoned Chicago after the fire or just refuse to rebuild anytime an earthquake hits california cities? What a retard.

What may happen though is the insurance agencies may refuse to policies to people wanting to rebuild in new orleans. Which would really suck. New Orleans has more history and culture than the majority of the cities in this country.

Posted by D' MacKinnon at 10:01 AM