With the recent death of the late Michael Jackson, I figured it was only fitting that we pull out the ole Cebu prisoners video of ”Thriller” in his honor. Despite the controversies surrounding this individual and the constant allegations against him, one thing remained constant, he was an incredible inspiration to dancers all around the world. His breakthrough moves laid the groundwork for much of today’s entertaining dance moves that we enjoy in movies, on tv and in music videos. May “Wacko Jacko” rest in peace.

Well, folks, with all the action going on over in Iran, you might want to start looking at that as a possible glimpse into the future for us. I’m serious…

If there is anything that has become more evident to me today in following this latest bill that Congress just motioned through is that our government has stopped *working for us* and started *thinking* for us. 

Seriously. Has anyone actually looked at the pipe dream that is this bill (HR 2454)? Take a good long look at http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090515/hr2454.pdf - but keep in mind that’s even missing the 300+ page amendment that those slimey bastards slipped in this morning at 3:09am. Henry Waxman, you’re an idiot.

So, nowhere online can you find any support for this bill unless you’re some die-hard tree hugger who thinks this scheme is actually going to work. If you do, you’re even more confused and even more of an idiot than we thought. Then again, maybe I’m wrong… Maybe this is what you really want… you like living off the land and having no modern conveniences, right?  I mean, this  is exactly what you’re going to have when you can’t buy anything since the cost of your energy takes your entire paycheck. But you like that right?

Seriously folks. There are so many better ways to go about cleaning up our energy usage but the provisions in this bill will destroy this country from the inside out. Aside from that, this is a prime example of the government *NOT* listening to their constituents. 219/212 – at least some of them got the picture, but for those 219 pocket lining, no good, creators of excessive CO2 (blower of hot air), you better believe if this passes through the Senate, your day will come. Your days of living it up off taxpayer money and enjoying your inheritences will be over next election. That is if an angry mob of people who’ve lost their jobs due to your ignorance doesn’t beat you to election day. *shrug* Just stating the facts here folks.

Today the phone lines were jammed with people trying to voice their opinions on this bill. SO many in fact that the lines we overrun. The people answered the call by Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana who said, “Call your congressman, right now!” from the House floor as the chamber seemed near a vote.

CNN quoted in their article a Rep from Texas:

“I can’t begin to tell you how many calls we’ve received,” said Rep. Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas. “And it’s disproportionately vote ‘no.’”
Gonzalez, who voted “yes,” believes special interest groups generated many of the calls on both sides, including the late surge of negative feedback.

*PRIME* example of Congress deciding for us without taking our input into consideration. They chalk it up to ‘ special interest group generated calls ‘ – yeah, the special interest group is THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO!

So, what’s next? After we’re impoverished and we have no fight left in us, are you going to dissolve the Constitution of the United States so you can have your supreme power? Get a clue folks, that will never happen. As people start to feel the American Dream die, you can bet history will repeat itself. So quickly has our government forgotten how they even came to power. The people put you there with trust and hope and you’re showing you’re no different than the British Empire of 1776.

/soapbox

ps. Henry Waxman, you’re still an idiot.

Seriously man, what the heck is your problem!? Other than the fact you’re obviously suffering from paranoid delusions concerning the world around you? 

So I’m sitting there reading this article today on CNN where he’s all upset because he feels Obama is meddling in Iranian affairs and makes comments like:

      “Do you think that this kind of behavior is going to solve any of your problems? It will only make people think you are someone like Bush.”

      “You are at the beginning of your way and you are gaining experience, and we do not wish the scandals of the Bush era to be repeated during your term of office.”

      “We hope that you will avoid interfering in Iran’s affairs and somehow express your regret so that the Iranian nation can become aware of your regret. If there is real change, the Iranian nation will welcome it.”

Seriously, this guy has got some MAJOR issues… Is Obama sitting out in front of your house telling ‘ yo momma jokes ‘ and dictating to you how to run your country? No. Is he calling you twelve times an hour to rub it in that his people aren’t currently rioting in the streets? No. Is he faxing you detailed memo’s on how you should fix this situation and peacefully quell the violence there? No. He’s simply stating facts about your country and the things going on over there, observations, information, nothing more. That’s not meddling. He’s trying to keep his country in the loop on what he knows as well. Maybe you could take some lessons? Besides, who really cares what someone is saying outside your house while you’re inside. 

I’ll give ya this, the closest thing to advice was stating “It is not too late for the Iranian government to recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and prosperity. We hope they take it.”

OH NO!!! HE JUST THREATENED INVASION IN THAT STATEMENT!!!!! *rolls eyes*  

Give me a break man. We have a description for people like you here in the US… teenage drama queens. If anyone sounds more like Bush here, it’s you… Let’s see here… You’ve lost the respect of a good chunk of your citizens, you make false statements, you ramble on because you have nothing truly important to say but still like to hear yourself talk… shall I continue?

Face it. You don’t control anything, you’re just a puppet for the Ayatollah and it gives you an inferiority complex that makes you feel the need to lash out at everyone to boost your feeling of self importance. That about sum it up? 

At the end of the day you’re just a normal human being like the rest of us, small and capable of mistakes just the same. Just admit you’re wrong, look for the way to fix the situation and stop yapping to just have something to say. Who cares what the world is saying? Your country is tearing itself apart and all you can do is whine about how you feel the rest of the world is calling you out. Ignore the rest of us, focus on your people and fix the situation at hand. The rest of the world will still be here for you to call liars, thieves and meddlers when you’re all done.

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How did I miss this!? Oh wait.. could this happen to be connected to the rough few months!? *sigh* Well, I’m gonna make up for it!

Episode 1 – ” The Takeover ”

Episode 2 – “Laser Trouble”

Episode 3 – “Into the Basement”

Episode 4 – “The Basement Strikes Back”

Episode 5 – “The New Employee”

I absolutely love these. Keep up the good work Matt and Aaron!

Yep, the losers are at it again. If you happen to get an email from Microsoft concerning a patch for Outlook, be smart… DO NOT FOLLOW THE LINK!  I cannot stress enough how often people follow these links. Microsoft will NOT send you an update through the email in any shape or form like this. Updates are released through Microsoft Update or Windows Update ONLY!

Here’s what to look for:

Ok, so maybe not exactly work related but a buddy of mine made a hilarious comment about work:

“seriously…if he can have a job with his level [of intelligence] and it be ok… I’m going to start coming to work high.”

 I think we’ve all had our fair share of folks who make us feel like this.

Tomorrow will be two months since my last post. Andy threatened to log in and do some posting of “questionable content” if I didn’t sound off and at least say something.

It’s amazing one can find themselves so busy that they don’t even have time to blog a single item much less run maintenance on their site once in two months. I’m not even going to go into the details of the last few months, just start from here. lol It’s been crazy, we’ll leave it at that. That family is well and everyone is doing great.

Hopefully I should get some more posts up today and tomorrow along with some new picture updates. Those are way long overdue. All in all, just know I’m still alive and all is well.

yeah.. you heard me right.

that is all.

Something I noticed today while working on some issues one of our guys had with using the EMC for Exchange 2007. He kept getting an access denied error when trying to do anything in the EMC. The messages went something like this:

——————————————————–
Microsoft Exchange Error
——————————————————–
The following error(s) were reported while loading topology information:
Get-OWAVirtualDirectory
Failed
Error:
Unable to create Internet Information Services (IIS) directory entry. Error message is: Access is denied.
HResult = -2147024891.
Access is denied.
Directory Path: IIS://mailboxserver.genericcompany.com/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Exchange
Detail:
server name: mailboxserver.genericcompany.com
local machine name: XPWORKSTATION
local machine fqdn: XPWORKSTATION.genericcompany.com
Access is denied.

Kind of an irritating message actually. There were some other ones as well referring to the CAS server, etc.. etc.. but you get the point.

The solution? heh, easy as can be actually.

* From “Start”->”Run” type in ‘ dcomcnfg ‘ and hit “Enter”
* From the Component Services Console, expand “Component Services” -> “Computers”
* Right click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”
* On the “Default Properties” tab, find the Default Impersonation Level and change it from “Identify” to “Impersonate”

That should do it.

Mirrored on: http://techtalk.ihatemykereinhold.com/2009/04/06/emc-2007-access-is-denied-2147024891-error/

Well, I have to say it’s about freakin time. I think this has been one of the driest winters (in terms of snow) I’ve seen since I left Georgia. LOL I really wish that we had more of this recent snowfall all over the winter. It was kind of boring this go around. Still, can’t say I’m bored with Colorado weather and at least we’ve been keeping some decent bases in the mountains to go boarding on.

However despite it being dry, it was good to see the weather finally dropping some much needed precipitation out there. January was horrible, February saw precipitation at .11″ out of the average .33″ and we sat in March all the way until last Thursday at trace levels with an average of .92″. Finally between then and now March is sitting at 1.62″ which is awesome.

Here’s some pics from last Thursday and Friday’s fun.

The best part? More is supposedly on the way as we roll into April! Hopefully we’ll be getting some more tomorrow and again this weekend. YAY!

I really hope this is the case. I’ve enjoyed getting in some late season snowboarding. Even Arwen has joined in on the fun.

Hopefully the poor kiddo can get cleared to come up with me again this next weekend. I feel it will be unlikely though since she broke her wrist last Friday. Crazy kiddo was jumping off the furniture and got herself good. We thought at first she had sprained it, however when she tripped and fell again Saturday it hurt her again just as much so we had it checked out. Still though, she boarded awesome on Saturday so who knows, maybe she’ll get to go up again despite having a cast on!