Tower of Lights Tribute

We went to Liberty State park on 9-11 this year again as usual. I got some awsome shots of the Tower of Lights that are on display over in NYC not to far from ground zero. I have posted the picture to my picasa page also. See them here http://picasaweb.google.com/nelson24/WTCTowerOfLights20070911231937

(Removed Pics in favor of sidebar slide show) - See my Slide Show in the sidebar.

Resident must pay $50 to display support for presidential candidate

Well at least not anymore. The fact that somebody actually expected a citizen to even pay money to express his opinion is insane. But thanks to the ACLU (Whom I hate with a passion) the town backed down.
Here is the link to the story.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lsign3107aug31,0,5584433.story

Media Coverage of the Candidates is Bias!

How I come to this conclusion is simple, and it will be very evident as you continue to read on. I have no facts except the obvious and my common sense.

About me first; I am a Libertarian and I support a limited government. I also listen to talk radio(all political genres) and the news(Mostly Fox) all day long. So when I speak about the media I think I know enough to have some strong opinions on the matter. My bias in this will most likely be in favor of a third party candidate but don't let that take away from what I am saying here. I am also at this point a big supporter of Ron Paul.

The fact that the Media covers only the major candidates does a disservice to the so called minor candidates and to the American people. The major candidates are getting constant free press while the least popular candidates get nothing. In fact because of this I am sure the least popular also loose support, since people think of them as not viable based on the media support. What the media is doing is ensuring that the candidates that they like both Republican and Democrat are represented while the supposed fringe and third party candidates get none or as little press as possible. In some cases I have seen them try to make up lame excuses when they(the least popular) show good numbers.

This press blackout is by design and seems to spread to the radio also. Too many times do I hear the same comments echoed over and over again on the radio. Comments like: "A third party will never make it so why should we even talk about it" and "This candidate doesn't have enough support so why should we mention him". I am sure you get my point. I also get a kick out of the so called supporters of freedom that pooh pooh people and get them off the air ASAP when they start bringing up the constitution or bill of rights.

I personally feel if the news media wanted to be taken seriously from people like me who think independently then they need to tell the news properly. There are may other candidates in the race for 2008 and the media is focusing only on 8. Funny the one democrat that seems to be making the list in the polls has a lower percentage than some of the other republicans that aren't mentioned. How does this represent the truth to the American public.

Fox News my favorite news to watch is guilty of not being “Fair and Balanced“ in their own coverage of the campaigns. If they were truly fair and balanced then they would consistently mention all the candidates all the time but they don't since they are trying to stack the candidates and weed out the weaker candidates themselves. That is the peoples job! This is what primaries are for and ultimately the convention is for. Trying to narrow down the number of candidates before the primaries is wrong and should in my opinion be illegal. What the media is guilty of is interfering with the election.

In other words what the news media is basically doing is saying we feel that the following candidates are the best choice for the American people and that we will help weed out the candidates that we don't think have a chance before the people even get a chance to decide for themselves.

Well I for one am not falling for it. Don't you find it funny that the only straw poll (actual people voting) taken so far doesn't have the major candidates at the top. To me that says a lot and proves my point to some extent that the media is trying to fix (to some extent) the election.

I also have one last comment to make. I find some of the questions by the media to the so called candidates to be very un-American or more like pro big government. The same questions with the same theme are always asked: "What is your administration going to do for the American people?". That is to me the worst question any free thinking American should ask. The right questions should be "What is your administration going to do to give people more of their hard earned money back so they can be free again?"

What did she say?

This is either too sad or too funny. Interpretation is up to you but here is a link to the Miss South Carolina answering a question in the Miss Teen USA Contest.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

30 Firefox add-on for web developers.

Someone forwarded me a great link to a list of Firefox add-ons. I have most of them and who wouldn't but it list a few that I don't have and they are interesting enough to take a look at.

Here is the link if you are interested:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/27/30-firefox-add-ons-for-web-developers-designers/

Another add-on I like to use, although it isn't primarily for web development but useful is the Regular Expression Tester. Also good is Add N Edit Cookies for viewing/editing cookies.