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Here’s a Lesson For Big Government Programs

The $150 Space Camera.

Bespoke is old hat. Off-the-shelf is in. Even Google runs the world’s biggest and scariest server farms on computers home-made from commodity parts. DIY is cheaper and often better, as Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh found out when they decided to send a camera into space.

The two students (from MIT, of course) put together a low-budget rig to fly a camera high enough to photograph the curvature of the Earth. Instead of rockets, boosters and expensive control systems, they filled a weather balloon with helium and hung a styrofoam beer cooler underneath to carry a cheap Canon A470 compact camera. Instant hand warmers kept things from freezing up and made sure the batteries stayed warm enough to work.

Of course, all this would be pointless if the guys couldn’t find the rig when it landed, so they dropped a prepaid GPS-equipped cellphone inside the box for tracking.

Total cost, including duct tape? $148. The rest here…

And here’s how Obama could keep from terrifying New York.

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Acorn’s Answer To Corruption – Blame The Racist Fox News

Acorn is at risk of losing its $8 Billion in funding (looting?) from the American stimulus.

Now that they have been caught on tape twice counseling clients to commit major crimes… their answer?

Fox is RACIST.

Statement from Margaret Williams, Board Member, Maryland ACORN  September 10, 2009

Fox’s attempt to smear ACORN Thursday September 10, 2009 is despicable, part of a coordinated, long-term campaign by Fox to damage ACORN, the premiere community organization of low- and moderate-income people in the United States.  Every day ACORN members are working for health care reform, living wage jobs, to end the foreclosure crisis, and to strengthen our public schools.  For its part, Fox is running a campaign to demonize ACORN.  They will get attention, but they will not succeed.

In July 2009, Fox agents attempted to enter ACORN offices in New York, in Philadelphia, in San Diego, in Los Angeles, and possibly other locales.  In each case they were turned away, and in Philadelphia ACORN staff were concerned enough that a police report was filed.  In Baltimore, the Fox squad deceived ACORN staff by consistently misrepresenting their intentions.  No tax returns were filed and no assistance was provided.  But the ACORN personnel in question have been terminated because their handling of the Fox agents provocateurs did not meet ACORN’s standards of professionalism.

The larger pattern of Fox’s irresponsible actions here is the real news.  From Glenn Beck calling President Obama a racist, to Fox inciting racism and threats of violence with the Teaparties, to Fox unleashing a hit job on ACORN the day after an inspiring Presidential healthcare speech before Congress, Fox has long since abandoned any journalistic pretense.  It is clear and not coincidence that FOX continues to attack and divide our nation along racial lines.  We believe our country is beyond this type of attack and call on all Americans to demand that FOX stop its racist coverage.

For More Information, Contact: Brian Kettenring, (727) 692-7215, bkettenring@acorn.org (some interesting items on him here, and here and here.)

It should be noted that Fox didn’t enter their offices – An independent filmaker did… and Acorn, instead of owning up to the corruption that has overtaken their organization, chooses to go after the messenger. With bold faced lies.

The obvious thing is that Acorn is acting in unison with the Obama administration game plan… which means that they are getting help from their fellow looters. (Has a President ever publicly blamed a specific news organization or talk radio for their problems the way the current little-boy president does now? It’s sad and un-presidential to say the least.)

It’s only a matter of time till they collapse. Here are 2 million reasons why. Now they’ve been fired from Obama’s questionable census.

And it’s nice to know that  Glenn Beck’s rating continue to soar. (He now beats Bill O’Rielly)

Oh, and 2 million people turned out today for Glenn Beck’s Washington 9/12 event.

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Obama Gets A Scolding From Jack Webb

Let’s hope he gets the message…

Jack Webb Schools Barack Obama on Reality.

Keeping Tabs On Your Kids

How to use the Internet to monitor your child’s every move:

My wife hasn’t figured out Facebook yet.. hope she’ll watch this so she can learn how to keep an eye on our boys now that they are back in school.

Don’t Feel Bad America – We Have Two Acorn Groups In Canada

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It’s a little confusing… and maybe we should start a fund to make one of them change their name….

1) GOOD: Acorn Canada is committed to sharing the care and healing presence of Christ with all.

It has come to our attention that we are being confused with another Acorn Canada that has a nearly identical internet address. This other organization is also known as the “Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now“. We wish it to be known that the Acorn Canada of our website is in no way associated with any pressure or reform group.

2) BAD: The Canadian version of the criminal organization Acorn:

Does this sound familiar?

Since 2004 ACORN has taken action and won victories on issues of concern to their members. Their priorities include: better housing for tenants, living wages for low-wage workers, more investment in our communities from banks and governments, and regulation of payday lenders. ACORN achieves these goals by building community organizations that have the power to win changes — through direct action, negotiation, legislation, and voter participation.

ACORN Canada’s goal is to represent and champion the interests of Canada’s low- and moderate-income urban communities on the critical issues of social and economic justice. We believe that transforming the conditions that adversely affect millions of Canadians can best be achieved with an active national membership – members deeply invested in their organization and focused clearly on lasting socio-economic change.

The time is right for ACORN Canada, with our local offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Hamilton and Ottawa, to build this truly grassroots, community-driven organization. ACORN members participate in local meetings and actively work on campaigns, elect leadership from the neighborhood level up, and pay the organization’s core expenses through membership dues and grassroots fundraisers.

So far they have completely avoided the media limelight.. although this may be intentional.

We can only hope Acorn is brought down soon and closes up shop here in Canada.

I Thought Vancouver Has Enough Worries With Global Warming

As I drove downtown today in Vancouver, I was taken back by the 9/11 truther protests.

Even though Vancouver has its share of wacky causes and groups, I didn’t realize that truthers existed here. I was wrong.

Even the CBC gets into the act… why they choose to desecrate September 11th with this kind of garbage is beyond me.  Good thing no one actually watches the CBC. (Why I am forced to pay for this crap is another story.)

THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC Newsworld. 9/11 Conspiracy Files: The Third Tower investigates the conspiracy theories that continue to swirl around Sept. 11, including the collapse of a third tower at the World Trade Center, which unlike the Twin Towers, was never hit by a plane. The 47-story tower fell seven hours after the other two crumbled and has become the subject of heated speculation and conspiracy theories largely fuelled by the internet. 9/11 Conspiracy Files: The Third Tower sets out to separate the facts from fiction.

From a Vancouver truther’s site:

The following provisions are unalterable:

(a) We believe that when a crime is committed in a society governed by the rule of law, no members of that society should be above the law. Where there is strong evidence to suggest that certain individuals may have committed a crime, there must be an investigation carried out by someone other than the prime suspects, or their close associates. (Hello Osama)

(b) In the case of Sept 11, 2001, there exists an overwhelming body of evidence suggesting that (1) the attacks of that day could not have been carried out without complicity from within the highest levels of the US government, and (2) the official “investigation” was in fact a cover-up, by US authorities and media alike.  The truth about 9/11 is not known, not because it is unknowable, but because it has been concealed. (Right…)

(c) We are part of an international truth-seeking movement. We believe that truth and justice matter.  This Society is committed to exposing the facts and demanding the truth about 9/11. (Call in Jesse Ventura)

This sums it up:

The members and subsidiary members of the 9/11 Truth Movement are for the most part confused, delusional and are being manipulated by their handlers. Originally their handlers were the Democratic left seeking to push Bush out of office. Since then, their handlers have changed hands to failed politicians, alternative media personalities that are in it just for the money and the purely anti-establishment types that we have had around for decades, the ones that bitch and complain no matter who is in office. They try to muster support by including actors, former and failed politicians, and bottom of the barrel entertainers in their ranks. This only adds to their discredit. Put it this way. When you parade “The artist formerly known as Prince” as a spokesman for your cause, you are scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel. Face it, you lack credibility.

You can read the rest of the origins of the truthers here. Or the top 10 Celebrity truther nutjobs.

You’d think that after 8 years they’d find another thing to occupy their time… by the looks of the group, they have a lot of it on their hands.

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Got 45 Minutes? A Great 911 Video

A video from March 05, 2007, summarizes sage thought about September 11 and what it really means by Evan Sayet, Writer, Lecturer and Pundit

Today it takes on new meaning as the beacon of capitalism is being brought to its knees by liberal thinking and community organizers once again…

Sometimes understanding the liberal mind makes it easier to sleep at night.

September 11th Coincidence?

Wired: Sept. 11 is a black day in American history, on at least two counts … this is the other one. Exactly three years before the attacks in New York and Washington, Congress releases the contents of the infamous Starr report on the internet, which leads to the impeachment of a U.S. president.

It’s no wonder the left wants us to move on… Don’t forget the real heroes of 9/11

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That Didn’t Take Long

First day of school in Vancouver:

VANCOUVER – Several children were showing flu like symptoms at the St. George’s private school with one confirmed case of Swine Flu.

In an email to parents on Monday, headmaster Nigel Toy said: “As you are aware, the School has been carefully monitoring all aspects of the H1N1 flu outbreak.”

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