Montag, Oktober 31, 2005

brangelina blogging

having some fun on the brangelina debate:

brangelina

kinda hesistant on saying brangelina cause i think angelina is super-duper cool. anyway, totally "on angelina's side". jen is a shallow mopey b*tch anyway. my posts at 10:52 AM and 1:11 PM

another personality test

link to the site actually from artemis's blog, but this would not fit as a reply. i'd like to see how they drew their conclusions. the results are pretty accurate.

Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extroversionlll16%
Stabilitylllllllllllll66%
Orderlinesslllllllll46%
Accommodationllllllllll50%
Interdependencellllllllllllll70%
Intellectualllllllllllllllllll90%
Mysticalllllllll43%
Artisticllllllll43%
Religiousll10%
Hedonismlllllll36%
Materialismllllllllllll63%
Narcissismlllllllllllllll76%
Adventurousnesslllllllllllllll76%
Work ethiclllllllllllllll76%
Self absorbedllllllll43%
Conflict-seekinglllllllllllllll76%
Need to dominatelllllll36%
Romanticllllll30%
Avoidantllllllll43%
Anti-authorityllll23%
Wealthllllllllllll63%
Dependencyll10%
Aversion to changellllll30%
Cautiousnesslllllllllll56%
Individualitylllllll36%
Sexualityllllllllllllllllll90%
Peter pan complexllll23%
Physical securityllllllllllllllllll90%
Physical Fitnessllllllllllllllll84%
Histrionicll10%
Paranoiallll23%
Vanitylllllllllllllll76%
Hypersensitivityllllllllll50%
Female clichellllllllll50%

Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are
relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Orderliness results were
medium which suggests you are moderately organized, hard working,
and reliable while still remaining flexible, efficient, and fun.
Extroversion results were very low which suggests you are
extremely reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.

trait snapshot:
introverted, secretive, reclusive, tough, non social, observer, fearless,
solitary, libertarian, detached, does not like to lead, outsider, abides
by the rules, mind over heart, good at saving money, does not like to
stand out, does not make friends easily, self sufficient, not aggressive,
likes the unknown, unconcerned with external opinion, strong,
abstract, independent, very intellectual, analytical, high self control

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personality tests by similarminds.com

Donnerstag, Oktober 27, 2005

Yay Miranda!


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Mittwoch, Oktober 26, 2005

a fence stops all undesirables

Apparently there is a conservative organization called Let Freedom Ring that is promoting a $4 billion "state-of-the-art border fence" between the U.S. and Mexico.

www.weneedafence.com

they claim that we need the fence for various reasons including:
- we have to spend our tax money to take care of them/get rid of them
- terrorists are coming across the border as well

regarding terrorists, factcheck actually shows that our northern border might be of greater concern, and that in fact the 9/11 hijackers all had visas. so, what terrorists would a southern fence prevent?
www.factcheck.org/article352.html

also, what about immigrants "sneaking in" on boats, in crates, with falsified identification on flights from yet other countries?

this sounds to me like a rather blind-sided and self-serving proposal. I was speaking to my friend at work about it and she adds that many immigrants crossing the southern border die while trying to get through the desert there. Most of them are coming for a better life. To really prevent an immigrant from trying to escape the poverty in his/her own country why not propose that $4 billion be spent on improving life in those parts of the world from which immigrants originate? Hit the root of the problem.

Of course, there is going to be a certain percentage of immigrants that are dangerous criminals and those will probably try to come too. But criminals will show up in any population and should be treated as an *exception* not a characteristic, of the immigrant population.

This site also has a blog!
weneedafence.blogspot.com
With a poll! "Do you support building a security fence long the U.S. border with Mexico?" Currently the vote is 93% yes, 6% no, 1% undecided. So go bash the ignorant :)

Freitag, Oktober 07, 2005

a hijra's life

edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/
india.eye.eunuch/index.html

oh my god

no wonder people with other gods feel threatened

edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe
/10/07/bush.report.reut/index.html