Arnie Carver

Recently my girlfriend’s computer was infected with some pretty nasty malware. This particular
program of course bogged down the system, but that wasn’t all. It locked out the taskmanager and
add/remove programs. In addition it changed her desktop picture to a blue screen with yellow
text stating that the system was infected with spyware. Within the text it said something like
“click here to protect your system”.

Can anyone guess what happened when she clicked on said text? It took her to a site selling
anti-spyware software! These low lifes were charging $60 for software to fix the problem they
created. I was beside myself when I saw this. No way was I going to let her shell out a penny
to these crooks.

Having a little more computer experience than her, I went through the common steps to
fix the problem. Spybot S&D nor McAffe or Blink could fix the problem. I tried to restore
back to a previous date but was locked out. By this time both of us were severly aggrivated,
and wishing horrible things upon the person who wrote this program. I finally ended up backing
up all of her pictures and important documents onto an external hard drive, wiped the system and
reinstalled windows.

We went through all of this trouble just because someone was trying to force us to buy something.
It’s sad because I’m surely not the only person to deal with this problem. But I wasn’t going to
give a penny to these creeps. I’m sure many people have and will continue to.

Arnie

So few people have ever heard of the Libertarian political party and
even fewer have any concept of what it’s principals are. Being a libertarian,
I find myself explaining this fairly often. The libertarian philosophies that
I identify most with are very simple. The first being for smaller federal
government and more power to individual states. The second and most important
to me is the definition of a crime. To put it as simple as possible, a crime is
when you harm or endanger someone’s life, liberty or property by force, fraud
or negligence.

Let’s break it down, shall we. Murder, assault, theft and driving under the
influence are all crimes. Smoking pot in your home is not a crime. Consenting
adults participating in any sexual activity in a private setting, no matter
how bizarre, is not a crime. Owning a firearm is not a crime.

This is a very basic breakdown of something very important to me.
For a whole lot more information, I encourage you to check out www.lp.org

and btw Ron Paul is a libertarian in republicans clothing…..

Arnie

Dawn of the Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween are all classic horror films.
Those three are just the tip of the iceberg of timeless horror movies now updated. Before I
go any further, I genuinely liked all three remakes as well. I just didn’t see the need for
them to be retold when the originals are so great and still relevant. Sure there’s money to
be made, but there’s also plenty of material out there that is both marketable and original.

All three were originally independent films that became hugely successful, with “Chainsaw”
and Halloween launching the careers of Tobe Hooper and John Carpenter respectively.
While Dawn of the Dead cemented the legacy of George Romero. I wonder what theese guys think
of their work reinvented? Or the wave of other remakes hollywood is churning out instead of
original material?

As good an actor that Will Smith is, absolutely no one can fill the shoes of the late Vincent
Price.
(although Geoffrey Rush did a great impersonation in the remake of House on Haunted Hill)

ah well, just a thought

Arnie