"Ranger-Up?"

Over at the Castle, a friend of mine has some artwork from downrange posted. Now, I don't know about you, but that last one was a tad overdone IMHO. You'd think from the artwork that the artist was trying to say something, but what exactly?

SSL Certs, White House and Privacy

Huge H/T to my bud Bigg Bill in PA for sending out the email. Hand salute to SWWBO over at Castle Arrghh for taking the initiative.

This is serious stuff, friends, if its true.

Glen Reynolds had a short post that the White House is looking to harvest personal data from Social Networking Websites like Twitter and Facebook. He doesn’t think that’s as scary as it sounds.
I do.
In fact, I wonder if someone at the White House has already been fiddling around with trying to insert SSL Certificates on unsuspecting users’ computers.
Last week, I made a somewhat disparaging remark about the Obama White House (not at all an unusual thing for me to do). I shut down Twitter, then about an hour
later, reopened it and saw this warning:

You'll have to click this link for the images.

Links for Veterans

Castle Argghhh! has put up a tremendous resource for veterans.

Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know.

Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans, the only catch is: you have to ask for it, because they won’t tell you about a specific benefit unless you ask for it. It's just how the bureaucracy works. You need to know what questions to ask so the right doors open for you - and then be ready to have an advocate who is willing to work with and for you, stay in the process, and press for your rights and your best interests. Those advocates are the VSOs.

Why I'm voting Democratic

I'm done. I have to do it. Here is the reason.....





h/t Castle Arrgh

PS- I've met this blogger. Very good guy. Very smart. Go. Read. Be enlightened. He was even invited to the White House to meet the President. And he gave me many good reasons to NOT be a ranting fool in the internet. I try.....really, I do......