September 29, 2007
September 28, 2007
Hillary is so nice!
Hillary wants to give every child a $5,000 savings account upon birth to be used for college or buying a home. Awesome! What a great idea! Why didn't Ron Paul think of this?
September 27, 2007
September 24, 2007
Family's License Plates Deemed Offensive
MERLIN, Oregon (Map, News) - The state of Oregon has ordered a family to turn in the vanity license plates on its cars because their Dutch last name, which is written on the plates, is similar to an offensive word.
The plates, UDINK1 UDINK2 and UDINK3 are on the vehicles of Mike and Shelly Udink and their son Kalei. Two of the plates are five and seven years old. One was issued last year.
Last summer, Kawika Udink's application for UDINK4 was rejected and the state ordered that the other three plates be returned.
"DINK has several derogatory meanings," Yvonne Bell, who sits on the Department of Motorvehicles panel that approves vanity plates, told the Daily Courier newspaper.
DMV spokesman David House and Bell said the word can be treated as a verb, which gives it a sexual reference, and also can be a racial slur targeted at the Vietnamese.
House said the "U" in the front could be construed as "You."
The DMV denies requests for any combination of letters and numbers that may be viewed as objectionable, in any language, by use of phonetic, numeric or reverse spelling, or when viewed as a mirror image, or that would alarm or offend a reasonable person.
The panel's ruling surprised Mike Udink, whose name is Dutch. He says it is a common last name in The Netherlands.
"Since when can a panel dictate whether your name's offensive or not?" asked Udink, a lineman for Pacific Power.
House said the state has the right to censor license plates, because the state owns them.
The plates, UDINK1 UDINK2 and UDINK3 are on the vehicles of Mike and Shelly Udink and their son Kalei. Two of the plates are five and seven years old. One was issued last year.
Last summer, Kawika Udink's application for UDINK4 was rejected and the state ordered that the other three plates be returned.
"DINK has several derogatory meanings," Yvonne Bell, who sits on the Department of Motorvehicles panel that approves vanity plates, told the Daily Courier newspaper.
DMV spokesman David House and Bell said the word can be treated as a verb, which gives it a sexual reference, and also can be a racial slur targeted at the Vietnamese.
House said the "U" in the front could be construed as "You."
The DMV denies requests for any combination of letters and numbers that may be viewed as objectionable, in any language, by use of phonetic, numeric or reverse spelling, or when viewed as a mirror image, or that would alarm or offend a reasonable person.
The panel's ruling surprised Mike Udink, whose name is Dutch. He says it is a common last name in The Netherlands.
"Since when can a panel dictate whether your name's offensive or not?" asked Udink, a lineman for Pacific Power.
House said the state has the right to censor license plates, because the state owns them.
September 22, 2007
Geni.com
Everyone pitch in and join Geni.com...
My friend Giacomo works for a new startup in Los Angeles. The site is very cool, it's basically a social networking site for families. Here is my link...
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My friend Giacomo works for a new startup in Los Angeles. The site is very cool, it's basically a social networking site for families. Here is my link...
http://www.geni.com/tree/index/3928122352360059921
Disturbing
In the early afternoon of September 8, 2005, police encountered Fouad Kaady shortly after he was in an accident that left him in shock and bleeding, burned over much of his body. Rather than calling for medical help, the police commanded him to lie on the pavement, even though they could see the burned flesh hanging from his body, and even though they said he appeared to be "in a catatonic state." When he did not comply with their orders, but instead continued to sit on the ground in a daze, they tasered him repeatedly. And then, they shot him to death.
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September 21, 2007
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September 15, 2007
September 13, 2007
Okay, here comes a bunch of pictures from the Ron Paul event Tavia, Drew and I attended
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September 12, 2007
September 9, 2007
Todd wins GOLD in Mexico City xgames
Moto X Best Trick Final
Rank Name Country Score
1 Todd Potter USA 96.00
2 Kyle Loza USA 95.00
3 Jeremy Stenberg USA 92.33
4 Greg Hartman USA 89.67
5 Taka Higashino JPN 88.00
6 Dustin Nowak USA 87.00
7 Chuck Carothers USA 84.67
8 Cam Sinclair AUS 80.67
9 Javier Villegas CHL 80.33
10 Jeremy Lusk USA 76.33
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Rank Name Country Score
1 Todd Potter USA 96.00
2 Kyle Loza USA 95.00
3 Jeremy Stenberg USA 92.33
4 Greg Hartman USA 89.67
5 Taka Higashino JPN 88.00
6 Dustin Nowak USA 87.00
7 Chuck Carothers USA 84.67
8 Cam Sinclair AUS 80.67
9 Javier Villegas CHL 80.33
10 Jeremy Lusk USA 76.33
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