http://www.cazz.org ...witty essays about life... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:52:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Love ‘em or hate ‘em - here’s my lolcat to try to win the I Can Has Cheezburger online Poker Cats Contest. More on the online Poker Cats Contest Won’t you please go vote for me? http://www.cazz.org/2008/02/20/lolcat/ The Senate voted today on bill S 2248 - whether to strike telecom immunity for warentless wiretaps. I find it very interesting that Senator Obama took time to vote while Senator Clinton couldn’t be bothered bother to vote. Worse, she was in town for the primaries today - so she ... http://www.cazz.org/2008/02/12/why-do-we-let-congress-critters-get-away-with-this/ Apparently MSNBC anchor David Shuster has earned a place on Hillary’s shit-list with his comments about Chelsea: In a conference call with reporters, Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson Friday excoriated MSNBC’s David Shuster for suggesting the Clinton campaign had “pimped out” 27-year old Chelsea by having her place phone calls to ... http://www.cazz.org/2008/02/08/why-do-we-let-la-la-liberals-get-away-with-this/ Like everyone else, I’m completely unqualified to write this, so I’m going to ramble on mindlessly about how I see the president race shaping up for 2008. Here’s my prediction: 1) Mitt Romney stepped out of the race because he made his own back-room deal with McCain. He’ll get the veep ... http://www.cazz.org/2008/02/08/presidential-prediction-2008/ Happy birthday to…me! Cazz.org is three years old today! http://www.cazz.org/2006/12/13/happy-3rd-birthday/ No one is fair game to be poked fun of anymore - not even the gyspies. A human rights group - the European Center for Antiziganism Research - has filed formal complaints in Germany against British comic Sacha Baron Cohen over his “Borat” film. I didn’t know ... http://www.cazz.org/2006/11/01/poor-borat-people-are-too-sensitive/ An article in USA Today broke the news that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth. USA Today reports: “It’s the largest database ever assembled in the world,” said one person, who, ... http://www.cazz.org/2006/05/11/resistence-is-useless/ I was listening to the radio on my drive to work and there was a story on about the increasing violence and protest surrounding the publication of the cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in unflattering and negative ways. The protesting and rioting has led to death and now unofficial ... http://www.cazz.org/2006/02/07/an-open-letter-to-my-muslim-friends/ I like grape juice. No, that’s not quite right. I love grape juice. When it’s ice-cold it just goes down perfect. It’s got the right blend of tart and sweet. Man, it’s good stuff! Last night my wife and I were at the grocery and I ... http://www.cazz.org/2006/01/11/brilliant-marketing-or-just-deceptive-packaging/ Happy birthday to…me! Cazz.org is two years old today! http://www.cazz.org/2005/12/13/happy-second-birthday-cazzorg/ I found an excellent quote today and when I read it my first thought was, “That’s exactly true!” I know several people who fall into the “loser” category exactly because of this behaviour. “Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.” –ARMONK, NY - ... http://www.cazz.org/2005/12/09/true-words/ I’m not the first person to write about the ridiculously high cost of health care, and I won’t be the last I’m sure. But I want to share a story of a recent experience I had with my insurance provider and my healthcare provider. A week ago I was down ... http://www.cazz.org/2005/12/01/an-observation-on-the-cost-of-healthcare/ I was reading an online discussion about a rumored video recorder from Apple when I came across a very interesting reply to a comment: “Something friends with PVRs have told me is they ended up watching a lot less TV once they started using one .” “That is *definitely* not the ... http://www.cazz.org/2005/11/30/the-great-american-after-dinner-pastime/ Almost exactly one year ago I first wrote about Debbie Lafave in an article entitled “Double standards”. In the past twelve months that article - and the accompanying pictures of Ms. Lafave - has been one of the most visited articles (and pictures) on this web site. It seems that ... http://www.cazz.org/2005/11/29/double-standards-revisited-2/ P.T. Barnum was right, there is a sucker born every minute. Actually I think there are a few thousand suckers born every minute thanks to modern technology and the Internet. A few days ago I received a slick mailer for a MLM program called “MoneywayZ” and it intrigued me because ... http://www.cazz.org/2005/11/28/pt-barnum-doesnt-know-how-right-he-was/