third world county

I am not here, this is not me...

2008-05-03T14:49:00.000-07:00

...no matter what you think you see; I am not here, this is not me. This one's for T.F.

Google Docs and Spreadsheets Using the Opera Browser

2007-05-15T13:37:00.001-07:00

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country, while the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, yadayadayada. Yeh, yeh: just proving that Google lies when it balks at letting one use Opera to work with Google Docs and Spreadsheets, as some seem to have discovered. Well, it does work, but I'm singularly unimpressed with Google Docs/Spreadsheets. It's like working with a

"Springtime for Hitler... "

2006-12-20T07:46:00.000-08:00

Shades of Mel Brooks' "The Producers". *heh* As seen at third world county.

Finally, THE solution to the world's problems

2006-11-28T06:02:00.000-08:00

Either this guy's a genius beyond any intellect I am able to comprehend or he needs his meds moderated. I leave it to you to decide...

New Opera Widget may help Blogger users.

2006-11-23T20:55:00.000-08:00

Hmmm... Found this new widget for Opera, the True HTML Editor Widget. It seems to be pretty cool. Of course, everything's raw HTML/CSS in the left pane/output reflected in the right pane. Interesting. Even has a "Blog This!" button... Have to see if that works. Yep, but only for Blogger, it seems. Still, might not be a bad thing for Blogger users, and it'd be really helpful for me to get my

2006-10-04T23:48:00.001-07:00

Clinton's next interview after Wallace Finally, a reason to praise Clinton.

2006-10-04T23:48:00.000-07:00

Finally, a reason to praise Clinton h.t. The Pirate's Cove by way of Rightlinx via MsUnderestimated

The Fair Tax Interview on Hannity

2006-08-01T20:56:00.000-07:00

h.t. www.savethesoldiers.com Boortz on Fair Tax

FLY!

2006-06-15T19:20:00.000-07:00

Fly! Can't stop the grins, all the way through this! The music is The Mass

Me hat

2006-06-12T18:08:00.000-07:00

Not that anyone has asked for an up-to-date pic, but here I am in a self-portrait...*heh*

Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy

2006-06-11T15:33:00.000-07:00

Feel free to talk among yourselves. The topic is: Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy. ...in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself. Examples in education would be teachers who work and sacrifice to teach children, vs. union representative who work to

Education? MHWA!

2006-06-06T11:58:00.000-07:00

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." –Ralph Waldo Emerson It's moderately amusing that an otherwise fine article desparaging the bumbling hackery of (constitutionally improper, IMO) federal public education policy (bumbling hackery or a conspiracy of the elite to create more sheeple?) begins with a mis-citation of Emerson: "Consistency, they say, is the hobgoblin of

The FairTax Book—Now in Paperback!

2006-05-17T21:24:00.000-07:00

Of the critical issues facing America today-Islamic terrorism (heck, Islam. Leave it at that); Alien Invasion; Wavering manufacturing capabilities and other economic amphiboli; The staggering failure of public education and the eventual collapse of Social Security along with whatever straw breaks the camel's back of our national debt, one issue can be addressed clearly, unequivocally and

The Weapon

2006-05-08T15:17:00.000-07:00

The WeaponMichael Z. Williamson has the right idea about dealing with terrorists...

Hey Rube!

2006-05-07T19:16:00.000-07:00

OK, the downside of living in America's Third World County™. *sigh* For the past eleven years, we've lived in a very quiet neighborhood in a small town in America's Third World County™ where the loudest disturbances have been dogs barking at invading wildlife, the occasional sound of hunters over the hill (maybe a quarter mile off and well over a hill) during deer season and the mostly distant

Ain't No Sunshine

2006-04-22T21:17:00.000-07:00

Lighthouse Family - Greatest HitsActually, the cut below is a Lenny Kravitz single. Can't lay my hands on the original right now (yeh, yeh: I need to get my music better organized).Ain't No Sunshine

Linkfest Info

2006-04-04T11:21:00.000-07:00

Wanna take part in Linkfests? Here are some resources I recommend: The Open Trackback Alliance: Also note the other fine blogs featuring linkfests at Linkfest Haven. And the Ping Poster Blogroll at the Conservative Cat And, of course, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday through Sunday, I feature open trackback posts like this one at third world county

"Reconquistas" should mean "Deportees"

2006-04-01T09:00:00.000-08:00

What's with this Mexican flag flown above an inverted American flag by CA high school students? "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace,

The third world county "So, maybe they're commandments and maybe not" of blogging

2006-03-09T04:26:00.000-08:00

Ya wanna make something of it? :-) Sam, at The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns has offered Sam's 10 Commandments Of Blogging, Angel, of Woman Honor Thyself has a thoughtful piece up about blogging, Can Anyone Write a Blog?, and lady Diane has posts and tons of comments about her woes blogging (hosting, servers, wonky reloads, etc.). so I figure it's that time of year again, you know, when

Muhammed in a Pink Dress

2006-02-18T07:49:00.000-08:00

First, a PSA: Recently, Mike Adams wrote an open missive to the National Endowment for the Arts and published it with the title, The Queer Muhammed: an experiment in tolerance. Here's the leadoff: I write to you today, not with a request, but with a demand. I’ve been sitting back patiently while the NEA has been promoting anti-Christian “art” for a number of years. In fact, one could say

Third World County

2006-02-14T11:04:00.000-08:00

Monday, Monday

2006-02-13T10:43:00.000-08:00

Well, http://www.thirdworldcounty.us was down all day Sunday, and I ended up (temporarily--they're not back up yet) losing about a week's worth of posts. Notaproblem. Meanwhile, check out these: Tribute to a blogbro: Fight On!, from Romeocat. And Guard the Borders-021306, a crosspost for the GTB Blogburst. The action's here: http://www.thirdworldcounty.us

See my new digs

2006-02-07T13:46:00.000-08:00

It's been a good year and a quarter at Blogger, and I plan to do some "transitional posts" as I try to train those of y'all who are regular readers to Go Where The TWC Action Is. Please update your links to reflect http://www.thirdworldcounty.us/ as the REAL address for third world county. I'll still blog other things on Blogger (what with six or so other blogs including a recipe blog for my

The Night the Lights Went Out in TWC (Blogger)

2006-02-06T18:47:00.000-08:00

MAKE A NOTE OF THIS URL: http://www.thirdworldcounty.us/ All future third world county action will be there. Linkfests, curmudgeonly rants, wise posts from my co-conspirators (Diane, The English Guy and Romeocat), snark, oh-so-witty humor from yours truly (well, I laugh at my humor! :-) and more. Bring your own stuff on over there for the party. Grand opening this weekend with an All Weekend

About that Danish thing...

2006-02-06T16:36:00.000-08:00

I feel so left out. Musselmen are awefully angry at a few Danes for speaking (well, drawing) their piece in some cartoons. Where the hate spewed my way? Would I have to say something on the order of "Mohamed was the bastard offspring of a sypillitic dog having anal intercourse with a gonorrhetic sow"?Do you think that would do it, or should I have that translated into Arabic?Come on, Islamic