Despite the present melee, there is no truth to rumors that Georgia’s gas stations will be shut down today.
So chill out.
Oh, and I filled up this morning.
Neener neener.

My webhost, HostingMatters, has been down a good part of today, apparently due to a DOS attack. I know there are a lot of bloggers who use this service, and that this sort of thing has happened beofore.
The target was apparently a site hosted on HM’s server “Medea” (medea.hmdnsgroup.com). Because I’m feeling especially curious [...]

If anyone knows of a good relief fund for the victims of Hurricane Katrina (that is, a relief fund that does not criticize capitalism, provide assistance to terrorists, etc.), please let me know. I would like to help – as well as post a link – but my opinion of philanthropic organizations has waned in [...]

If you’re ever about to run a load of dishes through the dishwasher, and realize you’re out of dishwashing detergent, do not – under any circumstances – use regular dish soap. Apparently, one of the key properties of dishwashing detergent is that it does not produce suds like other soaps.
Needless to say, my kitchen floor [...]

It goes without saying that some arguments are just plain bad, and that their utilization can only be seen as the last desperate conceptions of a dying movement. In this category, there can be no greater, more obvious example than the “why don’t you send your kids” remonstration so commonly employed by the new left.
The [...]

As you can tell, this blog has undergone a serious re-design. Many thanks to Travis Benning who made this possible at a very reasonable cost. If you need web work, I can’t recommend him strongly enough.
The name is another issue. “Soundoff” has always been the name of my blog, primarially because when I started it, [...]

A commenter brought to my attention Pat Robertson’s apology, which came immediately after he lied about calling for Chavez’s assassination in the first place. It seems to me that a second apology – this time, for lying to the American and Venezuelan people – is in order.
….but as long as we’re talking about lying, it [...]

Pat Robertson wants Hugo Chavez dead.
Let me first qualify my remarks: Chavez is, like his idol, Fidel Castro, a socialist pockmark on Latin America, and I’m certainly not above wishing death upon Castro. But there comes a time at which one must draw the line. Chavez doesn’t have the record of atrocities Castro is known [...]

A draft of the Iraqi Constitution has been submitted, but the controversy isn’t over. Determined to behave like petulant children, Sunni groups are spouting off threats of violence over the lack of Sunni representation in the constitution.
Hey, fellas…. that’s what happens when you boycott the damn election. T.S.
You can read a translation of the draft [...]

Bored? Tired of getting AARP applications in the mail? Well, here’s a few short steps to instant fun with the AARP!

1. Open the application.

2. Write a (preferably political) message on the application.

3. Write a short note. I prefer:
I’m 24.
I’m not retired.
I hate the [...]