November 2002

November 2002

11/29/02. I normally can't stand activists and protests and stuff like that but there is one issue that something has to be done about. It's the corporate attack on copyright law. In a nutshell, when the Founding Fathers sat down and came up with copyright law they said that whoever creates something has exclusive right to it for 14 years from the date of creation. You don't have to apply for it or fill out any forms. Just creating it gives you the right automatically. If the creator died then his creation passed to the public domain. Or if he lived, he'd have the right for an additional 14 years. After that, if the author of the work hadn't made enough money from his creation, too bad, so sad, it became public domain. That way new works could be created from old ones and everyone could make some money. A beautiful, perfect, jewel of a law. There's an incentive to create something new because it's yours for long enough to exploit but then everyone gets some. But what's happening is companies like Disney and AOL-Time Warner have lobbied Congress to extend the terms of copyright indefinitely. This is wrong and clearly motivated by greed. It gets me worked up because I like when information and art is free. What these companies are doing is the antithesis of a free market. If you'd like to learn more or help out then visit this page dedicated to the fight. Their button will be permanently available on by button wall.

Hey Industrial Light and Magic get off your asses and create a CGI Lee Marvin to play me in Freezingwarm's new movie.

Adbusters talks a good game but check it out; they deleted my post. I guess sometimes free speech can get a little too free eh Adbusters?

"Adbusters is so 1994. I honestly thought they were long gone. What would BND accomplish in a best case scenario? Suppose Adbusters somehow convinced everyone in North America to buy nothing on November 29? So what? November 30 would then be the busiest shopping day of the year and it would be twice as busy as November 29. What is the point of all this? I want to know what Adbusters yearly budget is. I'm willing to bet that Adbusters won't tell any of you what it is. I'm also willing to bet that if you saw the figure you'd be shocked! It has to be in the millions. These people are probably lighting cigars with twenty dollar bills at your expense. You're all suckers! BTW please buy some more Adbusters merch. And subscribe to the magazine while you're at it! lol!! See ya suckers. Let's see if the Adbusters mods will delete this post. If you want to see how big some of these "non-profits" get check out this site: http://www.consumerfreedom.com/activistcash/ Unfortunately, they don't have any info on Adbusters yet but here's hoping they will soon."

11/28/02. I have made it my personal mission in life to rid the world of Adbusters. I am seeking any financial information about these guys. Specifically, I want to know who their largest donors are, how much they make selling their merch, and how much they make selling subscriptions to their magazine. I know that someone reading this knows someone who knows someone who knows. Please send me an e-mail with any tips or leads. I'm serious about this. In the meantime, I'll be doing some web research. Their site mentions that they receive "foundation grants". I want to know which "foundations". I'm predicting that I'll find that their budget is in the millions. I'll also go out on a limb and predict that they receive money from the Government of Canada or the Government of British Columbia. Here's my latest Adbusters forum post regarding their "uncommerical.":

"Also, last night I went to the library and found something very interesting! The commercial stated that North Americans consume 10 times as much as the average person from China. I was intrigued and had to find out more. Turns out--get ready for it--China is a COMMUNIST COUNTRY! It's true! Immediately putting 2 and 2 together I figured that the reason we buy more consumer goods than the Chinese may be because they are available to us. Just a hunch."

11/27/02. There is a group of activists so vile that even hearing the name makes me wanna wretch. Adbusters. They suck the llama's ass. But, fortunately, most Adbusters are as dumb as dirt. They just paid $15 large for an *ad* on CNN. I know, I know. Anyway the ad starts off like this "The average North American consumes five times as much as the average Mexican." Interesting. Last time I checked, Mexico was a part of North America. lol. Does this make any sense: "The average North American consumes five times as much as the average American." Dumbasses. No, no. I really like you guys. lol. On Buy Nothing Day, I'll be sure to buy 3 times as much shit as I normally do to cover those that still feel you're relevant. View their shitty ad here. Rest assured, once ActivistCash.com has the dirt on these guys, it'll be posted here.

A reader has e-mailed me with some very interesting information. Seems as though Luba Goy played the part of Beaver on The Cucumber Club. That seems to lend credence to the theory that Beaver was a girl. But then again, Bart Simpson's voice is performed by a female and Frank Oz did Miss Piggy. Still that's pretty interesting.

11/26/02. Hokey Smokes! Freeze let Boob Wade have it!

11/25/02. Boob Wade doesn't know what he's gotten himself into. Now he's got the "St. Mary's Keep Christ in Christmas Club" on his ass.

We're coming for you!

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When will you be seeing The Two Towers? Please feel free to leave a comment on the poll results page as well.

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From: Frank
>Sent: November 22, 2002 11:11 AM
>To: Pagtakhan.R@parl.gc.ca
>Subject: Fred Kostyk
> >
>I can't believe what I'm hearing.  What kind of a man are you?  How do you
>sleep at night?  Give this man his replacement medals.  He earned them.
>They're his.  Forget the bill.  You can't charge a man for something he
>owns.  From Normandy to Germany and this is how he's treated?  There
>wouldn't be a Government of Canada without this man.  Get a clue, dummy.
>It's funny because I bet it was a different story in 1939 when the goverment
>wanted men like Mr. Kostyk to sign up.  But that was a long time ago right?
>You don't need him anymore.  Shut up.  Resign.   I'll respect men like Mr.
>Kostyk till I die.  People like you, never.
>
>Your employer.
>Frank

From: "Pagtakhan, Rey D. - M.P." <Pagtakhan.R@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:18:21 -0500

>So that we may reply to your electronic message, please provide us with your
>full mailing address.
>
>Thank you for your cooperation.

My final reply: Why? So you can bill me $149.48? Yet another example of the top notch job our civil *servants* are doing. Forget the reply. I already know what you're going to say. Nothing. Doublespeak. Goodbye. I'll vote Liberal when pigs fly.

I've got your "Holiday Tree" right here.

One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you. We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't you just go on and get lost." God listened very patiently and kindly to the man and after the scientist was done talking, God said, "Very well, how about this, let's say we have a man making contest." To which the scientist replied, "OK, great!" But God added, "Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam." The scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt. God just looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You go get your own dirt!"

Here we go again. City Hall refuses to put up the "Merry Christmas" sign on the Jolley Cut. Instead it says "Season's Greetings." Why you say? Oh, because Boob Wade doesn't want to offend anyone. Some people are so sensitive, apparently, that merely viewing the word "Christmas" causes them to fly into an uncontrollable rage. If someone came up to me on the street and said "Hey buddy, Happy Hannakuah" would I be offended? Of course not. Because I'm not an idiot. Boob Wade pointed out, however, that some people live in fear of their lives of hate crimes. WTF? Does he mean Christians? I guess he means immigrants. So if the sign says "Merry Christmas" then immigrants might be beaten. I guess. OK, I'm lost. Boob's just throwing smoke again. If I was mayor I'd put up the "Merry Christmas" sign. Yeah, you'll get 3 or 4 letters from the usual nut jobs about how they're "offended." Just take those letters and throw 'em in the trash. Problem solved. What makes me laugh the most is when these people purporting to be offended by Christmas somehow get over it in time to take the 25th off from work. Nice. Fucking hypocrites.

11/22/02. I'm so sick of stupid crap like this. Radical Islam is a cancer on the world. Why has Islam split like this? It's World War III folks. Believe it.

11/20/02. Recognize this?

This is happyindex.com. Not the main page or the splash screen; it's the whole damned site. Unchanged since September 25, 2002. What's going on? I mean that's just inexcusable. Tao, shit or get off the pot. That is all.

11/19/02. Hurry before ebay takes this auction down!

I e-mailed Canada.com and asked to be put in touch with Mr. Kostyk so that I could pay for his medals. But I was reading some of the posts in the forums and there's a long line of people willing to help this guy out. One man wrote from San Diego. Nothing would make me happier if I could help this guy resolve this.

11/18/02. What Canada means to me.

11/17/02. Lol! I was just listening to the radio and the newscaster was talking about the 100th anniversary of the West Wing. In celebration, the White House website has put up some nice virtual tours of different parts of the West Wing: Oval Office, Cabinet Room, Roosevelt Room. Now I often visit the White House website; the "Are you doing all you can?" pic above is a link. What's funny is, the site is at whitehouse.gov but the newscaster said it was at whitehouse.com. I thought maybe the White House took the precaution of registering all the domains so I tested it out. Nope. Porno. Porno, porno, porno. Shame that.

Meanwhile, MI5 foiled an al Qaeda plot to kill thousands of commuters by filling the Underground with cyanide gas. This is so much nonsense. No more waiting. Let's get these guys. TODAY!

Well, the terrorists have finally given us a set of demands. If we follow what they say the attacks will end. What do they want? Simple. Every American has to convert to Islam. Seems fair. Well, to them I say this.

11/16/02. I just found the best and funniest website ever. Better than XE, better than the Onion, and even better than EHOWA if that's possible. It's called the Best Page in the Universe. I've heard this said about a lot of pages but this guy is telling the truth. Start off by reading this article about the Xbox. But don't stop there. Read every damned page. Check out his hate mail and his images. I've never laughed so hard in my life.

I know these colours.

Meet Peter, the kid I sponsor.

I got a funny e-mail the other day.

Click here to see what the US--and I--think of Canada.

There's a protest in town today. A bunch of stupid students whining about how we shouldn't attack Iraq. Ironic, because students in neighbouring Iran are protesting their government. Something Iraqi students would be doing if they wouldn't be shot on the spot. So while in the Middle East students fight and die for reform, students in North America fight for the status quo. Bullshit.

11/15/02. This is insane. The FBI is warning of a spectacular attack designed to produce maximum casualties, damage to the US economy and psychological trauma. I've had enough of this bullshit. We go in now and disarm Iraq by force. Then we need to break our so-called alliance with Saudi Arabia and punish their asses. While we're in Saudi Arabia, we grab Bin Laden who's hiding out there. We have the technology, the manpower, and the equipment to get each and every last one of these buggers. When you read about a 15 year old Canadian high school student who kills a US medic in Afghanistan it's time to act and to act with supreme prejudice. Where is the Canadian leadership on this issue? Oh, I'm sure after the CN Tower is a pile of rubble or Montreal is a pit in the ground, Chretien will be all over the war on terror but who's batting for us now? We need to build up our military and get in the fight. This is Armageddon. It's us or them and it starts today. And I'm not just being an armchair general. I'll go wherever my government needs me as long as they can equip and train me. Let's go Canada, put your money where you mouth is. If this country is so great it must be worth fighting for. And I don't want to hear about how this is an American problem and it doesn't affect us. If you don't understand how closely our prosperity and freedom are linked to the US's well-being you're a fucking moron. Who's with me?

11/12/02. There's no doubt about it. My next computer will be a Mac.

11/11/02. It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag.

To all you college type protest people: STFU! My grandfather served overseas in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. The 13th Regiment. He fought from Normandy all the way to Germany before being wounded by an artillery fragment and captured by the Germans. Could you do that? Would you? No. So again, STFU!

11/10/02. If you bookmark my page now or rebookmark it, you'll get a cute little chessthecat.com icon in your favourites folder. Nifty!

11/09/02. Why isn't Remembrance Day a National Holiday? I found out today that it *used* to be. Who was the brightass who decided it wouldn't be anymore? I don't know but my money's on Trudeau. Ass. And it's not just because I want a day off. It just feels shitty to be at work or school and then at 11:00 we all stop for 1 minute. WTF? 1 minute? That's great. It should be no school, no work and let everyone go down to the cenotaph and enjoy the ceremony. Especially school kids. They should be down there with their grandparents and learn a little something about the history of this country. I just saw a web poll that showed that 90% of Canadians are with me on this one. Who's in charge here? The Canadian people or the government?

11/06/02. TAO JONES! Get your site up!!

11/04/02. What to do when you have a mouse but you don't have a Calvin? Let's ask Darlene Darling.

11/03/02. Thanks to Freezingwarm for doing some research on Bleach White Skeleton. Freeze personally interviewed Bleach White Skeleton during his stay at the Admiral Inn. As a result, Freeze was able to compile this short biography.

Here's a cool Run DMC pic that sis sent me.

11/02/02. There will only be a few days a year I'll be closing the site. July the Fourth, Remembrance Day, and Easter. I'm closing it on Remembrance Day because of people like this:

"German-an-hour" Schauer. Sgt. Henry Schauer, Medal of Honor recipient, killed 17 Germans in as many hours at Anzio.

Sgt. John H. Parks of Mill Creek, Indiana, was voted man of the year by his fellow G.I.s because his appearance most typified the war-weary soldier. Shortly after this photo was taken, late in 1944, the twenty-four-year-old Parks was killed in a tank battle in Germany.

Whenever you hear Cliff Chadderton talking about War Amps, or Remembrance Day, the message is "Never Again" or "So it never happens again." Why are you telling me Cliff? Tell the Germans!

11/01/02. Wow kids! You can now e-mail Bleach White Skeleton at bleachwhiteskeleton@chessthecat.com! That addy is also listed on my Staff page for future reference.

Jam Master Jay has been shot. This is so stupid. You never hear headlines like "Today Johnny Cash was shot while in the studio." or "Sadly, Henry Rollins was shot dead today by an unknown assailant." Run DMC is my all time favorite hip hop group and one of my top ten all time favorite groups.