Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses …

By: kef ~ June 2nd, 2010

A friend sent this to me:

LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT.

IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.

IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.

IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.

IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET:

A JOB,

A DRIVERS LICENSE,

SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,

WELFARE,

FOOD STAMPS,

CREDIT CARDS,

SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,

FREE EDUCATION,

FREE HEALTH CARE,

A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE

THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT

AND, IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU CAN VOTE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION

LOL. Funny, but we are the United States – what ever happened to, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, …”

I’m not saying “undocumented immigrants” should have a free pass. They should still go through the right channels if they want to live in the US (and pay taxes).
…. but …. maybe we can do a better job in pointing them in the right direction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island

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Star Trek vs. Star Wars Paradox

By: kef ~ April 26th, 2010

If you have one red-suited security person from Star Trek (the original series), and an Imperial Storm Trooper from Star Wars at your command, and you make them shoot at each other with their respective zap-guns – what happens? Red suits from Star Trek always die, and Imperial Storm Troopers always miss.

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Monica Lewinsky On Regret

By: kef ~ April 13th, 2010

Monica Lewinsky said she never regretted her time with Bill until Hillary whipped it out to prove hers is bigger.

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Kick-Ass Looks To Be Good

By: kef ~ February 4th, 2010

Finally! Some people who can transform an awesome comic into an, hopefully, awesome movie!

This: Kick Ass #1, Kick Ass on Wikipedia
Into this: Kick-Ass trailer on io9.com

You might remember another of Mark Millar’s works getting ass raped on the big screen:

Comic: Wanted comic on Wikipedia
Movie: Wanted film on Wikipedia

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Wow, haven’t posted in a while!

By: kef ~ December 21st, 2009

… and this still isn’t a real post … just wanted to put this out there!

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Whaaaa

By: kef ~ November 22nd, 2009

Whaaa waaaa deezy nuts!

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Masked Typer is: Alex!

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Happy 15th Birthday ESRB

By: kef ~ July 29th, 2009

It was 15 years ago today that the ESA (formally IDSA) introduced the Entertainment Software Rating Board to Congress.

Happy 15th Birthday ESRB!

source: Thanks WIRED, for reminding us! =)

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Thompson Good At SGC, But That Was Then

By: kef ~ July 7th, 2009

Jack Thompson actually had a good 4^th of July debate at the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention and then went back to being a dick. Nice!

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Article tags: distructoid, gamepolitics, Games, jack thompson, ScrewAttack, SGC

Crazy Weather In The Upstate

By: kef ~ June 18th, 2009

These are just a few pictures of the aftermath from a crazy T-Strom in Berea, SC @ 5pm on June 18th.

: Blown over trees near my house.

: Other side of the road from the blown over trees.

: More trees

: Roots of one of the blown over trees.

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Twikini = Twitter for Windows Mobile

By: kef ~ June 12th, 2009

I have been trying out a lot of Twitter applications for Windows Mobile. So far Twikini, from Trinket Software, is the best. It’s fast, simple, and my favorite part is that it does not utilize hardly any of my mobiles resources. Its memory foot print is 3x smaller than that of the other apps I’ve tried.

Twikini can: post tweets, send/receive direct messages, view friend updates, favorites, @ replys, retweet, and email people’s tweets. It supports TwitPic, Bit.Ly, TinyURL and Digg.

Plus Twikini supports all Windows Mobile devices. I use it on a HTC Titan.

: Your Twitter timeline

: Your Twitter timeline with main menu open

: Twikini’s tweet/status update form

: Twikini’s tweet/status update form with menu

mood: Happy
Update: I received a free copy of Twikini after posting this article. ;-)

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