My Resume

I’ve worked in professionally for a large discount retailer in the systems, networking, security, and programming arenas for the last 20+ years, much of it in leadership or management roles. My resume is here. More versions of it as well as more information in general, can be found here.

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Matt Drudge is a traitor…

Using his own language, Matt Drudge is a traitor for giving this expose that Prince Harry is in Afghanastan.

The right wing and so-called patriot aided and abbedded the enemy and put the life of a member of one of our key allies at risk for a cheap promotional gain. Given that Harry’s deployment was [...]

And we wonder why they “hate us”?

In the NYT today, there’s this article about how our embrace of Pakistan’s Musharraf “irks” Pakistanis.

The obvious point being we (the United States) are supporting a repressive and unelected dictator who forcibly replaced the legitimate president and has since ousted a large portion of the Pakistani Supreme Court to keep further hold on the government.

To note, when I [...]

Well, perhaps it wasn’t an military experiment gone awry…

I have to say it was more fun blaming the military for AIDS, but this Yahoo! news item lends evidence otherwise…

Thanks To Bush

I want to personally thank George Bush and his administration for teaching my child some valuable life lessons. I think these will be very helpful as he grows up:

It doesn’t matter what your friends (or anyone else) thinks as long as you’re the biggest kid on the block. After all, you wouldn’t be the [...]

Is This A Scary Place Or What?

I don’t know if you’ve been watching lately, but the U.S. has become a pretty scary place. No I’m not talking about al-Qa’ida in your back yard, I’m talking about our own government, I’m talking about this new found conservatism that has swept the country. Frankly I wish I was talking about al-Qa’ida and we [...]

Expediency Is Not Justice

For the sake of expediency, this administration has consistently attacked the very values of which they claim to be protecting. While the right of everyman to a lawyer, the right to a fair and speedy trial by a court of your peers, the right of protection of privacy, the right to client attorney privilege, and [...]