http://www.stopthespying.org/NJ/11
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
of New Jersey's 11st District
RODNEY F. Supports Telco Immunity!!
If Rep. Frelinghuysen is your representative, please contact him to remind him that immunity for lawbreaking phone companies is unacceptable:
(202) 225-5034
What To Say
I'm a constituent and I'd like to urge Rep. Frelinghuysen to oppose telecom immunity.
Vote "no" on the new FISA bill (H.R. 6304), which contains blanket immunity for telecoms that cooperated in warrantless government spying. It is very important to me that Rep. Frelinghuysen defend the rule of law and allow Americans to have their day in court against lawbreaking telecoms.
Supporters of telecom immunity will tell you that H.R. 6304 is better – but it’s not. The changes have been purely cosmetic, and your constituents can see right through it. False compromises that grant the telephone companies immunity for participating in warrantless wiretapping are unacceptable.
Don't have time to make a phone call? Email Rep. Frelinghuysen instead.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
NJ officials against Buddhist ritual
Obviously this sect has NEVER seen the Passaic River. Had they known what a toxic waste infested , PCB ridden detrius of chemical-related influx that it is, they themselves would have saved the animals the anguish of being slowly asphixiated in that nasty brew and secured their "karmic potential" by making them into a tasty soup and allowing them to reincarnate into housecats. Buddhist Bastards!
From the Daily Record
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) -- A New York sect of Amitabha Buddhists bought hundreds of eels, frogs and turtles in Chinatown to set them free in the Passaic River, hoping they would not only survive but also realize their karmic potential.
Saving the animals, though, did not do anything for the karma of the state Department of Environmental Protection. DEP officials say the Buddhists did not have a permit and may be subject to fines up to $1,000.
Releasing critters into the wild takes a permit -- and because of fears of harm being done by nonnative species, New Jersey is reluctant to issue them out for anything beyond stocking fish ponds.
"We're dead-set against it," DEP biologist Mark Boriek told a local newspaper. "It's even illegal to stock any kind of carp or goldfish in New Jersey in a place with an inlet or outlet."
The DEP said it would try to figure out where the reptiles and amphibians came from to try to guess how they might impact the river, which has been cleaned up in recent years.
Authorities have not found the Buddhist group yet.
But one member, Ann Chin, talked to the newspaper.
She said the idea was not to hurt other species, but to save the animals that were destined for dinner tables.
"When I pass by the fish market, I cry," Chin said. "I tell people: 'Stop killing them.' Then: 'Don't eat them.' Then your heart goes to mercy."
Morris Maven: Her heart would have been better served had she dumped the critters in the Raritan...
From the Daily Record
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) -- A New York sect of Amitabha Buddhists bought hundreds of eels, frogs and turtles in Chinatown to set them free in the Passaic River, hoping they would not only survive but also realize their karmic potential.
Saving the animals, though, did not do anything for the karma of the state Department of Environmental Protection. DEP officials say the Buddhists did not have a permit and may be subject to fines up to $1,000.
Releasing critters into the wild takes a permit -- and because of fears of harm being done by nonnative species, New Jersey is reluctant to issue them out for anything beyond stocking fish ponds.
"We're dead-set against it," DEP biologist Mark Boriek told a local newspaper. "It's even illegal to stock any kind of carp or goldfish in New Jersey in a place with an inlet or outlet."
The DEP said it would try to figure out where the reptiles and amphibians came from to try to guess how they might impact the river, which has been cleaned up in recent years.
Authorities have not found the Buddhist group yet.
But one member, Ann Chin, talked to the newspaper.
She said the idea was not to hurt other species, but to save the animals that were destined for dinner tables.
"When I pass by the fish market, I cry," Chin said. "I tell people: 'Stop killing them.' Then: 'Don't eat them.' Then your heart goes to mercy."
Morris Maven: Her heart would have been better served had she dumped the critters in the Raritan...
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The Furry Grim Reaper
NEJM -- A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat
An absolutely adorable two-year old stray comforts the dying in a Massachusetts Hospice. Strangely, the cat seems to sense a patient's death sooner than the doctors or nurses. Being "chosen" by this little minx causes the nurses to contact your next of kin a.s.a.p. lest they miss your final parting. The cat has a complex personality and is not overly fond of anyone unless they are a hairsbreath away from their final reward.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
10 Reasons I Won't be Buying an iPhone Anytime Soon
1.) Hullo - $600.00~! For a PHONE! Someone's been smoking crack! Over the span of a two-year contract, an iPhone will cost at least $2,241. Most carriers offer plans that cost half as much.
2.) ATT Cellular Network F.K.A. Cingular has the WORST Customer service in the world and beyond. Though iPhones are not subsidized, AT&T will still apply the standard $175 early termination fee.
3.) iPhone does not work in other countries. I need at least a G3 to use my phone in Europe.
4.) Flat panel will ensure that my makeup will be smudged all over iPhone everytime I take a call. This will turn me into an iPhone cleaning addict and grant me a new nervous tic.
5.) I was an early adaptor of the iPod Nano and could not BELIEVE the scratches - I want to wait and see if the iPhone has similar issues. Later generation iPhones will fix bugs revealed by the massive consumer test that started yesterday.
6.) I really would like to be able to use my iPhone for music, but if I'm at the gym, I shall look completely dorkalicious, trying to plug into it while on the treadmill.
7.) Not happy with various issues that have come so far SIM Card lock to crappy Cingular/ATT discourages consumer's choice. (And you know you WILL be reamed), there are also issues about the iTunes link to the iPhone.
8.) I will be a stellar mugging candidate if I EVER take my iPhone on the Subway to read the Wall Street Journal.
9.) A new version of the iPhone will be released in 6-7 months (most likely after they have fixed the bugs on version 1.0)
10.) Once again, I would sooner sell the souls of my children to the devil than take out a two year contract with Cingular/AT&T. At least the devil plays fair!
2.) ATT Cellular Network F.K.A. Cingular has the WORST Customer service in the world and beyond. Though iPhones are not subsidized, AT&T will still apply the standard $175 early termination fee.
3.) iPhone does not work in other countries. I need at least a G3 to use my phone in Europe.
4.) Flat panel will ensure that my makeup will be smudged all over iPhone everytime I take a call. This will turn me into an iPhone cleaning addict and grant me a new nervous tic.
5.) I was an early adaptor of the iPod Nano and could not BELIEVE the scratches - I want to wait and see if the iPhone has similar issues. Later generation iPhones will fix bugs revealed by the massive consumer test that started yesterday.
6.) I really would like to be able to use my iPhone for music, but if I'm at the gym, I shall look completely dorkalicious, trying to plug into it while on the treadmill.
7.) Not happy with various issues that have come so far SIM Card lock to crappy Cingular/ATT discourages consumer's choice. (And you know you WILL be reamed), there are also issues about the iTunes link to the iPhone.
8.) I will be a stellar mugging candidate if I EVER take my iPhone on the Subway to read the Wall Street Journal.
9.) A new version of the iPhone will be released in 6-7 months (most likely after they have fixed the bugs on version 1.0)
10.) Once again, I would sooner sell the souls of my children to the devil than take out a two year contract with Cingular/AT&T. At least the devil plays fair!
Monday, June 11, 2007
A Letter to My Neighbors
Dear Neighbors with the Neurotic Dalmation:
It has come to my attention that my two cats, Cleo-the-Evil and Little (20 lb) Kitty, have been encroaching upon your yard despite my best efforts and utilization of the "Water Bottle of Discipline." I apologize. I also apologize for the fact that Little "Fat" Kitty seems to have a morbid fascination with your highly strung Dalmation. While I'm sure that inbreeding accounts for most of his marked yappiness, I am also sure that his demeanor is unimproved by my two cats lounging just out of his range and daring him to attack.
Quite frankly, sometimes I wish he would lunge at them with fangs fully bared just to wipe the smirks off of their smug little faces. Although I have begged, pleaded, cajoled and threatened, to no avail, my cats seem to think that they have free reign over your backyard when Yappy the Dalmo isn't around. This is unacceptable behavior.
I am asking you kindly, as a neighbor, to please turn your water hose on them full blast whenever you see them sniffing around your peonies or ogling the sparrows that congregate around your bird feeder. I would also appreciate it if you could try to aim away from the street as I have no desire to see them flattened either. I am looking for them to be airborne on about 20 gallons of water as they stream into my yard and finally beach on my deck.
I am sure your children would also enjoy playing a game of "Hunt the Mutant Feline Freaks" with one of those large water pistols that shoots H20 with the frequency of an AK-47. Not only would this game prepare your children for a fascinating career as military snipers, it would also ameliorate the rather pungent odor emitting from your slide (which was caused by the cat down the street since my housecats still haven't realized that the outside world is their litterbox).
Thank you for your help in this regard.
Sincerely,
MM
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