January 12, 2007

KSFO says Spocko is trying to shut them down?

Kind of interesting listing to right wing radio KSFO as the claim that the web site Spocko's Brian is trying to shut them down and how they stand for free speech. But the reality is that I'm hosting Spocko's Brian because lawyers for Disney, the owners of KSFO sent threatening letters and actually did shut down Spocko. But you won't hear about that on KSFO. When asked about the Disney lawyers shutting down Spocko's free speech they don't want to talk about that.

One interesting point. I heard them read a statement from Spocko's blog on the air. The read Spocko's copyright content. If you apply the same standards of copyright infringement that they are claiming then they have violated Spocko's copyright. But it's not a copyright violation because of fair use laws. Just like it's not a violation of Spocko to use their stuff because of fair use laws.

Posted by marc at 02:20 PM | Comments (0)

January 11, 2007

Republican future tied to Bush

Letter to the Editor

Republican party is linked to Bush's success in Iraq. Bush wants to escalate the Iraq war and Republican are faced with the dilemma of siding with Bush and hoping his plan works or joining the Democrats in opposing it. Those who join Bush risk sharing the blame two years from now if Bush's plan fails.

So - will Bush succeed in sending in more troops? Not likely. He made the decision in spite of the fact that it is the opposite of what the Iraq Study Group and the military experts are advising him to do. He had to fire top generals who disagreed with him and bring in a navy admiral with no Iraq experience to support his position. Again Bush makes up his mind and then finds "yes men" to support him. So the Republicans who are betting on him being right are taking a really big gamble by going all in on a proven loser. So I think in the long run the Republicans are the ones who will hate Bush the most.

Posted by marc at 11:51 AM | Comments (0)

January 10, 2007

Bush is stalling for time - again

Letter to the Editor

Bush is just stalling for time so that he he can put off defeat of his war on the next president. This war was a bad idea and we lost it. It's over. Let us not stay 10 more years like we did in Vietnam after we have lost before we get out. Why should we go with Bush's plan when he's been wrong every time and his plan is just more of the same all over again?

This is Bush's war, Bush's defeat, and he should now step down because he has failed us. I'm tired of America paying for Bush's failures.

Posted by marc at 06:51 PM | Comments (0)

Should troops die to cover for Bush?

Letter to the Editor

Why should soldiers die to cover up for Bush? This is Bush's war and Bush's failure. Now Bush wants to escalate the war so that he can push off the blame for defeat onto the next president. Adding more troops just gives the Iraqis more bodies to shoot at. Soldiers who are asked to die for nothing. And Bush wants us to pay welfare to Iraqis to create jobs there so they can build things that other Iraqis can blow up. We're just funding death squads with American tax dollars and money we're borrowing from the Communist Chinese that future generations will have to pay back.

Iraq got to lynch their tyrant, maybe it's time we lynched ours. What kind of a nation are we that we will kill our children for political reasons

Posted by marc at 08:58 AM | Comments (0)

January 07, 2007

Spocko's Brain Back Online

After the web site Spocko's Brain was shut down last week because the hosting company 1an1 got threats from Disney lawyers. A number of people contacted me about hosting it. I'm not easily intimidated by lawyers so I did it. Spocko is now hosted at Computer Tyme Hosting and it's here to stay.

I hast a lot of sites that no one else will touch. That's because I'm legal savvy and lawyers just don't scare me. I've received a number of threats by lawyers to take down free speech sites and unless they have firm lehal grounds I tell them to go screw themselves. I've even been sued a few times and in all instances the cases were dismissed and the threatening lawyers had to face the judge for ethics issues. I am a strong supporter of free speech and I don't like slimeballs like Disney trying to shut down critics.

Posted by marc at 08:03 AM | Comments (6)