It looks like another person has been fired for blogging. Now, this case is a little more cut and dry since (from what I can tell) the individual whom was let go published some internal information about what they were doing at Friendster.

At what began as a small story has blossomed to other sources who are all covering the story. Of course, this is not the first person to be fired for having a public weblog.

I was also just looking around and noticed that military people are blogging and it looks like they are being watched.

Oh, and if you have a job, you should be scared to speak your mind. So, if you have a problem with your employer's way of doing things, stand up for yourself and tell them. If they are a jerk and they fire you for taking up with an issue you have, you are better off working somewhere else.

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It looks like one can't win the "War On Terror" and President George W. Bush says it is true. It looks as though sending people into a war they can't win is the best solution.

As of this moment, the number of US soldiers dead: 975
As of this moment, the number of US soldiers wounded: 6323
As of this moment, the number of Iraq civilians dead: 13,000+ (est.)

The problem I have with this kind of thing is that no one can win this kind of war. There are always losers. Fight wars that need to be fought.

And if I hear the United States President say something like: "They don't put the same value on life as we do..."

Good, Lord! People who say things like that are ignorant dummy heads.

...and on this invention they show shows, right?

Early this morning, I was speaking with a great friend, the professional shark-hunter and grad student, about different television shows we had watched when we were younger. This goes along with something I posted on my illness-filled weekend.

We discussed the merits of Rocket Robin Hood and The Mighty Hercules.

These shows were cheap and, I am sure, somewhat fun to make. To me, what made this show, was the sound effects. Every monster sounded the same and many of the characters repeated themselves. I liked these shows because they were not hard to watch. One didn't need to challenge themselves or think too hard about what was going on. The stories were simple. The characters were silly.

The other day another friend of mine, a mighty time-traveller and Starship Captain, was mentioning that his kids were watching something called Sponge Bob Squarepants. He commented that "the show had no redeeming features".

"It is a show with nonsense and stuff. The show doesn't try to teach kids anything and it is just fun to see. It is like all of the cartoons I watched when I was a kid. Now, my kids have something to watch."

I don't know if this is a trend in cartoons lately but, hey, I turned out normal. Is it important to have television that is nonsense or do we really need to teach people with programming? What does late night television teach people? Sex is always great and murders are fun to figure out? I haven't watched a lot of programs in the last few years but I can't help but notice there are too many reality-based and crime scene investigation shows.

Whatever happened to great shows like Star Blazers? Now there was a great science fiction series and movies.