codemonkeyx.org

EDIT: I just realized that I never put a link to the website for the wonderful man that wrote my favorite song.  Check out Jonathan Coulton 's site when you get a chance, he makes lots of great songs.  Here is the page for the Code Monkey Song, and someone even made the Code Monkey Song Game .

Code Monkey get up get coffee
Code Monkey go to job
Code Monkey have boring meeting
With boring manager Rob
Rob say Code Monkey very dilligent
But his output stink
His code not "functional" or "elegant"
What do Code Monkey think?
Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write god damned login page himself
Code Monkey not say it out loud
Code Monkey not crazy, just proud

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you

Code Monkey hang around at front desk
Tell you sweater look nice
Code Monkey offer buy you soda
Bring you cup, bring you ice
You say no thank you for the soda cause
Soda make you fat
Anyway you busy with the telephone
No time for chat
Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle he sit down pretend to work
Code Monkey not thinking so straight
Code Monkey not feeling so great

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you a lot

Code Monkey have every reason
To get out this place
Code Monkey just keep on working
See your soft pretty face
Much rather wake up, eat a coffee cake
Take bath, take nap
This job "fulfilling in creative way"
Such a load of crap
Code Monkey think someday he have everything even pretty girl like you
Code Monkey just waiting for now
Code Monkey say someday, somehow

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man
With big warm fuzzy secret heart:
Code Monkey like you

I got my free movie from The Blasphemy Challenge today:

The Rational Response Squad is giving away 1001 DVDs of The God Who Wasn't There, the hit documentary that the Los Angeles Times calls "provocative — to put it mildly."

There's only one catch: They want your soul.

It's simple. You record a short message damning yourself to Hell, you upload it to YouTube , and then the Rational Response Squad will send you a free The God Who Wasn't There DVD. It's that easy!

(Yea i'm lazy and that was modified copy from their site…)

Take the challenge…  

[This is an old post that I never really finished.  So I wrapped up the last little thought that I had on the topic and posted it anyway.] 

So, as many of you know there was recently a report stating that 2% of the population of the world owned 50% of the wealth.  More than likely you thought (just like me) "Those rich bastards!  Always hording all the money to themselves!  Someone needs to give 'The Man' the old 'what for'!!"

After reading the article on BBC and on Slashdot I was steamed.  Then I noticed a link to a site in a Slashdot comment.  It was a site that lets you enter your annual income and showed you where you rated on the global rich list.  To my suprise I was part of the top 2%.  I certainly didn't feel rich yesterday as I haggled with the mechanic to get him to do a half ass job on my breaks so that I could afford to pay for the work so that I could get to work the next day. After a bit of tinkering I discovered that $44,016 is the magic number that puts you in the top 2%.  Well apparently these calculations are based on your annual income relative to the world wide average annual income of $5,000.  It does not take in to account some major factors such as cost of living or the size of the family that you support.  So some one making $5,000 annually in say Nigeria could easily be living like a king, while some one making $44,016 in NYC, London, or Tokyo could be eating cat food and crackers just to get by.  Anyway, I found this amusing and just thought i'd pass it along.

We really need to properly define what a WMD is. This article said he was arrested on charges of "attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction". Are they referring to the hand grenades he thought he was getting in trade for stereo speakers? If that is a WMD then we are in serious trouble because that mean that any idiot anywhere in the world can get their hands on "WMDs" in a matter of hours, for a few buck.

Let's call this what it is; an attempted terrorist attack. Let's saves the WMD chatter for the discussions about how none existed in Iraq…

I'm not trying to down play what this idiot was doing.  If he was going to set off a grenade in a crowded mall at Christmas time then there is nothing the government can do to him that is horrible enough.

You can read the original article here…

It appears that the Evangelical Church has come out.  The Rev. Ted Haggard was found to be buying drugs and getting "massages" from gay male escorts.  According the accused (Haggard) he bought Meth but never used it.  He was just curios about it.  He also supposedly only received massages from the gay escort who was his Meth hookup.  Apparently after the National Association of Evangelicals publicly voiced supported for gay marriage ban amendments his gay lover was upset at the hypocrisy and decided it was time for Haggard to come out.  You can find the original article here.  Here in Tennessee there is a proposed state level constitutional amendment on the ballot in this mid-term election.  The exact wording of the proposed amendment is as follows:

"The historical institution and legal contract solemnizing the relationship of one man and one woman shall be the only legally recognized marital contract in this state.  Any policy or law or judicial interpretation, purporting to define marriage as anything other than the historical institution and legal contract between one man and one woman, is contrary to the public policy of this state and shall be void and unenforceable in Tennessee.  If another state or foreign jurisdiction issues a license for persons to marry and if such marriage is prohibited in this state by the provisions of this section, then the marriage shall be void and unenforceable in this state."

The Tennessee Equality Project is working with a campaign they call Vote No on 1.  They outline many reason why the law is fruitless.  The primary one being that it is already illegal to grant marriage certificated to same sex married couples here in Tennessee.

The opposition is Family Action Council of Tennessee and their campaign RealMarriage.org or "Vote Yes on 1.  I for one find it funny they the Family Action Council of Tennessee uses FACT as an acronym they should have come up with a name that fit the acronym FAITH instead.  There is very little fact on either of the opposition sites, but more than enough faith to go around.

The photo to the right of an Evangelical Church makes a lot more sense to me now.  (The obviously doctored photo to the right came out much better than my GIMP skills should allow.  I guess when you have some artistic inspiration the sky is the limit. Hehe…)

It's funny that in a supposedly mostly Christian nation, where politics are charged with Christian religious moral issues, that this country is spending nearly five times more on the Pagan holiday of All Hallows Eve than on the mid term elections.  Why is it that so many people of Christian beliefs participate in Halloween?

Who knows…

I've edited out the religious bashing rant as it really didn't fit this post properly.  It shall be making a return as it own much more cohesive post. 

On September 28th, 2006 habeas corpus died.  You've probably heard of habeas corpus, and might even know that it is a very important protection for the citizens of this country.  What a lot of people do not know is exactly what it is.  If you are detained or brought in for questioning by the police they are only allowed to detain you for a short period of time.  If in fact they have not charged you with a crime then your lawyer may submit what is know as a writ of habeas corpus.  This states that if you do not intent to charge the person in question then you must release them.  This is to prevent authorities from detaining someone indefinately with out charging them.  This is to prevent people from being jailed with out being charged and convicted with a crime.  So how does this bill suspend habeas corpus?  Well if something is not expressly excluded then it is in legal terms it is included.  According to the bill (errr…law) enemy combatants are not afforded habeas corpus rights and can be tortured during interrogation.  But who exactly constitutes a enemy combatant?  Well that my friends is up to President Bush and President Bush alone to determine.  Since the wording does not exclude US citizens it could be me, or you, or your parents, siblings, children, yes even your minor children.  Anyone in the world can be declared an enemy conbatant by Bush.  Since habeas corpus is suspended for these enemy combatants, when they come to take your child away there is little you can do about it.  They don't have to tell you where they are taking the person, or what they will do to them, but they are allowed to torture them physically, mentally and sexually.  They can keep them detained forever with out ever charging them with a crime and you will never see them again or know what happened to them.  This may sound like a bizarre distopian society from a books like "1984", but it's not.  It is your world, and if you live in the US then it is your country, and your problem.

It is obvious that our government is no longer looking out for our best interest.  Infact they are not just neglecting our interest but infact working in direct opposition to our interest.  It is time for the people of this country to take action.  The democratic party isn't doing anything.  Each day they grow more impotent and powerless against the Bush Regime.  The people must effect change!

In case you were not aware http://www.worldcantwait.org is organizing a day of mass protest on October 5th .  There will be protest in over 80 cities that day.  If your reading this then you probably know me personally.  With this in mind please be aware that I will be completely and totally disappointed in you if you do not participate in some way.  You don't have to walk out of work or school, but you can go out when your done.  You can also help promote the event by printing and handing out fliers at school, in the street, and post them around the neighborhood, stick them on cars, hell, staple it to your forehead if you need to.

Just incase your intelligent here is the information you will need to look up the bills for reference: The House resolution is HR 6166. The Senate bill is S. 3861.

Theme Music:

For the last two weeks or so i've been completely consumed by 9-11.  If you had asked me 4 years go where we would be today regarding 9-11, I would have told you that most of the questions would be answered.  Some how though, 5 years have slipped by and none of the questions have been answered, and now hundreds more exist.  At most we've been given explanations made up of half truths, psuedo-science and out right lies.  As more and more time passes I become more and more sure that the only way to effect change is through revolution.  So what exactly is a revolution?  Lets take a quick look at the definition as it applies to the current subject:

rev‧o‧lu‧tion  [rev-uh-loo-shuhn]

–noun

1.  an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.

Here in the United States of America our system of government boils down to a very simple premise.  "…of the people, for the people, and by the people."  These nine ten word above all else sum up the very essence of our system of government.  Lets take a look at these words for a second.  Firstly in "…of the people,", of states that the persons making up the body of the government are the same people that the system governs.  Second we have "for the people," which suggest that the government exist for the benefit of the people it governs.  Finally we have "by the people." which shows derivation, meaning that the people are the source of the government and its direction.

So how exactly does a revolution take place in a country "by the people"?  The short answer is that it doens't.  The long answer is, technically it can, but why would "the people" want to move away from a system that is designed specifically to benefit and empower them?  It is relativly safe to say that so long as the government is of, for, and by the people their won't be a revolution.  When the people begin to loose faith in the system that allows them to elect their peers to positions with in the government then it is no longer a government "of the people".  When the government begins to eliminate the rights of the people, and shift money from programs that serve the people to the eleet "upper crust" of society it is no longer a government "for the people".  When the government is given special privilages over the people the people become disenfranchised and begin to feel that the government is a seperate entity that they have no power over, and it is no longer a government "by the people".

I'll leave you with the following quote from George Orwell's 1984: "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

With that in mind go start a revolution!