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Thursday, March 30, 2006

Why, You Ask?

It isn't about the recognition. It isn't about trying to look tough. It isn't about the little kids who stare and wave. It isn't about the adrenaline. It isn't even about the groupies.

It's because we believe in the ideals and values of this nation. It's because we see a need and are willing to fill that need. We believe in something greater than ourselves. As time goes on, even that will take a second place seat. It's about your loved ones back home. It's about the soldier to your left and the soldier to your right. It's about the, to use Steven Pressfield's thoughts, "lack of phobos" (Gates of Fire).

Crispy

US-CERT ST06-003 -- Staying Safe on Social Network Sites

Non-technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST06-003.html

Crispy

Thursday, March 23, 2006

US-CERT TA06-081A -- Sendmail Race Condition Vulnerability

Technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-081A.html

Crispy

Monday, March 20, 2006

Today's Pre-Nap Time Reflective Thought

This world of ours is an amazing place. It is really remarkable how quickly people come and go from our lives. While someone was involved they may have brought order to your life, taught you some new things, or just set a very good example for you to follow. Then, there are others who, while they were involved, caused stress, confusion, conflict and left a whirlwind of troubles and messes behind them. A key to success is to minimize or completely remove the mess makers from your life. Surround yourself with people who can and do speak wisdom into your life, not the fools who tax your wisdom.

Short and Sweet.
Crispy

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Navy: 1; Pirates: 0

5:40AM, local time, two US Navy vessels off the Somali coast got into a short-lived gun battle with people who are believed to be pirates. As you can imagine, the Navy won. Read about it here. The Navy received no casualties, though 1 suspect was killed and 5 other wounded (3 of which seriously).

Crispy

Thursday, March 16, 2006

US-CERT TA06-075A -- Adobe Macromedia Flash Products Contain Vulnerabilities

Technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-075A.html

Non-technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/alerts/SA06-075A.html

Crispy

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

US-CERT TA06-073A -- Microsoft Office and Excel Vulnerabilities

Hard to believe, I know.

Technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-073A.html

Non-technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/alerts/SA06-073A.html


Or just go get OpenOffice.

Crispy

Sunday, March 12, 2006

All Quiet

Greetings, my consistent readers!

I really don't have much to report, but I didn't want to remain completely silent. I think WaMi summed up the "Well, You're Wrong" post quite well in his replies. Speaking of which, there was another "article" in there that I want to write about. Unfortunately, I haven't had enough motivation to sit down and have at it, as the next one will definitely take some time.

I have been toying with the idea of posting about a certain topic, but I'm not completely at ease with divulging thoughts that personal to me. Not to mention the facts that I don't want to start sounding Emo and that I'm having trouble putting it into English just in my head. Life is just bazaar and earth is a really weird place.

Late last week I failed to notify you that I changed the arrangement of links on the right side and divided them into "Military" and "General" categories. I had received an email from CENTCOM requesting that I link to their website, as they are trying to let more people know about. So, it seemed a bit weird to just add Central Command into the mix. As a result, I broke it down as I previously described. Also worth mentioning, CENTCOM has an e-newsletter to which you can sign up to receive, if you are interested in keeping up to date with military developments (not just the Army).

Like I said, I don't have much to say, so I hope you found that interesting. Stay safe!

Crispy

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Well, You're Wrong

The following passed as an article that appeared in the college's paper. It was written by Michael Parker.

"I Believe..."

""Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge, and more."

With these words and others, John F. Kennedy labeled every citizen a combatant fighting for some very revolutionary beliefs. Those beliefs that all men are created equal, that each person innately possesses freedom and liberty, and that no state or institution can take away our human rights for any reason remain as much at issue today and as undecided today as they were in 1961 or 1776.

There are many well-meaning people who ignore Kennedy, FDR, Truman or any other liberal as weak. Today, with 24-hour cable news, our country would not elect a man in a wheelchair. But from a wheelchair, FDR fought a global war and won. From that same wheelchair, his voice carried by radio waves, he stopped the sense of hopelessness caused by the Great Depression.

But by today's standards, he was a liberal and therefore too weak. He should have never been elected and he could not be elected today in a wheelchair.

Truman, forced to stand on his own two legs, delivered the orders that dropped the only two atomic bombers ever used in combat. He had to fire Gen. Douglas MacArthur, as much for stupidity as for insubordination. Just another mindless Democrat that supported FDR, who would vote for such a socialist today?

Kennedy labeled us all as combatants in the ideological war with godless communism. When tested in October 1962 by the Cuban Missile Crisis, he expected nuclear disaster, wonder aloud about his children. Yet, he would not allow offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba.

Kennedy, willing to fight a nuclear war where the survivors would envy the dead, is by today's standards just another East Coast-educated liberal. Who would vote for such a weakling today?

To those uninformed, we are not at war. We have no draft of our 18-year-olds. We have not rationed our food, clothing or gas. We have no Civil Defense network to guard our ports. That's seen as a job to be done by the lowest bidder, even another country. We have no frail old man in a wheelchair to assure us that we have nothing to fear but fear its self [author's misspelling]. What confronts us today is mere political posturing against an idea. Ideas must be fought with ideas and armies fought with armies.

To those brainwashed by the wingnuts of the far right, advocating the "eradication of extremist-terrorist Muslims:" With our military of a million and a half, an unlimited amount of time, no Republican leader will ever, by force of arms, eliminate or eradicate a single idea from the minds of 6 billion people. Not even if they burn all the books."


And now for but a few rebuttals.

You should really get a better understanding of the English language before you even attempt to persuade others with your views. I reference your third paragraph where you made mention of ignoring someone as weak. Now, you can ignore someone because they are weak, but not ignore someone as weak.

Referring to the Pacific Theater alone, FDR was thrust into a situation much like that of our current Fearless Leader. The only difference is that in Bush's situation it struck much closer to home, as it was civilians on the homeland, as opposed to only soldiers on a distant island, who died. I totally agree with the responses of FDR and Bush. When asked about the September 11 incident, Al Gore said we shouldn't attack anyone. For that reason alone the Gore Bot, a liberal, is too weak and inept to lead a nation. And where did you ever get the notion that FDR is too weak to lead America, by today's standards? Lay off the crack. Though I by no means agree with his policies, he was an excellent and dynamic leader. You're connection between Truman and FDR as socialists is actually correct (even a broke clock is right twice a day), just as Bush is.

The liberals that you did mention were by no means common place to the American political spectrum. They were all extraordinary people, just as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin and many others throughout America's history have been.

You also say that we are not at war. Talk to the, at the time of this writing, 2506 American families that lost a loved one in Iraq or the 349 American families who lost someone in Afghanistan. And I guess the 16 other countries that have lost soldiers in Iraq and the 12 other countries that have lost soldiers in Afghanistan are all just a dumb luck coincidence? Get a clue.

Brainwashed wingnuts of the far right advocating the "eradication of extremist-terrorist Muslims", huh? Do you know what their ideology is? You surely don't understand the situation because you grouped all the Muslim people as being under a single belief, which is not the case. This is apparent to most people through the sect clashes that we've seen in Iraq, but I shouldn't expect an upcoming journalist to thoroughly understand the situation in which he or she chooses to write about. Yet, that is for another post. I should probably inform you that the belief of those "extremist-terrorist Muslims" is the complete destruction of all non-Muslim institutions. But, I guess you would rather sacrifice your culture, who was NOT the initial aggressor, than to actually take a stand for it and defend it. The affirmative action that you so loyalty stand by would be abolished. Feminists? Shot in the streets. But, alas, we shouldn't defend ourselves. Afterall, the brainwashed wingnuts of the far right should just idly sit on the way side and allow our society, culture, country and beliefs to be forever vanquished from the face of this Earth.

What really gets me is how you completely contradict yourself in a matter of just several paragraphs. You start by saying how great a man Kennedy was because he took a stand for America's values. Yet, when you finish, you are bashing the very people who are carrying on the defense of those values.

And I do beg to differ. Given enough time, you could surely "eliminate or eradicate" the idea of a collapsed America and that of total Islamic Imperialism. Watch me. Witty connection to the Nazis, by the way, but not applicable. The last thought I want to leave you with is this: Those brainwashed wingnuts of the far right who you are so quick to hate are ones who secure, defend, and guarantee your right to call them such by putting their lives on the line day after day.


Freedom Will Be Defended.

Crispy

Friday, March 03, 2006

US-CERT TA06-062A -- Apple Mac Products are Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities

Technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html

Non-technical: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/alerts/SA06-062A.html

Crispy