Dave’s Rants

I got this story which appeared in The Dallas Observer from K5
Basically a family had their children taken off them because according to the prosecutors Breastfeeding was equivalent to sex.
Their most pressing problem was the breast-feeding picture, which the indictment characterized as sexual, “to wit; actual lewd exhibition of…a portion of the female breast below […]

OK I’m definitely getting the server this week, hopefully earlier rather than later, then I’ll throw on MT and start blogging in earnest.

Well finally it looks like there is a company who will do a fair deal on DSL for Ireland. For the first time it looks like I might be able to afford DSL!! Thank you NetSource, it’s €10 more expensive than Eircon but offer better pings, a fixed IP address and most importantly of all […]

A M A Z I N G

This Salon article underlines the difference in reporting between the US and the rest of the world, perhaps it’s not that we in Europe can’t see the greater good of this war, but that we unlike our American ‘friends’ actually end up seeing the consequences.

Robert Fisk on the destruction of ancient treasures in Baghdad by the mob. Mr. Rumsfeld and others may just write this off as the ‘untidyness’ of a new democracy, but me, I think this is yet another completely unnecessary consequence of this unjust war.
They lie across the floor in tens of thousands of pieces, […]

Just watched the Matrix Trailer. You can download it here. It’s absolutely unbelievably amazing but a little warning, the download is around 100MB but is soooo worth it!

Today we had a visit on Boards.ie from an American. Now I wish we got more of this beacause the Politics forum is touting mostly the America is bad viewpoint with varying degrees of vehemence. Anyway I’m sure I’m going to get a culture shock when I go to the US to work this summer […]

We love the Iraqi information Minister!!

Well I have my driving test tomorrow so I’m a likkle bit nervous, but pretty confident all the same! Wish me luck!!