Today, I wanted to present my views on McCain, the global celebrity who's most talked about today!
Psst! From one conservative to another, I don’t trust McCain as far as I can see him. It may seem traitorous to the Party but I don’t have to believe everything he says just because he calls himself a member of the Grand Ol’ Party. My trust and belief is earned by unwavering convictions on our most important issues.
Consider this! Most companies have adopted the use of the behavioral interview because it questions and validates past behavior that is a good and reliable indicator of what a person will do going forward. As the American people, we act as the human resource department of the United States of America. This is what we know best.
John McCain admits to having an affair with his 2nd wife, Cindy, while married to his 1st wife, Carol. This is the reason numero uno that says do not trust him. Isn’t he a liar and a cheat? Didn’t he commit the moral sin of committing adultery while being still married to Carol? This is the true color of the president hopeful John McCain. A base adulterer at best! Isn’t one of the tenets of Republicanism being a forthright and upstanding individual? So if he will lie and cheat on the person supposedly closest to him, what makes us think he won’t lie to us – faceless Americans? A bunch of whiners as we were called by his top economic policy advisor, Phil Gramm.
We also know that John McCain is in favor of 100 more years; 100 more years? We allowed G. Dubya to remain in office a second term in good faith to allow him the opportunity so he could finish what he started Iraq. Seven years later, we are still deployed fighting a war, running up major debt (it recently reported that we are getting close to half a trillions in debts eek) and looking for phantom terrorists.
In an interview earlier this year, McCain clearly said that we could be spending the next century in Iraq. Then a few months later, after much of backlash, he reverse pedaled to “explain” that the war would be over soon; however, the insurgency would go on for years and years and years, handled by Iraqis, not Americans. Well, which one is it? Even the Iraqis want an answer to that question. They have started to ask for a withdrawal timetable as well. Aaahh, but I digress.
As a conservative, I would like to be able to speak about McCain with confidence but it has proven difficult with this type of double talk. Yes, we do need to finish what we started. Yes, we need to ensure that we get back the foreign policy of previous presidents, including that of Reagan and Roosevelt where other countries know that you can’t just step on Americans. However, I am not confident that McCain is the right republican to accomplish that. After all, he is no Roosevelt!
To be a man of conviction means that you state your stance, live by it and do not waiver. That doesn’t seem to be the case with McCain. He flip-flops, so it has become titles of various articles and websites. McCain’s has an economic plan to cut, no, eliminate our national deficit by the conclusion of his term. Huh! I need to see a copy of that plan because I find that VERY hard to believe. However, that won’t happen because his plan has no details provided at all. Although he says it does include using the savings from the Iraq and Afghanistan victories to pay down the debt. I could only interpret that to mean that he will be bringing home the troops; which is yet another flip flop. One month we are forecasting being there 100 years, the next interview we are saving money by quickly winning the war and bringing home our troops.
Trying to follow our candidate from one day to the next is getting me dizzy. One day I am with him and then the next he opens his mouth and nothing makes sense. Now, the tom foolery is coming out of the mouths of his advisors as well. I am getting to the point where I am considering staying home on Election Day. Hopefully, he selects a Vice President who will offer some balance and good stable conservative guidance to our hopeful. But for now, I will keep my eyes peeled for the light at the end of the tunnel.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
iPhone is coming to India ! Did you book the gadget?
The iPhone launching is scheduled for the month of September 2008 and Vodafone takes the privilege of bringing it to India. Most of the gadget lovers and phone freaks are earnestly waiting to their lay hands on this gadget and own it. The wait is almost over and the good news for all is that the bookings have started too!
But how much do you know about iPhone? I thought of presenting an interesting feature on this most-sought after mobile.
All about the iPhone's multi-touch technology
Keeping with the cutting-edge nature of its parent company, the iPhone refuses to settle for the norms that have been created by the cellular phone industry. For one thing, the iPhone serves as the ultimate multimedia device, seamlessly changing from an Internet browser, to an iPod, to a cell phone. However, concerns have been raised about the process of navigating through these applications. While most devices would use buttons, the iPhone eschews these in favor of touch sensitive screen—or in this case, Apple’s own multi-touch technology.
One of the first questions that pop into people’s minds whenever they think of a touch-sensitive device is how the screen will hold up to the inevitable wear and tear. In this case, Apple is one step ahead of the crowd. As a safety measure, the iPhone’s (LCD) screen is covered with a scratch resistant glass that is optically sound, preventing any hindrance on the picture quality. Of course, while scratches might not pose a threat, what about the smudging of fingerprints? In actuality, the iPhone is designed exclusively to be operated by the fingers of the hands. So much so that the usual stylus operation method of many touch sensitive devices is rendered useless. This fingers-only technology is so extreme, that not of a gloved person can operate an iPhone.
As for how the iPhone responds to the touch-sensitive commands, the device is designed beautifully. For starters, the software loaded on the iPhone has been tailor-made for swift, dexterous movements in order to navigate at optimum efficiency. Icons on the screen serve as the buttons that control the machine. Also, pressing and moving items from one location to another is as easy as (in actuality, even easier than) than clicking your mouse and dragging items on your home computer.
What purpose does this technology serve, other than looking cutting edge? You might not believe it, but the multi-touch technology saves hordes of time. Have you ever spent minutes just trying to program a friend’s number into your cell phone’s address book? Now all you have to do is a few quick taps at the screen followed by the dragging of the information into the proper location. As you might guess, this technology also allows the creation of iTunes playlists at unprecedented rates of speed. The youtube links can be played as well as sent to friends in a jiffy.
That’s not all, though. Not only does the iPhone make formerly tedious tasks from old cell phones and mp3 players a breeze, the interface is unlike any other that has been seen on any handheld electronic device. It is not as if the iPhone adds touch functionality to an old-style electronic gadget. The iPhone has its own software that revamps how these functions are performed. In the vein of opening multiple windows on a desktop computer and navigating between multiple web pages, the iPhone’s interface has multiple ‘windows’ that allow you to slip and drag back and forth between to switch out items and perform certain tasks at never-before-seen speeds and ease.
All said and done the pricing of iPhone will be around 20,000 rupees and up. So, if you are not so keen on garage stuff and if you are an Apple lover get your iPhone booking done through a simple SMS. Message iPhone to 56789, you get a confirmation message back that you have booked your new gadget! I would love to hear all your iPhone romancing experiences.
An update: I have just posted some useful tips in a new post about iPhone in case you are planning to buy one. You can read it here http://liv2rite.blogspot.com/2009/01/contemplating-on-buying-iphone-check.html
But how much do you know about iPhone? I thought of presenting an interesting feature on this most-sought after mobile.
All about the iPhone's multi-touch technology
Keeping with the cutting-edge nature of its parent company, the iPhone refuses to settle for the norms that have been created by the cellular phone industry. For one thing, the iPhone serves as the ultimate multimedia device, seamlessly changing from an Internet browser, to an iPod, to a cell phone. However, concerns have been raised about the process of navigating through these applications. While most devices would use buttons, the iPhone eschews these in favor of touch sensitive screen—or in this case, Apple’s own multi-touch technology.
One of the first questions that pop into people’s minds whenever they think of a touch-sensitive device is how the screen will hold up to the inevitable wear and tear. In this case, Apple is one step ahead of the crowd. As a safety measure, the iPhone’s (LCD) screen is covered with a scratch resistant glass that is optically sound, preventing any hindrance on the picture quality. Of course, while scratches might not pose a threat, what about the smudging of fingerprints? In actuality, the iPhone is designed exclusively to be operated by the fingers of the hands. So much so that the usual stylus operation method of many touch sensitive devices is rendered useless. This fingers-only technology is so extreme, that not of a gloved person can operate an iPhone.
As for how the iPhone responds to the touch-sensitive commands, the device is designed beautifully. For starters, the software loaded on the iPhone has been tailor-made for swift, dexterous movements in order to navigate at optimum efficiency. Icons on the screen serve as the buttons that control the machine. Also, pressing and moving items from one location to another is as easy as (in actuality, even easier than) than clicking your mouse and dragging items on your home computer.
What purpose does this technology serve, other than looking cutting edge? You might not believe it, but the multi-touch technology saves hordes of time. Have you ever spent minutes just trying to program a friend’s number into your cell phone’s address book? Now all you have to do is a few quick taps at the screen followed by the dragging of the information into the proper location. As you might guess, this technology also allows the creation of iTunes playlists at unprecedented rates of speed. The youtube links can be played as well as sent to friends in a jiffy.
That’s not all, though. Not only does the iPhone make formerly tedious tasks from old cell phones and mp3 players a breeze, the interface is unlike any other that has been seen on any handheld electronic device. It is not as if the iPhone adds touch functionality to an old-style electronic gadget. The iPhone has its own software that revamps how these functions are performed. In the vein of opening multiple windows on a desktop computer and navigating between multiple web pages, the iPhone’s interface has multiple ‘windows’ that allow you to slip and drag back and forth between to switch out items and perform certain tasks at never-before-seen speeds and ease.
All said and done the pricing of iPhone will be around 20,000 rupees and up. So, if you are not so keen on garage stuff and if you are an Apple lover get your iPhone booking done through a simple SMS. Message iPhone to 56789, you get a confirmation message back that you have booked your new gadget! I would love to hear all your iPhone romancing experiences.
An update: I have just posted some useful tips in a new post about iPhone in case you are planning to buy one. You can read it here http://liv2rite.blogspot.com/2009/01/contemplating-on-buying-iphone-check.html
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