Sing a Song for Safety - Latest Comments

Re: Song for Jamie

D.J. Dawes — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:36:47 -0000

Jamie will always be missed but we must remember that he is home now. Jamie loved worship music, but can you imagune what is like in Heaven for him. Jamie is having a hayfay. But what we all must remember is that Jamie's suffering is over.

Re: We’ll Miss You, Jamie

bbluesman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:04:25 -0000

Sorry for your loss man! RIP-Jamie!

Re: St. Louis Fire Department Crash

JasonMiller — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:44:30 -0000

Let's hope that all the firefighters are back to full health with no trauma because, when they're needed in a fire fighting emergency, they'll always be there for us

Re: St. Louis Fire Department Crash

RogerBlackthorne — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:23:54 -0000

This is such a sad turn of events. You never really think about who will help the rescue workers when they need rescuing.

Re: Kuk Sul Do Black Belt Promotion

Jo — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:17:33 -0000

Thank you ,, thank you, thank you... this is impressive!

Re: Musicians Friend Fails Again

They Suck !!! — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:32:56 -0000

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Re: Amazon Widget is Cool for My Kid CD

scott zeilenga — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:01:32 -0000

Heh. Rich you may be a genius. I definitely have to blog a review of your album for my site soon. Safety songs for kids is a very creative idea, and is the epitome of preparedness (raising the next generation to be ready). Great stuff.

z.

Re: Prevent Dryer Fires

scott zeilenga — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:57:14 -0000

Very cool. Thanks. I will pass this on to my workplace and maybe include it in a future blog post on home safety.

z.

Re: Is Obama a Citizen? This Lawyer Says No

Mike Cornett — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:31:04 -0000

A long and "qualified" resume from our current political office holders hasn't worked too well. I'm ready for a change! Although, I'm not affiliated with either of the two "gangs". I'm tired of the same old crap, same buzz-word propaganda speak.

Fine, I'll just say it...We need a revolution!
Onward...
Mike

Re: Is Obama a Citizen? This Lawyer Says No

richpalmer — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:26:25 -0000

Interesting. Thanks for the links, Hunter. It is always good to get as much of the perspective as possible. I'm not an Obama supporter at all, but not because of this potential citizenship issue. I just don't see how he is qualified to be our Chief of Staff. I've yet to see anything valuable enough to show he is ready for this role.

Re: Is Obama a Citizen? This Lawyer Says No

Hunter Johnson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:53:41 -0000

The judge said this lawyer doesn't have a leg to stand on, though.

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20081025_...

Berg's also the lawyer who represented a client who sued President Bush over 9/11.

Re: Ban Political Ads

richpalmer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:38:34 -0000

Thanks, Caleb. This is a great reply and one that I certainly am glad to get. If you followed the thread of conversation over there you would also see that I replied to another comment from @attitude. It goes like this:

"@attitude
You know... you are absolutely right. I agree that we cannot and should not ban any speech. Excellent point. And, as a Libertarian, I absolutely believe that we all have rights and liberties that cannot and should not be oppressed. I appreciate that you brought to light.

So I'm a bit conflicted, eh? :D Of course, my typical response to any ad like this is to just turn it off or ignore it. That would certainly be the easiest approach to advise for most people. "You don't like it, don't pay attention to it."

My ire has been raised with the unfair approaches lately. The debate situation has not helped my attitude.

I wonder, though... is paid advertising "free" speech? That might be a topic for another thread.

Great counterpoint and certainly what I was hoping to see. Cheers!"

As far as the debates go... it is BROKEN. No, I don't agree that it is reasonable to say that the person with less than 15% in the polls shouldn't be given an opportunity to speak. One of the problems with the polls is that the BIG GOVERNMENT has led the public to only believe in bipartisan options. Most people are lemmings. They will jump off the cliff with the rest of the bunch because they don't know any better.

I don't follow a charismatic politician. I look at the views, the issues at hand, and the opportunity to change the status quo that we seem to be living. Electing a donkey or an elephant to the office will not change this system that everyone is crying about.

Look at the recent bailout issue. I don't think the people making the decisions EVER listened to what was being said by the populace. People were/ARE against his bailout, yet the effort from our big porker government is to still push it through.

We need better opportunities to level the playing field for everyone.

I agree, we should not, cannot ban speech. But perhaps there are better ways to put systems in place so that independent candidates do not get pushed under the rug.

As far as your comments about the celebs on the ballot. In my opinion, that's what we have with Obama. He's a political celebrity with little to no experience actually doing what he says needs to be done.

There is an official list of candidates for presidential election. This legal, official list should have been included in the debates. ALL of those persons should be given the voice. But the debate committee is made up of the bipartisan faction. Gee, wonder why they wouldn't want the independents there. Truthfully, these bipartisan candidates should have REQUIRED them to be in the debate if they felt that their positions are solid and that their view on the issues are sound.

As far as your comments on "a really good third party candidate". What constitutes "good?" I don't consider either the Dem or GOP candidates to be "good." So what is the baseline for the value? I don't vote for candidates; I vote for the issues that need to be addressed. And I've yet to have anyone be able to tell my HOW and WHY Obama can solve our nation's problems. Or McCain for that matter. I just hear the same regurgitated campaign slogans and rhetoric.

McCain is on a power trip and Obama has no executive experience. These are our choices? No, they're not... we have others. More people need to educate themselves instead of jumping into the popularity contest vote. High school homecoming kings and queens get these kind of votes. It appears that the U.S. citizenry is just following this example.

People should visit http://votesmart.org.

I do absolutely appreciate your feedback. We need more of this dialogue.

Re: Ban Political Ads

Caleb — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:06:18 -0000

I can't seem to reply over on the original thread but banning political ads is almost the most un-American thing a person could do. We need more free speech not less.

Another approach might be to regulate the prices charged for ads, at least on broadcast radio and tv, to make it more equitable or even require stations to run X number of ads for free. There are a lot of options on both this and financing that could theoretically work without limiting free speech.

However, I think this year has shown us just how much you can acheive with grassroots funding. Obama's internet fund-raising and message spreading and his ability to mobilize volunteers has really been a political game changer. There's really no reason why any of the independents couldn't do nearly as well if they had the right message and the charisma.

As for the debates, my understanding is that they limit it to people with 15% support in the polls. Which doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Otherwise what criteria would you use to keep every debate from going the way of California's Gubenatorial recall election with Porn Star Mary Cary, and a hundred other C or D list celebrities getting on the ballot just for publicity's sake?

I think now, more than ever. A really good third party candidate could use the internet to get more than 15% in the polls, get in the debates and or win. We just haven't seen a really good third party candidate come along yet. There are still more obstacles to clear for a third party candidate but look at who the front runner is now. It's not like Obama hasn't had some extra hurdles to jump. It seems to have helped him in the long run.

Re: Bob Barr on the Bailout

bbluesman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:23:11 -0000

A tiny island of reason and clarity in the sea of mud, greed and marketing/spinnng.

Re: http://richpalmer.com/blog/2008/08/25/just-about-lost-my-web-presence/

Bryce Moore — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:08:57 -0000

Having victimized myself with a few too many misplaced "rm -f" commands in my time, I know that punched-in-the-gut feeling of losing everything. Glad to see it was able to be rolled back simply enough.

Re: Earthquake Quiz

richpalmer — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:51:14 -0000

Interesting... Yes, this is a bit small in the embedded version here. I wonder if the same is true when viewing the widget on the creator's site? I obviously only shared this one for others to see; I suppose if this is an issue across the board then the originator of the widget might need to be notified.

I hadn't noticed the change when posting here.

Thanks for the comment!

Re: Earthquake Quiz

Charlotte — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:46:45 -0000

The font for the answers was so small and poorly formed as to be unreadable at times. I increased my screen res to 800 x 600 and it was still barely readable. I had to guess at some of the answers.

Re: Fire Training

richpalmer — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:46:45 -0000

Hehe, yes.

It gave me an odd feeling of living within the book Fahrenheit 451. But, these guys trained in this house for a week. They did evolutions throughout each day, eventually planning to burn it to the ground. We sometimes (though rare) get the opportunity to use an actual house for live fire training. The park district owns this property now; they wanted the building gone.

Re: Fire Training

BananaStein — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:08:10 -0000

hmmm - looks like Rich likes to play with matches

Re: Fire Training

Scott Sigler — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:05:13 -0000

I'm not much of a civil servant, but isn't the purpose of training to STOP things from burning down? I'm digging the guy in front, just hanging out.

Re: Why I’ve Canceled Clearwire

me — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:26:42 -0000

i hate clearwire. unfortunately, i'm stuck with it.

Re: I’ve Decided to Run

Allicette — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:11:54 -0000

Classic!

Re: I Love When They "Get It"

J.C. Hutchins — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:02:58 -0000

Rich! You rock! Thanks for using the Myxer service, and for helping spread the word. We really appreciate it, brother!

--J.C. Hutchins
Social Media Marketing Manager, Myxer.com

Re: Fun Kid Song

richpalmer — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:06:12 -0000

Thanks much, C.C. Yes, I actually wrote to them yesterday. They're looking into it. I certainly appreciate the follow-up!

Re: Fun Kid Song

C.C. Chapman — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:56:28 -0000

Hey Rich glad you liked that video. i thought it was pretty fun to.

mDialog is a client of The Advance Guard and I know that if you send an e-mail to support@mdialog.com they can contact you and walk through the issues you mentioned with the web cam. Let me know if you need anything else. I know you know how to reach me *grin*

Hope all is well.