Oh yeah: it’s that time of the year again: time to visit my honey in Florida! As of tomorrow I’m on a three week holiday to Florida again! Good thing, cause I am way stressed over my work and I miss my honey!!! It’s hard if you don’t see each other that much! We’re gonna have a good time, that’s for sure 😉 Blog you later!
Europe: The Dutch Way!
Now here is a sign for you prime minister Balkenende: 61,6% of the Dutch voted against the EU constitution. Only 38,4% voted for it. 62,8% of the Dutch went out and voted. Thats not just a small sample, its huge! Maybe Balkenende (aka “harry Potter” ) finally takes this signal serious. We DO NOT want to be part of an Europe were only the biggest countries rule!
Thank God for the French :-)
Great! The French are coming to help us on this stupid European constitution thing! They voted no! Now its our turn to get things going on June 1st! Hurray for the French (we love to hate them…)
Why I vote NO to the European Constitution
On June 1st the Dutch are asked by means of a referendum if they want to accept the European Constitution or not. The French are actually voting for this today, and it seems it will be a close call: a small majority will vote “no” (or so they predict). Well, I am going to vote “no”. The European constitution is a bad idea. As it seems, about 51% of the Dutch that are going to vote, are against a European constitution. About 29% is for a European constitution, and about 16% doesn’t know what to vote. Among Webloggers (aka Bloggers), […]
Stupid computers
It is amazing! Have you ever noticed how stupid computers actually are? I have been working with computers since 1988 when I bought my first AT 12Mhz IBM-compatible PC, with DOS 3.1. The same year I started working with an Apple. A lot has changed since then, but one thing remains the same: the way computers interact with dumb pop-ups and totally unusefull “information”. Nowadays I work on both a PC and a Mac. And yes, on both computers I run Microsoft software. And really: it’s amazing: in the last 19 (!) years it seems Microsoft still hasn’t been able […]
Bloggers@large goes Podcast?
Ok, it’s just an experiment. So chill out 😉 Bloggers@large podcast April 5th 2005
Rest in Peace Terri Schiavo
Terri Schiavo, 41 died today at 09:05am in Florida. Mrs Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed on 18 March in accordance with a ruling by a Florida appeals court after a protracted battle which included an intervention by state Governor Jeb Bush. She died 13 days later despite a number of last-ditch efforts by her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, to have her feeding tube re-inserted. But we will be sure that with her death the case does not end here, at least not for those directly involved. As time was running out for the Schindlers, President George W Bush signed […]
Another judgde rejects Schiavo appeal
Another day, another story: the US Supreme Court has once again refused to order doctors in Florida to resume the feeding of Terri Schiavo. It was the sixth time since 2000 that the Supreme Court declined to intervene in this case. Hours earlier, a federal appeals court in Atlanta rejected a request for the parents’ petition to be reheard. Courts at all levels have sided with Mrs Schiavo’s husband – her legal guardian. Now let’s hope it ends soon!
Schiavo case: when will it end?
After my first blog on this sad case, many things have happened. For starters, a 19th judge has ruled that there is no reason to start the forced feeding again. In other words, starving the body of what once was the person Terri Schiavo has been ruled to be ok. Do not get me wrong: I think the whole case should end here, but the process of starving her is rather stupid. It takes a long time and it is aggravating. If it where me, or any of my close family I would rather have them inject me and have […]