Ogre’s Politics and Views

Here’s a bit for those who are bored with the news and want some mindless entertainment — a couple browser-based games.

This one is Renaissance Kingdoms. It’s a game where you start in a town as a peon and attempt to work your way up in the world. It’s set (obviously) in the middle ages. You can become a carpenter, farmer, or even a politician. I’m currently doing rather well, growing wheat, making flour at my mill, and I’ve been elected to my county’s council. It’s a relatively slow-paced game, however. You long in once or twice a day and can take care of all your business. It’s still fun, if you ask me. Oh, and you can spend hours in the forums doing role-play if you like, too:

This next one I’ve just started recently (I’ve been stopping by daily for over a year on the above game). This one is really interesting because it’s about transportation! You are the owner of a transportation company and you ship goods all around to make a profit. It’s tons of fun, and you can spend a little time each day, or a bit more time each day, depending on what you like. It’s called Transporter Tycoon:

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It’s noon. On Friday. The weekend has begun!

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Well, at least he’s telling the truth. I wish more of the disgusting, selfish, self-serving bums who call themselves politicians would be more honest. In this case, the governor is admitting that he wants speed cameras on all highways in the state — and he’s not claiming they’re going to save lives (they won’t). He’s not claiming they will reduce speeding (they won’t), nor is he claiming it’s for safety (it’s not). He’s not even claiming that they’re to “punish wrongdoers” (they aren’t).

He’s completely open and honest about it: he only wants speed cameras so he can have more money to spend. And honestly, that’s the only actual, real, measurable effect of having such devices. Of course, they’re also dishonest because they remove three provisions of current law. With such devices, you lose the right to face your accuser, and you lose due process, and you lose the concept of innocent until proven guilty. They’re horrible mechanizations of the state, designed to put you in fear and take your cash — that’s all, nothing more.

But at least the governor is being honest about his purposes. Since he’s in IL, I’m sure that will have no effect on his re-election changes, either.

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Tom Burnett Sr. entered the lion’s den on Saturday to oppose the crescent memorial to Flight 93 (now called a broken circle). An excerpt from the beginning of the Somerset Daily American’s banner headline story about division amongst the families:

“Tom Burnett Jr. led the effort to take the plane back,” his father said. “When I was on the design jury, I saw the red crescent of embrace and realized it was an obvious and blatant symbol of Islam. It does not properly honor our people — those Flight 93 heroes. I think it’s a travesty that it’s moved along so fast.”
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