Terry Howard

Personal blog of Terry Howard, guy from Orlando, Florida that likes fishing, literature, technology and saying what's on his mind.

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Colleges on University Blvd? WTF?!?!

Posted by Terry Howard @ 2/19/2008

This relates to my employer, Full Sail, in the spirit of disclosure, but it applies to people who complain about UCF expansion as well. This quote says it all:

"They need to consider the impact on the community, especially an area that was never designed or intended to support a sprawling campus," said Anna Telleria, a resident who was against the school's expansion.

Oh, you mean that area along University Blvd that has neighborhoods called things like University Commons, University Place, etc... Seeing as how both schools, Full Sail and UCF, have been around since at least the 70's and those homes were mostly cow fields around that time... Yeah, an area that was never designed for growing campuses (or is it campi)... sure.

But maybe those residents are right, it would be far more ideal to have large employers with a customer base that also supports hundreds of local businesses leave the area. Then the University Blvd area could descend into a gang infested poverty stricken cess pool. That would be wonderful for your property values!

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Hillary, The Problem is YOU!

Posted by Terry Howard @ 2/10/2008

Hillary Clinton released her campaign manager after Obama swept the weekend's primaries. Hillary, the problem isn't your campaign manager, it's YOU. You represent the same old lousy shady politics that people complain about all the time. When you get up to speak you come across like an angry shrew who is raising her voice to chastise all us bad children.

You make grand impossible promises like universal healthcare that you know isn't feasible. When the plan fails we know you'll just blame the people with the wisdom to block it, claiming you tried to give us free healthcare but the green meanies stopped you once again. It's just your little way to not have to live up to your campaign promises.

But the biggest problem is you don't inspire. Not one bit. You do nothing but complain about Bush (what's the point, he's gone) and go on angry grating tirades that make me dive for the remote. Obama on the other hand makes people want to listen. People make musical art out of his speeches. He uses words like hope and change and he sounds like he believes in it.

I'm not a liberal by any stretch, but I'm not a Republican either. Just a guy pointing out the obvious. Your campaign manager is fine Hillary, it's your candidate that sucks.

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Pimping Your Ignorance

Posted by Terry Howard @ 2/08/2008

MSNBC's David Shuster expresses his negative opinion on Clinton using her daughter to call celebrities and super delegates on her behalf by using the phrase "pimping out" to describe the strategy. The result? Everyone goes apeshit.

I don't know if I agree with his opinion or not, but I do know that Shuster wasn't suggesting Chelsea was actually being used to exchange sex for votes. It's a figure of speech folks, and a pretty common one. Anyone who took issue with the statement merely on the basis of the phrase "pimping out" is a big fat idiot. Why don't you discuss the point he raises instead of incorrectly taking a figure of speech literally and then arguing against that.