Read this
I can’t believe it. This is akin to domain hijacking in my book. I can see how it would be useful. I routinely check domain availability for people without actually wanting to register the domain myself. I typically make my customer register it, I just check it for them.
This grace period is just another way to give stupid people domain names. The internet is already flooded with morons who think they can throw together a site in frontpage and expect huge traffic. Idiots!! If I go and search a domain name and decide 2 days later to register it and it’s taken I don’t get irritated at the person who registered it. If I really wanted it it then I should have bought it. We should not let people put domains on “lay away”. What’s to prevent me from searching for thousands of domain names just to irritate people? I would then hold them all in reserve for the 4 days so nobody could register it even though I had no intention of purchasing it.
So I watched the New Hampshire debate over the weekend. I gotta say I actually enjoyed it. I’ve been supporting Hillary all along, but I gotta say that Obama had some really good things to say too. I like them both. Well hell as long as it’s not a republican in office I’ll be happy. They were all really united on that front. I suppose they have been in previous elections too, but I never really paid attention to them. Ah blissful ignorance.
I’m a bit torn between Hillary and Obama. I really like the she has a lot of experience and knows full well what she’s getting herself into. I’m not sure the same could be said for Obama. He’s definitely more likable than she is though.
Their stance on gay marriage is a close issue to me.
First Hillary:
“[Gay marriage] is an issue that I’ve had very few years of my life to think
about when you really look at it, when you compare it to a whole life span. I am where I am right now, and it is a position that I come to authentically.”
And:
“I believe in full equality of benefits, nothing left out,” she said. “From my perspective there is a greater likelihood of us getting to that point in civil unions or domestic partnerships and that is my very considered assessment.”
Now Obama (from his book, the Audacity of Hope):
“No matter how much Christians who oppose homosexuality may claim that they hate the sin but love the sinner, such a judgment inflicts pain on good people — people who are made in the image of God, and who are often truer to Christ’s message than those who condemn them…it is my obligation, not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society but also as a Christian, to remain open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided…I must admit that I may have been infected with society’s prejudices and predilictions and attributed them to God; that Jesus’ call to love one another might demand a different conclusion; and that in years hence I may be seen as someone who was on the wrong side of history.”
Scott’s Take:
“Knowing that Obama supports full DOMA repeal and the granting of all 1,200 federal benefits to gay couples in civil unions, I’m impressed with his expression of his doubts and at the same time addressing the public and religious aspects of the gay marriage debate so succinctly. The Hillary quotes were the only ones I could find that shed light (barely) on her inner thoughts. I wasn’t looking for policy pronouncements here, but instead what each candidate was really thinking.”
I think that about sums it up. I’m definitely starting to lean more towards Obama. I am very cautious of his inexperience. I have had to balance budgets and I personally find them difficult. I can’t imagine having to balance a budget that large, but someone’s gotta do it.
Anyways, thanks for taking the time to listen to my rant.
