If you have a server computer with a printer attached and a client computer across the network there’s a super simple way to configure cups, create a “client.conf” file and stick ServerName 12.34.56.78 in it. The client computer then acts like it’s on the server directly for printing purposes, having access to all the server printers without any fuss. What a time saver compared to the insanity that is the alternative, using the ipp driver etc. My wife’s Kubuntu machine was giving me a terrible time until I discovered this.

I’ve always been an independent. I believe in conservative financing of government but I also believe in having government responsibly give a hands-up to people who deserve it. After the abuses of the current administration I am well and truly fired up to get this system to the cleaners.

Let me first say that Dennis Kucinich has always been my favorite for president. He has always been willing to do the right thing, and he has stood up for the principles of peace, justice, and freedom that many other politicians have. He has cojones of steel. I think his character is good and his message important. Unfortunately he’s not very tall and some of his positions strike people as extremist, so he doesn’t get the attention he deserves.

I have considered Hillary Clinton. I think she is more sincere than people give her credit for, but her behavior is often contrary to that. Take for example the huge swing in her accent when she speaks in the South or Northeast compared with her injection of “Iowanisms” around the state here. I think it signals a sort of weakness for a lot of people. I don’t see her as electable due to the extreme hatred of her husband and the apparent fear of a strong woman in charge by the Republican party. I also find that she has been so often smeared in the media, sometimes deservingly, that her chances are not good.

John Edwards strikes me as a good man with a good message, but it’s a message that is being delivered better by other candidates. He seems a hard working guy and through work, not money, he managed to beat Hillary here. I like the man, but there is one that I like better.

Barak Obama appealed to me with a number of points.
1) Restoring habeas corpus
2) Closing Guantanamo
3) Ending the war
4) End corporate subsidies to companies sending jobs overseas
5) Restoring our nation’s image with the rest of the world.

The previous administration has brought our nation to its knees through its reactionary approach to the world and the events of our time. It has bankrupted us with ridiculously expensive spy and military operations. It has shamed us repeatedly before the rest of the world with its ignorance, meanness, and corruption.

I think Barak Obama represents the next generation of Americans who have grown under the tyrannical and foolish Bush/Cheny bandits. We’re sick of all of the raping of our nation and we will stand for change.

Obama is the man I believe will bring us back to greatness.

Looking at how he can do it, he speaks like the great leaders of the past. You hear Martin Luther King in his voice, you hear John F. Kennedy. He is from the land of Lincoln and has a background in law, something more often broken than upheld by the previous administration. The party of Lincoln has long since abandoned him in all but name. He already reaches out to Republicans, and already reportedly has support from about 5% of the Republican base. He is a powerful symbol of change, and he is smart enough to make it happen.

If you get a chance, go out and see the man, shake his hand and look him in the eye. You will then see what I mean, this is a man who can move the world.