I'm feeling random again

I think it's well established by now that I am not in the least a fan of Tony Blair. In fact, I think that he is so bad that he makes George Bush look like a bonafide civil libertarian. Some may not know why I hold these views of the man, so I say read this article from Reason Online to get an idea of what has been soooo wrong about this man's tenure as Prime Minister. This particular paragraph, which is about halfway through, could easily set the tone for why Blair is, IMO, a real monster as a leader of a Western nation:

Turning children into instruments of government policy is reminiscent of totalitarian regimes. Indeed, by coating Britain with cameras and effectively recruiting child spies, the Blairites have gone some way to making George Orwell’s dystopian nightmare of 1984 a reality. Winston Smith was tormented by the telescreen which monitored his every movement and also spoke to him; he hated the "horrible children" who spied on everyone, and the fact that "it was almost normal for people over 30 to be frightened of their own children." When sanctimonious 12-year-olds start telling off we Britons over loudspeakers later this month, I think we’ll know how Smith felt.

A large part of my attachment to Christianity is based on it being a religion that is actually in synch with the human condition. While it does regard human nature as warped and evil, it is actually very humanistic in some respects compared to other major religions because it teaches that we must repent of evil, not forsake the material world and possessions like some religions. I think I will expand on this thought later, when my mind is being less random.

When I was perusing the WorldNetDaily, I noticed this story and this story situated next to one another. What most stuck out to me was the fact that the woman in the second story is not even going to be facing a serious criminal sanction because she is ostensibly insane rather than certifiably evil, whereas the man in the first story will probably face serious criminal charges.

I have a new job in the works now. We're talking about doing an internal shift in the company that I work for. If and when (now it seems only a matter of when) it goes through, I'll be going from maintenance coding to doing real product research and development. It also brings with it a promotion to software engineer level two and a pretty big pay jump as well. I'm very excited about it because it's an opportunity for me to make something of myself by doing my own work rather than fixing others' mistakes.