Drew Burden

A nerd showers you with his opinions.

Entries for the ‘Rants’ Category

I ain’t no follow-back boy

I promise I will never again use a title as lame as this.
Anyway, I’m working on a few criteria to use when determining whether or not to return the favor when someone follows me on Twitter. Most people I will follow back. You must remember the key word there is “people”. Bots get the boot, [...]

Catching up with old enemies (Veeday Edition)

Let’s rewind one year.
I wrote an open letter to whoever is responsible for this abomination of a holiday. I am pleased to say that I continue to hold the utmost contempt for a pointless holiday that serves no other purpose than to empty people’s pockets. Commercialism at its best.
So St. Valentine, whoever you are, again, [...]

Let’s try this, folks

I’m currently watching Fox News where Shep Smith is interviewing Bill Black. Everyone is bickering over what we shold do with these banks and their CEOs and this stimulus package. Here’s what I and no doubt many others think should happen:

Use this stimulus money to buy all stock in an insolvent bank/automaker/whatever. All of it. [...]

Behind enemy lines

I feel a pet peeve/rant/whatever thing coming on.
Naturally, I drive around a lot. And I have to stop at red lights at some time or another. Occasionally, I’m lucky enough to be first in line. But when I’m not, I have to deal with overly impatient people. I do not like overly impatient people. You [...]

Why being politically correct is stupid

I’m going to show you a picture.
Not only will I show you a picture, but I want you to say aloud what this guy is.  Like, as in race. Difficulty: don’t offend anyone.

If you said “African-American”, I want you to immediately run to the nearest cliff with jagged rocks at its base and jump off. [...]

I remember the good ol’ days

I just visited the Owensboro High School web page. It has really gone downhill since we all graduated. Here’s a list of things it used to do but does no longer:

You could login with your domain user name and know how many new emails you had.
It would tell you the weather.
It would tell you what [...]

All motives behind the McCain campaign revealed

No wonder John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Republicans made such a big deal out of the Weather Underground when the campaign was still ongoing. They’re selling this Wunder Radio thing on the App Store for $6! This is an outrage and I completely regret my vote for B. Hussein OBAMA.
Anyway, in all seriousness that [...]

About Kentucky and the internet gambling issue

I voted for Governor Steve Beshear last year.
Not only is this a testament to how good of a job I thought he could do (and I still think he is doing), but the fact he’s in office shows that a lot of Kentuckians thought he was an improvement over his predecessor.
I think Governor Beshear has [...]

You’ve got to be kidding me

It seems to me like the McCain campaign is just descending to new levels when it comes to making their case for the presidency. I was looking through my Facebook news feed earlier, when Steve Metzger posted a link to an article on Politico. I was treated to an advertisement for the McCain campaign, and [...]

Bad buzz around the iPod touch

I have an iPod touch. I also have a set of dock speakers by Emerson Research to enjoy my tunes without having to plug in a pair of headphones. On top of it all, I have apps such as Pandora and AOL Radio installed on my iPod so I can listen to my Pandora station, [...]