It looks like our friends in the Nigerian internet cafes are evolving their pitch. Received moments ago, this message from “Lt. Gen. Mohammed Aliyu, National Security Adviser to the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria” is rather pathetic to be quite honest. One of my favorite aspect to this pitch is that the advisor they name is actually a notable football star in the country.
…it also looks like they lack effective spell checking software.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
GET BACK TO ME AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVINIENCE.
Dear Beneficiary,
I am Lt. Gen.Aliyu Mohammed,National Security Adviser to President Umar Yar’Adua of the Federal Republic of Nigeria . I decided to contact you because of the Prevailing security report reaching my office and the intense nature of the policy in Nigeria .This is to inform you about my plan to send your funds to you via cash delivery. This system will be easier for you in order to receive your over due payment.
As the National Security Officer to the Presidency, It was brought to my notice that your over due beneficiary payment, has been delayed for more than Five months before I resumed office, and I am here to put things right. According to your file, it’s states that your total beneficiary funds is amounted to be US$10.5Million United States Dollars only, and due to the fact that you were unable to procure the required documents in order to process the transfer,your funds was delayed.
Far too long between updates. We (Rhonda and I) are expecting our second child in early February. She actually just had her second sonogram performed this week and, with the passing of the sixteen week mark, were able to conclude that we should expect a boy after the first of the year. David is jazzed, mostly because he thinks a new baby brother can help with laundry. Will let him down gentle when the time comes.
We also acquired a new puppy, which, much to the annoyance of my lovely wife, I named Jesús. Photos to be added shortly, but this young Pug is quite an addition and handful and gives our older, first dog a much needed companion.
Beyond that life, work and more life plugs along as expected. More developments bubbling behind the scenes and hope to be able to share more down the road… but at this point looking forward to the coming fall and looming holidays.
I was reminded this morning how the best, most tried and true systems can glitch. Things we count on to work, dependably, day after day, hour after hour, bork on us. Why? Because we built them and we are deeply, deeply flawed inventors.
A Chesterfield County woman discovered $88 billion in her checking account Saturday morning. A businessman in Orlando, Fla., reportedly found $88,888,888,888.88 in his account Friday night.
SunTrust spokesman Barry Koling said the money was not actually in the accounts and that the glitch was fixed within hours. He blamed the problem on a balance-reporting error.
Sys Admins and internal developers at SunTrust are having a very bad Monday morning.
While skimming Hardball on MSNBC last night this segment on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell really got under my skin. A representative from the Family Research Council not only made a shallow case in favor of DADT, but went far further advocating legal punitive penalties for gay behavior.
Why do we as a society tolerate this form of blatant, public bigotry? In the course of making his “argument” concerning DADT this rep infused the conversation with the assertion that gay members of the military are ravenous dogs. The minute Don’t Ask would be repealed men and women, proudly serving our country in silence, would be transformed into roving sexual predators, the enemy within.
There is absolutely no place for this hateful drivel in public discourse. Make an argument concerning this policy from a basis of cost, or logistical challenges, something grounded in an iota of truth. Cite as an example, if you must, a similar challenge the Navy is facing in integrating women into the submarine service.
A repeal of Don’t Ask will be hard, no leader and decision maker rationally believes otherwise. It will create challenges, training, logistical and cultural for the United States Military. It will be hard in the same vein as the racial integration of the Armed Forces was in 1947. It is the right thing to do and it is in the best interest of the United State of America.
Do not ground your arguments in bigoted hate cloaked in a banner of false polling and fear-mongering. There is no place for this in the United States of the 21st Century.
