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Fundamental Protection

ttpn March 18, 2004

The most fundamental protection you install on your computer is virus protection.

There are a number of major players besides Norton: Mcafee, F-Prot, Kaspersky, NOD32 (a corporate version of Norton), and others. You might think choosing among them is easy. Simply test each one against all the known viruses and select the product that catches the most.

Unfortunately, it’s not so simple. There’s extensive discussion in the forums. Here I’ll summarize the complications. Price is not among them; in all cases the price is trivial compared to the protection you get.

Virus products use resources. You have real time protection. (more…)

A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIA

Dr. Jack Wheeler March 18, 2004

A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIA
Jack Wheeler
January 1985

[Note the date. Written in 1985 during the Cold War, Russia formed the basis of the Soviet Union]

My crampons dug into the ice as Nick belayed me up the summit ridge of Mount Elbrus. If I slipped, and Nick failed to arrest me, I would fall into a cluster of large rocks bulging out of the glacier a thousand feet below.

As I carefully made my way up to him, over 18,000 feet in the sky, it never occurred to me that my life was umbilically connected to, dependent upon, a Russian.

The man above me, whom I was counting on to save my life if need be, (more…)

THE DISASTER OF SPAIN

Guest Author March 14, 2004

The electoral overthrow of the Anzar government of Spain is the first major victory of Islamic Terrorism since September 11, 2001. This is a real disaster, folks. So much so that To The Point is sending out this exceptional essay by Barbara J. Stock, who publishes the website Republican and Proud. The Spanish people deserve our contempt for reacting to the terrorist attack on them in such a cowardly manner. This essay explains why. – Jack Wheeler

Blame Spain for the Next Terror Attack
Barbara J. Stock
March 15, 2004

When the next bomb goes off — perhaps this time (more…)

THE SOUTH ASIA MEXICAN STAND-OFF

Dr. Jack Wheeler March 11, 2004

A good case can be made out that the most arrogant military leaders in the world are the Brahmin generals who run the Indian Army. The hatred and intransigence they have towards Pakistan knows no bounds.

Get them in their favorite easy chair at their gentlemen’s club in New Delhi and pour some single-malt scotch into them, and they’ll tell you of how someday nuclear war will be inevitable, that, yes, India will lose a few score million — but what’s that to a nation of over a billion souls? — but Pakistan will be wiped out and then India (more…)

CHINESE CASTRATION

Dr. Jack Wheeler March 11, 2004

Have you ever noticed that the older you get, the scarier the world gets — because you keep noticing that many of the folks who run it are not very smart?

I was at a private luncheon in Washington earlier this week and among the guests were two guys from the CIA. Not only were they clueless — we were discussing Russia — they were just not bright. OK — so picking on folks from the Three Bad Words is too easy. Let’s raise the bar and talk about the Chinese.

There are a lot of people here in DC (more…)

IS NORTH KOREA FAKING IT?

Dr. Jack Wheeler March 11, 2004

Last January, a team of US scientists, led by former Los Alamos lab director Sig Heckler, was allowed to visit the Yongbyon nuclear facility in North Korea.

The North Koreans produced a heavy glass jar containing a funnel-shaped piece of metal that was “blackish with a rough surface,” according to Heckler. The jar was warm — plutonium generates heat — and “seemed about right in terms of weight” for Heckler. A Geiger counter registered radiation.

At a subsequent press conference in Beijing, the scientists announced North Korea has reprocessed enough plutonium for at least four bombs. A few days later, (more…)

Be Afraid and Be Protected

ttpn March 5, 2004

This week’s letter is meant to frighten you. Hopefully you’ll become sufficiently concerned that you’ll take the necessary steps to protect yourself.
I’m sure you’ve noticed your inboxes filling up with spam. There’s been widespread media coverage of the problem. I have little to add, except to emphasize the spam is normally not innocent. It consists of spyware, Trojans, viruses, adware and other assorted malware that can ruin your whole day.
For a good summary of the outbreak, read an MSNBC article on this link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4422372/
Just as I double-clicked the link to make sure it’s still active, this window (more…)

CONSERVATIVES AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM

Dr. Jack Wheeler March 4, 2004

[This is the text of a speech I am giving today, March 5, in San Diego, to members of the Council for National Policy. CNP was formed in the early 1980s and is composed of the leaders and principal activists of the conservative movement throughout the United States – i.e., the “conservative elite” of America. CNP members played the principle role in creating popular support for the Reagan Doctrine. This speech calls upon them to do the same for the Bush Doctrine of taking the War on Terrorism to the terrorists. – JW]

The first time I spoke to CNP was in Williamsburg, Virginia in May of 1984. Twenty years ago, conservatives were glum. Sound familiar? You know what they say: conservatives are never happy unless they’re unhappy. Even though Ronald Reagan had been President for over three years, the Soviets seemed stronger than ever, still on the march towards world domination.

Rebellion against the Soviets and their surrogates seemed hopeless. The Red Army was entrenched in Afghanistan and slaughtering Afghans by the tens of thousands. The Sandinistas were entrenched in Nicaragua, Marxist guerrillas set to take over El Salvador and Guatemala, and (more…)

SHUT DOWN

Dr. Jack Wheeler February 26, 2004

Tach it up, tach it up, buddy gonna shut you down.

Growing up in Southern California in the 1950s and 60s, my favorite Beach Boys song was Shut Down, released in 1963. Every time I hear it on a Golden Oldies station, it brings back memories of all the teen-age street drag races I had in my ’52 K2 Allard with a dual-carb 350hp Cadillac engine.

And so I found myself singing the lyrics of the Beach Boys’ ode to street racing as I was reading the text of President Bush’s speech to the Republican Governors Association here in (more…)

A Testimony To Our President

Guest Author February 26, 2004

[The following letter was written by a lady on the staff of a United States Senator. She has asked that we only use her first name, Laura. TTP has personally confirmed with her the veracity of her account, which took place on February 8, 2004.]

I’m at the 8:00 am service at my church, St. Johns at Lafayette Square, across from the White House. (I wanted to go early because I was going with Alice and Brent for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel in Manassas.) Much of the service was uneventful–nice, but uneventful–until it comes to the part of the service when the priest says, “Greet one another in the name of the Lord.” I turn to my right to exchange the peace with my friend Amy, who was on the other end of my pew. I then shake hands with the person in front (more…)

Kerry and the Swift Boats

Guest Author February 26, 2004

(The following letter was sent to TTP by a Vietnam Veteran familiar with “Swift Boat” tactics in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. He is a Rear Admiral (Ret.) and a Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1959).

I was in the Delta shortly after Kerry left. I know that area well. I know the operations he was involved in well. I know the tactics and the doctrine used. I know the equipment. Although I was attached to CTF-116 (PBRs) I spent a fair amount of time with CTF-115 (swift boats), Kerry’s command.

Here are my problems and suspicions:

(1) Kerry (more…)

DANA AND DORNAN

Dr. Jack Wheeler February 26, 2004

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) is being challenged in the Republican primary next Tuesday (March 2) by former Congressman Robert “B-1 Bob” Dornan, who barely lost his inland Orange County seat to Loretta Sanchez in 1996 due to stuffed Hispanic ballots.

Dornan had never forgiven Dana for sweet-talking him into running in that redrawn 46th Congressional District back in 1992 while Dana stayed in a cozy coastal safe-for-Republicans 47th seat next door. Hispanics flooded into Dornan’s new district, Sanchez got a community organization called Hermanidad Mexicanos Nacional to create thousands of phony voter registrations, she claimed victory by 984 votes, Dornan (more…)

Need Help With Windows?

ttpn February 26, 2004

Like most people, including myself, you probably have tons of questions on using, changing, fixing and otherwise modifying your version of windows.

The most single valuable resource in getting answers to your questions are ‘Community Newsgroups’ run by Microsoft at http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx.

Be sure to read the topics in the box on the right hand side of your browser before diving into the newsgroups. The most important of the four topics are ‘Using Newsgroups’ and ‘Microsoft Product Communities’. The middle two links are oriented to developers of software rather than users of products.

In the center of the main browser page (more…)

Stalinist Mullahs

Michael Ledeen February 19, 2004

The Iranian regime is in open battle with its own people.

Iran is now racing, literally hell-bent toward two dramatic confrontations: one within the country, between forces of tyranny and forces of democracy and/or reform. The other rages outside the country, a desperate war against the United States, its Coalition allies, and the Iraqis who support us. Both derive from the fundamental weakness of the fundamentalist regime, which has lost the support of the overwhelming majority of the Iranian people, and is increasingly defining itself a pariah state because of its support for terror and its brazen pursuit of atomic (more…)

How Can TTPers Help? — and Mormons and Monogamy

Dr. Jack Wheeler February 19, 2004

Jack F. Nicholson writes:

Jack, I read your article asking your Subscribers to volunteer help in any of a number of areas, and I happily volunteer because I believe so strongly in the principles and goals to which TTP is committed.

I have a large number of friends who, like me, are American Conservatives who despise the assault on our culture, politics and moral underpinnings that is so pervasive today…from the (Socialist) Democratic Party and their many allies in the Press, Academia, Foundations, and the hapless but dangerous U.N.

I regularly encourage my friends to look you up and subscribe (more…)

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Be Afraid and Be Protected

CONSERVATIVES AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM

SHUT DOWN

A Testimony To Our President

Kerry and the Swift Boats

DANA AND DORNAN

Need Help With Windows?

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