Hi, I’m Mark (aka Manzabar1). If you want to know more about me; well, you’ll just have to keep reading this blog and see what you can learn as I go along.

I’ve had this domain for a short time now and finally plunked down the moolah to get a proper host for it (thank you Digital Sense Hosting).

I imagine if you’ve probably got some questions about the who/what/why of CoffeeBear.net, so here are some of the answers. If you have a question that’s not answered in this post; contact me and I’ll reply. Though if your question is too personal, then the reply might be no more than “I’m not going to answer that.”
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As I usually do, I’m listening to Air America Radio this morning and Unfiltered briefly mentioned the USA PATRIOT Act and played an audio clip of Vice Pres. Cheney bashing Kerry because Kerry wants to let: “vital portions of the PATRIOT Act expire“.

I heard that and I have to (partially) agree with him. I’d rather Kerry argue to have the entire law removed from the books; but given the current politcal climate, I doubt that would happen.

*grump* I dislike this law more than I can take the time to adequately describe right now, so if you need more info; check out one of the links below:

EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page
EFF: EFF Analysis of USA PATRIOT Act
American Civil Liberties Union : USA PATRIOT Act
ALA | USA Patriot Act
USA PATRIOT Act – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia