After several misquotations and incoherent paraphrases of the Declaration of Independence, and after much alternative media scrutiny of his omissions, Obama finally gets it right:
The Declaration of Independence says, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
In four speeches on Friday, Saturday and Monday, Obama cited the word “Creator.” CNSNews.com, Fox News and other media outlets had reported on Obama's numerous omissions, including two last week.
Let's forgive his honest mistake. After all, the President of the United States of America's repeated misquoting of the most famous document in U.S. history is a common occurence, isn't it?
Hope and Change has no time for precision of language. Nor for an accurate reflection of our cultural heritage.
"It's Change we believe in, not God!"
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Helen Thomas Syndrome
In a post about Muslims at Vox Day's blog, a commenter named Carolus said:
You're forgetting about Helen Thomas, longtime leftist media propagandist, who was forced into 'retirement' for making some less-than-obsequious remark about the non-existent lobby which cannot be named. (emphasis added)
I'm giving Carolus the benefit of the doubt, and assuming that he didn't read Ms. Thomas' actual words. If he did read and comprehend her remarks, I'm not sure what other conclusion I can reach, except that -- like Helen Thomas -- he doesn't like Israeli Jews.
Here's a transcript of Thomas' controversial comments:
RABBI DAVID NESENOFF, RABBILIVE.COM: Any comments on Israel? We're asking everybody today. Any comments on Israel?
HELEN THOMAS, FMR. HEARST COLUMNIST: Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Any better comments than that?
THOMAS: Remember, these people are occupied and it's their land. It's not Germany and it's not Poland.
NESENOFF: So where should they go? What should they do?
THOMAS: They go home.
NESENOFF: Where's home?
THOMAS: Poland, Germany.
NESENOFF: So you think Jews should go back to Poland and Germany?
THOMAS: And America and everywhere else.
Notice that Thomas said nothing specific about "the non-existent lobby which cannot be named" (the Israel lobby). Hers was a blanket, condemnatory statement about the Jews of Israel. Characterizing her opinion as "less-than-obsequious" allows her more credit than she deserves.
Give this some thought. She's calling for a second exodus of all the Jews of Israel, demanding that they leave the region the Romans called Palestine en masse, and return to countries where they were persecuted: shot by firing squads, locked in gas chambers, burned alive, worked to death in labor camps, robbed, starved, separated from their families against their will, and experimented upon as human guinea pigs in the most inhumane fashion imaginable. I'm referencing Poland and Germany, here.
This is not failure in expected self-abasement. This is not legitimate criticism of Jewish actions or words on a personal or national level. This is "Palestinian" propaganda. This is rejecting Israel's right of existence as the single Jewish nation on Earth. If her spoutings don't qualify as blatantly anti-Israel, then nothing does.
Now, Ms. Thomas has every right in the world to be a Jew-hating, Israel-despising, terrorist-loving bigot. And her employers had every right in the world to tell her to take her hate carnival on the road and never come back. Liberty has consequences. Abuse of liberty also has consequences.
If Al $harpton or Je$$e Jack$on declared that whites should "get the hell out of the U.S.," most of Helen Thomas' defenders wouldn't say, "Well, those are just blacks who decided to leave the plantation," or "They're just being less-than-obsequious." No, they would call it by its proper name: rank hatred of whites.
Apparently, Ms. Thomas remains unburdened by the knowledge that Jews have millennia of history in the Promised Land -- a history that was ancient before the death-worshippers who call themselves "Palestinians" existed. Apparently, she's unaware that the Jewish presence in Israel has remained continuous since Titus sacked and destroyed Jerusalem. Ignorance being bliss, she also remains clueless about the modern nation of Israel's origins -- how a historic connection to the land, years of legal proceedings, and victory through force of arms led to its creation and maintenance. Israel has a right of existence, just as the U.S.A. has a right of existence. One cannot argue with consistency and intellectual honesty against the former, without decrying the latter.
Those who hate Jews and/or Israel follow a specific pattern in their thought processes and rhetoric. Something along these lines:
1. Make extreme, hate-filled, historically-ignorant and biased comments about Jews and/or Israel.
2. Demand and expect zero criticism or consequences for said rhetoric.
3. When faced with inevitable criticism or consequences for such rhetoric, deny hating Jews and/or Israel, while insisting that legitimate criticism of Jews and/or Israel is impossible, since it entails standing outside the politically correct threshold. (Of course, those familiar with the mainstream media's portrayal of the Israeli-"Palestinian" conflict know this is hogwash).
4. The real paranoiacs reach this step: those criticizing or enacting consequences upon them are closeted Jews.
It's a nice, comfortable, conspiratorial view: express unlimited hate; when called on this behavior, dismiss critics as PC, Jews, or Jew-sycophants. As I said, a cozy paradigm for those who shun introspection.
You're forgetting about Helen Thomas, longtime leftist media propagandist, who was forced into 'retirement' for making some less-than-obsequious remark about the non-existent lobby which cannot be named. (emphasis added)
I'm giving Carolus the benefit of the doubt, and assuming that he didn't read Ms. Thomas' actual words. If he did read and comprehend her remarks, I'm not sure what other conclusion I can reach, except that -- like Helen Thomas -- he doesn't like Israeli Jews.
Here's a transcript of Thomas' controversial comments:
RABBI DAVID NESENOFF, RABBILIVE.COM: Any comments on Israel? We're asking everybody today. Any comments on Israel?
HELEN THOMAS, FMR. HEARST COLUMNIST: Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Any better comments than that?
THOMAS: Remember, these people are occupied and it's their land. It's not Germany and it's not Poland.
NESENOFF: So where should they go? What should they do?
THOMAS: They go home.
NESENOFF: Where's home?
THOMAS: Poland, Germany.
NESENOFF: So you think Jews should go back to Poland and Germany?
THOMAS: And America and everywhere else.
Notice that Thomas said nothing specific about "the non-existent lobby which cannot be named" (the Israel lobby). Hers was a blanket, condemnatory statement about the Jews of Israel. Characterizing her opinion as "less-than-obsequious" allows her more credit than she deserves.
Give this some thought. She's calling for a second exodus of all the Jews of Israel, demanding that they leave the region the Romans called Palestine en masse, and return to countries where they were persecuted: shot by firing squads, locked in gas chambers, burned alive, worked to death in labor camps, robbed, starved, separated from their families against their will, and experimented upon as human guinea pigs in the most inhumane fashion imaginable. I'm referencing Poland and Germany, here.
This is not failure in expected self-abasement. This is not legitimate criticism of Jewish actions or words on a personal or national level. This is "Palestinian" propaganda. This is rejecting Israel's right of existence as the single Jewish nation on Earth. If her spoutings don't qualify as blatantly anti-Israel, then nothing does.
Now, Ms. Thomas has every right in the world to be a Jew-hating, Israel-despising, terrorist-loving bigot. And her employers had every right in the world to tell her to take her hate carnival on the road and never come back. Liberty has consequences. Abuse of liberty also has consequences.
If Al $harpton or Je$$e Jack$on declared that whites should "get the hell out of the U.S.," most of Helen Thomas' defenders wouldn't say, "Well, those are just blacks who decided to leave the plantation," or "They're just being less-than-obsequious." No, they would call it by its proper name: rank hatred of whites.
Apparently, Ms. Thomas remains unburdened by the knowledge that Jews have millennia of history in the Promised Land -- a history that was ancient before the death-worshippers who call themselves "Palestinians" existed. Apparently, she's unaware that the Jewish presence in Israel has remained continuous since Titus sacked and destroyed Jerusalem. Ignorance being bliss, she also remains clueless about the modern nation of Israel's origins -- how a historic connection to the land, years of legal proceedings, and victory through force of arms led to its creation and maintenance. Israel has a right of existence, just as the U.S.A. has a right of existence. One cannot argue with consistency and intellectual honesty against the former, without decrying the latter.
Those who hate Jews and/or Israel follow a specific pattern in their thought processes and rhetoric. Something along these lines:
1. Make extreme, hate-filled, historically-ignorant and biased comments about Jews and/or Israel.
2. Demand and expect zero criticism or consequences for said rhetoric.
3. When faced with inevitable criticism or consequences for such rhetoric, deny hating Jews and/or Israel, while insisting that legitimate criticism of Jews and/or Israel is impossible, since it entails standing outside the politically correct threshold. (Of course, those familiar with the mainstream media's portrayal of the Israeli-"Palestinian" conflict know this is hogwash).
4. The real paranoiacs reach this step: those criticizing or enacting consequences upon them are closeted Jews.
It's a nice, comfortable, conspiratorial view: express unlimited hate; when called on this behavior, dismiss critics as PC, Jews, or Jew-sycophants. As I said, a cozy paradigm for those who shun introspection.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Naw, She's not Anti-Semitic . . .
. . . she just thinks every single Jew should "get the hell out of Palestine."
Now, with the exception of being driven into the sea or fed feet-first into ovens, what could be more reasonable than that?
Helen Thomas' career lasted about a century longer than it should have lasted. I'm delighted that it's over, because the woman's a moral idiot. It's sad knowing that most people will remember her as a woman who failed in distinguishing between the Jewish nation of Israel, and a maniacal death cult. Moral equivocation is her probable legacy.
Now, with the exception of being driven into the sea or fed feet-first into ovens, what could be more reasonable than that?
Helen Thomas' career lasted about a century longer than it should have lasted. I'm delighted that it's over, because the woman's a moral idiot. It's sad knowing that most people will remember her as a woman who failed in distinguishing between the Jewish nation of Israel, and a maniacal death cult. Moral equivocation is her probable legacy.
Monday, October 18, 2010
I'm 'Bout to Bust a Cap
Two postal workers shot dead in Tennessee, during a possible robbery attempt.
Federal law states that carrying weapons on federal properties -- concealed or otherwise -- is illegal. An exception allows the carrying of weapons for "lawful purposes," but my understanding is that this phrase is ill-defined, so it borders on useless.
No matter how many laws the state or federal legislatures construct, and no matter their absurd complexity, gun crimes continue. A million weapon regulations will not stop those who laugh at the rule of law.
Officials serious about reducing gun violence should repeal the plethora of worthless laws and let everyone go armed. Make exceptions of people under legal age, the mentally infirm, and convicted felons, if you wish. But no law, no law enforcement thug, and no judge should obstruct the clear right of the people to pack heat. Then stand back and watch the crime rate shrink like Obama's messianic hopes.
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." -- Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon, 1942
Federal law states that carrying weapons on federal properties -- concealed or otherwise -- is illegal. An exception allows the carrying of weapons for "lawful purposes," but my understanding is that this phrase is ill-defined, so it borders on useless.
No matter how many laws the state or federal legislatures construct, and no matter their absurd complexity, gun crimes continue. A million weapon regulations will not stop those who laugh at the rule of law.
Officials serious about reducing gun violence should repeal the plethora of worthless laws and let everyone go armed. Make exceptions of people under legal age, the mentally infirm, and convicted felons, if you wish. But no law, no law enforcement thug, and no judge should obstruct the clear right of the people to pack heat. Then stand back and watch the crime rate shrink like Obama's messianic hopes.
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." -- Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon, 1942
Friday, October 15, 2010
"Yep, We're Liars."
JERUSALEM – The Israel Defense Forces did not open fire on activists aboard a Hamas-supporting flotilla until the soldiers' lives were endangered by those on the now infamous ship, admitted a Turkish journalist who was on the flotilla.
Some participants in the Turkish flotilla, named the Mavi Marmara, had claimed in news media interviews Israeli troops indiscriminately opened fire upon boarding the ship from a helicopter. Nine activists were killed in the clashes that ensued.
The ship, purchased by the Hamas-linked Turkish charity IHH, was attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The Jewish state maintains the blockade to ensure against Hamas arming itself at sea. The terrorist group had been caught several times attempting to smuggle weapons, including rockets and advanced missiles, into Gaza by sea.
"I saw with my own eyes that when the soldiers came on helicopters and started landing on the ship, they did not fire," stated Turkish journalist Sefik Dinc.
"It wasn't until the soldiers were met with resistance and realized that some of their friends' lives were in danger that they began using live ammunition," he said.
So now we have an open admission from someone who participated in the blockade run that the Israelis used deadly force in self-defense, not as an intimidation or terror tactic. Remember all of the lies or kneejerk Jew-hatred from the mainstream media, the Muslim world, Obama administration lackeys, and certain bloggers and blog commenters? So do I.
Some participants in the Turkish flotilla, named the Mavi Marmara, had claimed in news media interviews Israeli troops indiscriminately opened fire upon boarding the ship from a helicopter. Nine activists were killed in the clashes that ensued.
The ship, purchased by the Hamas-linked Turkish charity IHH, was attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The Jewish state maintains the blockade to ensure against Hamas arming itself at sea. The terrorist group had been caught several times attempting to smuggle weapons, including rockets and advanced missiles, into Gaza by sea.
"I saw with my own eyes that when the soldiers came on helicopters and started landing on the ship, they did not fire," stated Turkish journalist Sefik Dinc.
"It wasn't until the soldiers were met with resistance and realized that some of their friends' lives were in danger that they began using live ammunition," he said.
So now we have an open admission from someone who participated in the blockade run that the Israelis used deadly force in self-defense, not as an intimidation or terror tactic. Remember all of the lies or kneejerk Jew-hatred from the mainstream media, the Muslim world, Obama administration lackeys, and certain bloggers and blog commenters? So do I.
I wonder how many of those people will issue public apologies for their errors and distortions, with equal gravity given to their apologies as their denunciations?
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Amazing
Here's a collection of vivid, full-color photographs taken at the beginning of the 20th Century (1909 to 1912). Most of these are located in the Russian Empire, Turkey, and other Asian countries and eastern Europe, if memory serves.
What impressed me most was the clarity of these photos, and how they demonstrate the drastic changes in modes of dress, technology, etc. in just one hundred years.
What impressed me most was the clarity of these photos, and how they demonstrate the drastic changes in modes of dress, technology, etc. in just one hundred years.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Sin of Omission
Just seven days after he sparked controversy by omitting the word “Creator” when he closely paraphrased the passage from the Declaration of Independence that says all men “are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,” President Barack Obama again omitted the Creator when speaking about the “inalienable rights” that “everybody is endowed with.”
This time the president was speaking at a Sept. 22 fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, and his reference to “inalienable rights” was not as close a paraphrasing of the Declaration as it had been the week before.
I took Obama's first recent omission as a possible error, although I didn't rule out deliberate exclusion. But twice in one week? That's stretching the limits of credibility.
I find Obama's noninclusion of God informative of his agenda and character. In a country in which the vast majority of people are Christians or cultural Christians, our self-proclaimed Christian president feels that our historic reliance upon God as our Maker and acknowledgment of Him as our benefactor deserves obscurity. And his supporters wonder why those on the Right don't accept his insistent claims of heartfelt Christianity as Gospel.
How are we endowed without an Endower? How are we created without a Creator?
Obama's goal seems an attempt at rendering the Declaration of Independence nonsensical. It is the elimination of history.
This time the president was speaking at a Sept. 22 fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, and his reference to “inalienable rights” was not as close a paraphrasing of the Declaration as it had been the week before.
I took Obama's first recent omission as a possible error, although I didn't rule out deliberate exclusion. But twice in one week? That's stretching the limits of credibility.
I find Obama's noninclusion of God informative of his agenda and character. In a country in which the vast majority of people are Christians or cultural Christians, our self-proclaimed Christian president feels that our historic reliance upon God as our Maker and acknowledgment of Him as our benefactor deserves obscurity. And his supporters wonder why those on the Right don't accept his insistent claims of heartfelt Christianity as Gospel.
How are we endowed without an Endower? How are we created without a Creator?
Obama's goal seems an attempt at rendering the Declaration of Independence nonsensical. It is the elimination of history.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Blood in the Streets . . . If You Don't Meet Our Every Demand
I don't see a marked difference between this:
Without world support for establishing an independent Palestine, President Obama warned the United Nations General Assembly today that "more blood will be shed" and "Palestinians will never know the pride and dignity that comes with their own state."
And this:
Ground Zero imam issues veiled threat: if mega-mosque isn't built, "anger will explode in the Muslim world"
Both are indirect threats of violence or continued violence absent complete capitulation to an enemy.
Without world support for establishing an independent Palestine, President Obama warned the United Nations General Assembly today that "more blood will be shed" and "Palestinians will never know the pride and dignity that comes with their own state."
And this:
Ground Zero imam issues veiled threat: if mega-mosque isn't built, "anger will explode in the Muslim world"
Both are indirect threats of violence or continued violence absent complete capitulation to an enemy.
The Inner Nerd Shines Through
What goes better together than Star Trek and zombies?
WARNING: Not for the squeamish. If you feel faint at the sight of fake blood, I'd skip this one. Also, the Cheese Alert is at Level Limburger.
WARNING: Not for the squeamish. If you feel faint at the sight of fake blood, I'd skip this one. Also, the Cheese Alert is at Level Limburger.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
To: Michelle; Love, Barack
*Sung to the tune of "Hey Soul Sister," by Train
Hey, hey, hey
Your Jheri curl
Really rocks my little
Insulated world.
I never could forget you
From that ACLU
Fundraiser.
Your sweet tooth gleam
Like a shark’s, it's the
Sleekest thing I’ve seen.
But oh, how it excites me,
When that maw invites me
To fall right in.
Hey soul sista
From another mista
You’re a socialist, Communist,
I’m gonna make you an Obamunist.
Hey soul sista
I don’t wanna miss
A single bicep curl you do
Tonight.
Hey, hey, hey
Just in time
I found a girl with an
Agenda just like mine.
She gave my life direction,
Helped out in my election,
And now she’s proud.
I’m so obsessed
Your sleeveless shirts give me a
Cardiac arrest.
I believe in you
You’re Antoinette, a prima donna,
And you always wanna blow my mind.
Hey soul sista
From another mista
You look like the Hulk, with that shoulder-bulk.
Won’t mess with you when you sulk.
Hey soul sista
I don’t wanna miss
A single deltoid press you do
Tonight.
The way you throw barbells around
Looks like you’re the only game in town.
I know you’re down with the halfway brown,
When you polish up my little crown.
With you, folks know I’m Heaven-sent.
Got unilateral consent.
Chicago thug acting like a gent:
Real high maintenance; real low rent.
Hey soul sista
From another mista
You’re a socialist, Communist,
I’m glad that you’re an Obamunist.
Hey soul sista
I just wanna kiss ya
Can you please bench-press me
Tonight?
Hey, hey, hey
Your Jheri curl
Really rocks my little
Insulated world.
I never could forget you
From that ACLU
Fundraiser.
Your sweet tooth gleam
Like a shark’s, it's the
Sleekest thing I’ve seen.
But oh, how it excites me,
When that maw invites me
To fall right in.
Hey soul sista
From another mista
You’re a socialist, Communist,
I’m gonna make you an Obamunist.
Hey soul sista
I don’t wanna miss
A single bicep curl you do
Tonight.
Hey, hey, hey
Just in time
I found a girl with an
Agenda just like mine.
She gave my life direction,
Helped out in my election,
And now she’s proud.
I’m so obsessed
Your sleeveless shirts give me a
Cardiac arrest.
I believe in you
You’re Antoinette, a prima donna,
And you always wanna blow my mind.
Hey soul sista
From another mista
You look like the Hulk, with that shoulder-bulk.
Won’t mess with you when you sulk.
Hey soul sista
I don’t wanna miss
A single deltoid press you do
Tonight.
The way you throw barbells around
Looks like you’re the only game in town.
I know you’re down with the halfway brown,
When you polish up my little crown.
With you, folks know I’m Heaven-sent.
Got unilateral consent.
Chicago thug acting like a gent:
Real high maintenance; real low rent.
Hey soul sista
From another mista
You’re a socialist, Communist,
I’m glad that you’re an Obamunist.
Hey soul sista
I just wanna kiss ya
Can you please bench-press me
Tonight?
Friday, September 24, 2010
Ain't Love Grand?
It seems that country singer LeAnn Rimes has chosen infamy over propriety, as many stars of the entertainment industry are wont to do. After cheating on her husband with a married man, this is what she had to share with all the little people:
"I understand why people are disappointed in me, especially since I grew up as America's sweetheart. I think any relationship is hard to get out of, and I don't think the way I did it was right," she reveals.
"It wasn't a fulfilling marriage for either of us," she tells the magazine. "As we got older, we grew apart."
See, growing apart means hopping into another man's bed.
Rimes and Sheremet's marriage began to fully unravel amidst rumors she was secretly dating actor Eddie Cibrian, who was also married.
Back in 2009, Cibrian tried to fight back against claims that he was having an affair with Rimes after they were caught on film from the restaurant's security cameras. The images show the pair kissing during a date at a Laguna Beach, California restaurant.
Later Rimes admitted she and Cibrian became friends while shooting the made-for-TV movie 'Northern Lights,' and it wasn't until many months later that their relationship "tipped over."
"It was very emotionally driven," Rimes told PEOPLE in June. "I never once thought what I was doing was okay."
"It wasn't right. It wasn't okay. But I did it anyway."
Sheremet and Rimes attempted to fix their marriage after news of her affair broke, but the pair finally concluded, "It wasn't a marriage that fulfilled either one of us." Rimes and Sheremet ended their 7-year marriage and the divorce was finalized in December 2009.
Cibrian was also married at the time; he and model Brandi Glanville married in 2002 and have two sons together. They too filed for divorce last year.
"I take responsibility for everything I've done," LeAnn told PEOPLE. "I hate that people got hurt. But I don't regret the outcome.
"I wasn't fulfilled." Don't you hate that expression? I despise it. You weren't fulfilled, so you cheated on your husband. Nice to know that your marriage was all about you.
I think it's marvellous that she betrayed her husband with a married man, and has zero regrets for the outcome. And what was that outcome? Why, here it is:
Rimes and Cibrian are currently in a committed relationship and currently live together in Los Angeles.
So we have two marriages destroyed, one of which involved children. Now the two home wreckers live together in a "committed relationship" -- at least until they begin feeling unfulfilled, and commence schtupping someone else, preferably someone married, thank you.
Here's the icing on the cake:
"I feel like I'm just now finding myself," Rimes continued. "I've always been one of those people who takes care of everyone else--and their needs--first. This past year, for the first time ever, I put me first. I'm sure some people are thinking that I was totally selfish, but the truth is, there are times in your life when you have to be selfish in order to find out what truly makes you happy."
Though the infidelity drama is in her past, she realizes "there are lessons in it for me to learn" and that the "most important thing" is "cultivating strength from rough situations." As she tells Shape, "After going through this, I know I can face anything."
Can you imagine being this amoral? She's just now "finding herself." What the heck does that mean? I've heard this moronic, insipid expression gibbered on the movie screen, in celebrity interviews, and even in books, and I have yet to comprehend its meaning. You were finding yourself? Were you lost? If you'd pull your head out of your own backside, the world might prove a brighter place. Then you wouldn't have to look for yourself, like someone lost in a deep maze of caverns without a flashlight.
Of course, the story doesn't quote the skank's husband, so we have no idea if he also was unfulfilled in their relationship, or if her backstabbing ruined his life. However, it's nice knowing that after shafting her husband, she has learned lessons, grown stronger, and now can face anything.
It seems that her life philosophy is:
I am woman! Here me whore!
"I understand why people are disappointed in me, especially since I grew up as America's sweetheart. I think any relationship is hard to get out of, and I don't think the way I did it was right," she reveals.
"It wasn't a fulfilling marriage for either of us," she tells the magazine. "As we got older, we grew apart."
See, growing apart means hopping into another man's bed.
Rimes and Sheremet's marriage began to fully unravel amidst rumors she was secretly dating actor Eddie Cibrian, who was also married.
Back in 2009, Cibrian tried to fight back against claims that he was having an affair with Rimes after they were caught on film from the restaurant's security cameras. The images show the pair kissing during a date at a Laguna Beach, California restaurant.
Later Rimes admitted she and Cibrian became friends while shooting the made-for-TV movie 'Northern Lights,' and it wasn't until many months later that their relationship "tipped over."
"It was very emotionally driven," Rimes told PEOPLE in June. "I never once thought what I was doing was okay."
"It wasn't right. It wasn't okay. But I did it anyway."
Sheremet and Rimes attempted to fix their marriage after news of her affair broke, but the pair finally concluded, "It wasn't a marriage that fulfilled either one of us." Rimes and Sheremet ended their 7-year marriage and the divorce was finalized in December 2009.
Cibrian was also married at the time; he and model Brandi Glanville married in 2002 and have two sons together. They too filed for divorce last year.
"I take responsibility for everything I've done," LeAnn told PEOPLE. "I hate that people got hurt. But I don't regret the outcome.
"I wasn't fulfilled." Don't you hate that expression? I despise it. You weren't fulfilled, so you cheated on your husband. Nice to know that your marriage was all about you.
I think it's marvellous that she betrayed her husband with a married man, and has zero regrets for the outcome. And what was that outcome? Why, here it is:
Rimes and Cibrian are currently in a committed relationship and currently live together in Los Angeles.
So we have two marriages destroyed, one of which involved children. Now the two home wreckers live together in a "committed relationship" -- at least until they begin feeling unfulfilled, and commence schtupping someone else, preferably someone married, thank you.
Here's the icing on the cake:
"I feel like I'm just now finding myself," Rimes continued. "I've always been one of those people who takes care of everyone else--and their needs--first. This past year, for the first time ever, I put me first. I'm sure some people are thinking that I was totally selfish, but the truth is, there are times in your life when you have to be selfish in order to find out what truly makes you happy."
Though the infidelity drama is in her past, she realizes "there are lessons in it for me to learn" and that the "most important thing" is "cultivating strength from rough situations." As she tells Shape, "After going through this, I know I can face anything."
Can you imagine being this amoral? She's just now "finding herself." What the heck does that mean? I've heard this moronic, insipid expression gibbered on the movie screen, in celebrity interviews, and even in books, and I have yet to comprehend its meaning. You were finding yourself? Were you lost? If you'd pull your head out of your own backside, the world might prove a brighter place. Then you wouldn't have to look for yourself, like someone lost in a deep maze of caverns without a flashlight.
Of course, the story doesn't quote the skank's husband, so we have no idea if he also was unfulfilled in their relationship, or if her backstabbing ruined his life. However, it's nice knowing that after shafting her husband, she has learned lessons, grown stronger, and now can face anything.
It seems that her life philosophy is:
I am woman! Here me whore!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
It Tickled My Funny Bone
In response to a post at Vox Popoli about the UK's taxation scheming, a commenter named Crispy offered this:
Kneel, Brittania!
Give Revenue your pay:
Britons now and ever after are their slaves!
Ha! Ha! Well-done.
Kneel, Brittania!
Give Revenue your pay:
Britons now and ever after are their slaves!
Ha! Ha! Well-done.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Need Help?
I saw a billboard yesterday that said:
Need help? Call Jesus.
1-800-555-HELP
Out of curiosity I did.
A Mexican showed up with a tow truck.
Need help? Call Jesus.
1-800-555-HELP
Out of curiosity I did.
A Mexican showed up with a tow truck.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Betrayal as Commiseration
In a speech at the Pentagon today, Obama made this forceful statement:
"As Americans, we will not or ever be at war with Islam."
Unbelievable.
First, his observation is a lie. Muslims are at war with us, whether we like or acknowledge it, or not. As I've said before, Islamic ambitions do not dissipate because we ignore them. This clash of cultures is a war that we will not win, unless we as a civilization face facts. Nor is the situation static. Each year, tens of thousands of Muslims freely enter our country -- some illegally, most under the auspices of current law. The problem isn't going away. It only will become worse, without a serious reevaluation of our supposed nondiscriminatory (or should I say non discreet) worldview.
Second, his claim reeks of gnostic arrogance. Obama has a little over two years left in office. No doubt he'll spend that time building the socialist edifice, brick by brick. And afterwards? What happens five, ten, fifteen, twenty years down the road? Has Obama built a time machine? Can he see into the future? Has the question of how he knows that we won't fall into a war with Islam in the future never occurred to him? Or is it that he assumes that the American people are too stupid for it ever to occur to them?
Third, Obama has insulted the victims of 9/11/01 and their families and friends. Obama's deceitful arrogance would have been wrong at any time, but saving it for this day of mourning and remembrance particularly is despicable. It's like a thumb in the eye for no reason. Why didn't he just have a televised event of himself urinating on the graves of the dead?
Fourth, his declaration constitutes a defense of Islam and Muslims. On the day commemorating the murders of 3,000 innocent people, Obama assures adherents of the terrorists' religion that we are not at war with them, and never will be at war with them. This exemplifies giving aid and comfort to the enemy, as many of those whom he reassures were moral and material supporters of the jihad attack. Remember Muslims dancing in the streets and handing out candy, the world over, as if celebrating a universal Mardi Gras? Those are the people whom we are not fighting, and will not fight, according to Obama.
I see nothing presidential, here. I detect not a whit of leadership. I sense no evidence of patriotism in his remark.
How can a man distill so much evil and so much dishonor into one, small utterance? In twelve words, he lied, exhibited arrogance and disdain for the American people, spat upon the wronged innocent, and defended the indefensible.
He is a master of the art of treachery.
"As Americans, we will not or ever be at war with Islam."
Unbelievable.
First, his observation is a lie. Muslims are at war with us, whether we like or acknowledge it, or not. As I've said before, Islamic ambitions do not dissipate because we ignore them. This clash of cultures is a war that we will not win, unless we as a civilization face facts. Nor is the situation static. Each year, tens of thousands of Muslims freely enter our country -- some illegally, most under the auspices of current law. The problem isn't going away. It only will become worse, without a serious reevaluation of our supposed nondiscriminatory (or should I say non discreet) worldview.
Second, his claim reeks of gnostic arrogance. Obama has a little over two years left in office. No doubt he'll spend that time building the socialist edifice, brick by brick. And afterwards? What happens five, ten, fifteen, twenty years down the road? Has Obama built a time machine? Can he see into the future? Has the question of how he knows that we won't fall into a war with Islam in the future never occurred to him? Or is it that he assumes that the American people are too stupid for it ever to occur to them?
Third, Obama has insulted the victims of 9/11/01 and their families and friends. Obama's deceitful arrogance would have been wrong at any time, but saving it for this day of mourning and remembrance particularly is despicable. It's like a thumb in the eye for no reason. Why didn't he just have a televised event of himself urinating on the graves of the dead?
Fourth, his declaration constitutes a defense of Islam and Muslims. On the day commemorating the murders of 3,000 innocent people, Obama assures adherents of the terrorists' religion that we are not at war with them, and never will be at war with them. This exemplifies giving aid and comfort to the enemy, as many of those whom he reassures were moral and material supporters of the jihad attack. Remember Muslims dancing in the streets and handing out candy, the world over, as if celebrating a universal Mardi Gras? Those are the people whom we are not fighting, and will not fight, according to Obama.
I see nothing presidential, here. I detect not a whit of leadership. I sense no evidence of patriotism in his remark.
How can a man distill so much evil and so much dishonor into one, small utterance? In twelve words, he lied, exhibited arrogance and disdain for the American people, spat upon the wronged innocent, and defended the indefensible.
He is a master of the art of treachery.
Koranic Cowardice Part II
See Part I
Favorite Muslim pastimes:
- burning pictures and photos of George W. Bush.
- burning Bush in effigy.
- burning Holy Bibles and copies of the Torah and Talmud.
- burning churches and synagogues, or turning them into mosques.
- burning American flags.
- burning Christians to death in Africa by hanging tires around their necks and setting them on fire.
- calling for the deaths of Christians and the "Great Satan" (the U.S.A.) and the "Little Satan" (Israel)
- siding with the Nazis in their "Final Solution" for the Jews.
The list goes on, ad nauseum. Around the globe, violence is at its most explosive -- no pun intended -- where Muslims rub shoulders with non-Muslims.
No one receives tolerance for his beliefs. Muslims are the most intolerant people on Earth. They brook no compromise. They show no respect for other religions and their scriptures.
Despite worldwide Islamic campaigns of terrorism and other violence waged against non-Muslims every single day, the world heaves a collective sigh and says: "Ah, well, that's just the way they are. We must accept their differences. We are superior to the uncivilized of old. We know that multiculturalism is the key to enlightenment."
Or some such nonsense.
But let the pastor of a small church in Florida propose burning a Koran on September 11 as a statement against Islam's evil and destructive influence, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against the great caterwauling that rises up and up into the firmament forever. I've never seen anything like it. Suddenly people who said "que sera sera," or held no opinions about the aforementioned atrocities are frothing at the mouth at the unmitigated gall of those demonic fundies in Florida. They should be praying toward Mecca, not burning a Koran!
We have "General" Betraeus, Scared-a Palin, Glenn Yeck, Lizardy Clintoon, and even Rat Buchanan screeching that we might hurt Ahmad Jihad's feeeeeelings. We have the Florida church's ISP removing its website from the Internet. We see the City of Gainesville denying them a burn permit. See, if they were Muslims, they'd get permission to take a flamethrower to the place. And on and on the moronics go. This is sick stuff.
Given that a host of people want a piece of the Koran-burning denunciation while remaining apathetic or silent in the face of decades of Islamic aggression and flagrant mockery, I can draw only one conclusion:
This zealotry in Islam's defense isn't about doing the right thing. It isn't about showing respect for other religions. This isn't about refraining from wanton offensiveness. It's not about utilizing one's freedom of speech responsibly.
It's about fear -- fear of upsetting the Sacred Other, fear of rocking the diversity boat, and fear of waking up in a puddle of one's own blood.
What does our so-called leadership's and commentariat's anxiety say about their dedication to liberty? What does it say about our will to survive as a people?
Koranic Cowardice
Does Pastor Jones have a right to burn a privately-owned Koran on private property? Yes.
Do I agree with Pastor Jones' decision to sear a Koran on the 'barbie? Yes.
I have read Dove World Outreach Center's detailed rationale for burning a Koran, and I find the explanation intelligent and reasonable. It is a political and a religious statement, and one of far greater clarity than anything issuing from the mouths of most politicians or jabbering heads on tv. One may accuse Jones and his congregation of many faults, but mindless, kneejerk hate is not one of them.
Since Dove World's ISP pulled their website -- ever a fine tactic when shaping public opinion toward the notion that opposing Islam is mere bigotry or kookery -- we must forgive a strange messageboard where the Church's statement of intention now is posted. I'll never look at Garfield the same way again.
I am disgusted by the rank cowardice on display from liberals and "conservatives," who see keeping the savages appeased as one of their chief societal aims. I loathe this Neville Chamberlain-esque capitulation, wherein we are told to keep petting the starving tiger, hoping for a purr, even as the rumblings in his belly move him to rend and tear and devour us.
General David Petraeus -- a man who no doubt would find himself more comfortable at a sewing circle -- clamped his teeth together and kept them from chattering long enough to inform us that Jones will "inflame public opinion and incite violence."
I'm sorry, is this some form of sick joke? Is Petraeus serious? Hey, General: given the close association of your head and your nethers, this probably hasn't occured to you: your words are an admission of defeat. You have just encapsulated in one hysterical soundbite why having troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is as productive as Stephen Hawking at a logging camp. If we accept the view that the pastor of a small church in Florida is endangering the lives of U.S. troops in the Middle East by burning his personal Koran in an act of symbolic political and religious speech, then the "winning of Muslim hearts and minds" is a lost cause. It's a mission that had zero chance of success from the start. What this reveals is that Muslims are an untameable tribe of barbarians -- united by religion -- bent on destroying civilizations and forcing everyone not of their clique into conforming with their ideals. Islam means "submission," and Muslims mean you. All of the sweat, blood, and tears poured out in Iraq and Afghanistan were wasted. All of the lives lost and the bodies broken were spent in a quixotic endeavor. From this point onward, we should dub all efforts in the Middle East "Operation: Windmill." This is not the position of a warrior. It is not the stand of a leader. Petraeus' complaint is the hand-wringing of a captive willingly baring his neck to the blade's edge. His comportment is disgraceful. It is the act of a dhimmi.
Petraeus should have kept his mouth shut, instead of stoking the flame while complaining about the heat. In media silence, he should have increased the military's watchfulness -- doubled the guard, so to speak -- and embarked upon a policy of meeting elevated jihadi violence with overwhelming, crushing force. "Staying the course" means not acquiescing to threats and intimidation from moral monsters; it does not mean smearing the reputations of those engaged in lawful acts, while giving those who would see us dead or enslaved a pass.
I do not agree with the Iraq or Afghanistan campaigns. I have explicated my reasons in past blog posts. I believe we should bring our good men and women home and leave those devils to their hell. Pray for their eternal souls, of course. Witness to them, if given a chance. But under no circumstances should we remain under the penumbra of illusion that Muslims value liberty as we understand it, or have esteem for our ideals. They are an ideologically foreign people with a worldview wholly incompatible with ours.
In their eyes, we are the aliens.
Do I agree with Pastor Jones' decision to sear a Koran on the 'barbie? Yes.
I have read Dove World Outreach Center's detailed rationale for burning a Koran, and I find the explanation intelligent and reasonable. It is a political and a religious statement, and one of far greater clarity than anything issuing from the mouths of most politicians or jabbering heads on tv. One may accuse Jones and his congregation of many faults, but mindless, kneejerk hate is not one of them.
Since Dove World's ISP pulled their website -- ever a fine tactic when shaping public opinion toward the notion that opposing Islam is mere bigotry or kookery -- we must forgive a strange messageboard where the Church's statement of intention now is posted. I'll never look at Garfield the same way again.
I am disgusted by the rank cowardice on display from liberals and "conservatives," who see keeping the savages appeased as one of their chief societal aims. I loathe this Neville Chamberlain-esque capitulation, wherein we are told to keep petting the starving tiger, hoping for a purr, even as the rumblings in his belly move him to rend and tear and devour us.
General David Petraeus -- a man who no doubt would find himself more comfortable at a sewing circle -- clamped his teeth together and kept them from chattering long enough to inform us that Jones will "inflame public opinion and incite violence."
I'm sorry, is this some form of sick joke? Is Petraeus serious? Hey, General: given the close association of your head and your nethers, this probably hasn't occured to you: your words are an admission of defeat. You have just encapsulated in one hysterical soundbite why having troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is as productive as Stephen Hawking at a logging camp. If we accept the view that the pastor of a small church in Florida is endangering the lives of U.S. troops in the Middle East by burning his personal Koran in an act of symbolic political and religious speech, then the "winning of Muslim hearts and minds" is a lost cause. It's a mission that had zero chance of success from the start. What this reveals is that Muslims are an untameable tribe of barbarians -- united by religion -- bent on destroying civilizations and forcing everyone not of their clique into conforming with their ideals. Islam means "submission," and Muslims mean you. All of the sweat, blood, and tears poured out in Iraq and Afghanistan were wasted. All of the lives lost and the bodies broken were spent in a quixotic endeavor. From this point onward, we should dub all efforts in the Middle East "Operation: Windmill." This is not the position of a warrior. It is not the stand of a leader. Petraeus' complaint is the hand-wringing of a captive willingly baring his neck to the blade's edge. His comportment is disgraceful. It is the act of a dhimmi.
Petraeus should have kept his mouth shut, instead of stoking the flame while complaining about the heat. In media silence, he should have increased the military's watchfulness -- doubled the guard, so to speak -- and embarked upon a policy of meeting elevated jihadi violence with overwhelming, crushing force. "Staying the course" means not acquiescing to threats and intimidation from moral monsters; it does not mean smearing the reputations of those engaged in lawful acts, while giving those who would see us dead or enslaved a pass.
I do not agree with the Iraq or Afghanistan campaigns. I have explicated my reasons in past blog posts. I believe we should bring our good men and women home and leave those devils to their hell. Pray for their eternal souls, of course. Witness to them, if given a chance. But under no circumstances should we remain under the penumbra of illusion that Muslims value liberty as we understand it, or have esteem for our ideals. They are an ideologically foreign people with a worldview wholly incompatible with ours.
In their eyes, we are the aliens.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Defeating Islamic Terrorism and Expansionism in America
The following is a possible contender for the most politically incorrect blog post you've ever read. Let me warn everyone right now that if you believe that Islam is a Religion of Peace, support unrestricted immigration, or know in your heart that diversity is an elevated societal ambition, I suggest that you take this opportunity and locate the door. I mean it, because you will find yourself at the comfort level of Muhammad in a hog waller. I've said it. You've read it. Now on with the hate-mongering.
Here is my plan for solving the Islamic problem in the U.S.A. :
1. Acknowledge, as a society, that Islam is not now -- nor has it ever been -- a peaceful religion, from the time of its founding 1,400 years ago, to this day. Admit that Islam is not just a religion, but a political ideology, and that the two stand intertwined, with no chance of unraveling. Accept that Islam poses an existential threat to Western Civilization -- a threat that, left unchecked, promises the destruction of our way of life. Islam's untrammeled menace has three possible outcomes: death, forced conversion, or enslavement under a shadow of Islamic supremacy. Abjurement of multiculturalism is the ideal; but even the retention of multiculturalism in other areas with the recognition of Islam's perils is superior to our current outlook, and a step in the right direction.
2. Close and secure our borders. And I don't mean playing pretend while doing diddlysquat, as per the sterling example of George W. Bush. And I don't mean doing even less than Bush's nothing, as per Obama's illustrious policies. I mean lock down the northern and southern borders, with particular emphasis in the south. Increase security of our coasts, with more boat and air patrols, and tighten the cinch around our ports. This entails America owning and operating her own ports. Not Dubai. And not Al-Killya. This is known as minimal common sense.
3. End Islamic immigration to the United States, whether from Muslim or non-Muslim countries. I don't mean some or half or most. All. Bring it to a halt tomorrow. Forget allowing "moderate" Muslims inside, as a "moderate" Muslim is one who cannot afford a gun or bomb vest, and harbors no particular expertise in the construction of explosive devices. How many examples of "Sudden Jihad Syndrome" do we need, before we realize that a "moderate" Muslim may change his tack when he arises at the call to prayer next Monday morning -- with no discernible, public change in veneer -- and dare to go a-hunting infidels? Remember Nidal Hassan? I will not dignify this lowlife with the title "Major." Many considered him a "moderate," until he opened fire on a U.S. military base, murdering fourteen people, and wounding thirty. Inviting "moderate" Muslims into our lands is like sticking one's hand into a flame, and finding consternation at the reality of a second-degree burn. Since playing with fire means getting scorched, how about cutting a wide swath around the conflagration?
4. End the building of mosques on U.S. soil. Given that a large percentage of mosques erected in the U.S. have financial and moral backing from Wahhabi Arabia, and given that U.S. mosques that preach jihad and promote sharia are as uncommon as sand in a desert, clarity of thought requires that we cease letting our enemies build monuments to themselves in our communities. Anything less is a voluntary act of dhimmitude.
5. Send all non-citizen Muslims home. I couldn't care less about such distinctions as "legal resident," "illegal alien," or "refugee." Send them all back to those dystopic nightmares that they call home, and do it now. Give them a date and time, and offer them the dignity of self-removal. Noncompliance means prompt deportation. Attempted reentry post-deportation means learning about the finer aspects of prison life, first-hand. I'm not kidding.
6. Revoke citizenship from and deport all Muslims with known ties to terrorism, jihad, and/or the non-republican institution of sharia.
7. Dissolve and outlaw all organizations that share the ideals of Islamic supremacy. (Yes, CAIR, this means you).
8. Close all mosques that espouse the aforementioned principles.
9. Provide incentives -- up to and including a possible one-time cash payment -- for naturalized Muslim citizens to return to their nations of origin. Strings come with the embrace of such incentives: voluntary renunciation of citizenship, self-removal or deportation within a specific time frame, and the understanding that attempts at reentry constitute felonies, punishable by prison sentences.
This is my nine-point plan. It is neither racist, nor unreasonable. Islam is not a race, and choosing the survival of our society over its annihilation is not unreasonable. I do not exist as a free-floating wisp of smoke in a pipe dream, nor do I reside within a John Lennon song. I live in the real world, a world filled with cruelties and delights, joys and sorrows, friends and enemies. I live in a world in which the adherents of a particular religion want me dead or ground under their heels. And so do you. Each of us has a choice. We as a civilization have a choice: do we step back from the yawning chasm before us, or do we fling ourselves over the brink, hoping for the best as the dark mysteries below rush up to strike us in the face? A bed of down, or a jagged maw of rocks? Make the leap, and find out for yourself. Only a fool would choose the abyss.
Just as God's existence and majesty is not affected by our belief, or lack thereof, the designs of fundamentalist Islam are not subject to our confirmation. Muslims also live in the real world, and they have a plan for remaking it in their image. We can face this fact, or not. Ignorance is not bliss, and blindness to the enemy lurking behind us on our own doorstep is not tolerance. It is folly.
We approach the nine-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on American soil in our history. The last time we saw similar devastation was on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. Think of me as you will, but remember this: had the proposed policies outlined above been in place on September 10, 2001, September 11 would be just another day on your calendar, not a day honoring the memories of three thousand dead.
Here is my plan for solving the Islamic problem in the U.S.A. :
1. Acknowledge, as a society, that Islam is not now -- nor has it ever been -- a peaceful religion, from the time of its founding 1,400 years ago, to this day. Admit that Islam is not just a religion, but a political ideology, and that the two stand intertwined, with no chance of unraveling. Accept that Islam poses an existential threat to Western Civilization -- a threat that, left unchecked, promises the destruction of our way of life. Islam's untrammeled menace has three possible outcomes: death, forced conversion, or enslavement under a shadow of Islamic supremacy. Abjurement of multiculturalism is the ideal; but even the retention of multiculturalism in other areas with the recognition of Islam's perils is superior to our current outlook, and a step in the right direction.
2. Close and secure our borders. And I don't mean playing pretend while doing diddlysquat, as per the sterling example of George W. Bush. And I don't mean doing even less than Bush's nothing, as per Obama's illustrious policies. I mean lock down the northern and southern borders, with particular emphasis in the south. Increase security of our coasts, with more boat and air patrols, and tighten the cinch around our ports. This entails America owning and operating her own ports. Not Dubai. And not Al-Killya. This is known as minimal common sense.
3. End Islamic immigration to the United States, whether from Muslim or non-Muslim countries. I don't mean some or half or most. All. Bring it to a halt tomorrow. Forget allowing "moderate" Muslims inside, as a "moderate" Muslim is one who cannot afford a gun or bomb vest, and harbors no particular expertise in the construction of explosive devices. How many examples of "Sudden Jihad Syndrome" do we need, before we realize that a "moderate" Muslim may change his tack when he arises at the call to prayer next Monday morning -- with no discernible, public change in veneer -- and dare to go a-hunting infidels? Remember Nidal Hassan? I will not dignify this lowlife with the title "Major." Many considered him a "moderate," until he opened fire on a U.S. military base, murdering fourteen people, and wounding thirty. Inviting "moderate" Muslims into our lands is like sticking one's hand into a flame, and finding consternation at the reality of a second-degree burn. Since playing with fire means getting scorched, how about cutting a wide swath around the conflagration?
4. End the building of mosques on U.S. soil. Given that a large percentage of mosques erected in the U.S. have financial and moral backing from Wahhabi Arabia, and given that U.S. mosques that preach jihad and promote sharia are as uncommon as sand in a desert, clarity of thought requires that we cease letting our enemies build monuments to themselves in our communities. Anything less is a voluntary act of dhimmitude.
5. Send all non-citizen Muslims home. I couldn't care less about such distinctions as "legal resident," "illegal alien," or "refugee." Send them all back to those dystopic nightmares that they call home, and do it now. Give them a date and time, and offer them the dignity of self-removal. Noncompliance means prompt deportation. Attempted reentry post-deportation means learning about the finer aspects of prison life, first-hand. I'm not kidding.
6. Revoke citizenship from and deport all Muslims with known ties to terrorism, jihad, and/or the non-republican institution of sharia.
7. Dissolve and outlaw all organizations that share the ideals of Islamic supremacy. (Yes, CAIR, this means you).
8. Close all mosques that espouse the aforementioned principles.
9. Provide incentives -- up to and including a possible one-time cash payment -- for naturalized Muslim citizens to return to their nations of origin. Strings come with the embrace of such incentives: voluntary renunciation of citizenship, self-removal or deportation within a specific time frame, and the understanding that attempts at reentry constitute felonies, punishable by prison sentences.
This is my nine-point plan. It is neither racist, nor unreasonable. Islam is not a race, and choosing the survival of our society over its annihilation is not unreasonable. I do not exist as a free-floating wisp of smoke in a pipe dream, nor do I reside within a John Lennon song. I live in the real world, a world filled with cruelties and delights, joys and sorrows, friends and enemies. I live in a world in which the adherents of a particular religion want me dead or ground under their heels. And so do you. Each of us has a choice. We as a civilization have a choice: do we step back from the yawning chasm before us, or do we fling ourselves over the brink, hoping for the best as the dark mysteries below rush up to strike us in the face? A bed of down, or a jagged maw of rocks? Make the leap, and find out for yourself. Only a fool would choose the abyss.
Just as God's existence and majesty is not affected by our belief, or lack thereof, the designs of fundamentalist Islam are not subject to our confirmation. Muslims also live in the real world, and they have a plan for remaking it in their image. We can face this fact, or not. Ignorance is not bliss, and blindness to the enemy lurking behind us on our own doorstep is not tolerance. It is folly.
We approach the nine-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on American soil in our history. The last time we saw similar devastation was on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. Think of me as you will, but remember this: had the proposed policies outlined above been in place on September 10, 2001, September 11 would be just another day on your calendar, not a day honoring the memories of three thousand dead.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Big Brother Says Pick a Bridge and Jump, Part IV
Part I
Part II
Part III
The Bailout Scams:
Bear Sterns. Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae. Goldman Sachs. Morgan Stanley. American International Group (AIG). Citigroup. Bank of America.
Unless you live under a rock, you've heard of these institutions. You've caught wind of the Subprime mortgage disaster.
You've seen or read news reports about the automotive industry crisis, which included the bailouts of General Motors and Crysler.
In each of these cases, corporations engaged in irresponsible business practices received aid from the U.S. federal government -- or more to the point, accepted billions of dollars of taxpayer funds as a juicy reward for failure, negligence, and corruption. Some of these companies perpetrated financial fraud; but did that even slow down Big Brother's largesse with other people's money?
Can pigs fly?
First, we had King Bush with his $700 billion TARP (Total Annihilation of Responsible Policy-making) hokum. Don't forget his willing conspirators in Congress, or his paladin, Juan McAmnesty. With the exception of Bush, no single individual talked up the Screw-over Act of 2008 more than McAmnesty, who led the charge against fiscal common sense with all of the passion and valor of Janos Hunyadi and his Hungarians at Kosovo -- with similar results. McAmnesty lost the 2008 presidential election and went down to defeat against an entity with all the substance of a pail of air.
The empty vessel named Obama trod over his rivals, entered the Oral Office, and continued where Bush left off in his magnificent desolation of the economy. As Emeril Lagasse would say, he "kicked it up a notch."
With messianic mendacity, Obama attempted selling the people a bill of goods on his "stimulus" plans. He told us that we need $787 billion spent on tax relief, socialist insecurity, unemployment, infrastructure, housing, health care, education, energy, automobiles, law enforcement, Martian ebola victims, a shrine to Karl Marx on the National Mall, a 556-foot statue of himself beside the Washington Monument, and the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Mosque in downtown Nairobi, with a branch location in Honolulu.
George Dubya Bush was a nightmare for our nation's economy, but Barack Hussein Obama has taken all of Bush's excesses and thrown them from Light Speed to Ludicrous Speed. He's treating his cronies to a sumptuous feast with your money, and he's barely broken out the hors d'œuvres. Of course, he, too, has his minions in Congress. It's not as if these presidents have the purse-strings all to themselves.
All of the above leads to the revelation that the citizenry of this country rejected the bailout scams before, during and after their implementations. I believe McAmnesty's pro-bailout zealotry -- more than any other single issue -- led to his demise at the voting precincts in the contest for the presidency.
In a Rasmussen poll from January:
1. 56% of voters believe the banking and financial bailouts were a bad idea. This finding is similar to that of April, 2009.
2. 58% reject the automotive bailouts -- a figure that remains consistent with earlier percentages.
3. But lo and behold the disparity between the outlooks of the political class and mainstream Americans: 73% of the political class think the automotive bailouts are a swell idea; 73% of mainstream Americans think they make terrible policy. The numbers hover in the same area regarding the financial institution bailouts.
So we have elites looking out of the windows of their uptown apartments and estate houses and spitting in the people's faces. They hold views in polar opposition to those of the average U.S. citizen, and they intend ramming their agendas down your throat.
Even if they have to use your own checkbook to do it.
Part II
Part III
The Bailout Scams:
Bear Sterns. Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae. Goldman Sachs. Morgan Stanley. American International Group (AIG). Citigroup. Bank of America.
Unless you live under a rock, you've heard of these institutions. You've caught wind of the Subprime mortgage disaster.
You've seen or read news reports about the automotive industry crisis, which included the bailouts of General Motors and Crysler.
In each of these cases, corporations engaged in irresponsible business practices received aid from the U.S. federal government -- or more to the point, accepted billions of dollars of taxpayer funds as a juicy reward for failure, negligence, and corruption. Some of these companies perpetrated financial fraud; but did that even slow down Big Brother's largesse with other people's money?
Can pigs fly?
First, we had King Bush with his $700 billion TARP (Total Annihilation of Responsible Policy-making) hokum. Don't forget his willing conspirators in Congress, or his paladin, Juan McAmnesty. With the exception of Bush, no single individual talked up the Screw-over Act of 2008 more than McAmnesty, who led the charge against fiscal common sense with all of the passion and valor of Janos Hunyadi and his Hungarians at Kosovo -- with similar results. McAmnesty lost the 2008 presidential election and went down to defeat against an entity with all the substance of a pail of air.
The empty vessel named Obama trod over his rivals, entered the Oral Office, and continued where Bush left off in his magnificent desolation of the economy. As Emeril Lagasse would say, he "kicked it up a notch."
With messianic mendacity, Obama attempted selling the people a bill of goods on his "stimulus" plans. He told us that we need $787 billion spent on tax relief, socialist insecurity, unemployment, infrastructure, housing, health care, education, energy, automobiles, law enforcement, Martian ebola victims, a shrine to Karl Marx on the National Mall, a 556-foot statue of himself beside the Washington Monument, and the Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Mosque in downtown Nairobi, with a branch location in Honolulu.
George Dubya Bush was a nightmare for our nation's economy, but Barack Hussein Obama has taken all of Bush's excesses and thrown them from Light Speed to Ludicrous Speed. He's treating his cronies to a sumptuous feast with your money, and he's barely broken out the hors d'œuvres. Of course, he, too, has his minions in Congress. It's not as if these presidents have the purse-strings all to themselves.
All of the above leads to the revelation that the citizenry of this country rejected the bailout scams before, during and after their implementations. I believe McAmnesty's pro-bailout zealotry -- more than any other single issue -- led to his demise at the voting precincts in the contest for the presidency.
In a Rasmussen poll from January:
1. 56% of voters believe the banking and financial bailouts were a bad idea. This finding is similar to that of April, 2009.
2. 58% reject the automotive bailouts -- a figure that remains consistent with earlier percentages.
3. But lo and behold the disparity between the outlooks of the political class and mainstream Americans: 73% of the political class think the automotive bailouts are a swell idea; 73% of mainstream Americans think they make terrible policy. The numbers hover in the same area regarding the financial institution bailouts.
So we have elites looking out of the windows of their uptown apartments and estate houses and spitting in the people's faces. They hold views in polar opposition to those of the average U.S. citizen, and they intend ramming their agendas down your throat.
Even if they have to use your own checkbook to do it.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Big Brother Says Pick a Bridge and Jump, Part III
Part I
Part II
Obamacare (Commiecare):
A Democrat-controlled Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law back in March. This legislation rammed socialized health care down America's throat for the first time in its history. Since government-controlled medicine works so well everywhere else -- what with people flocking to the States for surgeries and other medical procedures -- we know that good times lie ahead.
Here's how Congress voted on the issue:
House of Representatives:
178 Republicans against; 0 in favor.
34 Democrats against; 219 in favor.
Senate:
39 Republicans against; 0 in favor.
0 Democrats and Independents against; 60 in favor.
Maybe the GOP is playing the partisan political game so typical of D.C. elites. Of course, we can't accuse Republicans of this without including the Democrats in that criticism, given their virtual lock-step voting pattern favoring socialism. However, whatever reasons exist for why Republicans and Democrats vote as they do, a stark contrast exists between the two political parties on this particular issue -- at least as far as their voting patterns go. Obamacare is the Democrat party's illegitimate child.
The U.S. citizenry stood against Obamacare before and after it passed. Depending on which polls one consults, somewhere between 52% and 63% of the American people want this pernicious, liberty-crushing legislation repealed.
Obama and the Democrats have responded to such concerns with a "Hie thee to Hell" approach for those who don't like having our system of government dismantled in one of the most blatant power-grabs in U.S. history. They have zero interest in what you or I think about anything -- unless our views correspond to theirs one hundred percent, in which case bully for us.
When the majority of people are against an initiative and have provided sound, well-reasoned arguments for their opposition, politicians cannot force the issue through, while claiming that they represent the interests of their constituency. That's a lie. It's not representative government. It is not government of, by, and for the people. Rather, it's a dictatorial oligarchy.
(to be concluded)
Part II
Obamacare (Commiecare):
A Democrat-controlled Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law back in March. This legislation rammed socialized health care down America's throat for the first time in its history. Since government-controlled medicine works so well everywhere else -- what with people flocking to the States for surgeries and other medical procedures -- we know that good times lie ahead.
Here's how Congress voted on the issue:
House of Representatives:
178 Republicans against; 0 in favor.
34 Democrats against; 219 in favor.
Senate:
39 Republicans against; 0 in favor.
0 Democrats and Independents against; 60 in favor.
Maybe the GOP is playing the partisan political game so typical of D.C. elites. Of course, we can't accuse Republicans of this without including the Democrats in that criticism, given their virtual lock-step voting pattern favoring socialism. However, whatever reasons exist for why Republicans and Democrats vote as they do, a stark contrast exists between the two political parties on this particular issue -- at least as far as their voting patterns go. Obamacare is the Democrat party's illegitimate child.
The U.S. citizenry stood against Obamacare before and after it passed. Depending on which polls one consults, somewhere between 52% and 63% of the American people want this pernicious, liberty-crushing legislation repealed.
Obama and the Democrats have responded to such concerns with a "Hie thee to Hell" approach for those who don't like having our system of government dismantled in one of the most blatant power-grabs in U.S. history. They have zero interest in what you or I think about anything -- unless our views correspond to theirs one hundred percent, in which case bully for us.
When the majority of people are against an initiative and have provided sound, well-reasoned arguments for their opposition, politicians cannot force the issue through, while claiming that they represent the interests of their constituency. That's a lie. It's not representative government. It is not government of, by, and for the people. Rather, it's a dictatorial oligarchy.
(to be concluded)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Chris Matthews Understands
I found this little gem in the "Letters" section at World Net Daily:
I read your article on the president and where he was born. It doesn't matter. He is still one of the best presidents this country has ever had.
Oh, and just in case you are wondering, I am white and was born in North Carolina. He has more supporters that you know.
Teresa
Since Teresa thinks that the Constitution is worth less than Sheryl Crowe's recycled toilet paper, using what metric does she determine that Obama is one of "the best presidents this country has ever had"? Is it that winning smile? That slim physique as he saunters across the beach, shirtless? His crisp elocution? His wife's vacation getaways, the extravagance of which would have rendered Marie Antoinette insensate with envy?
As for the number of his supporters, well, we know that whites supported him in great, mooing, herdlike droves. Since blacks make up about 13% of the population, he couldn't have won the election without lots of addlepated whites -- like Teresa -- scampering off to the voting precinct and putting every ounce of their gullibility behind Baracking the vote.
I'll bet that every time Obama speaks or grins, Teresa feels a little tingle shoot up her leg, and a bolt of lightning thrills her heart.
She's not alone. Just ax Oprah.
I read your article on the president and where he was born. It doesn't matter. He is still one of the best presidents this country has ever had.
Oh, and just in case you are wondering, I am white and was born in North Carolina. He has more supporters that you know.
Teresa
Since Teresa thinks that the Constitution is worth less than Sheryl Crowe's recycled toilet paper, using what metric does she determine that Obama is one of "the best presidents this country has ever had"? Is it that winning smile? That slim physique as he saunters across the beach, shirtless? His crisp elocution? His wife's vacation getaways, the extravagance of which would have rendered Marie Antoinette insensate with envy?
As for the number of his supporters, well, we know that whites supported him in great, mooing, herdlike droves. Since blacks make up about 13% of the population, he couldn't have won the election without lots of addlepated whites -- like Teresa -- scampering off to the voting precinct and putting every ounce of their gullibility behind Baracking the vote.
I'll bet that every time Obama speaks or grins, Teresa feels a little tingle shoot up her leg, and a bolt of lightning thrills her heart.
She's not alone. Just ax Oprah.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Headline Reactions
Hawking: We must abandon earth or face extinction
Me: You first
*****
Imam sheds tears at Auschwitz
He was thinking: "Man, I wish I could've gotten in on that action."
*****
Angler wins epic struggle with monster halibut
When asked why he put so much energy into catching a fish, the angler shrugged and said: "Oh, just for the halibut."
*****
U.S. warned of threat worse than Katrina, plague, WWII
Gosh, Hillary's already kicked off her 2012 election campaign?
*****
How to avoid Alzheimer's
I've forgotten what I wanted to write
*****
Republicans reject Obama's Turkey envoy
They said they expected a human being, not a Thanksgiving bird
Me: You first
*****
Imam sheds tears at Auschwitz
He was thinking: "Man, I wish I could've gotten in on that action."
*****
Angler wins epic struggle with monster halibut
When asked why he put so much energy into catching a fish, the angler shrugged and said: "Oh, just for the halibut."
*****
U.S. warned of threat worse than Katrina, plague, WWII
Gosh, Hillary's already kicked off her 2012 election campaign?
*****
How to avoid Alzheimer's
I've forgotten what I wanted to write
*****
Republicans reject Obama's Turkey envoy
They said they expected a human being, not a Thanksgiving bird
Friday, August 13, 2010
Big Brother Says Pick a Bridge and Jump, Part II
Part I
Homosexual "Marriage":
I'm sure by now my readers are somewhat familiar with the recent ruling in California on homosexual "marriage." Federal judge Vaughn Walker struck down Proposition 8, which was a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Seven million California voters approved this amendment in 2008, or about 52%.
Perhaps you might say, "Big deal. This just affects Californication, the land of illegal aliens, drag queens, leftism as moderate politics, and nutcases of all sorts." OK, I won't argue that point.
But consider this: in the most leftward-leaning state of the union, over half of voters said "No!" to nuptialed fruits. California also is the most populous state, so a decision of this import may have far-reaching ramifications for the rest of the United States.
The unelected Judge Walker, an open homosexual himself, reacted to the public's will by telling Californians to take a long walk off a short pier. Allowing Walker's presiding over this case is like letting a fat guy create menu ideas for Jenny Craig.
The case isn't over, yet, as it will see a long appeals process leading all the way to the Supreme Court. But it illustrates the gaping chasm separating the will of the people, and the will of the lawless elites.
(to be continued)
Homosexual "Marriage":
I'm sure by now my readers are somewhat familiar with the recent ruling in California on homosexual "marriage." Federal judge Vaughn Walker struck down Proposition 8, which was a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Seven million California voters approved this amendment in 2008, or about 52%.
Perhaps you might say, "Big deal. This just affects Californication, the land of illegal aliens, drag queens, leftism as moderate politics, and nutcases of all sorts." OK, I won't argue that point.
But consider this: in the most leftward-leaning state of the union, over half of voters said "No!" to nuptialed fruits. California also is the most populous state, so a decision of this import may have far-reaching ramifications for the rest of the United States.
The unelected Judge Walker, an open homosexual himself, reacted to the public's will by telling Californians to take a long walk off a short pier. Allowing Walker's presiding over this case is like letting a fat guy create menu ideas for Jenny Craig.
The case isn't over, yet, as it will see a long appeals process leading all the way to the Supreme Court. But it illustrates the gaping chasm separating the will of the people, and the will of the lawless elites.
(to be continued)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Big Brother Says Pick a Bridge and Jump
We live in a time in which the federal government has nothing but disdain for the will of the American people. I think a handful of specific examples illustrate this problem:
Immigration:
This has proven a serious matter for twenty-five years, but it became acute under George W. Bush. Never before had I seen a president who was so congenial to immigrants in general, and illegal aliens in particular. He proposed de facto mass amnesty, and lied to the public about his intentions by redefining words and concepts. One could pen a whole volume on his deceit and dereliction of duty in this area.
Under Obama, this dire situation has become worse, as implausible as that may seem. The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council cast a unanimous vote of "No Confidence" in the director and assistant director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Council acted on behalf of 7,000 ICE officers and employees, on June 25.
Like Bush, Obama seeks amnesty for criminal invaders. ICE, which operates under Obama Administration appointees, deports aliens without further punishment for crimes that land citizens in prison, foregoes the enforcement of laws on the books, mismanages resources without accountability, treats criminals like foreign dignitaries, and retaliates against internal whistleblowers.
Worst of all, the Obama Administration has taken an active role in persecuting the people of Arizona for their efforts toward enacting the federal laws that Obama and his partners in high crimes and misdemeanors refuse to enforce. It's akin to the police arresting a man for thrashing his wife's attempted rapist.
Poll after poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans want legal immigration more limited in scope, and illegal "immigration" nipped in the bud.
However, the Republicans and Democrats have chosen a bipartisan response to those concerns, manifest in standing hand-in-hand and giving Americans the proverbial finger.
The immigration issue is perhaps the most clear-cut example of our federal government taking a stand in diametric opposition to the people's will.
(to be continued)
Immigration:
This has proven a serious matter for twenty-five years, but it became acute under George W. Bush. Never before had I seen a president who was so congenial to immigrants in general, and illegal aliens in particular. He proposed de facto mass amnesty, and lied to the public about his intentions by redefining words and concepts. One could pen a whole volume on his deceit and dereliction of duty in this area.
Under Obama, this dire situation has become worse, as implausible as that may seem. The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council cast a unanimous vote of "No Confidence" in the director and assistant director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Council acted on behalf of 7,000 ICE officers and employees, on June 25.
Like Bush, Obama seeks amnesty for criminal invaders. ICE, which operates under Obama Administration appointees, deports aliens without further punishment for crimes that land citizens in prison, foregoes the enforcement of laws on the books, mismanages resources without accountability, treats criminals like foreign dignitaries, and retaliates against internal whistleblowers.
Worst of all, the Obama Administration has taken an active role in persecuting the people of Arizona for their efforts toward enacting the federal laws that Obama and his partners in high crimes and misdemeanors refuse to enforce. It's akin to the police arresting a man for thrashing his wife's attempted rapist.
Poll after poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans want legal immigration more limited in scope, and illegal "immigration" nipped in the bud.
However, the Republicans and Democrats have chosen a bipartisan response to those concerns, manifest in standing hand-in-hand and giving Americans the proverbial finger.
The immigration issue is perhaps the most clear-cut example of our federal government taking a stand in diametric opposition to the people's will.
(to be continued)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Discount
George Bush, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to hell.
While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth.
Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so Putin writes him a check.
Next Queen Elizabeth calls England and talks for 30 minutes. When she is finished the devil informs her that the cost is 6 million dollars, so she writes him a check.
Finally George Bush gets his turn and talks for 4 hours. When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is $5.00.
When Putin hears this he goes ballistic and asks the devil why Bush got to call the USA so cheaply.
The devil smiles and replies, "Since Obama took over, the country has gone to hell, so it's a local call."
While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth.
Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so Putin writes him a check.
Next Queen Elizabeth calls England and talks for 30 minutes. When she is finished the devil informs her that the cost is 6 million dollars, so she writes him a check.
Finally George Bush gets his turn and talks for 4 hours. When he is finished the devil informs him that the cost is $5.00.
When Putin hears this he goes ballistic and asks the devil why Bush got to call the USA so cheaply.
The devil smiles and replies, "Since Obama took over, the country has gone to hell, so it's a local call."
Friday, August 6, 2010
Shattered Hopes
I don't know if Hillaroid Clinton some day will become empress of the tottering giant known as the United States of America; I can't rule out the possibility, given that the public saw fit to enthrone the Mulatto Messiah of Dubious Origin. In the event that this dread day dawns, I see her future rule terminating not unlike this scenario:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIrGONcCu4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIrGONcCu4
Friday, July 30, 2010
Mel in a Handbasket
Here's a transcript of Mel Gibson's latest telephone conversation with Oksana Golddiggereva, the mother of his "love" child. WARNING: Nonsense ahead. Reader discretion is advised:
Mel: "You may take my money, but you'll never take . . . my soul!"
Oksana: "Are you insane-sky?"
Mel: "#!@%$">#!@%$/a>^&;*()."
Oksana: "You need medication."
Mel: "(&;%#!)*^$@."
Oksana: "And a muzzle."
Mel: "@$^*)+_(&;%#!."
Oksana: "Could you repeat last part? Everything after @$^*)."
Mel: "I said, "@$^*)+_(&;%#!."
Oksana: "Oh, I see. I always wondered how to do that."
Mel: "!@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@!!@#$%^&*()_+_)(*&^%$#@!"
Oksana: "You complete me, too, Max -- uh, I mean Mel. Anyhoo-sky, boyfriend's crying, and needs changing. Or maybe burping. Conchita will take good care of daughter while I'm gone to Riviera with Fabio. I'll be independently wealthy in no time, this you must understand."
Mel: "!#%&(_+)*^$@!_@)(#($*%&%^!"
Oksana: "Mel, there's sucker born every minute. As beautiful Russian woman, is duty to drain every last ruble from accounts, like Yeltsin depleted Vodka supply, nyet? Toodlesky."
Mel: @$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$!!@@##$$%%^^&&***^$@!#%&*(^%$#@!"
Mel: "You may take my money, but you'll never take . . . my soul!"
Oksana: "Are you insane-sky?"
Mel: "#!@%$">#!@%$/a>^&;*()."
Oksana: "You need medication."
Mel: "(&;%#!)*^$@."
Oksana: "And a muzzle."
Mel: "@$^*)+_(&;%#!."
Oksana: "Could you repeat last part? Everything after @$^*)."
Mel: "I said, "@$^*)+_(&;%#!."
Oksana: "Oh, I see. I always wondered how to do that."
Mel: "!@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@!!@#$%^&*()_+_)(*&^%$#@!"
Oksana: "You complete me, too, Max -- uh, I mean Mel. Anyhoo-sky, boyfriend's crying, and needs changing. Or maybe burping. Conchita will take good care of daughter while I'm gone to Riviera with Fabio. I'll be independently wealthy in no time, this you must understand."
Mel: "!#%&(_+)*^$@!_@)(#($*%&%^!"
Oksana: "Mel, there's sucker born every minute. As beautiful Russian woman, is duty to drain every last ruble from accounts, like Yeltsin depleted Vodka supply, nyet? Toodlesky."
Mel: @$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$^*)+_(&%#!@$!!@@##$$%%^^&&***^$@!#%&*(^%$#@!"
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Breaking the Laws Americans Won't Break
This article discusses the problem of illegal aliens accessing military bases -- in this case Fort Huachuca, Arizona, which serves as the country's largest military intelligence training center. A cleaning company contracted for work on the base employed illegal aliens. When authorities raided the company's offices, they discovered that
". . . one of the ladies was hiding her Mexican I.D. in an enchilada, trying to conceal the identification . . ."
This is called living the stereotype, folks. My understanding is that fifteen other Mexicans piled into a Pinto and made a run for it, but later were captured applying for in-state tuition discounts at Quesadilla State College, in Phoenix.
In 2007, the Washington Times reported Fort Huachuca changed security measures "after sources warned that possibly 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were to be smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack the Arizona Army base."
An FBI advisory stated, "A portion of the operatives were in the United States, with the remainder not yet in the United States. The Afghanis and Iraqis shaved their beards so as not to appear to be Middle Easterners."
According to the report, illegal aliens from the Middle East paid Mexican drug lords $20,000 "or the equivalent in weapons" for smuggling them and their weapons through the tunnels.
One source who spoke with DEA intelligence agents said the weapons included two Milan anti-tank missiles, Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles, grenade launchers, long guns and handguns.
The Tucson Weekly reported one rancher just west of Fort Huachuca answered his door in 2004 when a female illegal alien asked to use his phone.
According to the report, the call was to Libya.
As WND recently reported, thousands of illegal aliens apprehended along the 2,000 mile border stretching through California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas aren't even from Mexico. Many are citizens of countries that are known sponsors of terrorism, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Iran.
Thinking hurts. Logic particularly is painful. So sit back, exhale, and repeat after me. I'm sure you remember our mantra:
"We gotta fight 'em over thar, so we ain't gotta fight 'em over hee-yar!"
Gosh, I feel better now.
". . . one of the ladies was hiding her Mexican I.D. in an enchilada, trying to conceal the identification . . ."
This is called living the stereotype, folks. My understanding is that fifteen other Mexicans piled into a Pinto and made a run for it, but later were captured applying for in-state tuition discounts at Quesadilla State College, in Phoenix.
In 2007, the Washington Times reported Fort Huachuca changed security measures "after sources warned that possibly 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were to be smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack the Arizona Army base."
An FBI advisory stated, "A portion of the operatives were in the United States, with the remainder not yet in the United States. The Afghanis and Iraqis shaved their beards so as not to appear to be Middle Easterners."
According to the report, illegal aliens from the Middle East paid Mexican drug lords $20,000 "or the equivalent in weapons" for smuggling them and their weapons through the tunnels.
One source who spoke with DEA intelligence agents said the weapons included two Milan anti-tank missiles, Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles, grenade launchers, long guns and handguns.
The Tucson Weekly reported one rancher just west of Fort Huachuca answered his door in 2004 when a female illegal alien asked to use his phone.
According to the report, the call was to Libya.
As WND recently reported, thousands of illegal aliens apprehended along the 2,000 mile border stretching through California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas aren't even from Mexico. Many are citizens of countries that are known sponsors of terrorism, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Iran.
Thinking hurts. Logic particularly is painful. So sit back, exhale, and repeat after me. I'm sure you remember our mantra:
"We gotta fight 'em over thar, so we ain't gotta fight 'em over hee-yar!"
Gosh, I feel better now.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Did Y'all Miss Me?
I've been away for a few days, due to having a friend from out of town in for a visit.
Here's an interesting interview about race realities to tide you over until I can post something of greater length and substance:
Race realist Jared Taylor declares the "civil rights struggle was won long ago"
Here's an interesting interview about race realities to tide you over until I can post something of greater length and substance:
Race realist Jared Taylor declares the "civil rights struggle was won long ago"
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Skipping Stones on Lethe's Waters
A poster calling himself "Uber Dawks" has exchanged emails with Vox Day, in which he champions the idea of dragging "Christards" -- a hallmark epithet of intellectual rigor -- "kicking and screaming from the Dark Ages into the modern secular age, whether you like it or not."
Below are my thoughts posted in the comments section, as well as additional observations:
PZ afraid to debate you? Why should he debate delusional fundies like you? You wanna know why he doesn't have to? Courtier's reply. All you Christards have to contribute is philosophical flatulation about your phony baloney sky daddy.
I never understand questions like this. PZ is one of many militant atheists who proselytizes his faithlessness to the world. His claim to fame is his opposition to religion -- particularly Christianity. He wants people to throw off their religious blinders, flee the shadow thrown by their "phoney baloney sky daddy," and stride into the bright klieg lights of atheism.
Yet it never occurs to PZ or Uber Dawks that crushing a "fundie" with a large audience like Vox in an open, honest debate might accomplish exactly that.
Isn't the goal winning converts to atheism? Especially if all this requires is defeating some ignorant "fundie" who isn't fit to lick Richard Dawkins' boots?
If the answer is "Yes," then Uber Dawks has his answer as to why PZ and others like him should participate in such debates.
You have no objective proof of god's existence at all. I challenge anyone on your site to give me one thing -- one tiny piece of objective evidence for god that cannot be better and more fully explained by natural science.
How does one provide "objective" evidence of God's existence to an atheist? Am I expected to believe that someone who is closed to the possibility of God -- who made this decision, not based on evidence, but arrogance -- who doesn't even comprehend the conventional definitions of "objective" or "evidence" -- who changes the meanings of words to suit his agenda, sometimes multiple times within a single conversation -- will magically change his mind and become a theist?
Now I understand what is meant by "blind faith."
Best of luck. When you die, you pass into nonexistence. That's it. Get over your fairy tales now and do something worthwhile like help save the environment.
Filed under the heading, "Optimism." Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow, we die. Our souls do not travel through the aether and into Heaven, dwelling forever with the Lord. Nope. They plummet downward to the Earth, where they pass into Oblivion. Just like that of the lowly cockroach or nightcrawler. How appealing. How egalitarian.
Of course, Uber Dawks offers no explanation for why I should give a Gaian Gorebasm about the environment. Even if I live to a ripe old age and die of natural causes, chances are that environmental degradation won't progress to the point of affecting me to a significant degree. Unless I'm killed by an angry, naked-pink polar bear for imbalancing Mother Earth's chi.
"But what about posterity?!" Uber Dawks might cry. "It's for the children!"
Hello, my name is Wes, and I'm in Oblivion. Remember? I won't care, because I won't know, and soon you'll share my obliviousness. In a few short decades, posterity will join me in my atomic dispersion. Forty-leven zillion years** from now, so will the Earth.
If we can sum up atheism in one word, that word is "futility." There is no transcendancy of meaning. Meaning is personal, and varies from one individual to another. Thus a concise, accurate description of "meaning" within the atheist framework is one that requires subjectivity and contradiction.
So in honor of atheist logic, let me reveal a new rallying cry for our sophisticated secular age:
"Embrace nihilism, BUT save a whale!"
** I believe this is the proper scientific timeframe, as calculated by the evolutionarily elevated.
Below are my thoughts posted in the comments section, as well as additional observations:
PZ afraid to debate you? Why should he debate delusional fundies like you? You wanna know why he doesn't have to? Courtier's reply. All you Christards have to contribute is philosophical flatulation about your phony baloney sky daddy.
I never understand questions like this. PZ is one of many militant atheists who proselytizes his faithlessness to the world. His claim to fame is his opposition to religion -- particularly Christianity. He wants people to throw off their religious blinders, flee the shadow thrown by their "phoney baloney sky daddy," and stride into the bright klieg lights of atheism.
Yet it never occurs to PZ or Uber Dawks that crushing a "fundie" with a large audience like Vox in an open, honest debate might accomplish exactly that.
Isn't the goal winning converts to atheism? Especially if all this requires is defeating some ignorant "fundie" who isn't fit to lick Richard Dawkins' boots?
If the answer is "Yes," then Uber Dawks has his answer as to why PZ and others like him should participate in such debates.
You have no objective proof of god's existence at all. I challenge anyone on your site to give me one thing -- one tiny piece of objective evidence for god that cannot be better and more fully explained by natural science.
How does one provide "objective" evidence of God's existence to an atheist? Am I expected to believe that someone who is closed to the possibility of God -- who made this decision, not based on evidence, but arrogance -- who doesn't even comprehend the conventional definitions of "objective" or "evidence" -- who changes the meanings of words to suit his agenda, sometimes multiple times within a single conversation -- will magically change his mind and become a theist?
Now I understand what is meant by "blind faith."
Best of luck. When you die, you pass into nonexistence. That's it. Get over your fairy tales now and do something worthwhile like help save the environment.
Filed under the heading, "Optimism." Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow, we die. Our souls do not travel through the aether and into Heaven, dwelling forever with the Lord. Nope. They plummet downward to the Earth, where they pass into Oblivion. Just like that of the lowly cockroach or nightcrawler. How appealing. How egalitarian.
Of course, Uber Dawks offers no explanation for why I should give a Gaian Gorebasm about the environment. Even if I live to a ripe old age and die of natural causes, chances are that environmental degradation won't progress to the point of affecting me to a significant degree. Unless I'm killed by an angry, naked-pink polar bear for imbalancing Mother Earth's chi.
"But what about posterity?!" Uber Dawks might cry. "It's for the children!"
Hello, my name is Wes, and I'm in Oblivion. Remember? I won't care, because I won't know, and soon you'll share my obliviousness. In a few short decades, posterity will join me in my atomic dispersion. Forty-leven zillion years** from now, so will the Earth.
If we can sum up atheism in one word, that word is "futility." There is no transcendancy of meaning. Meaning is personal, and varies from one individual to another. Thus a concise, accurate description of "meaning" within the atheist framework is one that requires subjectivity and contradiction.
So in honor of atheist logic, let me reveal a new rallying cry for our sophisticated secular age:
"Embrace nihilism, BUT save a whale!"
** I believe this is the proper scientific timeframe, as calculated by the evolutionarily elevated.
Monday, July 5, 2010
"Hey, Pancho, Pass the Grey Poupon."
The Obama administration is looking to change the way illegal aliens are housed in America by giving them a kinder, gentler, "Club Fed" resort-style life of luxury complete with art classes, movie nights, bingo, e-mail, unmonitored phone lines, continental breakfast, hanging plants and fresh carrot sticks.
An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement e-mail dated May 27 revealed many "low-risk" illegal-alien detainees will also enjoy "free movement," "relaxed security measures," elimination of "lockdowns" and expanded visiting hours, the Houston Chronicle reported.
And every Friday means opera night -- conducted in Spanish, of course, for Sergio's listening and viewing pleasure. After that, it's boat drinks on the deck of the U.S.S. Aztlan, snorkling in the Caribbean, and caviar and Chardonnay under swaying palms.
Remember, the people instituting these asinine policies are the same ones who assure us that our detention facilities don't have the inmate capacity or enough beds to house all these art connoisseurs.
According to the report, ICE officials said the makeover is part of a larger effort to make immigration detention less penal and more humane.
Heaven forfend that we treat criminals like criminals. Why, the mere thought makes my truffles back up. However, since I now know that "penal" is a synonym for "inhumane," I suppose I'll get over it.
Beth Gibson, ICE senior counselor to Assistant Secretary John Morton and a leader of the detention-center overhaul, told the Chronicle ICE is seeking to detain illegals in the least restrictive manner possible while making certain that they leave the country if ordered to do so.
"When people come to our custody, we're detaining them to effect their removal," she said. "It's about deportation. It's not about punishing people for a crime they committed."
Then why detain or deport them? This liar is pretending that illegal aliens are not committing crimes by effecting illegal entry. Eligibility for deportation means that you are a criminal, by definition. Federal law allows a penalty of up to six months in prison for the first offense, and up to twenty years for the second.
It doesn't get more anti-American than a deliberate policy of treating foreign invaders better than U.S. citizens. But given that we have a president who harbors a rank hatred for all things American -- a hatred that saturates the warp and woof of his every statement or decision -- should this come as a surprise?
An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement e-mail dated May 27 revealed many "low-risk" illegal-alien detainees will also enjoy "free movement," "relaxed security measures," elimination of "lockdowns" and expanded visiting hours, the Houston Chronicle reported.
And every Friday means opera night -- conducted in Spanish, of course, for Sergio's listening and viewing pleasure. After that, it's boat drinks on the deck of the U.S.S. Aztlan, snorkling in the Caribbean, and caviar and Chardonnay under swaying palms.
Remember, the people instituting these asinine policies are the same ones who assure us that our detention facilities don't have the inmate capacity or enough beds to house all these art connoisseurs.
According to the report, ICE officials said the makeover is part of a larger effort to make immigration detention less penal and more humane.
Heaven forfend that we treat criminals like criminals. Why, the mere thought makes my truffles back up. However, since I now know that "penal" is a synonym for "inhumane," I suppose I'll get over it.
Beth Gibson, ICE senior counselor to Assistant Secretary John Morton and a leader of the detention-center overhaul, told the Chronicle ICE is seeking to detain illegals in the least restrictive manner possible while making certain that they leave the country if ordered to do so.
"When people come to our custody, we're detaining them to effect their removal," she said. "It's about deportation. It's not about punishing people for a crime they committed."
Then why detain or deport them? This liar is pretending that illegal aliens are not committing crimes by effecting illegal entry. Eligibility for deportation means that you are a criminal, by definition. Federal law allows a penalty of up to six months in prison for the first offense, and up to twenty years for the second.
It doesn't get more anti-American than a deliberate policy of treating foreign invaders better than U.S. citizens. But given that we have a president who harbors a rank hatred for all things American -- a hatred that saturates the warp and woof of his every statement or decision -- should this come as a surprise?
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Happy Independence Day
My plan is to spend the evening at my brother's house, with a belly full of hamburgers and hotdogs. We always do health food on holidays.
How will you spend your July 4th?
How will you spend your July 4th?
Western Films: Summation
To reiterate, this was a list of only films that I have seen, so it cannot be considered a comprehensive listing of the best westerns ever made.
As you've probably detected, I'm a huge fan of John Wayne. However, I think I'm being objective in saying that, if one made a list of the top fifty westerns ever filmed, half would star John Wayne. He was in one great film after another in this genre.
I didn't include pre-1930s westerns, as I have viewed precisely none.
Please feel free in mentioning other westerns not already on the list that you find deserving of merit.
Happy trails!
Here's the original list:
Western Films: The 1930s
Western Films: The 1940s
Western Films: The 1950s
Western Films: The 1960s
Western Films: The 1970s
Western Films: The 1980s
Western Films: The 1990s
Western Films: The 2000s
As you've probably detected, I'm a huge fan of John Wayne. However, I think I'm being objective in saying that, if one made a list of the top fifty westerns ever filmed, half would star John Wayne. He was in one great film after another in this genre.
I didn't include pre-1930s westerns, as I have viewed precisely none.
Please feel free in mentioning other westerns not already on the list that you find deserving of merit.
Happy trails!
Here's the original list:
Western Films: The 1930s
Western Films: The 1940s
Western Films: The 1950s
Western Films: The 1960s
Western Films: The 1970s
Western Films: The 1980s
Western Films: The 1990s
Western Films: The 2000s
Friday, July 2, 2010
Western Films: The 1930s
1. The Big Trail (1930)
2. Destry Rides Again (1939)
3. Dodge City (1939)
4. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
5. Stagecoach (1939)
2. Destry Rides Again (1939)
3. Dodge City (1939)
4. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
5. Stagecoach (1939)
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Western Films: The 1940s
1. The Dark Command (1940)
2. The Westerner (1940)
3. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
4. My Darling Clementine (1946)
5. Angel and the Badman (1947)
6. Fort Apache (1948)
7. Red River (1948)
8. Three Godfathers (1948)
9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
10. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
2. The Westerner (1940)
3. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
4. My Darling Clementine (1946)
5. Angel and the Badman (1947)
6. Fort Apache (1948)
7. Red River (1948)
8. Three Godfathers (1948)
9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
10. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Western Films: The 1950s
1. The Gunfighter (1950)
2. Rio Grande (1950)
3. Winchester '73 (1950)
4. Bend of the River (1952)
5. The Big Sky (1952)
6. High Noon (1952)
7. Hondo (1953)
8. Shane (1953)
9. The Far Country (1955)
10. The Searchers (1956)
11. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
12. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
13. The Big Country (1958)
14. The Horse Soldiers (1959)
15. Rio Bravo (1959)
2. Rio Grande (1950)
3. Winchester '73 (1950)
4. Bend of the River (1952)
5. The Big Sky (1952)
6. High Noon (1952)
7. Hondo (1953)
8. Shane (1953)
9. The Far Country (1955)
10. The Searchers (1956)
11. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
12. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
13. The Big Country (1958)
14. The Horse Soldiers (1959)
15. Rio Bravo (1959)
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Stinko de Mexico
A new federal civil-rights lawsuit is targeting officials at Live Oak High School in the Morgan Hill Unified District in California for demanding that students not wear pro-USA shirts to class on the Mexican Cinco de Mayo holiday.
The filing accuses Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez of telling Dianna Dariano, when asked whether this country is not America, "Not today, we need to give them (Mexicans) their day today." (emphasis added)
This is the inevitable result of importing massive numbers of people from countries that do not share our language, culture, heritage, or values.
That California schools are celebrating a Mexican holiday that has zero significance in America tells you all you need to know about the nature of mass immigration / invasion in this country. The surreality of the situation is what one would expect after falling down the rabbit hole, or stepping through the looking glass. Mere words cannot impart its absurdity.
The next time someone assures you that millions of third worlders can and will assimilate, remember this tale, and how it and numerous other stories exemplify the opposite.
We are not assimilating them; they are assimilating us, with the blessings of our treasonous elites. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a brazen ignoramus or a despicable liar.
The filing accuses Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez of telling Dianna Dariano, when asked whether this country is not America, "Not today, we need to give them (Mexicans) their day today." (emphasis added)
This is the inevitable result of importing massive numbers of people from countries that do not share our language, culture, heritage, or values.
That California schools are celebrating a Mexican holiday that has zero significance in America tells you all you need to know about the nature of mass immigration / invasion in this country. The surreality of the situation is what one would expect after falling down the rabbit hole, or stepping through the looking glass. Mere words cannot impart its absurdity.
The next time someone assures you that millions of third worlders can and will assimilate, remember this tale, and how it and numerous other stories exemplify the opposite.
We are not assimilating them; they are assimilating us, with the blessings of our treasonous elites. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a brazen ignoramus or a despicable liar.
Western Films: The 1960s
1. The Alamo (1960)
2. Cimarron (1960)
3. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
4. North to Alaska (1960)
5. The Comancheros (1961)
6. How the West Was Won (1962)
7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962)
8. Ride the High Country (1962)
9. McLintock! (1963)
10. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
11. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
12. El Dorado (1967)
13. Hombre (1967)
14. The War Wagon (1967)
15. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
16. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
17. True Grit (1969)
2. Cimarron (1960)
3. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
4. North to Alaska (1960)
5. The Comancheros (1961)
6. How the West Was Won (1962)
7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962)
8. Ride the High Country (1962)
9. McLintock! (1963)
10. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
11. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
12. El Dorado (1967)
13. Hombre (1967)
14. The War Wagon (1967)
15. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
16. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
17. True Grit (1969)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Western Films: The 1970s
1. Rio Lobo (1970)
2. Big Jake (1971)
3. Chato's Land (1972)
4. The Cowboys (1972)
5. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
6. Cahill, U.S. Marshal (1973)
7. The Train Robbers (1973)
8. Blazing Saddles (1974)
9. Breakheart Pass (1975)
10. Rooster Cogburn (1975)
11. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
12. The Shootist (1976)
13. The Sacketts (1979)
2. Big Jake (1971)
3. Chato's Land (1972)
4. The Cowboys (1972)
5. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
6. Cahill, U.S. Marshal (1973)
7. The Train Robbers (1973)
8. Blazing Saddles (1974)
9. Breakheart Pass (1975)
10. Rooster Cogburn (1975)
11. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
12. The Shootist (1976)
13. The Sacketts (1979)
Monday, June 21, 2010
PC Terms: Differently Abled
I treasure this one. Imagine someone explaining this logically. It's like squeezing a blue whale through a keyhole.
"My legs are missing, so I can't walk. I'm Differently Abled, you see. I stump."
"I don't have arms, so I find swimming rather difficult. Being Differently Abled, I sink like an anvil."
"Differently abled" is just a dolled-up way of saying, "I can't do that."
I'm assuming that people who take this term seriously -- and not as an assault on the English language or common sense -- view Helen Keller as their hero.
After all, she was Differently Multi-Abled.
"My legs are missing, so I can't walk. I'm Differently Abled, you see. I stump."
"I don't have arms, so I find swimming rather difficult. Being Differently Abled, I sink like an anvil."
"Differently abled" is just a dolled-up way of saying, "I can't do that."
I'm assuming that people who take this term seriously -- and not as an assault on the English language or common sense -- view Helen Keller as their hero.
After all, she was Differently Multi-Abled.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day!
I suppose this is a belated wish, since I got it in with only seventeen minutes left in the day.
Sincerely, though.
Happy Father's Day.
Sincerely, though.
Happy Father's Day.
Western Films: The 1980s
1. The Long Riders (1980)
2. The Mountain Men (1980)
3. The Man from Snowy River (1982)
4. Pale Rider (1985)
5. Silverado (1985)
6. Down the Long Hills (1986)
7. The Quick and the Dead (1987)
8. Return to Snowy River (1988)
9. Young Guns (1988)
10. Lonesome Dove (1989)
2. The Mountain Men (1980)
3. The Man from Snowy River (1982)
4. Pale Rider (1985)
5. Silverado (1985)
6. Down the Long Hills (1986)
7. The Quick and the Dead (1987)
8. Return to Snowy River (1988)
9. Young Guns (1988)
10. Lonesome Dove (1989)
Friday, June 18, 2010
Peace Flotilla Implements of Love
Here are pictures of some of the instruments confiscated from the crew and "peace activists" of the Mavi Marmara. This was a Turkish ship boarded by the Israeli Defense Forces, for the purpose of finding weapons en route to Gaza. The situation occured within the context of an Israeli blockade of Gaza -- A.K.A., Terrorland.
This page presents a summary of relevant events, and this site offers a video of Hamas Peaceniks engaged in a demonstration of pacifism.
I'm a staunch believer in loving someone to death with boarding axes, guns, lengths of metal pipe, slingshots, wooden clubs formed from axe and shovel handles, glass bottles, heavy wrenches and other metal tools, chains, sledgehammers, and knives that look like they were just ripped from a mujahid's sash.
"Let me axe you to give peace a chance!" he screamed, before splitting the man's skull like a ripe melon.
Gives new meaning to the term "Killing me softly."
This page presents a summary of relevant events, and this site offers a video of Hamas Peaceniks engaged in a demonstration of pacifism.
I'm a staunch believer in loving someone to death with boarding axes, guns, lengths of metal pipe, slingshots, wooden clubs formed from axe and shovel handles, glass bottles, heavy wrenches and other metal tools, chains, sledgehammers, and knives that look like they were just ripped from a mujahid's sash.
"Let me axe you to give peace a chance!" he screamed, before splitting the man's skull like a ripe melon.
Gives new meaning to the term "Killing me softly."
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Western Films: The 1990s
1. Quigley Down Under (1990)
2. Young Guns II (1990)
3. Conagher (1991)
4. Far and Away (1992)
5. Tombstone (1993)
6. Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
7. Legends of the Fall (1994)
8. Maverick (1994)
9. Wyatt Earp (1994)
10. Streets of Laredo (1995)
11. Dead Man's Walk (1996)
12. Last Stand at Sabre River (1997)
13. Ride with the Devil (1999)
14. You Know My Name (1999)
2. Young Guns II (1990)
3. Conagher (1991)
4. Far and Away (1992)
5. Tombstone (1993)
6. Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
7. Legends of the Fall (1994)
8. Maverick (1994)
9. Wyatt Earp (1994)
10. Streets of Laredo (1995)
11. Dead Man's Walk (1996)
12. Last Stand at Sabre River (1997)
13. Ride with the Devil (1999)
14. You Know My Name (1999)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Western Films: The 2000s
I'm making a list of my favorite western movies, starting with the most recent decade, and moving backward in time. I'm including only movies that I've seen.
The 2000s:
1. The Claim (2000)
2. Crossfire Trail (2001)
3. Monte Walsh (2003--remake)
4. Open Range (2003)
5. 3:10 to Yuma (2007--remake)
6. Seraphim Falls (2007)
7. Appaloosa (2008)
8. Comanche Moon (2008)
The 2000s:
1. The Claim (2000)
2. Crossfire Trail (2001)
3. Monte Walsh (2003--remake)
4. Open Range (2003)
5. 3:10 to Yuma (2007--remake)
6. Seraphim Falls (2007)
7. Appaloosa (2008)
8. Comanche Moon (2008)
Monday, June 14, 2010
Diversity Is Our Strength
"I'm concerned that this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers ... Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse." -- Chief of Staff of the United States Army George W. Casey, Jr., in the aftermath of a jihadist terrorist attack on Fort Hood, Texas.
So diversity dispoiled is worse than the murders of fourteen innocent people. For me, this comment represents one of the most despicable utterances from human lips in U.S. history. Not only is this man severed from reality, but he is a manifestation of everything that is wrong with multiculturalism. Political correctness is not some silly ideological bent that one may roll his eyes at, shake his head over, and go his merry way. It is a corrosive agent on our society, like throwing acid in a man's face. And its end-result is death--intellectual death, national death, and physical death.
The man is a disgrace, and every moment that he remains in his esteemed position is like urinating on the graves of Nidal Hassan's victims.
So diversity dispoiled is worse than the murders of fourteen innocent people. For me, this comment represents one of the most despicable utterances from human lips in U.S. history. Not only is this man severed from reality, but he is a manifestation of everything that is wrong with multiculturalism. Political correctness is not some silly ideological bent that one may roll his eyes at, shake his head over, and go his merry way. It is a corrosive agent on our society, like throwing acid in a man's face. And its end-result is death--intellectual death, national death, and physical death.
The man is a disgrace, and every moment that he remains in his esteemed position is like urinating on the graves of Nidal Hassan's victims.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
1 John 1: 6-10
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 1: 6-10
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 1: 6-10
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Walking in Nawlins
*Sung to the tune of "Walking in Memphis," by Marc Cohn.
Put on my wading shoes and I
Boarded the plane.
Touched down in the land of the welfare check
In the middle of a hurricane.
Brother Al $harpton
Won't you look down over me.
Yeah I got a first-class ticket,
But I'm as white as a boy can be.
Then I'm walking in Nawlins.
Walking with the water up to my neck.
Walking in Nawlins.
I've heard they keep their ears dry in Quebec.
Saw the ghost of James Carville,
Which was weird, cuz he ain't dead.
He was singing praise to a gent named Willie.
He always was a pudding head.
Now the cops arrested Louis Armstrong
While he blew a trump of doom,
And Dorothy Lamour wore a skin-tight sarong
Like she was bound for the jungle room.
So I was swimming in Nawlins.
I was treading water trying to stay afloat.
Backstroking in Nawlins.
Wish the Lord would send a motorboat.
They've got looters in the grocery;
Po-leece sirens in the air.
And Sean Penn preens in a submarine
No, he won't mess up his hair.
But y'all ain't got a prayer in Nawlins.
Now Blanco cusses Duhbya,
Hands out some shuck and jive;
And Nagin sits at home watching Oprah
Sipping Colt Forty-five.
Je$$e Jack$on paddled past me,
And he noticed my skin was white.
He said: "There goes a racist's child,"
So I called Davy Duke on him tonight.
I was drowning in Nawlins.
Why didn't Bush come and rescue me?
Guess he was out busting levees.
He seems so much nicer on T.V.
Put on my water wings and I
Boarded the plane.
Touched down in the land of racist storms
Where I became a weather vane.
I coulda solved it all in a blink or two
If I only had Obama's brain.
Put on my wading shoes and I
Boarded the plane.
Touched down in the land of the welfare check
In the middle of a hurricane.
Brother Al $harpton
Won't you look down over me.
Yeah I got a first-class ticket,
But I'm as white as a boy can be.
Then I'm walking in Nawlins.
Walking with the water up to my neck.
Walking in Nawlins.
I've heard they keep their ears dry in Quebec.
Saw the ghost of James Carville,
Which was weird, cuz he ain't dead.
He was singing praise to a gent named Willie.
He always was a pudding head.
Now the cops arrested Louis Armstrong
While he blew a trump of doom,
And Dorothy Lamour wore a skin-tight sarong
Like she was bound for the jungle room.
So I was swimming in Nawlins.
I was treading water trying to stay afloat.
Backstroking in Nawlins.
Wish the Lord would send a motorboat.
They've got looters in the grocery;
Po-leece sirens in the air.
And Sean Penn preens in a submarine
No, he won't mess up his hair.
But y'all ain't got a prayer in Nawlins.
Now Blanco cusses Duhbya,
Hands out some shuck and jive;
And Nagin sits at home watching Oprah
Sipping Colt Forty-five.
Je$$e Jack$on paddled past me,
And he noticed my skin was white.
He said: "There goes a racist's child,"
So I called Davy Duke on him tonight.
I was drowning in Nawlins.
Why didn't Bush come and rescue me?
Guess he was out busting levees.
He seems so much nicer on T.V.
Put on my water wings and I
Boarded the plane.
Touched down in the land of racist storms
Where I became a weather vane.
I coulda solved it all in a blink or two
If I only had Obama's brain.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Elitist Snot World News: Retro Edition
Here's a fun story I somehow missed from 2008: Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama's victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support.
A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he recently told friends Mr Obama could "kiss my ass" in return for his support.
My friends, this is one classy gentlemen. I can't believe we were able to carry on as a nation, after he left office and started his own escort service and streetside courtesan consulting firm.
Remember the idiotic road signs that show a picture of Jorge W. Bushandez that say: "Miss me yet?"
Well, I nominate Bill for a future road sign that says:
"Miss my a - - yet?"
A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he recently told friends Mr Obama could "kiss my ass" in return for his support.
My friends, this is one classy gentlemen. I can't believe we were able to carry on as a nation, after he left office and started his own escort service and streetside courtesan consulting firm.
Remember the idiotic road signs that show a picture of Jorge W. Bushandez that say: "Miss me yet?"
Well, I nominate Bill for a future road sign that says:
"Miss my a - - yet?"
Sunday, May 30, 2010
PC Terms: Female Circumcision
I'm limiting my comment to the Islamic practice of performing cliterodectomies on young girls, in the interest of limiting sexual desire.
Calling this "female circumcision" is akin to dubbing partial-birth abortion "parasitic extrication." It's absurd. No proper comparison exists between this barbarism and male circumcision, which God approved for Jewish males in scripture.
This is evil, in that it denies a woman physical pleasure that her Creator intended and saw as good.
It's one of sundry stark and despicable examples of why Muslims who take their religion seriously have no place in Western civilization. We should end Muslim immigration to the west, and deport those who champion jihad and the institution of sharia; if that entails stripping some of their "citizenship," then so be it.
Calling this "female circumcision" is akin to dubbing partial-birth abortion "parasitic extrication." It's absurd. No proper comparison exists between this barbarism and male circumcision, which God approved for Jewish males in scripture.
This is evil, in that it denies a woman physical pleasure that her Creator intended and saw as good.
It's one of sundry stark and despicable examples of why Muslims who take their religion seriously have no place in Western civilization. We should end Muslim immigration to the west, and deport those who champion jihad and the institution of sharia; if that entails stripping some of their "citizenship," then so be it.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Obama's Election Explained in a Nutshell
Perhaps the funniest line I've ever heard in a film.
If you've not seen The Ghostbreakers (1940), with Bob Hope, I recommend it.
If you've not seen The Ghostbreakers (1940), with Bob Hope, I recommend it.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Don't Tell My Tart, My Skanky Raunchy Tart
Miley Cyrus has her very own bump 'n grind video, in which she instructs Hannah Montana fans in the proper method of performing a simulated sex act on the dance floor.
A pair of short - shorts: $15.
Parental absence: worth one full night of debauchery.
Rubbing one's buttocks on the crotch of a homosexual movie producer of the opposite sex: priceless.
Demonstrating uncanny parenting skills and moral outrage at his daughter's behavior, Billy Ray Cyrus announced to the public that, "It's what people her age do."
So if Miley ever wants to sample crack cocaine, we now know of an unassailable argument she can use with her loving father:
"But, Daddy-O, like, other girls my age do it, and, like, they love it!"
At which point Billy Ray's heart will melt; naturally he'll defer to his little striplet, who knows best.
He went on to say that she was "just having fun."
I wonder if Lindsay Lohan's parents made similar remarks, after she chug-a-lugged her first beer? Now she's singing "How Dry I Am" under the bridge uptown with Mr. "Hic" Q. Wino.
It seems Miley Cyrus is following in a long line of once-chaste, now-trollop starlets. Her mentors are Stripley Spears, Christina Stripmebarea, Striponcé, and Jessica Stripson, among other high-paid pole-dancers.
And good ol' Billy Ray? Well, he's less her father, and more her pimp.
A pair of short - shorts: $15.
Parental absence: worth one full night of debauchery.
Rubbing one's buttocks on the crotch of a homosexual movie producer of the opposite sex: priceless.
Demonstrating uncanny parenting skills and moral outrage at his daughter's behavior, Billy Ray Cyrus announced to the public that, "It's what people her age do."
So if Miley ever wants to sample crack cocaine, we now know of an unassailable argument she can use with her loving father:
"But, Daddy-O, like, other girls my age do it, and, like, they love it!"
At which point Billy Ray's heart will melt; naturally he'll defer to his little striplet, who knows best.
He went on to say that she was "just having fun."
I wonder if Lindsay Lohan's parents made similar remarks, after she chug-a-lugged her first beer? Now she's singing "How Dry I Am" under the bridge uptown with Mr. "Hic" Q. Wino.
It seems Miley Cyrus is following in a long line of once-chaste, now-trollop starlets. Her mentors are Stripley Spears, Christina Stripmebarea, Striponcé, and Jessica Stripson, among other high-paid pole-dancers.
And good ol' Billy Ray? Well, he's less her father, and more her pimp.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
B.S. at West Point
Barack Obama gave a commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, on Saturday, where he assured everyone that:
"The international order we seek is one that can resolve the challenges of our times," he said in prepared remarks. "Countering violent extremism and insurgency; stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and securing nuclear materials; combating a changing climate and sustaining global growth; helping countries feed themselves and care for their sick; preventing conflict and healing its wounds."
So he's distancing himself from Bush - era policies by engaging in empty rhetoric. That's quite a departure. Seeking "international order" -- whatever that means -- is not one of the constitutional duties of the President of the United States, Obama's delusional amendings notwithstanding. Notice, too, his context - free mentionings of "violent extremism" and "insurgency." Given that this president views terrorists as citizens, and citizens as terrorists, I draw no comfort from his vows of countering "extremism."
More from the empty suit: "combating a changing climate." Ha! I want to see that. How does one go about doing this? By enlisting the aid of Captain Planet, who poses by day as the mild - mannered Gaia Gore? "Global growth?" What in Sam Hill is he planning? Expansion of the Earth?
In Iraq, he said, the United States is "poised" to end its combat operations this summer, leaving behind "an Iraq that provides no safe haven to terrorists; a democratic Iraq that is sovereign, stable and self-reliant."
Yes, and I have some choice ocean - front property on the Sea of Tranquility that I'll sell you, lunar dirt - cheap. The man's lost in a haze of pipe dreams.
I doubt the Mulatto Messiah believes his own natterings. I expect little more from the Teleprompter - reader - in - chief.
Vacant words formed in a hollow soul.
"The international order we seek is one that can resolve the challenges of our times," he said in prepared remarks. "Countering violent extremism and insurgency; stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and securing nuclear materials; combating a changing climate and sustaining global growth; helping countries feed themselves and care for their sick; preventing conflict and healing its wounds."
So he's distancing himself from Bush - era policies by engaging in empty rhetoric. That's quite a departure. Seeking "international order" -- whatever that means -- is not one of the constitutional duties of the President of the United States, Obama's delusional amendings notwithstanding. Notice, too, his context - free mentionings of "violent extremism" and "insurgency." Given that this president views terrorists as citizens, and citizens as terrorists, I draw no comfort from his vows of countering "extremism."
More from the empty suit: "combating a changing climate." Ha! I want to see that. How does one go about doing this? By enlisting the aid of Captain Planet, who poses by day as the mild - mannered Gaia Gore? "Global growth?" What in Sam Hill is he planning? Expansion of the Earth?
In Iraq, he said, the United States is "poised" to end its combat operations this summer, leaving behind "an Iraq that provides no safe haven to terrorists; a democratic Iraq that is sovereign, stable and self-reliant."
Yes, and I have some choice ocean - front property on the Sea of Tranquility that I'll sell you, lunar dirt - cheap. The man's lost in a haze of pipe dreams.
I doubt the Mulatto Messiah believes his own natterings. I expect little more from the Teleprompter - reader - in - chief.
Vacant words formed in a hollow soul.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Rainbow in the Dark
I was saddened by the passing of Ronnie James Dio, who died of stomach cancer on May 16. He was the current frontman of Heaven and Hell and his namesake group, Dio.
I don't know how many of my readers are into rock or hard rock, but Dio was a grand old man of these genres. He started off in the 1950s and 1960s in different doo - wop groups (Ronnie and the Rumblers, Ronnie and the Redcaps, Ronnie and the Prophets, etc), and later became the lead singer of Elf, who produced three foot - stomping, bluesy rock albums in the '70s. Later, he fronted Rainbow with Richie Blackmore, and Black Sabbath. And he made ten albums with the group named for him, as well as participated in a host of disparate side projects.
If you've ever heard him sing, then you know what a powerful set of pipes he possessed, and how his voice remained strong with the passage of years.
To my mind, his songs had moral clarity that few rock songs reveal. He often wrote about the war between good and evil, and portrayed evil as just that, with no sugar - coating or lipstick smeared on outright sin. That's refreshing, in an era of moral relativism.
Anyway, I just wanted to spend a moment remembering him. His music has affected and entertained me over the years, and, unlike with most music stars, I'm actually sorry that he's gone.
I hope he's with the Lord. Who knows? None of us goes to Heaven on personal merit, after all.
Rest in peace.
I don't know how many of my readers are into rock or hard rock, but Dio was a grand old man of these genres. He started off in the 1950s and 1960s in different doo - wop groups (Ronnie and the Rumblers, Ronnie and the Redcaps, Ronnie and the Prophets, etc), and later became the lead singer of Elf, who produced three foot - stomping, bluesy rock albums in the '70s. Later, he fronted Rainbow with Richie Blackmore, and Black Sabbath. And he made ten albums with the group named for him, as well as participated in a host of disparate side projects.
If you've ever heard him sing, then you know what a powerful set of pipes he possessed, and how his voice remained strong with the passage of years.
To my mind, his songs had moral clarity that few rock songs reveal. He often wrote about the war between good and evil, and portrayed evil as just that, with no sugar - coating or lipstick smeared on outright sin. That's refreshing, in an era of moral relativism.
Anyway, I just wanted to spend a moment remembering him. His music has affected and entertained me over the years, and, unlike with most music stars, I'm actually sorry that he's gone.
I hope he's with the Lord. Who knows? None of us goes to Heaven on personal merit, after all.
Rest in peace.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Excellent Advice . . .
. . . from a wise woman on reversing sexual liberation.
Dive into her other posts, as well. They're worth your time.
Dive into her other posts, as well. They're worth your time.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Beijing or Bust
I received a rather curious observation from Butt Out in the comments section of my post about cigarette butts. Here it is in its entirety:
i have no idea how much littering fines are. I think they are well over several hundred dollars.
In my last 15 years as a smoker, i constantly put the butts where they belonged, especially after we moved into a public park. I didn't want to see ANY trash in the landscape and I realized that the public was allowed here and if they began trashing it, the place would look awful really fast.
Figured I'd set the example, help with the clean ups and all.
so i'm saying its a smoker's responsibilty, as much as it's everybodies, to clean up after themselves. Our momma's don't live here, as the saying goes.
And about the ''alleged'' complaint with the police, that is how America works. Police always work on behalf of the greater good, including the things that they do not witness. If it doesn't suit you, move to China or Iran, where they are far more swifter and certain with their justice.
I take no issue with the first four paragraphs. Yes, smokers should be good stewards of the Earth, and not go flipping refuse willy - nilly all over the place. This applies to everyone; not just members of the carcinogen club.
However, the point was not what smokers do or should do; the subject was how the government abuses its trust, exerting its power in crafting inordinate punishments that have as much or more to do with the acquisition of money and pleasing enviromaniacs and anti - smokers as with the enactment of justice.
The final paragraph from Butt Out seems incoherent. First, it is not true that the police "always work on behalf of the greater good." I have read numerous stories about police brutality and other flagrant misconduct. Such reports are neither rare nor difficult in unearthing on the Internet.
Second, where is the logic in advising someone who denounces excessive punishments to look to China or Iran for satisfaction? One is a Communist / fascist state, and the other is an Islamoid dystopia. Butt Out's position is that I would find life more comfortable in China or Iran, since I decry draconian responses to minor crimes.
This is like saying, "Don't like Jew - bashing? Well, maybe you should pull up stakes and move to the Gaza Strip."
There is nothing just or honorable about incommensurate fines for petty infractions or informing on one's fellow citizens.
i have no idea how much littering fines are. I think they are well over several hundred dollars.
In my last 15 years as a smoker, i constantly put the butts where they belonged, especially after we moved into a public park. I didn't want to see ANY trash in the landscape and I realized that the public was allowed here and if they began trashing it, the place would look awful really fast.
Figured I'd set the example, help with the clean ups and all.
so i'm saying its a smoker's responsibilty, as much as it's everybodies, to clean up after themselves. Our momma's don't live here, as the saying goes.
And about the ''alleged'' complaint with the police, that is how America works. Police always work on behalf of the greater good, including the things that they do not witness. If it doesn't suit you, move to China or Iran, where they are far more swifter and certain with their justice.
I take no issue with the first four paragraphs. Yes, smokers should be good stewards of the Earth, and not go flipping refuse willy - nilly all over the place. This applies to everyone; not just members of the carcinogen club.
However, the point was not what smokers do or should do; the subject was how the government abuses its trust, exerting its power in crafting inordinate punishments that have as much or more to do with the acquisition of money and pleasing enviromaniacs and anti - smokers as with the enactment of justice.
The final paragraph from Butt Out seems incoherent. First, it is not true that the police "always work on behalf of the greater good." I have read numerous stories about police brutality and other flagrant misconduct. Such reports are neither rare nor difficult in unearthing on the Internet.
Second, where is the logic in advising someone who denounces excessive punishments to look to China or Iran for satisfaction? One is a Communist / fascist state, and the other is an Islamoid dystopia. Butt Out's position is that I would find life more comfortable in China or Iran, since I decry draconian responses to minor crimes.
This is like saying, "Don't like Jew - bashing? Well, maybe you should pull up stakes and move to the Gaza Strip."
There is nothing just or honorable about incommensurate fines for petty infractions or informing on one's fellow citizens.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Kiss My Butt
My mother told me a story last week about how one of her friends found a letter in her mailbox from the local police department. This friendly missive said that a "concerned citizen" had notified the police -- presumably by writing down her license plate number -- that she had engaged in one of the most unspeakable acts of modern times: littering. This atrocity manifest itself as a dropped cigarette butt. The letter assured her that this was her sole warning; a second offense carries the pricetag of a $1,500 fine. The friendly neighborhood extortionist also said that if a cop sees you litter and pulls you over, there's no warning on offer, just a fat fine.
There's so much that I can say, here; but let's start with the acknowledgment that a $1,500 penalty is a disproportionate response. It's the brand of idiocy I expect from environmental maniacs like Algore, who believe that Mother Earth awaits her vengeance, and the only good humans are those with several feet of earth and turf over them.
And government drones squint their eyes in confusion and wonder why the public believes they care more about cash than justice. Gee, I wonder. I'm sorry, but you don't get the privilege of abusing your position of power for the crass acquisition of greenbacks and also receive respect from the citizenry. That's not how the world works, except perhaps in Obamatopia.
I wish she knew the "concerned" informant / busybody's name and address. If I were her, I'd bide my time and save up a year's worth of cigarette butts. I'd even ask my friends and family for contributions to the carcinoma fund. I'd save bags and bags of the stuff, then take them to the "concerned" stool pigeon's house and cram them up her / his / its car tailpipe, dust its flowerbeds with these little filtered gems, and dump a heaping pile on the "concerned" fink's front porch. Speaking of putting stinky butts in their place.
I think one could make a case that $1,500 for an inch - long cigarette butt is cruel and unusual punishment; it's the same level of cruelty and contempt Hollywood exhibits when elevating Bennifer Afflack to a leading - man role.
I shudder to think of the retribution dreamed up for those who commit further butt droppage. I see it now: a woman led to a wooden pole, a look of mystified horror distorting her features. There, the Smokestaffel lackey offers her a cigarette, but he warns that she'd better make use of the ashtray to her left. "We can't kill you twice for the same crime," he says, "but we darned sure can kneecap you, before the final curtain falls." Ouch. He blindfolds her, and the last things she sees before going down into darkness are the ubiquitous signs pasted on every visible wall that request in bold, black letters:
Please Put Litter In Its Place
There's so much that I can say, here; but let's start with the acknowledgment that a $1,500 penalty is a disproportionate response. It's the brand of idiocy I expect from environmental maniacs like Algore, who believe that Mother Earth awaits her vengeance, and the only good humans are those with several feet of earth and turf over them.
And government drones squint their eyes in confusion and wonder why the public believes they care more about cash than justice. Gee, I wonder. I'm sorry, but you don't get the privilege of abusing your position of power for the crass acquisition of greenbacks and also receive respect from the citizenry. That's not how the world works, except perhaps in Obamatopia.
I wish she knew the "concerned" informant / busybody's name and address. If I were her, I'd bide my time and save up a year's worth of cigarette butts. I'd even ask my friends and family for contributions to the carcinoma fund. I'd save bags and bags of the stuff, then take them to the "concerned" stool pigeon's house and cram them up her / his / its car tailpipe, dust its flowerbeds with these little filtered gems, and dump a heaping pile on the "concerned" fink's front porch. Speaking of putting stinky butts in their place.
I think one could make a case that $1,500 for an inch - long cigarette butt is cruel and unusual punishment; it's the same level of cruelty and contempt Hollywood exhibits when elevating Bennifer Afflack to a leading - man role.
I shudder to think of the retribution dreamed up for those who commit further butt droppage. I see it now: a woman led to a wooden pole, a look of mystified horror distorting her features. There, the Smokestaffel lackey offers her a cigarette, but he warns that she'd better make use of the ashtray to her left. "We can't kill you twice for the same crime," he says, "but we darned sure can kneecap you, before the final curtain falls." Ouch. He blindfolds her, and the last things she sees before going down into darkness are the ubiquitous signs pasted on every visible wall that request in bold, black letters:
Please Put Litter In Its Place
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Only in Tennessee
Seen while driving through town a couple of days ago:
A man who looked like "Buffalo" Bill Cody in a tank - top and shorts, having difficulty pedaling a three - wheeled bicycle uphill. At the rear of the bike was a metal basket, within which rode two comfortable passengers:
A puppy and a large rooster.
I'm not kidding.
I think he was on his way to Wal - Mart, where he could have his picture taken and become an Internet icon.
A man who looked like "Buffalo" Bill Cody in a tank - top and shorts, having difficulty pedaling a three - wheeled bicycle uphill. At the rear of the bike was a metal basket, within which rode two comfortable passengers:
A puppy and a large rooster.
I'm not kidding.
I think he was on his way to Wal - Mart, where he could have his picture taken and become an Internet icon.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
My Brain Is Trapped in the TARDIS
In an article by David B. Hart about the intellectual vacuity of certain vocal Atheists, Hart discusses a current book, 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists:
The whole project probably reaches its reductio ad absurdum when the science-fiction writer Sean Williams explains that he learned to reject supernaturalism in large part from having grown up watching Doctor Who.
Interesting. I had a diametric opposite reaction to boob tubage philosophy: I embraced the supernatural after becoming a "religious" viewer of Highway to Heaven. Tom Baker is nowhere near as convincing a prophet as Little Joe Cartwright.
Hat tip to Vox Day
The whole project probably reaches its reductio ad absurdum when the science-fiction writer Sean Williams explains that he learned to reject supernaturalism in large part from having grown up watching Doctor Who.
Interesting. I had a diametric opposite reaction to boob tubage philosophy: I embraced the supernatural after becoming a "religious" viewer of Highway to Heaven. Tom Baker is nowhere near as convincing a prophet as Little Joe Cartwright.
Hat tip to Vox Day
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Humor in the News
George Washington's in trouble:
Two centuries ago, the nation's first President borrowed two tomes from the New York Society Library on E. 79th St. and never returned them, racking up an inflation-adjusted $300,000 late fee.
*****
Some visitors to a new exhibit at New York City's Museum of Modern Art are being asked to leave because they are touching nude performers.
The performers featured in Marina Abramovic's new exhibition have complained of being pushed, prodded and poked by some patrons.
The museum acknowledges that it has had problems with some visitors touching the live art. It is declining to talk about specific cases, but says visitors caught doing it are escorted out.
Just a quick word of free advice to all the exhibitionists: If you don't like getting groped, don't lie around in public nekkid.
Two centuries ago, the nation's first President borrowed two tomes from the New York Society Library on E. 79th St. and never returned them, racking up an inflation-adjusted $300,000 late fee.
*****
Some visitors to a new exhibit at New York City's Museum of Modern Art are being asked to leave because they are touching nude performers.
The performers featured in Marina Abramovic's new exhibition have complained of being pushed, prodded and poked by some patrons.
The museum acknowledges that it has had problems with some visitors touching the live art. It is declining to talk about specific cases, but says visitors caught doing it are escorted out.
Just a quick word of free advice to all the exhibitionists: If you don't like getting groped, don't lie around in public nekkid.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
"If You're gonna call me that . . . Smile!"
If you like Western films, you might enjoy this article.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
That was Then . . .
This is now:
Remember Elian Gonzalez? He's now a member of the Young Communists League, in Cuba.
Take a bow, Bill Clinton and Janet Reno. Aren't you proud?
Sunday, April 4, 2010
He Is Risen . . .
. . . and He lives forevermore.
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. -- John 16:33
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. -- John 14:1-3
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. -- Matthew 28:5-6
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. -- Mark 16:5-7
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. -- Luke 24:1-7
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. -- John 16:33
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. -- John 14:1-3
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. -- Matthew 28:5-6
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. -- Mark 16:5-7
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. -- Luke 24:1-7
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