It appears that those poor, misunderstood and oppressed Iraqis have up and kidnapped a small group of useful idiots. These useful idiots call themselves “Christian Peacemaker Teams”, and abuse the name “Christian” to further their anti-U.S. agenda.
To get a whiff of self-righteousness, hold your nose and go visit them here. This [...]
Archive for November, 2005
"Christian Peacemaker Teams"
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Good news for a change
Posted in Israel on November 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Progress is made, with tiny, baby steps. But, as big things are often changed by a sufficiency of small things, this is important. Received this morning via e-mail from American Friends of Magen David, the news that Magen David Adom and the Palestine Red Crescent Society have agreed to cooperate:
Magen David Adom and Palestine Red [...]
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy
Posted in Politics on November 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Can’t you almost hear the roar of the crowds for their hero, Rudy Ruettiger, as he is carried off the field by his Notre Dame teammates? Oh. Wrong Rudy. But some of the same character traits may get Hizzoner Rudy Giuliani on the Republican ticket in 2008.
Rudy Ruettiger showed that with enough heart and determination, [...]
What a waste
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Nanny State, Political Correctness on November 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
In more ways than one. Here’s what happened in my town some months ago. A guy takes his 9-year old son away from his mother, in violation of a court order. Oh, should also mention this small fact: he abducted the boy at gunpoint. This man then took his son to his house, and resisted [...]
Hard to disagree…
Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
…even when it’s one of the sworn enemies of Western civilization. In this case, it is Abdul Aziz Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. Catchy title, no? Don’t think this guy is much of a liberal, in the classic Enlightenment sense of freedom of conscience and [...]
Physician, heal thyself
Posted in Religion on November 26, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Moses ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides, and Rambam (from his name as a Hebrew acronym), is widely acknowledged as the greatest Jewish sage. He’s also the patron saint, so to speak, for Jewish doctors.
It is in this latter role that Maimonides is the subject of an article in today’s Washington Post. The story is centered [...]
M&M’s Happen
Posted in Nanny State on November 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy M&M’s, this: a baloon depicting one of my favorite snacks in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade went askew, and…oh, the humanity…one girl needed stitches, and another girl got some bruises. I’ve been to the Parade, in person, and, I can tell you, it’s scary out there. [...]
"no specific qualifications"
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
…For the post of Secretary General of the Untied Nations. No, that’s not a typo. It seems there are quite a few worthies from around the world who would like to be in the final swimsuit competition at Turtle Bay. From the lengthy story in one of the MSM’s UN cheerleaders:
There are [...]
Which witch?
Posted in Movies, Religion on November 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Fundies, as in fundamentalist Christians, are misunderstood. In the extreme. Consider this review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, from Focus on the Family’s review:
Whether it’s grim treachery or comic relief, the film’s wall-to-wall sorcery is birthed from a faulty worldview that taps into the occult and never recognizes any divine authority. Unlike The Lord [...]
M&M’s Happen
Posted in Americana, Nanny State on November 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy M&M’s, this: a baloon depicting one of my favorite snacks in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade went askew, and…oh, the humanity…one girl needed stitches, and another girl got some bruises. I’ve been to the Parade, in person, and, I can tell you, it’s scary out there. [...]
"We hold these truths to be self-evident…"
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I know. Wrong holiday. But not really, if we can consider the common thread between today, Thanksgiving, and our Declaration of Independence. That thread is the trust in Almighty God, the author of our liberty, and of the providence on which we feast.
Despite its secularization, Thanksgiving is, and always was, [...]
Where not to shop…
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Taking care of business on November 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
…when in Braintree, Massachussetts. From the Boston Herald, this sad little story of a shlub who needed help in deleting kiddie porn from his digital camera — so he went to the local Best Buy. From the Herald:
Quick-thinking employees at a Braintree Best Buy stunned by a customer’s graphic photos stalled the suspect while flagging [...]
“would be destabilizing”
Posted in War and Peace on November 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
In what should not need to be said, one of our military’s on-scene commanders in Iraq has stated the obvious. The context, from today’s WaPo:
Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, the senior tactical commander in Iraq, indicated to reporters at the Pentagon yesterday that his staff had looked at shrinking U.S. force levels more quickly. But [...]
Cause and effect?
Posted in Taking care of business on November 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
General Motors’ announcement yesterday sent shock waves through the domestic auto industry, but seems to elicit yawns from the rest of us. The reason? The General’s been on life support for decades, unable to compete in quality or in true cost, with a host of (mostly) Asian competitors. And why is this so? A goodly [...]
Which witch?
Posted in Culture, Religion on November 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Fundies, as in fundamentalist Christians, are misunderstood. In the extreme. Consider this review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, from Focus on the Family’s review:
Whether it’s grim treachery or comic relief, the film’s wall-to-wall sorcery is birthed from a faulty worldview that taps into the occult and never recognizes any divine authority. Unlike [...]
Rent this
Posted in Movies, Political Correctness on November 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The latest fad isn’t quite so recent. It’s Rent, about to be released in a “hey-let’s celebrate people who kill themselves with sex and drugs and then moan about how unfair life is” movie. Sort of like a hipper “Angels in America”, another celebration of depravity, all dressed up as treacly compassion.
The problem with these [...]
Say what you mean…
Posted in Politics, War and Peace on November 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
…and mean what you say. Old wisdom. Frequently ignored, especially by our beloved politicos. The dust-up yesterday on bringing our troops home from Iraq is but the latest example.
Jack Murtha (D-PA), who I still respect, called the bluff of the posturing peacocks of his own party when he said what was surely on their minds: [...]
That’s funny, Osama baby
Posted in War and Peace on November 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
This just in: Osama bin Laden and the Democratic Party are soulmates. Well, at least in part. From the Daily Telegraph (UK), we learn that one of Osama’s American Arabist friends, at Duke, has compiled the wisdom of this piece of feces in book form.
Now, one may ask, why bother with the ravings of OBL? [...]
Pity the Arabs…
Posted in War and Peace on November 17, 2005 | 1 Comment »
…but let’s not help them. This seems to be the message that one side of the debate is sending. In case you’ve not been keeping track, this is the side, mostly but not exclusively Democrats, whose goal in Iraq is to…leave. Be done with it.
The other side, which we might call the neo-con side, is [...]
“hands-on diplomacy”
Posted in Israel on November 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
This is what our elite would-be opinion makers believe is what is stopping peace between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. Today’s WaPo editorial reminds us of the great success (darn; can’t find the sarcasm html tag…) that such “hands-on” intervention had.
Firstly, we have the Post, in an editorial today, somehow having Condi Rice “breaking” with [...]
More on Mark
Posted in Politics on November 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
No, no, not “moron Mark.” Mark Warner is one of the few Democrats that I can have some respect for. Found, via Decision ‘08 (tagline: because it’s never too early), a Time Magazine puff piece titled “America’s 5 Best Governors.” As for Warner’s being talked up as a Democratic nominee for president.
My reaction:
Sometimes it is [...]
“alleged suppression”
Posted in Liberty on November 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
One of the characteristics of a tyranny is that it must take measures to keep its people in. One of the characteristics of a liberal democracy is that it sometimes needs to keep people out. Case in point: the infamous Berlin Wall did not operate to keep out all those folks clamoring to get into [...]
“fundamental rights and freedoms”
Posted in Liberty, Politics on November 13, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The Democrat’s house organ, the New York Times, advises them to “fight for their vision” against that evil spawn of the “far right”, SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito. Well, they didn’t use the term “evil spawn” in today’s editorial. But they might as well have. From the “be strong and don’t be afraid to filibuster” piece:
Conservative [...]
Speaking truth to power
Posted in Political Correctness, War and Peace on November 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I hate the phrase too; it’s been so overused by the nanny-state birkenstock-wearing Volvo-driving liberals. But, apparently, at least one congressman, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), talked some truth to the power of the Political Correctness Police, Muslims-are-members-of-the-Religion-of-Peace division. What he said, according to the Chicago Tribune, was:
I’m OK with discrimination against young Arab males [...]
Go, Mark, Go
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2005 | 1 Comment »
That’s Mark (“I’m not John”) Warner. Mark Warner, current governor of my state of Virginia, is leaving office this year in a blaze of, if not exactly glory, at the least, presidential ambitions. Seems that Gov. Warner, who raised our taxes (so what did you expect, a chicken in every pot?), with zero, [...]
Speaking of the Church’s moral teachings…
Posted in Christianity, Politics, Uncategorized on November 10, 2005 | 1 Comment »
…as I did in yesterday’s post about Tim Kaine, our next governor. Firstly, I blame Jerry Kilgore for running a dumb campaign. Kilgore pasted the unholy “L” for liberal label on Kaine. He was correct in so doing. Kaine however, was clever enough to hide his true beliefs behind a facade [...]
Carry Me back to Old Virginny
Posted in Uncategorized on November 9, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Thus begins our not-so-politically correct official state song. I’m a native New Yorker, but I have to confess that I do love living in Virginia — if only in the politically deep blue city of Alexandria. As a Republican, my plaint has now become, “carry me back to Red State Virginia.”
Well, we tried, [...]
We don’t need no water…
Posted in War and Peace on November 8, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
… let the mother ****er burn.” Part of a charming little lyric shouted by Rancid on their “Let’s Go” album from 1994. For those unacquainted with the privilege of listening to shouted obscenities and really harsh guitar riffs, by all means listen to Rancid. But the sentiment may be apropos as regards the Islamic uprising [...]
"We don’t need no water…"
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2005 | 1 Comment »
… let the mother ****er burn.” Part of a charming little lyric shouted by Rancid on their “Let’s Go” album from 1994. For those unacquainted with the privilege of listening to shouted obscenities and really harsh guitar riffs, by all means listen to Rancid. But the sentiment may be apropos as regards [...]
Paris is burning…
Posted in Islam, War and Peace on November 5, 2005 | 1 Comment »
…and it’s just the start in Old Europe. The French may finally come to realize that Islamic immigrants must be integrated into French society, not merely shunted aside into ghettos. The partial solution is to stop further immigration of Muslims, but this is like putting a plaster on a sucking chest wound — it only [...]
