The worst thing anybody can do to anybody
Now we know what the worst thing is. Mayor Ernie Troiano of Wildwood, New Jersey has told us. In a statement on July 15th he called this thing "the worst thing anybody can do to anybody". That's pretty heavy language. What was he talking about? Some jerk stuck a "Parking for whites only" sign in a parking lot at a motel, not the motel's owners, mind you, just some dope. The sign was taken down right away, of course, and it's not even known at this point whether any non-white people even saw [...]
How can we NOT eliminate Gaddafi?
Unlike many conservatives, I can understand the war in Libya; there is a spontaneous uprising against a totalitarian dictator, Gaddafi has sponsored terrorism, and slaughtered his own people, and with so much happening across the Middle East, it makes sense for the West to do what it can to promote democracy and the weakening of hostile regimes. However, to commit ourselves to in interventionist war without a commitment to eliminate Gaddafi makes no sense whatsoever. What does the Obama [...]
The New Face of Terror
With this week's release of over 250,000 pages of classified diplomatic communications, Julian Assange, the creator of Wikileaks, the online repository of stolen government documents, rises to the level of an international terrorist. The ability of governments to communicate privately is essential to the function of government. Developing alliances and coalitions is the best way for a country to avoid war. Trust between allies is predicated on what are sometimes sharply defined agreements [...]
HIV Pill Mysteries
As reported in the Washington Times today, trials of a new HIV prevention pill are yielding rather startling results. The article cites a reduction in AIDS infection of 73%! Why, Watson, that's simply astounding! The article also claims that taking the drug doesn't increase risky sexual behavior, which sounded completely counter-intuitive when measured against the behavior of gay men in American gay communities 30 years after the arrival of AIDS and 15 years after the introduction of [...]
Beat the Devil
Once in a while something comes along that seems so obvious that I smack my head and say "Why didn't I think of that???" The internet, for one. I mean, come ON! It's SO OBVIOUS! Or...Facebook! That's something I should have come up with. Or...the Tea Party! What an amazingly simple idea! Well it's happened again, and this time it's a small miracle. For decades, the insane preacher Fred Phelps and his smiling family of terrorists (code-named Westboro Baptist Church) have been showing up at [...]
The Gorian Legacy
In 1985, Senator Al Gore's wife led an investigative panel into the dangers of rock music. The Parents Music Resource Center charged that suggestive lyrics from heavy metal to pop were planting insidious sexual and violent images in the minds of children, leading to their corruption. Fast forward 25 years, and Tipper and Al Gore are divorced, one of their children was busted for drugs, and crazed ecoterrorists are trying to take people hostage at the Discovery Channel and mailing out bombs [...]
ObamaCare: It’s a “good” plan…..
Thanks go out to Texas Congressman Kevin Brady and his staff for researching ObamaCare and creating a detailed visual to demonstrate it's ridiculous complexity and incoherence. Anyone who imagines that any congressman or senator or President for that matter, had any idea what this thing was when they voted for it, is delusional. The idea that this represents good government, that this mess represents increased efficiency and lower costs, is beyond irrational. I'm reminded of the Twilight [...]
What is all the screaming about????
This past week we've been treated to wildly entertaining screaming by New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner over the defeat of H.R.847, a bill to provide special health care funds for first responders to the World Trade Centers on September 11th. There have been dozens of deaths and hundreds of people taken seriously ill primarily due to toxic materials inhaled during that tragic day. Republican New York Congressman Peter King, one of the sponsors of the bill, rose to accuse the [...]
Egyptian Journalist Confirms Gaza Prosperity
Oh snap! Egyptian journalist Ashraf Abu al-Houl has confirmed the reporting by Tom Gross at the Mideast Dispatch Archive of prosperity in Gaza. He goes even further with the investigation however citing corruption by the Hamas leadership for the poverty suffered by the majority of Gazans. Via the fantastic Middle East Media Research Institute, al-Houl reports that among other things: "The Gaza resorts paint a picture of prosperity enjoyed by only a few groups, most of which have become rich [...]
A Last Twist on Shirley Sherrod
So the blogosphere and the MSM are in a tither over Shirley Sherrod. The newest poster girl for victims of right-wing racism, or, maybe newest poster girl for victims of Obama's ineptitude when it comes to issues of race, or, maybe newest poster girl for posters, has gotten the media all "wee wee'd up" over how to spin the story as an indictment of Andrew Breitbart and the new media. I just have a question. If Shirley Sherrod was treating white people with such racist contempt 25 years [...]
