Monday, July 2, 2007
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
What I am Reading
Still wading through Milton and Shakespeare. You can't rush through these writers, folks. Like fine wine, they must be savored.
Holy....
The Texas Senate will open today with its first Islamic prayer, offered by a
Dallas imam who has been criticized for participating in a "tribute to the great
Islamic visionary," Ayatollah Khomeini.
Imam Yusuf Kavakci of the Dallas Central
Mosque is scheduled to be welcomed by Texas' Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and
Sen. Florence Shapiro, the Senate's senior Jewish member and sponsor of
Kavakci's invocation.
According to an announcement by the Dallas-Forth Worth
chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the occasion will be broadcast
live on the Texas Senate website and attended by a number of faith-based
groups, including Texas Impact, Baptist General Convention of Texas' Christian
Life Commission, Texas Conference of Churches and Texas Islamic Council.
"Don't miss the next milestone event for the Texas Muslim community!'
DFW-CAIR's announcement read. "On April 4, 2007, the first Muslim imam will open the Texas Senate with an Islamic prayer [emphasis added]."Read the rest of this travesty...
I mean, can you believe this bull? What's the next "milestone?" Burquas? Prayer in schools? Stoning of Infidels?
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Caption Contest
Monday, April 2, 2007
Attacking Our Children
You should see this. It chills the blood.
I’m sure you remember the massacre of children that occurred in Beslan, Russia where all those kids were killed? It took Russian police totally by surprise, and resulted in the deaths of over 150 children.
Check this out:
The enemy is infiltrating us at all levels, and certainly school bus drivers are
one area to look at," warned retired Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, president of Killology
Research Group, an anti-terror consultancy that trains the FBI and other law enforcement. "And how about high school, middle school and elementary school cafeteria workers? Janitors? Delivery people?"
But no, we certainly don’t want to intimidate or discriminate. What happens when, in the name of “diversity,” our children are slaughtered?
"But no one dares profile them," he told WND.
Profile them NOW, or we may be called upon to identify our children later…at a morgue. After all, that’s what terrorists do, right? They spread terror in an attempt to bend people to their will by instilling the mistaken belief that collaboration will put a halt to such things.
We need to eradicate these bastards.
I can assure you, if anything...ANYTHING...were to happen to my children as a result of the Religion of Piss, I would demonstrate my ability to be unChristian. I would demonstrate it at as many Mosques as I can get to. I would demonstrate it to lawmakers and Islamic apologists. Or at least as many as I could reach before they take me out.
The gummint should also take note of something: If their pussified protocols result in something like this article suggests, they may actually have what Blac Bloc morons have been fantasizing about for years: blood running in the streets...at the VERY least.
Don't take us there, oh Powers that Be. I love my country...but my first obligation is to my family.
Read the whole thing here:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54975
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Hacking the Rott
I swear, these moronic libtards operate on such an outrageous double standard. "Freedom of speech for me, but not for thee" seems to be their game. Well, I am afraid that hacking attempts are illegal, and we will find you. Who knows what will happen then?
UPDATE:
As most of you are probably aware by now, Misha Watch turned out to be an elaborate April Fool's day prank by the all-powerful leader of the Rottweiler Empire, Misha I. Well done your majesty. You got me completely.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
What I'm Reading
I just finished Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Not the greatest book I have ever read, but an intriguing one. And I also just finished reading a collection of the 2007 Hugo Award winners.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Adventures in Education
Except...
Yeah, the "except" clause has to be cited.
I'm sure a lot of people remember PE classes from their time in the PS trenches. It's just one of those unfortunate realities with which kids have to deal. The class I subbed for was boy's PE-sixth grade. I was assisting one of the regular coaches, and things went pretty well. The sixth-grade boys acted like...well, sixth grade boys. Unfortunately, the coach I was assisting had moments when he didn't do much better.
I don't see the benefit of calling kids "stupid," nor do I think that kids should be called "idiots." Of course, sometimes they act like they are...but then they are just sixth grade boys, and as Bill Cosby tells us, all children are brain damaged, but they grow out of it.
BTW, if that statement offends you, you just never grew out of it.
For example, there was one kid in this class who was obviously simple, possibly borderline ASD or MR, or something. I am not a diagnostician. The coach told the kids who were not playing flag football to walk around the field for the duration of the period, but this kid just wouldn't do it. The coach looked at him and said "What kind of idiot are you?" and proceeded to yell at him. Didn't work. The kid kept yelling back to him that he was an independent citizen, and so did not have to listen to the coach(!) Whatever this kid's problems, he was able to stymie the coach.
The coach finally asked me to talk to him.
Turns out this kid was a citizen of a place in his head called "Dashtopia." Instead of arguing with him and yelling at him, I simply explained to him that he was standing on American soil, where he was expected to obey the rules, like doing what teachers tell you to do. He had been told to walk, so he had to walk as instructed.
He walked without incident for the rest of the class period.
I'm not tooting my own horn, but it seems to me that if the coach had taken the fifteen seconds to actually listen to this kid and talk on his level, he could have avoided the ulcers and anger that he apparently had developed.
Don't get me wrong. I am not one of those "listen to the children" weirdos. Children are, in general, lying, manipulative, self-centered, deceptive little imps. It's called "human nature" and quite often a good dose of corporal punishment is a good idea. But neither should they be torn down further by being called insulting names.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Trolls
Check this out!
BTW, just to clear things up, I am not an Islamophobe. I just have no respect for the religion whatsoever. If that bothers you, then work toward making Islam something worth respecting. Of course that would mean gutting Islamic doctrine, so I won't hold my breath.
Free Speech? Yeah, right...
Allahpundit over at Hot Air has this great video of Evan Coyne Maloney making an appearance on "Hannity's America" to chat up his expose on free speech and free thought in America's universities. Go check it out!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
What I am Reading
I just got through reading Richard K. Morgan's first two Takeshi Kovacs novels, Altered Carbon, and Broken Angels.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Award Winning!
This time, the coveted Golden Asshat award(tm) goes to this nitwit: http://www.legitgov.org/comment/rec_report_150307.html
Part of the reason I am giving this glorious waste of oxygen the award is because he displays a curious sense of irony, something I am quite fond of. Mike Rectumwad is writing for a website called "Citizens for a Legitimate Government." He cleverly supports this site by writing an article that calls for the complete destruction of our already established and legitimate government. I don't know why they call it "Legitimate Government." Perhaps they should call it "Citizens for a Totalitarian Government not Resembling a Republic." Or maybe "Citizens for a Totaltarian Government Run by OUR Asshats."
In any case, I dub thee Asshat.
First Post
With so many blogs out there, so many opinions floating around, so many voices in the mix, I guess I have to provide myself with a rationale for why I am doing this. I think it is partially, at least, because I need a forum to express myself and my thoughts about the world around me.
I find myself almost constantly anxious about the happenings in our world, the clash of ideologies, of nations, and of religions. To call it "fear" would not be an overstatement. I have a wife and two young children, and I am often afraid of what kind of world they will grow up in.
However, as a wise man told me at another blog I frequent, one of the most important things to do in this mess is to put your head above your heart. I will try to do that. I may not always succeed, but I will try my best.