A while back I was dismayed by an editorial/comment by one of the editors of the Costco magazine regarding Al Gore and Glenn Beck. I took exception to a membership magazine disparaging Beck while hoisting Gore on a pedestal to schlep his most recent book. My post, Costco Disconnection was perhaps my most read and certainly most commented on article. You can follow the link if you want to read the original posting.
At the risk of having my head removed from my body I have a few thoughts on the GSM (Ground Zero Mosque) controversy:
Update – many on the conservative side breathed a cautious sigh of relief when General David Petraeus was placed in charge of the NATO war effort in Afghanistan. Not many criticized his predecessor, General Stanley McChrystal, but there were grumbles about how he handcuffed his troops through tight rules of engagement as discussed in the original post.
Patraeus was seen as perhaps more of a warrior who would take the gloves off and permit our soldiers to do what soldiers do in war…kill the enemy and break things. To many Patraeus was Patton. As expected General Patraeus did modify the complex rules of engagement in Afghanistan. He actually made them even more stringent in an attempt to win the support of the Afghan people.
I walked into our living room a few nights ago and my daughter was watching Miracle which is the Hollywood version of the United States’ hockey team winning the Olympic Gold Medal at the 1980 games in Lake Placid, New York. I had stuff to do, but I made the mistake of sitting down and got hooked. I had seen the movie before and remembered the actual event (I even think I had saved the Sports Illustrated magazine that came out after the win).
Famously known as the demon barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd slit the throats of unsuspecting customers before dumping them through a trap door into his basement. His partner in crime used the meat to make pies to sell at a sidewalk shop. Though these were fictional characters we may have a more destructive duo around today.
Last fall the sports world was in high angst when a South African athlete was accused of being more that met the eye. Caster Semenya, an 18 year old runner won the gold medal in the 800 meter run at the World Athletics Championships. Semenya won the woman’s title in a fantastic performance capping a rapid improvement over the past year.
Perhaps worse than being tailgated by some idiot is following another with inane messages adorning their car’s rear. I cannot call them bumper stickers because so many of these whack-jobs do not have a clue where to find that part of their car. Here are some of my least favorites…
I was taking my youngest to JoAnn Fabrics to pick up some supplies for a school project and came across this gem. I usually let these pass, but this one really pissed me off. The nerve of some idiot actually equating a human life with the life of an animal that we might kill and eat.
There has been a disturbing trend in the Obama administration. Okay there have been hundreds of disturbing trends in the Obama administration, but this one left me scratching my head. The official leftist/progressive talking point regarding Arizona’s new immigration law is that it is racist, illegal, etc. They have any number of names to call it.
In the last several days senior officials have been out stumping against the legislation. The current Attorney General Eric (Snidley Whiplash) Holder was testifying before a congressional committee and was asked by Rep. Ted Poe whether he had ever read the bill. You know the bill that he said was unconstitutional. Duct tape your head when you watch this:
As I sat this evening to try to catch up on the happenings of the day I, of course, went to Drudge (link on the right…scroll down a little…there it is). I was attracted to the headline/link stating “Obama says stop the finger pointing.” Even though I generally read every word printed that Oblama speaks, I admit to skipping. I had heard some of his remark discussing the “spectacle” of oil executive having the nerve to defend themselves after being summoned to testify in Congress.
Liberals have many alters to which they worship. None may be as divisive in our country as abortion. Abortion is always portrayed as a rather complex issue about a woman’s body or when life begins couched in flowery terms like “pro choice.” The basic issue is rather simple with some complex scenarios that can be debated. Proof that abortion is a liberal alter is their support of partial birth abortion.
