Weird Website Wednesday

Handcuffs Anyone? For all of you collectors out there...

Obama - Perception vs. reality

Barak Obama says "The arguments of liberals are more often grounded in reason and fact" in his memoirs this year. This intruiged me so that I decided to do some research and confirm brother Obama's claims if I could. Here is what I found:

Liberals are for Multiculturalism in America which essentially says that any race group should be allowed to form subcultures over and above any culture of a nation state in which they live. Simply put they believe that to make America stronger we need less national unity, patriotism and assimilation of immigrants as opposed to the exact opposite lesson taught us by our founders who from many, made one by unifying, and finding a common culture as American's.

Liberals are against Capital Punishment for murderers, but for the killing of innocent children on the notion that the former is cruel and unusual and the latter is justified by a combination of some intangible age of viability and a woman's right to choose what happens to her own body. Likely the most unreasonable argument I have ever heard, 99% of women have a choice when they flirt, a choice when they invite a man home with them, a choice to undress, and a choice to make when they allow a man inside them... By the time of conception all of the relevant and important "choices" should have already been made. For those who have been forcibly made pregnant through rape this does not apply. But what does however is the fact that life begins at conception, period. Choice can be argued, but to argue that there are not clear and dyer implications to that "choice" is neither reasonable nor factual.

Liberals believe in Affirmative Action as a means to equality. When in fact the implimentation of AA at its core would see colleges, businesses, etc.. use racial quotas to ensure said equality. In other words, denying certain students or applicants solely on the basis of race so that you can accept or hire others based on race as well. Discriminating as a means to end discrimination, does not sound like a very reasonable argument to me.

and last but certainly not least an op-ed pice that kind of says it all... Hate Speech On The Left

"Over tea and large pistachio nuts"

The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad explained among other things, why exactly his country had military and security personnel in Iraq. Or at least , he tried to explain it. The ambassador, Hassan Kazemi Qumi stated that his country's security personnel were only there to meet with Iraqi officials to discuss how they might cooperate in the future. Mr. Qumi also openly admitted that Iran plans to build a bank in the center of Baghdad to spark and/or improve Iran's ability to "Trade" with Iraq.

If you ask me, and you didn't, Iran has no other agenda than to claim as much power and authority in Iraq as it can. In addition their sole mission is also to disrupt coalition forces and make it impossible for the US to stabilize Iraq. I for one am happy that our President authorized force against Iran's agents inside Iraq. Now if we could only do that with our own borders, in our own country.

By teh way, I find it rather expected, funny and obvious that the NYT was the one to break this story in print. A paper so bent on portraying the war in a bad light, that it would print a story confirming Iranian involvement in Iraq just for another opportunity to throw a jab at the Bush administration. Classic!

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Dude Is Code For...

well, "Dude". At least as far as I can tell anyway. I did however read an interesting article today from a Yahoo blog that left me chuckling a little and thinking that my girlfriend (and probably any girl who is interested in understanding how men relate to one another) should read. It is by a gent named David Zinczenko whom I have never heard of before. But I think you all will find his insights entertaining at the very least and maybe helpful at most.

The Secret Language Of Men

Ann's Corner

"Girl-power feminists who got where they are by marrying men with money or power — Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Arianna Huffington and John Kerry — love to complain about how hard it is for a woman to be taken seriously. "

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Friday Funnies

Weird Website Wednesday

Yes Folks! Its the return of WWW. For 2007 we thought we'd start things out with a really cool one. This is a gaurenteed time waster!

WACKY USES

You Have Just Got To Love This

Hat Tip Agent BedHead

Apparently by some twisted mix of fame and delusion Tom Cruise has been dubbed the "Christ" of Scientology. For those of you not aware Tom is an actor, lately not even a very good one and Scientology is, well... This.

Just the very idea of Tom Cruise even playing Christ in a movie would be ridiculous, much less imagining him as a/the Literal Christ. This is just one more reason to pity Hollywood and its spawn. I feel so sorry for his current wife and child. I understand Katie Holmes was a somewhat normal, happy human being at one time. I cannot wait to see whether or not tom accepts this "title" or whether he tries to play it down in the media and salvage what's left of his public image.

No Coverage for Pro-Life March

Hat Tip to Michelle Malkin who makes her point with me in saying the Pro-Life march on the Washington mall which turned out thousands of people completely slipped under the radar. She makes the point that if this were a Cindy Sheehan rally for example it would have been 1st page news. But because the media is run by people of a particular ideological bent, namely liberal, it ended up on A10. See her full post for the details

The demonstrators the MSM downplays

March For Life webpage

Polls, Poles, or Pols?

You know I don't get really angry about many things but I am incensed by something today that, I guess is just a part of who we are as a country. Now, I am sure that most of you are aware of the science of polling. In a nut shell, that if you can sample a small "cross-section" of people from various parts of the country (sometimes not even that) you can get a good idea of the opinion of the country regarding various issues and/or the approval rating of a president for example. I read this article today from Drudge with a headline reading "Bush Poll Ratings Before Speech Fall To Nixon Level". It goes on to site two or three different polls and ends with the CBS Evening News Poll which is decidedly lower than the rest. If you read on they then tell you that in order to arrive at these numbers they "surveyed 1,168 adults nationwide by telephone from Jan. 18 to 21", out of approx. 300,394,897 people living in America. Now I was never a math wiz in High School but if my calculations are correct that is something right around .0004% of the population. Four Ten Thousands of one percent. Boy those polls sure have got the pulse of the nation eh! So my message to you today America is don't believe the hype and support your president and your troops on the eve of the State Of The Union Address. He is not perfect but he sure is better than any alternative out there and he loves this nation!

At The Gate of the Year

Well, not many of you might know this about me but I am a huge Rush fan. My friend, lets call him Dude! sent me this link from Neil Peart's website. Anyway, it would appear that we can expect a new Rush album in May 07 and maybe a tour to follow soon after. Nice!!

Friday Funnies

Since I've been out of commission for a few, I thought you might like a two-fer today...Enjoy!

24 Season Premier PC on steroids

Well folks if you thought the past islamist placating done on 24 was bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet. They have even wussified Jack this year. I am a little confused though, as one of the plot points involves a muslim family with some hippie, liberal neighbors that get all outraged when the muslim father is taken in for questioning. the tone is very anti-conservative until you find out shortly after that we ( the US government) actually had good reason to grab this man, and that he and his family are terrorists. Then there is the wussifying of Jack in a scene where Jack begins torturing a terroist for information and stops cold in the middle of it saying, "he is not going to tell us anything, I can see it in his eyes". Jack's companion then proceeds to further torutre the man by shanking him under the knee cap and gets the information they are looking for. So it seems to start out being anti-torture and ends up showing that torture really works??!!??**? There is also as Debbie Schlussel rightly points out a villan who, yep, you guessed it, turns out to be the only conservative in the current president's administration played by Peter Mc Nichol (of Ally Mac Beal and Numbers fame) who the writers have painted with what I now believe is the embodiment of the way most liberals view conservatives. He is stubborn, closed minded, cynical and evil. Another slightly confusing plot point... the charachter...his name is Tom, wants to heavily profile middle eastern muslim men and that is painted as wrong and a bad idea and against America's interest, but then they turn around and show us that every single one of the terrorists involved in the plot thus far are middle eastern muslim men???!!??? So far its a bit Bi-Polar for my taste and certainly leaning way left, but I am a loyal fan and will watch at least until I reach the point of nausea.

Blogs4Bauer has a great wrap up

Boxer, Buffounery, Becks & Other Picture Postcards

Barbara Boxer made an ass of herself by suggesting that Condi had nothing to lose in the war because she is single and childless.

Nancy Pelosi is on the hot seat due to an exemption in the minimum wage bill for a Tuna Company in Pelosi's congressional district. This is of special note because dems have championed this bill with Pelosi right at the head.

Sir Alex Ferguson declared america David Beckham's only option in light of his time with Manchester United. The Scot implied that Beck's could just never bring himself to play against United with another club.

Gitmo Achers - Darlin' I Luv Ya' but gimme that Gitmo Life... Duhduh, duhduh, duh, duntdunt!

Ann's Corner

It's that time again... Here is Ann on The Duke Rape Case

"Liberal professors believe that crying wolf is valuable for calling attention to the societal problem of wolves, even though there's never a wolf in any particular case. Evidently, awareness of an alleged societal ill — of which we have no actual examples — is worth ruining the lives of three innocent people. After all, they're just powerful white men. At the next White Males of Privilege meeting, someone ought to bring up how they can use their vast power to win the right not to be put on trial for crimes they didn't commit."

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Beck's is Gonna Be a Galaxian

David Beckham signs 5 years deal with L.A. Galaxy

So if you thought the hype over Freddy Adu was bad a couple of years ago, you ain't seen nothin' yet! Take a look at this drooling, slobbery letter that Galaxy fans got this morning:

Having been Captain of the English soccer team and the driving force behind two of the world's best and most popular soccer clubs, Manchester United and Real Madrid, Beckham's latest chapter of his superstar career will see him joining one of MLS's most successful franchises. "David Beckham will have a greater impact on soccer in America than any athlete has ever had on a sport globally," said Timothy J. Leiweke, president & CEO, AEG. "We are acquiring an individual that will not only be the best ambassador and the best role model for athletes and fans of soccer but the best example of what any athlete can and should be. David is truly the only individual that can build the 'bridge' between soccer in America and the rest of the world," added Leiweke. "In addition to David's tremendous desire to further elevate the sport of soccer in the United States and worldwide, we would also not be here today without the unbelievable cooperation of the members of his management team beginning with Simon Fuller," Leiweke continued. "We owe you all a debt of gratitude and appreciation and give you our commitment that we will support you as you support us every step of the way." "This historic partnership with 19 Entertainment and CAA Sports will also create tremendous and exciting new opportunities for us to collectively develop additional worldwide initiatives," Leiweke continued. "The synergies created with 19 Entertainment, the worldwide leaders in branding and imaging along with CAA Sports, the premier sports representation agency will result in numerous new and profitable ventures."

This Is Really Funny!

Some jesticular homage to San Fran from the boys at "Caption This"

"Stephen King's "The Mist" reaches San Francisco. Horrible, monstrous inter-dimensional creatures immediately demand public-funded sex change operations and protest US involvement in Iraq."

"Fed up at last, God picks up his eraser..."

A Great One for the Favorites Folder

I discovered this through a co-worker, very cool. Updated constantly, Enjoy!

Global Incident Map

Were Shots Fired?

Gaurdsmen Overrun At The Border

News Report Video

This story caught my eye for two reasons. #1 The fact that a National Gaurd Unit was over run and #2 The fact that it is unclear whether our soldiers were allowed to return fire. The way I understand the gaurd's mission is that they are to "observe and support the border patrol" in a nut shell. But what is the directive if they are fired apon? I mean lets think about this for a moment. At what other point in our history have we ever allowed our border and/or our military to be fired on without it being an international incident, decleration of war, etc... This is not Jose and his family with a handgun trying to sneak accross the border for a better life, these are armed drug militias, sometimes aided by corrupt federalies and soldiers infiltrating our southern borders.

The article says, "The Border Patrol will not say whether shots were fired". They mean shots fired by us, and as a citizen of this country I want to know that my military is authorized to do whatever is needed to repel any such attack. If not, why not.

The article also says the shooters retreated back into Mexico which says to me that they are probing our defenses, trying to see whether or not we shoot back, etc... trying to figure out whether our military at the border is really just for show, or whether we will actually use them to protect and defend our borders. Thusly the question for me is no longer how many troops are there, but what the mission parameters are of the ones who have been sent.
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STACLU Has a good post with lots of links to other good posts about this issue

Uncle Tim's Presents Ann's Corner

This new offering will feature pearls of wisdom by liberal slayer Ann Coulter. Each week I will choose from Ann's weekly column, what I consider her best quote. Her current article will also be linked below. So without further delay...

"Fortunately for liberals, the Iraqis executed Saddam Hussein the exact same week that former President Ford died, so it didn't seem strange that Nancy Pelosi's flag was at half-staff. Also, Saddam's death made it less of a snub when Harry Reid skipped Ford's funeral."

Ann's Column