Listing to Starboard

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Losers in France don’t understand the democratic process… or more likely do understand and just don’t care for it when a soi disant “conservative” wins an election… (BTW, women voters strongly rejected a woman candidate for president there. So much for so-called “gender politics”.)

BTW, what do ya wanna bet that “youths from the projects” mentioned in the story inked above is a euphemism for Islamic savages?

Thanks to enviro weenies stonewalling all new refinery builds for the last 40 years or so–and other enviro weenie crapola–“Gas Prices Surge to Record U.S. Average of $3.07 Per Gallon”. In a world where even a soupçon of rational behavior were a part of public policy, we’d be awash in plentiful, relatively inexpensive oil and refined oil products, our electricity would be largely–if not almost entirely–produced by safe, clean nuclear energy and the Middle Eastern oil producing states would be satrapies of civilized Western countries. Islamic terrorism funded by oil money? Wouldn’t exist. Oh, well. As James Burnham so famously said,

“Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide.”

Fred puts his thumb squarely in the eye of a GAO report that says America’s decline in students studying the sciences (no, no poly-sci, p-sych or sosh–the real sciences) can be remedied by outreach to “minorities”–

In gummint talk, “minorities” doesn’t mean minorities, like Anglo-Saxons, Greeks, Jews, men, or Chinese. No. These latter cannot be minorities because they do not have a solidly established record of incapacity. They haven’t made their bones by nonfeasance. (Since they aren’t minorities, logically they must all be majorities, or at least half the population each, which must play hell with population figures.)…

…Actually, I kind of like this outreach stuff. I propose that the NBA improve its talent pool by reaching out to one-legged dwarves with a weight problem. I’m serious. These constitute an untapped repository of athleticism. Clearly untapped, since there is not one overweight dwarf in the entire league…

*heh* Sic ’em, Fred.

“Free Trade’s Great, but Offshoring Rattles Me”. No, really? Whyever for? TANSTAAFL, dude, TANSTAAFL.

On to the wisdom of Islam, this time from that font of Islamic religious jurisprudence, the Ayatollah Khomeini (remember him?) on the *cough* proper way for a man to have sex with an animal…

“A man can have sex with sheep, cows and camels and so on. However, he should kill the animal after he has his orgasm. He should not sell the meat to the people in his own village; however, selling the meat to the next door village should be fine.”

There ya go, folks! Maybe that lil passage can be included in sex education in the proposed combo public school/madrassa in Brooklyn, if only the “good intentioned” (yeh, scare quotes, folks) leftists can get that worthy project back on track… (h.t. Angel of Woman Honor Thyself). After all, it’d be the multi-culti thing to do, wouldn’t it?

*feh*

More Republican’t “me-too-ism”–Trent Lott sets his own deadline.


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Death and Taxes

(Just a quick lunch hit.)

Used to be one said the only sure things in life are death and taxes, but methinks adding “SPAM sucks” and “polliticians *spit* lie” and “The Mass Media Podpeople’s Hivemind is an Omnipresent Evil” would make sense, too, because I dare say none of us will get out of life without experiencing those truths firsthand, either…

Just a lil Monday cheer.

Rainy days and Mondays indeed (and yes, on top of SPAM, Mass Media Podpeople lies, damned lies and nearly political lies, politicians *spit*, and a schedule that’s been devoured, devoured, I say, by locusts, it is also raining cats and dogs and lil bottles of tequila (or is that hail?) *sigh*)

😉


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Monday, Monday…

No, no Mammas and Papas for you…

Fair warning: this entire week has already been eaten by locusts. *sigh* I’m even filing this in advance Sunday night. (And *waaa!* my fav keyboard for blogging has developed a serious “deadness” too… Yeh, cry me a river :-)). So, while my personal blogging will take a nose-dive this week do drop by cos I will still probably drop in for soem drive-by posts and to check what y’all have left me for linkfest reads.


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We Win, They Lose

That’s the premise of a poll I saw posted at Cathouse Chat.

While I’m sure you’re aware of the reservations I held when the Iraq adventure began, and of the views I hold of the disasterous Bremmer and all that followed his misadministration, BUT I am foursquare in agreement that having begun the task, leaving the fledgling Iraqi government with “20 bullets and two hand grenades” (the very model of CREATING failure, as we ought to well know by now since it’s exactly what the defeatocrats did to intentionally deliver Sounth Vietnam to a defeated North Vietnam *sigh*) is not only dishonorable but stupid. It would confirm in the eyes of America’s enemies AND in the eyes of past and potential allies that we HAVE NO RESOLVE, NO HONOR; that we very simply CANNOT BE TRUSTED a an ally, though as an enemy we would certainly then be counted on to cave under pressure….

Within no longer than a few short years, it would result in SERIOUS and potentially devastating WMD attacks upon U.S. soil that would make 9/11 pale in comparison.

It would convince, with rock solid conviction, our allies that allying with the U.S. is a prescription for betrayal.

And it could concievably spell the end of not just the Republic but the U.S. in any form.

It really is that serious.

And yes, I know some very smart people think that view is crazy. I happen to believe such people, while very smart–even smarter than I in many ways–are simply smart people being stupid because of tunnel vision, but that’s something I would be willing to argue with them.

I also seriously disagree with the administration’s prescription for victory in the region called Iraq (Iraq is a geopolitical fiction: there is no national identity; there are only tribal and religious/cultic/ethinic identities in the region and, IMO, none of the tribal/religious/ethinic identities in the region are worth shedding one drop of American blood, in and of themselves, save for the Kurds–but that’s my opinion); but while I disagree with the administration’s strategy and even tactics, the opposition’s strategy (and by that I mean the unholy alliance of Islam and Demoncrats) is disaster for the U.S and for Western Civilization as a whole.

“Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide.” – James Burnham

(By “Liberalism” Burnham of course meant that which has gone by the name for the past 40-50 years or so, not classical liberalism which simply is willing to stand for freedom and liberty for all in the marketplace of ideas and for personal rights–including personal property rights–as well.)

[For some snippets of what I believe would bring victory, see here and here. Of course, since politicians *spit* are making the decisions, nothing sesible will be done at all, at all… ]

BTW, Iraq as a “nation” of waring factions is simply the multi-culti/”victim culture” of the left as it desires the U.S. to be writ large.


Politicians *spit* *gag*

Via email from a reader (thanks, Hugh), this nearly perfect picture of political promises:

What keeps it from being a perfect picture of politicians’ *spit* bloviations? It’s far too well contained…


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2007 MilBlogging Conference Underway

Live video feed here.

President Bush was “here” (well a specific message to us was played. Adm Fox video conferenced (from Iraq) with us and gave us some update and answered some questions….

I’ll going to try to live blog as the day goes on. Posts begin here.

To all who have supported the troops, both the Commander and Chief and one man who is there have told us they appreciate all of you….You are being “heard” and felt by the troops, Congress and the press….and I just heard that the issue of troops in the Army have gotten support by three Senators who have written a letter to the Pentagon asking that the troops not be silenced by the new Army regs…something a lot of MilBloggers and citizens helped to get done in just a few days.

Powerful Video–Iraq: A Soldier’s Perspective

I’m sure not every soldier is as introspective as the following video portrays, but you might be surprised at how many are…


The War In Iraq: A Soldiers Perspective – Brought to you by Break.com Video Search

h.t. Woody, formerly of Woody’s News and Views (no link; blog gone… *sigh* :-))


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It’s the Little Joys (and Weekend Linkfest)

After the late freezes toward the end of April, each sub-freezing temps at night accompanied by low temps during the day, I had feared for the two little volunteer maple trees that had sprung up last year. And indeed, they did look woefully ravaged–budding leaves blackened and fallen.

But no fear. Life can be remarkably resiliant. Both have become flush with growth in just the last couple of warm, wet (and sunny!) days. Not only that, but what greeted my eyes? A gift from a helpful squirrel! Yes! That is a walnut tree!

Sweet!

Of course, I’ll have to find a new home, sometime after Fall, for one of the maples and for the walnut–all three are far too close together for a mature grouping. But that can wait, since right now, they are fortuitously situated for what protection from the elements young trees may need while still also nicely situated in rich soil and for light and water.

Twenty or so years down the road, some future homeowner will get the benefit of their mature beauty. And I can enjoy husbanding them while I can.


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Off-the-Wall

Anyone want to p-sych this one?

For some reason, one motif from Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul keeps running through my head this a.m.

“Help me, Secretary, help me!”

Haven’t heard that opera for more than 30 years, and this line jumps out at me this a.m. It’s not even a very appealing musical motif, just strangely compelling.

Strange thing, the my mind. (*heh*)


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