Tag: stupid is as stupid does

Anyone unhappy with Vista?

“I could go on and on about the lack of drivers, the bizarre wake-up rituals, the strange and nonreproducible system quirks, and more. But I won’t bore you with the details. The upshot is that even after nine months, Vista just ain’t cutting it. I definitely gave Microsoft too much of a free pass on this operating system: I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly. Boy, was I fooled! If Microsoft can’t get Vista working, I might just do the unthinkable: I might move to Linux.”

—Jim Louderback, outgoing editor of PC Magazine.

*heh*

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All these shows about cereal killers. Why would anyone want to kill cereal? Who cares, anyway?

*heh*

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Well, today is both. And hearing Karen Carpenter in my head makes it all even more melancholy…

So, hit me with your best shot, will ya?

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Over at The Amboy Times: Why Muhammad Could Not Have Been a Prophet

Of course, what’s left out of the discussion–mostly–is that the standards of a good, righteous life simply do not apply to Mohammed, as far as Islam is concerned, because Islam is built around the fundamental principle of blind self-contradiction.

But regardless of the otherwise fine content, one statement made on the post is a blatant foul:

“…Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather.”

Gangster godfathers worldwide are slandered by such a statement. To associate such comparatively moral, righteous and humane individuals with the savage, filthy sociopathic conman, thief, rapist, pedophile, mass murderer and slaver, Mohammed (Butcher of Medina, et al), is indeed a calumny of terrible proportions! Gangster godfathers everywhere are owed a sincere apology for this base slander!

*heh*

And, of course, anyone, anywhere, any time who reveres that savage, filthy sociopathic conman, thief, rapist, pedophile, mass murderer and slaver, Mohammed (Butcher of Medina, et al) and seeks to emulate him IS at the very least a savage, filthy sociopathic conman, thief, rapist, pedophile, mass murderer and slaver… wannabe.

Religion of peace, MHWA…

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Orson Scott Card’s written a thoughtful piece about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that I believe deserves to be broadened a bit. While I wouldn’t go as far as he does in his paen of praise for J.K Rowling and Harry Potter, he does make key observation:

Literature matters only to the degree that it shapes and changes human behavior by making the audience wish to be better because they read it.

It becomes importantly bad only to the degree that it entices the audience to revel in actions and memories that debase the culture that embraces it.

Indeed. And not just because such a statement runs completely counter to the subliterate views of American English departments and hoity-toity “lit-ra-chure” critics. No, that statement deserves attention because it is true not only of the written word but of music and all the other arts as well.

Crap music is crap as much for the content of its lyrics (and underlying musical structure–such as it may be) as because the performers can’t find or reproduce pitches. Crap (graphic) “art” is indeed crap as much for its content (such as a crucifix in a jar of urine) as for the lack of ability of its “creators” to draw a straight line… or a beautiful one.

And Card’s comment reminds me yet again of the much-neglected (actually, more offten sneered at) Principles of Classicism that embody precisely the ethoc Card evokes:

• balance
• clarity
• accessibility
• expressiveness
• edification

It is, of course, the last element, edification–Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement–thatCard alludes to. Face it: not only is there a great lack of beauty in the arts today, but the very idea of contributing to the “Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement” of one’s readers, listeners or observers just doesn’t seem to enter into the minds (or hearts, if such there may be) of the fake “artists” that populate the wasteland of literature, the graphic and performing arts today.

Actually, one of the reasons I so appreciated “So You Think You Can Dance?” and dubbed it the best TV of the season was because every single show offered something of beauty–not all the routines were beautiful, but many were. And it also offered me lessons weekly in appreciating dance, as the judges proffered their mini-tutorials in dance form and performance. So, along with some truly beautiful performances, I gained some insight. Now that’s not exactly “Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement” but it’s certainly better than 99.99999% of the crap that’s available as “art” today.

As to the Harry Potter books, well, I think Card accords them much more greatness than is their due largely because the wasteland of literature nowadays offers so little to compare them with in contemporary writing. So what if they all have the same plot and same tired old devices? At least, as Card clearly points out, there’s a grand moral theme running through them all (even the silliest early ones) and characters we can admire and despise, and we can be better persons for emulating Harry or Hermione or Ron or …Neville (and perhaps especially him).

That’s more right there than can be said of almost all of the “great” literature of the 20th Century… *sigh*

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See my Thursday 13 this week? It began with,

1.) Freon. Betcha dollars to donuts all the brouhaha was just cos Dupont’s patent had run out. Whadda ya wanna bet?

*heh*

Well, my fav science heretic, James Hogan, has more on the CFC/Ozone scam: Frog Fantasies. A sample:

In the March 1998 issue of The Energy Advocate (http://www.jamesphogan.com/bb/content/032697.shtml), Howard Hayden reports on a big flap that has been going on for some years over a certain species of frog that lives high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, whose population appears to have been declining. Investigators have jumped to attribute this to increased UV radiation due to ozone depletion—although without presenting any actual data of a UV increase, which is assumed unquestioningly to have occurred because the prevailing dogma says so.

Yet after all the arguing over CFC breakdown, chemical reaction pathways, Antarctic “holes,” skin cancer, and so on, the one single fact that would follow if any of the scare stories had any merit, and before any effects could be experienced—a real, measured increase of ultraviolet at the Earth’s surface—has never been observed.

Read the rest at the link. 🙂

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No theme, just semi-random pseudo chaos.

1.) Freon. Betcha dollars to donuts all the brouhaha was just cos Dupont’s patent had run out. Whadda ya wanna bet?

2.) The world is too much with me. Connectivity is sometimes too much. No more cell phones for me.

3.) Mighty Hunter (Buttons–our son’s dog that nearly died last year) apparently spent all day barking at a

4.) squirrel up our sycamores–although why a squirrel would find our sycamores interesting I dunno. Probably just messin’ with the dogs’ heads.

5.) Did I say it’s hot here? About 103F today, at one point.

6.) Decided I need to put an awning over the upper deck. Got two support posts attached. Needed about a gallon of water.

7.) As of around 10:00 a.m. Wednesday America’s Third World Countyâ„¢ now has a “four-lane” extending through the whole county… *sigh* Well, except for a couple of short transition points where lanes are restricted while folks are being retrained to take the new road.

8.) And about 13 more traffic lights than a decade ago (when there were… none).

9.) I try reading newspapers and just can’t get past the crappy grammar and misused words, nowadays. OK, I can ignore it on most blogs (including sometimes my own–*LOL*), but the people putting newspapers out do it for a living and apparently don’t give a rat’s ass about the nuts and bolts of their profession: words and their proper usage.

10.) I love eBooks. Well, except for not being able to read ’em while I’m taking a nice looooong soak. *heh*

11.) Toilet paper: whoever thought this one up should have a monument in every civilized country in the world (which, of course, excludes all Muslim countries).

12.) Don’tcha just love the REAL “Serenity Prayer”?

“Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they really ticked me off!”

*heh*

13.) Who’d you vote for this week on, “So You Think You Can Dance?”?

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Rosemary points to an interesting development at the Public Broadcasting System:

I have news that as of August 14, 2007, the Public Broadcasting System has finally taken their claws off the documentary that was supposed to air as a special with “America at a Crossroads.” However, the Oregon Public Broadcasting is being very sneaking about this situation.

It is going to air in Arizona without any publicity, and it will be after prime time. The name of this documentary is “Islam vs. Islamists.”

(More at the link above)

All well and good if Islamics even seem to be divided, but riddle me this:

How can anyone who reveres Mohammed (pedophile, rapist, mass murderer, slaver, etc.) and seeks to emulate him differentiate themselves from Islamic terrorists except by saying, “I have not engaged in acts of mass murder, rape, pedophilia or slavery, etc. in my reverence for and discipleship in following The Butcher of Medina… yet.”?

Hmmm?

Just asking…

At Ponder the Maunder (about 3% of folks will pause to go “Huh?” at the title while 0.005% of folks will “get it” immediately; 99% of AGW folks will start foaming at the mouth), a high school student from Portland, Maine, takes on the Anthropogenic Global Warming folks, gives Algore a much-deserved spanking and holds NASA’s James Hanson’s feet to the fire.

A Very Good Read. Highly Recommended.

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Over at Stageleft–yeh, a “leftist” blog–the pseudonemous author of that blog is promoting a “9/11 Questions” day. He quotes another (leftist?) writer saying,

Why September 11th?

Because it is a powerful and symbolic day to take a step back and look what has happened to our country in the last six years. Is it “inappropriate” or “disrespecful” to take the day off, reflect, and express your dissent (quietly and personally or loudly and publicly) or rather to go about your business as if this was just another a normal day?

Stealth terrorist sympathy. A commenter there raises the issue,

I’m a little hesitant about participating in anything that says “9/11 questions” since that has become a bit of a code phrase for kooks who think the buildings had bombs in them, or didn’t fall because freakin’ jets flew into them.

Exactamundo. The blog’s author tellingly (and disingenuously, IMO) responds,

Everybody I know has at least one question about September 11, 2001

Everybody he knows. Questions. Unspecified questions, naturally, so as to make the weirdest and most insane acceptable?

I dunno, folks. The code phrase, said in a breathless whine, of terrorist apologists everywhere, “what has happened to our country in the last six years…” is also a bit revealing. Stageleft cites the Maher Arar case as an example of “9/11 Questions” that he’ll be asking. Go ahead. Read the linked Wiki article (it’s no better or worse than most presentations of the case). I’ll wait.

Back, now?

So the Maher Arar case is apparently another case of official anarcho-tyrannyt in action. So? Anarcho-tyranny is a result of 9/11? I don’ty think so. What about before then? What about Ruby Ridge and Waco? Folks there weren’t just sent on a “vacation” to Syria. Vicky Weaver was killed for “threatening” Lon Horiuchi with her baby daughter (yeh, that baby’s a terrible weapon, Mr. Lon-I-shot-the-mother-and-got-away-with-it). 83, correction, 82 people at Waco (mostly women, children and the elderly) were murdered by “feddle gummint” agents (despite what John Danforth’s whitewash says: they’re still dead, John and ALL of them killed by “feddle gummint” agents).

Why no questions from leftists like Stageleft about these murders by the “feddle gummint”?

Oh, perhaps because the coverup of Ruby Rudge and the massacre at Waco were done at the behest of a “Democrappic” administration.

Sure, there are things to hold this administration’s feet to the fire for, but few of them are 9/11 related (and cases like Arar’s should be left to his own–Canadian–government to seek redress). Certainly one cannot easily draw a line between 9/11 and the persecution of Martha Stewart or that of Ramos and Compean, as but two examples of “feddle gummint” persecutors and in(ve)stigators abusing American citizens since 9/11, though unrelated to that day’s events.

Nah, “9/11 Questions” is just a cover for more of the same from the anti-civilization, anti-American bushwah from that menagerie of socialists, communists, surrenderists that comprises the self-lobotomized, mindwashed left.

(Soon, I need to turn my attention to the self-lobotomized, mindwashed right as well, I suppose, but the Leftists are so much more disnigenuously annoying.)

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