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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Round and Round
I read the news sites... so you don't have to.
General:
General:
- So... some Hispanics in Jacksonville, FL are worried because they're being targeted for robbery, and because of a "language barrier", they can't talk to the police. Let's see... they're being targeted because they're paid in cash and they only speak Spanish... no, that doesn't scream illegal alien, does it?
- Vaclav Klaus is probably my favorite European.
- In more non-news... we're planning to bomb Iran. And Zimbabwe. And Japan. And England. News flash, gang- that's what the Pentagon does- makes up plans to bomb people.
- I'm trying to build up some righteous indignation over this little bombing run into Syria. For some reason, the weapons manufacturing makes that difficult.
- I don't know where Mount Dora is, but I know I can never move there. My dog's too noisy.
- A cartoonist at a college newspaper got in trouble for drawing a cartoon about the famine in Ethiopia. People say it was "racist and insensitive." Let's see... Ethiopians are usually... very dark skinned... and, during a famine, people will eat literally almost anything... no, not racist and insensitve, just readers who can't think outside the box.
- Governors told Washington that they need more immigrants... skilled immigrants. Well, that leaves out 99.9% of the illegals, doesn't it?
- Jakarta wants to be the next Singapore.
- Unfortunately, "The Committee for Ex-Muslims" is probably another name for "Committee for People who Want to be separated from their heads." Good luck, though.
- Evidently, if you oppose Islam taking over every aspect of your life, you're a racist. Whatever.
- Back during the Cold War, there was a contant battle between the US and the USSR over who could make the biggest and best of everything. Yuri Gagarin went into space, so we went to the moon. We made the C-5 Galaxy, and the Russians countered with the AN-225. For people who miss the fun and frivolity of the Cold War, Russia is ready to give you a oneupsmanship fix. We made the MOAB- they have detonated the FOAB (or however you say "father of all bombs" in Russian).
- Based on the detonation of the FOAB, should we be worried about Putin dissolving the government? Nah... where's some sand? Time to bury our heads and pretend there's nothing wrong.
- No... Katie's trip to Iraq bombed in the ratings, and they're surprised?
- Time to cancel the trip to the Congo, I guess. Ebola and Shigella dysentery... yikes.
- Leave it to the Feds... they think stepping in will help delays. Unfortunately, they have a point about airlines scheduling more flights than airports can support.
- Civil rights violations? Oh, come on... they have plenty to charge these animals with without resorting to tossing out the race card. (Although, if what the victim said is true, this is a true hate crime case... for a change.)
- Oh, I can't wait until some other bloggers get a hold of this one. Here's a clue, Mr. Superintendent- the flag of the country where the school is should be A-Okay. After all, there IS a US flag in front of the school, right?
- moveon.org (no I'm not actually going to link them, you silly) got a steep discount from the NY Times for their "Betray Us" ad. Seems odd, considering how desperately the Times needs money.
- Why should Democrats speak out against the Code Pinks and moveon morons if they agree with them?
- Dana Milbank is right. It sounds like a Toby Keith song. No wonder why I refused to watch it. I'll just read the testimony, if you don't mind.
- Romney says his campaign had nothing to do with an anti-Fred web site. You know... I wouldn't believe it if Hillary said the same thing. But, I think I believe Mitt. Not sure why.
- A Dem did right? Stopped clock and all that. (I'm betting that he did it to appease the unions. That, and it will make W mad. But, having driven on the same roads as Mexicans, I can say, without a doubt, that the idea of Mexicans driving semis on our roads terrifies me.)
- Scientists are going to X-ray the Dead Sea Scrolls. Evidently, they think they can read the scrolls without unrolling them.
- These scientists were obviously paid off by cocoa pushers.
- Carbon dating isn't exactly reliable, and just because it dated to him, that doesn't mean that it was his, ya know?
- Mickey unrolled the red carpet for the Endeavour.
- But... but... my Pats would never do that... would they?
- I would like to point out that not all Sooner fans act like this. In fact, I'd say that this moron is the only one who acts like this. (You know... I think I've been to that bar... nice place.) (Yeah, I know the incident happened a while back, but the idiot is finally getting charged.)
- Great news for Kevin Everett.
- The Brewers are #1 in the division. In all honesty, they're getting some help.
- I know that trash-talking the opposition is part of sports. And I'm pretty sure that, if they haven't heard it yet, the Midshipmen will hear far worse than f-bombs once they receive their commissions. But this does seem a little extreme. Yeah, I know... I'm a prude.
- You know it's bad when I agree with Kanye West.
- And it's even worse when I almost agree with a bunch of Islamists. (I agree that Madonna and Britney- and many other singers and actors- spread the concept of a culture I'm not thrilled with, but I'm not quite on board with the whole lopping-off-of-the-head thingie.)
- Kathy Griffin's not helping. Hey, Kathy... maybe you're on the D-list because you're not funny. Maybe it's because you're downright offensive most of the time. But you knew that.
- How skinny is too skinny? Evidently, she is. (Only 4 out of 10 models have an eating disorder? They must mean any one eating disorder, because there aren't that many women who are that thin naturally *cough* Ann Coulter *cough*)
- No one told him that the loos were for display purposes only. Ew.
- Deflated by a bee. I can't help but chuckle at that.
