Parenting tip of the day

“And yet Democrats do believe in gun control… This is because Democrats believe that gun owners want to keep their guns mostly in case they need to shoot Democrats. It happened in 1861 and it could happen again.”

– PJ O’Rourke, source

Proposition: If you have conservative leanings, and if you have kids, and if you want to make sure your kids have conservative leanings, there is no more effective way to achieve this goal than to get them each a lifetime membership in the NRA as soon as they’re old enough to hold a squirt pistol toy.

Agree or disagree?

Religious education is no guarantee. Plenty of religious-types dive off the Left end. When they don’t there is still the good chance that your kids begin to catch on to how ridiculous your religion is.

Instilling hatred of communism in them may not do it. Communism has already been defeated, although possibly due for a revival. Also, you do want your kids to go to college, don’t you?

But get them hooked on guns…

Yucky personal nostalgic mush

Roland Dodds of But I am a Liberal! has tagged me with the following task:

1. Go to www.popculturemadness.com
2. Pick the year you turned 18 (look to the side bar and there are tabs for Billboard number 1 hits for each decade)
3. Get yourself nostalgic over the songs of the year
4. Write something about how the song affected you
5. Pass it on to 5 more friends

The President on global warming

Or Will Ferrell anyway.  Hee hee hee

Al-Qaeda torture methods. Yummy!

From Doug Ross @ Journal:

During a series of raids on Al-Qaeda safe houses in Iraq, U.S. military personnel discovered an official “Al-Qaeda Torture Manual” and various tools used for the express purpose of torture. Items recovered included meat cleavers, whips, and bolt-cutters. In addition, several victims — still alive — were discovered…

…If you have the stomach for it, The Smoking Gun website has reprinted the entire document. Among the chapters: how to sever limbs; squeeze a victim’s head in a vise; remove eyeballs; apply a blowtorch or a clothes iron to exposed flesh; and drill through hands.

When I read stuff like this I stop caring whether Al-Qaeda is in Afghanistan or whether they’re in Iraq or whether they’re in Iran or in Pakistan or in Indonesia or in Somalia or in Europe or wherever the hell they are. (in fact they’re in all those places, and more) I stop caring whether some particular terrorist act perpetrated by this group was directed at my own nation or at an allied nation or at any other nation. I stop giving a flying f— about what the “root causes of terrorism” might be. I want to see AQ and jihadists like them annihilated because they are simply enemies of civilization of the most recalcitrant kind.

The rest of Doug’s topic highlights the moral bankruptcy of certain prominent media outlets for their inflated coverage of America’s crimes when things like this are going on, and the reactions of bloggers to the above. Can’t help but feel sorry for people who may still believe that the mainstream media represented by the NYT is the only or even a good source of news today.

H/T to Nuke’s News & Views

Miss Universe is Japanese

Looks like Miss Universe 2007 is the 美人 (beautiful gal) pictured here wearing her life savings on her wrists and an earring the size of a horseshoe. Not my type at all but none of them really are. They all rather look the same to me. Tall and slanky, long wavy hair, slitty eyes, prominent nose, dark skin (except for Miss Russia) seems to be the formula.

Well good for her. How often does an Asian win these things? This is the second time for Japan. Thailand has also had two winners, the 1988 one having had the name “Porntip Nakhirunkanok”. Har har har! How can a contestant with a name like “Porntip” not win? It almost isn’t fair to the other contestants.

Looking at the Wikipedia page, I learned that the Miss Universe pageant actually has a creed, which goes like this:

“We, the young women of the universe, believe people everywhere are seeking peace, tolerance and mutual understanding. We pledge to spread this message in every way we can, wherever we go.”

And what better way than by trotting around in skanky swimsuits? Ah well, if Osama bin Laden hates this kind of thing, as it’s safe to assume he must, then I can be all for it.

Sheehan withdraws her illegal and immoral stench from the public

Does the air seem a little fresher today? There’s a reason.

The truth about black helicopters!

Click this link. Trust me, you won’t regret it. If you never look at another web page again, let this be the last one. (and what you read will be the reason you never look at another web page again) Easily one of the most amazing sites I’ve ever seen. A hidden treasure. I wish I’d been the one to make it, and I’m seriously thinking about purchasing one of their shirts.

H/T to Queen of Swords

Japanese pop song titles

My friend and I came up with these:

Tears of Starry
Sexy Dust Panic!
I Just Waiting Your Smile
Yume Kanau MIRACLE
Do You Wanna Lovin’ me?
Autumn Recipe ~Make Magic~
Cry Cry Whisper
Be So Wild Boy
Calling For Gentle Mister
Koi no Suplex
Listen For Feel (It Emotions!)
Play Is Not a Game
Be Soft Kokoro
Leaves Crisis (To Me)
Wishes Be All Right!

Think of any other good ones? I plan to use these in a game I’m making.

Yet another example of

…of why the mainstream media is no more reliable than mainstream bloggers when it comes to news about Iraq. Talk of late is that a “second surge” is in order. The story apparently originated from Hearst Newspapers and is getting passed around by the more gullible. But as Bill Roggio explains, the “second surge” is a misrepresentation of normal overlap that results from rotation of tours of duty.

I’ve concluded that the person who really want to know what’s going on in Iraq should be reading The Fourth Rail.

All about Jimmy Carter

The man. The legacy.

By the way, does anyone else remember that episode of Simpsons in which Springfield city council, seeking to build a memorial but unable to afford a statue of Lincoln as originally planned, builds a statue of Jimmy Carter instead? (with a placard that reads “Malaise forever”)