Three Days Before Christmas

The days of Advent are winding down. Soon, it will be Christmas Day, not the Generic, Non-Specific Winter Holiday. I've asked people to tell me what Christmas is and I've gotten some pretty original answers. Thanks for that.

Nevertheless, I think Linus got it right.

I also think Ralphie got it right.

Another thing that screams Christmas is a killer robot personality test (I am Gigantor). Would Christmas be Christmas without Robot Tae Kwon V or Optimus Prime? I don't think so.

God bless us, everyone!

What Is Christmas?

Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to a tree. I would say a Christmas tree as it seems seasonal and appropriate but then someone would complain that the word "Christmas" is exclusionary, just like if I was to state with absolute certainty that the roots of Christmas are Christian. It is one thing if people include reindeer or "Jingle Bells" in their celebrations, it is something else if people deny Christmas' roots or its existence. Imagine the outcry if someone tried to tack on Christian or Muslim overtones to Buddha's birthday, or if someone railed against the prevailing culture just because of Dewali. Such things are absurd. I personally think it is a sign of cultural, social and mental immaturity to do such things.
So if Christmas is some generic winter holiday, what are its roots? What does it mean? I don't want to hear it's about presents and family and egg nog and throwing up in front of the Christmas tree or whatever. Those are things you see or do at Christmas. What does it mean?
The best answer will win you...some fresh air...in Barbados!
(CAVEAT: offer will not be honoured)

Four Lies and a Funeral

Get it? Four lies instead of four weddings, like the movie with a similar name....



Aw, forget it. That's not witty.



Iran is hoping the Vatican will act as a buffer between it and the United States. Hardly.

Iran, I think, is counting on one of the most influential states on the globe to join it against the Great Satan they believe the United States to be. The Vatican will not benefit from this imaginary alliance. Iran joined the masses of the easily offended when the Pope quoted a Holy Roman emperor. I guess old wounds are hard to heal. For this reason alone, I doubt that Iran will build a church any time soon. And let's not forget how Iran treats its other religious minorities.

The author of the preceding article states that Shi'a Islam and Catholicism are "similar in structure". Curious. Muslims do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God or that He subsequently died for the sins of mankind, as Christians believe. They also have a very skewed perspective of Mary the Mother of God. According to the Koran, Mary gave birth to Jesus- the mere prophet of Mohammed- under a date tree. This account is a far cry from the Gospels but I suppose a mere woman cannot bear a minor prophet let alone the Son of God (it should be noted that Catholics venerate, not worship Mary, as only God can be worshipped, despite what some may think). The forgiveness of sins is also somewhat of a slippery eel. I'm not sure what structure these religious experts are referring to. Maybe it's the idea that all religions are alike. That will be debunked another day.

Needless to say, just because Pope Benedict XVI did not utter a direct condemnation of Iran's nuclear ambitions does not mean that he approves of them. He didn't like anything else Iran did. Not here.



Americans who vote for pro-life candidates are at odds with Giuliani over his, frankly, pro-abortion stance. This is not a point I will address, at least not now. I will address this, though. Please note how the writer of the article describes a voter:

Sally Morris is one such person. A devout Catholic armed with an ultrasound
device, she works as a nurse at a clinic near Dallas that aims to persuade
pregnant women not to abort their fetuses.

Armed? I never realised voting in the United States was a martial affair. I didn't even know an "ultrasound device" was a weapon. A devout Catholic (the writer also mentioned another voter's born-again faith)? Was there a census taken? Was it important?

It is this liberal trend of labelling others, particularly pro-lifers, I find tiresome. For people who feel the need to gloat about their progressiveness in social and political matters, they are awfully narrow of mind. Is there a reason to bring up race, religion or gender if, in the end, we are all the same? What is the ratio of arms between a pro-life protester and- let's say- Hamas?

Oh yes! I forgot. In order to murk the polemic waters, what better way than to paint the opposing side as people no sane person can relate to? Of course! Pro-lifers can't be vegans or vegetarians, or women, or Asian (in English and for Korea- dig it), or black, or even just the Everyman. It just can't be. At least not if you are willing to see the world as a place full of complexities and just talk about the issue.



If the US State Department removes North Korea from the list of state-sponsors of terrorism, it will be ignoring and forgetting the country's past aggressions, most notably against its southern neighbour. North Korea, with Chinese and Soviet help, declared war on South Korea, soon after murdered Korean citizens and foreign soldiers, kidnapped foreign nationals, committed acts of terrorism, laundered money and tortured (still tortures) its own citizens. Is North Korea the new China? Is it the new dictatorship ripe for economic exploitation? Kaesong and the new railway line (opened only for freight) confirm an ugly truth- money will rise above all things, even people.



Justice Minister says “the girl from Qatif” provoked her rapists. This article has been bandied about, first online, then in print format (and hidden in the back pages of the front section). This is just another example of Saudi Arabia's depravity (and what a record it has). I already know that. What I don't know is what North American feminists are going to do about it.

A Scientific Breakthrough

Scientists have found a way to reprogram skin cells and use them for any part of the human body.

(Please note: I am not claiming to be an expert in this field so forgive me if this post does not read as a medical text. The opinions, however, are all mine.)

As is my understanding, adult stem cells- cells coming from a born human being- can be used to treat medical conditions, from heart problems to muscular problems. The technique being touted in the preceding article allows a skin cell to be reprogrammed and made into another cell. The example of skin cells taken from a Japanese woman given to a Japanese man to repair connective tissue was used.

Adult stem cells have been used to treat some kinds of cancer (umbilical cords are rich in adult stem cells), create an artificial liver, restore sight and produce essential chemicals like insulin or myelin. Embryonic stem cells, though heavily touted as potential cure-alls, have not resulted in any definite cure or treatment. Apparently, in order for these particular stem cells to work, they must be fully mature (which I suppose would make them adult stem cells).

I've believe the reason why embryonic stem cells were clamoured for was to keep the abortion industry alive. I have not seen where embryonic stem cells have actually worked. They have been promised but have not been shown to be effective. Why use something that won't work when something that will work is available?

There is still much to do in this area but this current development is promising.

Get the Hell Out and Stay Out!

Two American Army deserters have lost their bid for refugee status in Canada. Even the attempts by Reuters have failed to make these cretins sympathetic in my eyes.

I don't care what one's opinions of a particular war or war in general are. There are things about this case, and others, that are iron-clad.

There has been no draft in the United States since 1973. Neither of these individuals have been forced into the army, nor have they been forced to fight in a war (there have been conscientious objectors in many American conflicts).

Did it ever occur to these men that the armed forces they signed up for might press them into service? The armed services fight wars. If they thought wars were immoral, then why join the army? What were they thinking?

Furthermore, their argument is with the United States government and its army. They should launch their defence against those parties instead of fleeing to Canada, living off welfare, smoking dope and regaling impressionable idiots with their exploits of civil disobedience and/or fighting in conflicts they have never been a part of (looking right at Jesse MacBeth).

If ye break faith with us who die .....

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

Major John McCrae, Surgeon, 1st Field Artillery Brigade

Not Redacted: A Post

Hollywood: Why movies like "Redacted" don't do well. Hollywood, ever adept at plying unwilling audiences with its unimaginative and horribly one-sided world-view, deserves this en masse shunning. The audacity Hollywood possesses to re-imagine and re-invent history in an effort to win, what they think as, largely ignorant masses to its point-of-view is galling, to say the least (and for those who do get their messages from TV or movies, shame on you). It's as almost as shameful as the current writers' strike. Writers who pump out crap and those who cross the picket line show us the colours we all know are true. People should pick up the habit of reading.



Afro-centric Schools: Some civil rights activist is spinning in his grave with this idea. If a "whites-only" school would make one's skin crawl, then this proposed act of segregation should make one stop paying taxes altogether. The way to address the failure of black students to succeed (apparently mostly boys) is not to segregate students according to skin colour but to ask questions that will, no doubt, reveal some shameful truths. What are the student's study habits? How involved are the parents? Are the teachers working hard to ensure the student does his best? Are there adequate educational materials? Is the desire to learn there? You can put a student in any school but if their parents are uninvolved, their teachers do the minimum, necessary learning materials are out-dated or simply not there, and the student does not care, the outcome will be the same. Why anyone would think this would bridge a cultural or educational gap is beyond me. It would be Crown-sanctioned bigotry and another waste of taxpayer's money.



RCMP Shooting: Another senseless loss of life, another reason why guns and booze don't mix.



China: Torturers and poisoners extraordinaire are "asking" visitors to bring only one Bible so as not inflame the hidden Christians into demanding their rights before being arrested and made to make lead-laced toys for American children. I would bring one huge Bible, the ones they might use for the visually-impaired, and plank it right up over Mao Tse Tung's fat-faced portrait.

They said I could bring one.



You want trouble, you got it.



You want a cuddly hedgehog, you also got it.

Blog II: the Return of the Killer Blog

.... this time, it's for money!

It's been a while since I've blogged last. The Korean hostage situation came to a satisfactory end if you were one of the surviving hostages and the generously paid Taliban. I've since moved from South Korea and am enjoying some down time. In that time, there has been so much to blog about (I will reserve my reflections on Korea until a later time.

The Ontario election: this political horse race promises to keep or remove funding from faith-based schools. All sides are showing their aptitude for horse crap. One word: vouchers. The State- nor the Crown, for that matter, - has no place in telling parents how to educate their children and I'll be damned if I'm going to fund this. Give parents the power to educate their kids as they see fit.

HPV Vaccine: A man without insurance doesn't burn down his house. As cavalier and maybe heartless as this analogy may sound, a girl without this somewhat effective vaccine might think twice about engaging in the only behaviour that spreads HPV. Probably not seeing as she is still a CHILD and should not be getting moral advice from a public health nurse, let alone a possibly injurious needle shot in a chaotic school gym (yes, that is a very sanitary place to get an injection). The fact that this is being given to young girls in school gyms or delapitated nurses' stations without proper screening or information doesn't seem to bother many. Nor does the fact that is it being administered for free not register for anyone. A parent who chooses to get this vaccine for their daughter will have to pay $400 if administered in a doctor's office. I thought saving lives was for free. Oh! That's only if it works. Catholic schools who refuse to take part in this are seen as heartless but really, does it make sense to promote abstinence and then offer a randomly effective vaccine? It's like telling someone to go on a diet before a rib-eating contest. Why bother?
Here are the facts. Make up your own minds.

Ahmadinejad and Columbia University: One of the most insane ideas ever entertained was done last week when the tenured useful idiots at Columbia University invited Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak with much fanfare and even more controversy. Why anyone would want to hear out this Holocaust-denying, maniacal weapons-mongerer for the sake of "dialogue" is beyond me. "Dialogue" doesn't work with people like Ahmadinejad. The West has coddled him and made him a media icon. Bravo.

Hollywood: Nope. Not gonna blog on their stupidity. Not gonna do it. Not today.

Whew! So much stuff!

Maybe later.

Pressure

For the briefest time, the press was forced to be interested in the sad fate of a Korean national gunned down by the Taliban. The interest has soon waned in favour of Lindsay Lohan as she is the pinnacle of Western civilisation right now. I'm not saying this to be cute. Apparently, she is. Why else would no one be disgusted by the murder of a Korean Christian by a heartless band of roving lunatics whose idea of a good time is to gun down teachers and students?
Maybe I just answered my own question.
Anyway, Korea should find its inner stones and increase its military presence in the area. Let the world know that they will not be shaken down by a pack of morons. That is, I believe, part of what is going on, just as a medical staff was recently freed from captivity in Libya. Canadian and American soldiers are doing their jobs in Afghanistan. The Taliban are losing men and material and cannot recruit children fast enough. That, and the whole idea that a Christian would give himself whole-heartedly to a cause not including death must sicken an illiterate murderer. Literacy and generosity must make the Taliban extremely self-conscious.
The time for pressure is now. This time, it is South Korea's turn to do the heavy lifting.

By the Power of Greyskull, Another Post!

Gross oversimplification, thy name is Psychological Science. A study has found that Americans' "rugged individualism" is a hindrance to understanding others, or at least the Chinese. There are too many problems with this. First of all, it neglects the complex nature of human beings and reduces them to black-and-white carbon copies of one another. Are all Americans rugged individualists? No, but to simplify things in the manner the preceding magazine did, I would suggest that America's strongest trait is its individualism. Without its individualism, half of the world would still be at war, or at odds with one another, or technologically and socially backward. So much for that blasted do-it-yourself attitude.
Can the Chinese national character- the one the article describes as "collectivist"- be fair and all-encompassing? There is nothing fair about the "collectivist" (read: imposed by dictators) character that restricts freedom of speech, as well as other things.
Does the study keep into account perspective and empathy? If I can only see one block, as opposed to two, am I being self-centred if I move the one obstructing my vision? What if someone had asked if the other person could see? What if they plain didn't understand what was asked of them?
Is this some sort of rallying cry for multiculturalism, that warm, fuzzy feeling one gets so that no one could ever accuse them of being racist even though they can't stand the smell of curry and wish those native-born "foreigners" wouldn't take the jobs the multiculturalists won't do?
My point is this study is tunnel-visioned, like some sort of nineteenth century throwback. What century is this, anyway?

This was said before, long before some idiots in Hollywood decided to make it trendy, and now it has materialised. Arabs move into Darfur after killing the native citizens. What a surprise. How much do you want to bet none of this will end and the press at large won't pick it up?

Speaking of the press unwilling to do its job, read this. Apparently, it doesn't have the sensationalist ring needed to sell papers.

al-Qaeda is now using polio to further cement their image as monsters. I thought they had overdone themselves before but they keep on trying.

Malaysian Muslims, fresh off of telling adults what religion they must have, now are calling for the ban of the movie, "Evan Almighty". I think I know why. Noah had a son named Ham. They hate HAM!

If you need further evidence that Gary Sinise rocks, go here.

I leave you with "Napoleon Dynabuns".

Not Just Any Post....

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I was too busy enjoying myself on holiday.

People who hate Christmas are bad. No, I'm not retracting that. People who try to disguise what is obviously one thing- in the case of Christmas, its Christian overtones- for something else aren't just bad but stupid. For example, Chu-Sok is the Korean thanksgiving holiday. Should it be banned or muted into some generic or- God forbid- American event just to please those who, for whatever reason, can't stand the season's true origins? I doubt many would stand for that. So, too, let it be for Christmas. If somebody doesn't like Christmas, just don't celebrate it. Is it that hard?

Nahoul the Giant Bee, a cousin to Farfour the Mickey Mouse clone (I'm not sure how that happened), is now gladly passing onto Palestinian suicide bombers and human shields- I mean- children- how jihad is their duty. And people complain about Christmas. This is yet another example of how the religion of peace smells. Before you make an excuse, stop, take a deep breath and sleep on it.

Why Canada shouldn't pull out of Afghanistan. The Taliban would sooner gun down girls and thereby destroy their own future than see someone who is moderately educated and perhaps better than them. Yes, we are doing good work there.

China tries its best to outdo Jim Jones with yet another poisoned product. Stop buying Chinese- it's really bad for you.

If you can stand watching this bloated windbag, do watch Michael Moore embarrass himself. I have no idea how anyone can buy into this twit's pile of excrement but they did before, they shouldn't after watching this. He never answers any questions but blindly accuses everyone around him of "not telling the truth". Like this guy should talk.

That's all for now.

Canada

I suppose I should fly the flag a little bit.

Stand on guard for the national anthem.

Also, stand on guard for this, too.

Some information on our national anthem.

Have you read "The Cremation of Sam McGee"? If not, do so here.

Superman's on our side.

Canada- come for the scenery, stay for the pie.

Fat, Dumb White Guys

Or one fat, stupid white guy in particular.



Michael Moore's obsession with Canada- a country in which 60% of the citizens would fail their own citizenship test (apparently only six out of ten polled can recite the first two lines of "O Canada")- should actually be a national embarrassment. Not only are Canadians not up to his intellectual snuff (re: POLL, COMPLETE INABILITY TO PASS CITIZENSHIP TEST) but I personally doubt that Moore would give up his wealth and celebrity (or should that be notoriety?) by renouncing his American citizenship for Canadian citizenship which would entail higher taxes, longer waits for a GP and for various medical services, as well as in the emergency room (indeed, this report suggests that there is dissatisfaction of the current system. Strange.), no absolute right to property, a skewed electoral process and lower audience levels. Out of a country of over 31 million people, halve that significantly by those who cannot by his books or see his "movies", don't know who he is, or don't care, and those who don't like him. He can prove me wrong, but his record at proving anything is extremely poor.



Several cases in point:



The French are so far in the red, they can't actually pay for their own healthcare, despite what Moore claims in his new "movie", "Sicko".

Cuba is a Third-World dictatorship whose hospitals can be described as "filthy". There are no basic medicines. People die from conditions that would be treatable in the US and Canada (yes, Canada).



He's not working-class, nor is he from Flint, Michigan. What a pretender to the blue-collar throne.

The one "blue-collar job" he had he quit. This little lie is listed with the complete omissions of terrorist training camps, Saddam Hussein's dictatorial rule of Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Has he been under a rock that he does not know what's going on? A million-dollar rock in Manhattan, maybe.

Moore has no problem taking support from terrorists, such is his hatred for America, the only country that would allow him to be a big, fat, albeit rich, liar.

The healthcare system in Canada is not universal. Dental health and drug plans are covered separately. Various procedures and treatments are no covered at all. A family friend- a nurse who worked in the system was betrayed by the system. She had a kind of cancer that was not covered under our "universal" system. She has since passed on. To me, she embodies the failure of a system that was supposed to help her. In America, you don't get what you don't pay for. In Canada- at least for my friend- you don't get what you DO pay for. There is a good set of criticisms here. Better yet, just ask sick Canadians- or any Canadian who has been in a Canadian hospital- how satisfied they are. Moore never factored this in. Canada is the opposite of the US. It has to be, or wannabe socialist/uber-capitalist Moore could not function.

Charlton Heston in Bowling for Columbine seemed to change his neckties in under two seconds. His infamous (at least by Moore) speeches after the deaths at a high school in Columbine were the height of insensitivity- if they occurred, which they did not. There are several factual errors in that "movie", as well as others, but this one stands out for me.

In short, Michael Moore is incapable of exerting any intellectual effort into anything. It is easier to lie than it is to tell the truth, that being that Moore is despicable man whose hatred of the very system that allows him to do what he does and get away with it get in the way of very simple truths.

Maybe Darwin WAS Right

If you question where the missing links have gone, see below.


Four out of ten Koreans between the ages of twenty and forty can't give the correct date of the war that separated the well-fed and materialistic South from the starving and utterly brain-washed North. It's as though they became victims of Canada's history program. Their views on the Chinese and Soviet-backed invasion are dim, at least verbally.

These college students do not need the benefit of certain special interest groups. They've got the irresponsibility and selfishness thing down-pat.


This managing director is glad to shoot himself in the foot for Cannes-award winning actress, Jeon Do-Yeon. Good. She's like Helen Mirren, I think. She doesn't need to shill for anything like lesser actors and actresses do. That is a very un-Korean thing to do but it's all about substance, baby.


For people who still think Islam is a woman-friendly religion of peace and hugs need to view this. Here is lovely bit of misogyny:

The weakness with which women were created is the secret behind their attractiveness and appeal to their husbands. It is the source of women’s seduction of men, and one of the elements strengthening the bond between husband and wife. This is one of the wondrous miracles of Allah: The strength of a woman lies in her weakness. Her power of seduction and appeal lie in her emotions, which might overpower her mind at times. ...

People still whine about Saint Paul. He never went anywhere near this crap. In Islam, a woman, stupid, weak and yet wily though she is, is to go to her hsuband no matter what she is doing. In the middle of changing the baby? Tough. Get a move on, girl, before he whacks you with the frying pan.


What was said in the letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians:

22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a] 28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30because we are members of his body. 31"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

I don't recall reading in that the Koran, or from the loony Saudis, how, though a
wife must respect her husband, a man must lay down his life for her and his
family. It is likened to Christ laying down His life for the Church. O, the chivalry! Is this seen in the Islamic world? Is here, here, here, here or here? Maybe in Saudi Arabia where women must cover from head to toe and not drive cars. Wait. That doesn't sound right.

The Taliban is on a mission, and that mission is to be the scum of the earth, as witnessed here.

Moving on....

Cameron Diaz is still stupid.

But, but... I thought it was supposed to change everything. Gee, I guess it was all a gigantic waste of taxpayer's time (and money...and democracy...and common sense...and decency...and personal views...and pretty much everything).

I hardly have the space to type how completely stupid the world is at the moment. I'll just stop here. It's far too depressing to continue.

Authors of Our Own Destruction

If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.

The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions:
Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois

Cases in point:

Special-needs children were left to die in an Iraqi orphanage. Parallels to orphanages in Russia and Romani are drawn. The countdown to American blame is on.

The Satanic Verses author, Salman Rushdie, is awarded a knighthood and Pakistan threatens attacks. The level of dhimmitude that has gripped parts of western Europe and North America is so great that someone will likely placate these bearded fascists. Margaret Thatcher never placated the IRA and she was a real...

Moving on....

A rough creature slouches before Bethlehem. If the Palestinian Christians entertained any illusions that the same Muslims who blow themselves up and invaded the Church of the Nativity were their friends, they should no longer do so. It is also time they stopped running. Bethlehem is Jesus' land. People have run from Christ before and it's never ended well.

Similarly, Gaza Christians are warned to submit to Islam (which, I'm sure, some will liken to a spiritual quest). Submit to this.

I thought hogwans were supposed to make people smarter. Not Ban Ki-Moon, obviously. Global warming triggered the crisis in Darfur, not the Arab-backed Janjaweed.

The UN continues to be sickening.

North Korea fires another missile. South Korea does nothing as its end approaches.

North Korean lackies go bankrupt. Japan still wants a pound of flesh (well, so does everyone who has been invaded by Japan).

Korean presidential hopeful, Lee Myun-Bak, proves he is no better than any other craven capitalist out to make a won over North Korea. Kaesong is, in truth, an intended North Korean cash-cow, part owned by various South Korean companies. It is not as lucrative as some may have wanted it, however.

Now they've done it! No one messes with Christmas! Can we stop with the multi-cultural, feel-good sentiment now and tell the ingrates to go to hell?

The Vatican issues Ten Commandments for drivers. Who says the Church is never involved?

The Mid-Month Rant

For those who post comments here, thanks. I read them but I can't reply (lousy Blogger...).

Father's Day- like a barbecue...for your dad!

Someone is in a rush (or is a Russian, as the case may be) to give Kim Jong-Il his misgotten gains. I don't believe the closed nuclear plants will remain so for very long. Where is the incentive? North Korea has had 60 days to comply with demands to shut down their reactors and allow inspectors in. Nothing has been done. Back to square one.

Maybe someone should ask this moron where his Mohammed is. An Edward G. Robinson or Police Chief Wiggim voice would be good for effect.

Scum.

More scum.

Scratching-the-bottom-of-the-barrel scum.

In case we forgot that moral relativism as it pertains to the "wonderful" world of Islam was a complete pile of dingo kidneys, the preceding are very good reminders.

A pastor is nearly killed by raging mob for his beliefs in India. This is another thing we should be concerned with. One would think that India would be the complete opposite of its mortal enemy, Pakistan, even if for no reason other than to be contrary. India has a law against conversions, albeit impractical and rather discriminatory. Before conversions are decried as forced or unwelcome, think of it this way. Someone could ask another about his religion. Under the law, that person could be fined. The law also smacks of government interference in the lives of adults. Whose business is it if a man converts from this or that religion? Providing he is not coerced, why would anyone care? One would think that India would worry more about its air quality and maintaining its economic boom than the private lives of its citizens. The pastor in question was not like a certain religion one could mention. Let's not forget how a Christian spent her adult life looking after the poor the Indian government couldn't deal with.

Now for something completely different....

Liberals stealing money and covering it up? No! It can't be! They've never done that before!

Paris Hilton is still in jail. Angelina Jolie must take her self-righteous, self-important persona off the radar NOW.

I will close this with a shot to end all shots.

Lest We Forget

Tiananmen Square, eighteen years ago today (thanks for reminding me, Michelle Malkin).
Another reason why we shouldn't trade with China.

A New Month, A New Post

A new post for the month of Juuuuuuuuuuunnnnne.......

So many things happen in June.

Did you know that June 2nd is Festa della Repubblica in Italy. Remember- no one ever says Italy.

June 17th is Father's Day. I realise in this day and age when we should fight male oppression...or something....we should not celebrate UnWomyn's Day (or is is Dae...Dai...damn you, teachers, for teaching me how to spell!) but really, who is the man who opens jars for you, drives you to your friend's house (the one with the swimming pool) and teaches you how to make scrambled eggs? Are you trying to say that scrambled eggs are wrong? I don't want to live in a world without scrambled eggs and toast!

Here is a recipe for scrambled eggs and sausage.

June 19th is the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. The excitement, the danger, the paddling! I don't know about you, but my money's on the green boat!

June 21st is the summer solstice, the start of barbecue season for people who don't like meat.

There are some birthdays and other things tucked in there but I think this wraps up the bulk of things going on in June.

Later.

Mid-Week Rant

What do you do when you're caught encouraging someone break the law as you have done many times before? Well, you sue, that's what you do. Planned Parenthood, the meddling and less-than-law-abiding corporation founded by a racist, classist enema freak, is planning on suing Lila Rose, editor of a student newspaper, for having the audacity to expose their plans to flout laws designed to report the sexual abuse of minors.
I don't want to hear arguments about "women's right to choose" and all that because that tired, old rhetoric doesn't even come close to fitting here. The moron Planned Parenthood hired to lie to women and minors was doing her part in keeping the corporation running, even if it meant saving the slimy skin of a sexual predator. All for money. Planned Parenthood is now bullying this girl (and has done so with others) into hiding their conspiracy, something they are not new to. This should disgust anyone, regardless of what side of the fence one is on about this.
If I were Lila Rose, I'd take out billboard space.

What a tidy, little group of fascists these lot are. Really, it's like one step above of accusing George Bush of "stealing" an election. It's called democracy and in a country with universal suffrage it's considered fair. Who is anyone to threaten anything because something doesn't go their way? Maybe the French have absolutely had it with these thugs and think Sarkozy might turn their country around socially, as well as economically. Democracy is one of the things that make Western civilisation work. Oil props up Islamic dictatorships. I guess those protesters are right- no blood for oil. Let's find oil elsewhere or another fuel source and screw the House of Saud.

Okay, I'll talk about something else.

Did you know that May 30th is not only the feast-day of Saint Joan of Arc but also National Potato Day in Peru? In the spirit of the day, enjoy some garlic smashed potatoes.
Do it for the children!

Good for her.

Dude, the ears.

Gidohapshida.

The Postman Always Rings Twice....

...before leaving your parcel with a neighbour.

Happy Mother's Day. Enjoy the ice cream cake before it melts.

Thousands in Italy protest a "marriage" bill. It may very well be a million but the press will never admit to a thing like that. I guess Italians know a stupid idea when they see it. Couples, if you want to live together, be grown up and GET MARRIED legally. And gays, you're not a race so stuff your racism fluff.

Members of the press hoping to re-live the glories of Abu Gharib and milk the nothingness of Guantanamo will be disappointed to hear this. That's right, the West has more humanity than roving bands of fanatics whose idea of a good time is shooting women and using children as human shields. Who said the Canadian mission in Afghanistan was bad?

Girls who cry foul whenever they are cut from the team aren't helping humanity in general. Just saying.

Michael Moore- lying sack of...whatever- is at his usual tricks with his new crockumentary, "Sicko". He is under fire from the U.S. Treasury Department for taking American citizens to be treated in one of Cuba's delapidated hospitals. Cuba has come to his defence, crying censorship. Cuba has the moral authority to speak about this because they have never arrested poilitical dissidents or arrested writers or anything. Anyway, Cuba's healthcare situation is far from ideal, as you can see here and here.

Fascist Mickey and the New Low. Wow, the "religion of peace" never fails to disappoint in this area, does it?
I am so tired of people coddling these butchers, misogynists and bigots. This is what they are like. There is no perversion and there certainly isn't an excuse. Read this about pork. I mean- how do they even come to such conclusions? They are mad.

I sure hope the Pope is right about this (ah, of course he is).

Let us end this post with some ferrets.

Why Run?

If we run, then we will be Spain.

Consider the losses during the First World War, the Second World War (particularly Vimy Ridge and Dieppe), the Korean War and now. As terrible as any loss of life may be, the losses incurred recently are nowhere near the losses of the past and we were then far from running.

If we can't afford lives, then we cannot afford surrender. The Afghanis will lose the most. By allowing terrorists to threaten us and alter our foreign policy, we put ourselves at risk, anyway. Our opinions and motions on the world stage will be meaningless. Canada will be nothing, less than air and a dhimmi. I suggest we draw the line in the sand and say it doesn't even begin, let alone end, here.

Let us remember who put us there.

Like it or not, we are there. Let's do some good while we're at it. Someone in the world depends on Canada. We can't afford to let them- nor ourselves- down.

End of the Month Randomness! Everything Must Go!

To wit-

Is this Iraq? Wow! What an oasis! It's too bad Saudi-funded terrorists (militia-men if you're Michael "I'm Too Sexy for My Fat" Moore) are killing its citizens. Arabs stand by Arabs, I guess- so they can kill them better.

Iraq is a war that is fought by the media, not by bombs or guns which studies indicate are supremely beneficial for such things. What I'm trying to say is: guns don't kill people; believers of an Arab pedophile do.

I'd like to apologise for using the word "sexy" in conjunction with "Michael Moore". Nothing about that opportunistic, lying slob is in any way appealing and I apologise without reservation (something Shinzo Abe can't do- hiyoooooo!). It will never happen again.

Speaking of sexy, this might be old news if you actually still watch the should-be-defunct TV series, ER, but Goran Visnjic is leaving. Why didn't he leave before they wrote his character into the ground? All those wasted seasons! He could have appeared on a TV series as a sexy lawyer working in a sexy law firm trying sexy cases.

Okay, I'll stop saying sexy.

But one thing I won't stop doing is rocking!

Speaking of that, a good friend had the grandest generosity to send me a Patty Griffin CD. If you haven't had your Patty Griffin fix, get it.

By request, a comment on the pet poisonings. I am not wholly familiar with the cases but reports have it that food made from contaminated grain from China sickened or killed family pets. China has apologised for something it claims it is not responsible for. What? This is too much! Like China hasn't done something to maim or otherwise screw with the rest of the world (SARS, Tibet, its own people, Falun Gong, North Korea). Why have anything to do with China at all?

Why hasn't this and this incurred the wrath of PETA? Oh yeah- special interest groups, lawsuits and all that. A rock, a hard place and completely screwed.

If you haven't bought a copy of Mark Steyn's America Alone, do so. I ordered it because I knew I wouldn't get it at Indigo's or Chapter's. Apparently, this best-seller is just not popular, which is why it is a best seller. Anyway, I started reading it and I'm already in the middle.

And now for a surprise.

Weekly Randomness

Yes, it's time for more weekly randomness.

The Estonian government plans to move a statue dedicated to Soviet war dead to a park outside of the capital Talinn. This quote from Polish think-tank crystalises, at least for me, the horrid victim culture Russia has immersed itself in order to never acknowledge and ultimately make amends for its many, many wrong-doings of the past:

Russia has never come to terms with its history. Russians continue to see
themselves only as victims of World War II, he said, and ignore the dictatorial
systems they imposed on the countries they liberated from the Germans.

Yes, Russia, the perennial victim. Pogroms, the gulags, the Ukrainian famine, the Katyn forest massacre, the Second World War, Dieppe (this poorly thought out and executed plan was brought on by the former Soviet Union's threats to make peace with the Germans), the Korean War, the Hungarian revolution, Prague Spring, the attempted assassination of John Paul II (it wasn't enough that they took over Poland; they had to squash its liberator, too), Alexander Litivenko, the recent protests against the authoritarian Putin. Yes, Russia is quite the victim- a victim of its own making. The West has put up with its denial and deflection even the Russian people and their erstwhile victims are tired of it.

Is the EU going to allow this and this from a prospective member? I should hope not.

Pope Benedict has revised the teaching on Limbo. Limbo was the place where unbaptised babies waited before going to Heaven. I've never felt it was a punishment but something that confirmed baptism as the thing that we needed for salvation. I never felt anyone was being punished but without that necessary step they could not advance until it was time. Just me.

Earth Day- crock or something that just happens to fall on my mum's birthday? YOU be the judge.

Mark Steyn is the hammer to society's nail.

Aw, damn.

And, finally, no one ever says Italy.

Spring in Korea

It has been spring for a while with some lovely results. See here.

My particular favourites are the magnolias.

What Else...?

Do we need any more reasons why North Korea and its backer, China, are evil?

There should be no quarter given to China or Russia, the very countries that have conspired to keep Korea separate since its liberation. Hold them responsible for allowing everything that has gone on up until this point. I'm sure the survivors of the North Korean regime will take care of Kim Il-Sung's fat progeny themselves (Satan has a good grasp of Il-Sung's love handles as we speak).
As for the South Koreans' morally lazy government, well... can one teach empathy?

No Freaking Kidding

The average Canadian family spends more on taxes for subpar services we lord over the Americans than anything else.

That's the land of socialist bliss for you.

VT

I didn't want to post something here because I don't want to milk a hot story (because, really, that's all it is until there is another shooting or something to do with Anna Nicole Smith). I will make a few points.

Gun control wouldn't have stopped this, prevented this, or made it less of a tragedy. People who want to kill will find a way and not everyone who owns a gun is a psychopath.

Candlelight vigils don't ever help and are complete waste of wax.

South Korea, no one will look at you if you don't draw attention to yourselves. Stop being so self-conscious.

Fare

Good.

I think I've said what I need to say on this subject.

Randomness in Space!

It's like "Pigs in Space" but with more stuff.

First thing on the agenda: stupidity.

Hijab-gate. We've had the Herouxville debacle, Daddy's little soccer pawn, a woman so desperate to be shanked that she would fight to keep her hijab in a prisoner's reach, "reveal yourself or not vote" (sidebar to this article: it's always about THEM. Poor, little victims. Or poor, little attention-getters. Or people trying to deflect public anger at their stupidity and selfishness) and now a taekwondo team unable to spar because the hijab is more important than displaying martial arts prowess. The special interest groups are right. This shouldn't be an issue. In Canada, one is either a Canadian and willing to conform to its laws and customs or someone with an airplane ticket en route out of Canada. Safety is another concern, especially where the workplace has dangerous and resourceful offenders. The employers and team coaches should have brought up the issues of rules and safety instead of being cowards afraid of losing their jobs or being tarred by the likes of CAIR or some other terrorist- I mean- special interest group. I personally think the girls and ladies should be glad they are in a country where they are allowed to be educated, have jobs and drive themselves to work. Perhaps they would like to go to Saudi Arabia?

Hi, Don Imus. Bye, Don Imus.

To be fair, though, if he gets fired, take out rappers, too. I don't see why their gutter-speak is better than Imus'.

If you want a reason why you shouldn't support the Green Party (other than they are not a real party) look no further than this. I realise there is an element of this kind of thing in Canada and those people will ultimately be ashamed as soon as it is revealed that they are craven cowards with no sense of self and the world around them. That, and the friends and relatives will probably give them such a beating. (For the legal purposes, I am not advocating anything.)

I don't trust these people to be brought on by principle. They probably didn't read this book and now are too embarrassed to go back on it, hence, "the stand". That's why we always read the books before let our students read them. I mean, they could have been celebrating Christmas in that book!

An "Oh my God" moment.

Second thing on the agenda, North Korea. They have, again, failed to comply with orders preventing them from destroying the Korean Peninsula.

If this is true then what does it say when the Japanese, once enemies of the Koreans, care more for the plight of the North Koreans than their cousins to the south do? This is not to denigrate the efforts of some South Korean interest groups who face uphill slogs in their efforts to help the North Koreans but their government sure sucks.

Somebody had better remember the Holocaust because the Iranians won't. (Well, maybe not all of them).

I'm not sure this is entirely true but considering who they are, it probably is.

Does Hollywood disgust you yet?

I close with a sight so shocking, so horrifying, it will make you shudder- a dog begging for his breakfast.

Easter Eggs

These are some rather nice Easter eggs I saw somewhere. I do like the imagery- the deer, the fish, even the swirls and dots. There is a purpose behind the act of decorating eggs, traditionally a symbol of Easter. The eggs themselves become canvasses for some kind of expression.

Easter Post

To one and all, a happy Easter.

I had a rather nice time on Sunday. I had breakfast with some friends. We chatted, reminded ourselves why The Simpsons (earlier episodes) were funny and ate some really nice pancakes and omelets (mmm....omelets...)

And let's not forget the candy.....

Spring has sprung here in Korea. I do like it when the magnolias come into bloom. They are very beautiful flowers and very fragrant (just like the camelias in Jeju). The weather here is getting warmer but it is still quite cool. It must be enjoyed now because come June and July the heat will be oppressive. Have you ever had to peel clothes off of you before you put them on? Come here and experience that for yourself.

Speaking of Korea, the North Koreans will let inspectors in to see their Russo-Iranian-made reactors when the funds are released.

I don't think so.

Angelina Jolie has added another orphan to her United Colors of Benneton gaggle.

See the skyline in Washington, DC.

Until something annoys or strikes me, Peace of Christ and peace-out.

Calvary

...all the world is hungry and cannot be filled...

Hear, hear!

This columnist has it right.

People will mock what they don't understand and count on those never to hold it against them. Their courage is incredibly lacking when they should take a stand against something everyone should abhor.

Turn the other cheek indeed.

Turning a Blind Eye Yet Again

When is the West going to care about this?

Never?

I thought so.

Set your faces like flint. Nobody said it would be easy for us.

A Bad Start to Holy Week

Chocolate Jesus.

There are at least two things wrong with this. Not only did this "chocolatier" insult Christ, the Savior of us all, but he used sweet, sweet chocolate to do it. See you in hell, candy-boy.

I have actually seen a photo of this. You can see a picture of this because it's not a cartoon of Mohammed, whom we are never to see if we value our standing consulates, churches, places of business or nuns.

Oh, by the way....

The "artist" is apparently worried about a Catholic "fatwa", whatever that means. If Bill Donahue, the bulldog of the Catholic rights movement, is considered fatwa, then he should consider himself "fatwa-ed".

Why is This a Discussion?

Muslims wishing to vote in the Quebec election must show their faces.

Why is this a discussion? When I was called to vote, I had to be registered, show up at such-and-such a polling station between certain hours with some form of identification and something with my permanent address on it. I had to be checked off before I could vote. After that, my hand was stamped and I had to leave the premises.

People have to be told that unidentifiable and unregistered residents cannot vote? How much stupidity does Canada have to display at any given moment? At least officials (and only, I believe, due to other residents threatening to come in with other kinds of masks, ect.) realised their gross would-be error and corrected it.

Gear up, Quebec, you dying province, you. This isn't the first fight you'll have on your hands and it certainly won't be the last of "burn, baby, burn" you'll hear.

The Lowest of the Low

If you need more proof of the kind of scum that should be blown out of their socks, look no further than this.

What is wrong with these people? I swear there must be a ring in hell just for them.

From the Depths of Randomness Comes More Randomness!

From my current backyard....

Disney's next production could be "The Lion Kim". (It's all alleged, apparently.)

A sample of lunacy from the last Stalinist state in the world. Horrifying, really. What is more horrifying- and mind-boggling- is that their cousins in the south would use them as slave labour. You stand by your family, I suppose.

Number 3 in al-Qaeda's consortium of complete lunacy has confessed to whole number of things, including planning the September 11th attacks. I guess those lamb dinners really paid off in Guantanamo.

An example of how some people should never be teachers simply because they have no freaking idea what they are talking about. I'm sure this "educator" was quick to mention how people are really treated in Muslim countries. Perhaps not. Stoning women to death, rape, jailing of journalists and other acts of extremist terror are not things one brings up in polite society, but it's all justified.

Now for something completely different....

For those of you who haven't, see The Queen. It is one of those movies that, though extremely well-done, will make you leave the theatre in disgust because the whole idea of "emotionally retarded" people leading a country because they think it is God's Will and the people who allow it is repulsive to the intellect. That, and Helen Mirren rocks!

This Saturday is Saint Patrick's Day. Everybody loves Saint Patrick's Day!

I leave you now with hedgehogs massaging a cat.

Truth

It's good to see someone toe the line- in a good way. This is why Pope Benedict's pronouncements are always good to my ears (or eyes).

Catholics who don't support abortion, gay "marriage" or random divorce and are in a state of grace are free to accept Communion. As the previous Pope, John Paul the Great, and a handful of priests and bishops with guts have said, one must be in a state of grace in order to recieve one of the seven sacraments of the Church. It's in the Catechism. It's a part of the philosophy. Suck it up.

If one does not like it, then they are welcome to use the free will God gave them and leave for a church or religion that is more accomodating to their willy-nilly wishes.

Just saying is all.

God Keep Our Land Glorious and Free

Canada's survival is due to immigration according to this article.

Being a New World country, it has always been dependant on new bodies entering and making a go of it on the second biggest landmass on Earth. Each new person or group of people have added to the country and, when asked, claimed they were Canadian.

Now, Canada is stop A or B for the culturally lazy or confused. One is only a Canadian when it serves a purpose. The older generations, too weak, lazy or unwilling to say or do anything, will soon be in no position to argue. After all, who are we to demand that the new blood speak the official languages, obey local laws or customs, or even ask they give something to the country that has been so good to ignore their lack of etiquette, education or ability to be useful in any way?

This is how a country dies.

What is wrong with asking that someone, to whom a refuge was given, give back something in return? Is it too much to ask that in official circles they speak either English or French (and it's English by a mile) or that they respect local laws and customs even if they are different from what the new body is used to?

The problem is the existing body of Canadians. Multiculturalism, giving sway to the French or any other group that whines enough, failure to perpetuate its own species and the nearly complete lack of common sense and decency are ways in which Canada is circling the drain. Why should new immigrants- however they entered the country- adhere to any laws or principles if Canadians think it is beneath themselves to go to church, marry, obey its own laws, hold fast to its principles or even call themselves Canadian? Canada is a joke because it will not be what it should be- a country. Multiculturalism might make us feel good about hiding our latent racism or the fact that we have no idea where so-and-so is from but it doesn't make for good public policy. Lingua anglia not lingua franca. It's not an ethnophobic statement but a reality. Shacking up might sound cute but really just shows how the respective partners have an inability to be adults and make a commitment. What- the word of law and God are beneath a couple of people who will ultimately separate because one of them is a cat person? Yes, really mature.

Some may smile quietly to themselves that immigrants are keeping the country alive but that is nothing new. Perhaps they should smile when the country is filled with Canadians, not just people who say they are.

Deflection and Denial

It worked for the former Soviet Union and it is working here, too.
The Israelis are the last people the Christians should be worried about. So says this.
How easily we forget or just plain choose not point the finger in the right direction.

Happy Saint Valentine's Day

Have a heart. Or get your own here.

A Little Bit of Hero Worship

If Hollywood was a meritocracy then people like Adam Beach would be A-listers (Goran Visnjic would be a My-lister- teeheehee) and people like Tom Cruise or George Clooney would have to bribe a doorman to be let in an Oscar party.

Edwards' Blogger Resigns; World Offers a Hearty "Finally!"

John Edwards' controversial (read: vulgar and bigotted) blogger, Amanda Marcotte has resigned.

Here is a segment of her resignation notice. It has not been altered in any way.

I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills and talents I bring to the table, and my willingness to work hard for what’s right. Unfortunately, Bill Donohue and his calvacade of right wing shills don’t respect that a mere woman like me could be hired for my skills, and pretended that John Edwards had to be held accountable for some of my personal, non-mainstream views on religious influence on politics (I’m anti-theocracy, for those who were keeping track). Bill Donohue—anti-Semite, right wing lackey whose entire job is to create non-controversies in order to derail liberal politics—has been running a scorched earth campaign to get me fired for my personal beliefs and my writings on this blog.
In fact, he’s made no bones about the fact that his intent is to “silence” me, as if he—a perfect stranger—should have a right to curtail my freedom of speech. Why? Because I’m a woman? Because I’m pro-choice? Because I’m not religious? All of the above, it seems.
Regardless, it was creating a situation where I felt that every time I coughed, I was risking the Edwards campaign. No matter what you think about the campaign, I signed on to be a supporter and a tireless employee for them, and if I can’t do the job I was hired to do because Bill Donohue doesn’t have anything better to do with his time than harass me, then I won’t do it. I resigned my position today and they accepted.

Now, my commentary-

What skills would she be referring to? The cussmouth ones? I guess that would take a special kind of cussmouth to be hired by an ambulance-chaser with Presidential dreams.

Her victimisation seems most appropriate for someone who generally is clueless, classless and without decent writing skills. I've seen this kind of victimisation and deflection before- in children. If caught, a child will deny he's done something wrong. If he cannot deny it, he will implicate someone else as well in order to lessen the penalty to himself, or even blame someone and never just accept that he and he alone is responsible for what he's done. One is a little more patient with a child, a being not expected to master self-reflection and accept his wrong-doings, but one is plain out disgusted with someone who claims to be an adult as Amanda does. I really expect her to be locked in her room, threatening to pull out her hair until mommy and daddy buy her something. After an hours-long stand-off, she is brought out with juice and a trip to the mall while her older brother looks on in disgust. I'm sure Amanda has done this before.

Her accusation that Bill Donahue is an anti-Semite is another priceless gem of self-deflection and, even more so, sour grapes. How is he an anti-Semite? I'm curious. It's typical for certain persons or groups to cast aspersions on others because they don't share this, that or the other view, or if they are instrumental in another's downfall (i.e.- Amanda's). If Amanda only saw how simple it was- insult someone, they don't thank you for it. She would never have gotten away with the things she wrote had they been directed at, let's say, blacks or Muslims (she would have gone into hiding then). She should not be surprised that anyone would be happy that she refers to sacred persons or anybody in the most vulgar terms.

Right-wing shills caused her to resign? Does she mean the Illuminati or the Free Masons? I'm surprised she doesn't come right out and blame the Jews. She resigned because the heat was too much. Remember- she "apologised" before she resigned. Again, she is a victim of powerful shadowy men. If you are calling about the bridge, I still have it. Call back on Saturday.

Amanda Marcotte really thinks she is that important to be targeted by anyone. Why? Has anyone heard of her prior to this? This entire episode is her only claim to fame. After that, it's back to being Miss Nobody again. If she inflates her ego this much, you can only imagine the pure excrement she writes (I do mean that in every sense of the word) is just fanciful.

There is the usual "being hated for being a woman/not religious/ect". Typically thoughtless victimhood and typically wrong. Has it ever occurred to her that her "writings" might be- oh- offensive, as she deliberately meant them (hiding in her office, away from prying eyes)? Michelle Malkin is a woman and she has covered this more than I have. I've spent valuable bandwidth covering this when I could have devoted things more important than this insincere, trashy little moron. Does she realise that I could have posted a recipe for fruit curry or started a debate on which is cuter- mini-mew or the baby tiger? Thanks, Amanda. Now the world will never see. So selfish she is, and a bad writer, too!

I should move on. Surely, another bigot with a foul mouth couldn't be worth my attention, could it?

Hoping to Dispel a Few Myths

Angered (as usual) over a list forbidding time-honoured traditions of stoning women and covering their faces, Muslim women (with their male escorts, of course) hope to dispel a few myths the residents of Herouxville, Quebec may have about Islam and, in so doing, bring understanding and peace. What myths would those be? That Islam is rational, peaceful and has added greatly to both Western and Eastern civilisations? Sure it has, if by progress one means shooting nuns in the back, flying planes into the sides of buildings, raping women for any reason whatsoever, attacking a country that has been all but fair to you, burning down consulates, bombing buses, trains, and general anti-Semitisim, misogyny and racism. I mean- if you have to actually tell people NOT to stone women to death and someone gets angry about it, then really, yours' is an insane culture. It just is.

Now I'm Mad!

(Warning: There will language that may offend some. Don't blame me, though.)

John Edwards, Presidential hopeful and ambulance-chaser extraordinaire, thought, for whatever reason, that hiring Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan, bloggers at Pandagon.net and Shakespeare's Sister respectively, was a good idea. For those who don't know or who have better things to do than read their blogs, these women enjoy revelling in anti-Christian, in particular, anti-Catholic bigotry. Their posts are groundless and filled with profanity and vitriol.

Now, I know that is okay to insult Catholics because, as we all know, they don't have feelings, but I have a few good reasons why hiring these women as official blogmasters of a Presidential hopeful's campaign is a BAD idea.

Reason the first- the office of the President- the highest office in the land and, indeed, the world (let's not deny it)- should be above reproach, but not above criticism. After all, we don't live in Iran or North Korea. What I mean to say is, the president must carry himself in a dignified manner and those around him must be of sound mind and ethics. Having people who resort to epithets like "Christo-fascists" and "godbags" just isn't the image of supporters you want.

Reason the second- Catholics DO have feelings, and they vote, too. Prick them, they bleed. Insult the Virgin Mary, they find a reason why they should never vote for you in a million years. It's called democracy. Citizens of good reason and appropriate age choose the candidate they like and vote for him. Why should they choose a candidate that allows bigots to speak for them? Sure, that might not wash for Amanda and Melissa and they would probably call Catholics and Catholic voters "stupid" (that's "f---ing stupid" for the Kos Kids) and "baby-machines" and "fascists" but them's the breaks. Democracy- it's what separates us from the animals. That, and hooves.

Reason the third- ditto for everybody else they insulted, like here, for example.

Reason the fourth- we've all said things that might not be- how shall we say?- appropriate. It happens. However, with Amanda, it happens, like, every second word. Is this supposed to be an effort to show us she is serious, that her posts are valid, edgy and legitimate? How about "in the gutter"? A bigot and a moron will resort to the lowest forms of language and humour in order to get attention. Take away the cuss words and what do you have? Nothing. Bigots add nothing to culture as a whole. They are the people we don't want to acknowledge. They are an embarrassment. Their views, their language, even their very being. Everyone at this point (with the exception of the backtracking Edwards) wants to distance themselves from these twits, even the Democrats.

Reason the fifth- Amanda doesn't even have the courage to stand by her bigotted convictions (and she wishes she were as every bit as important and desirable she tries to make herself out to be. With every fibre of her being she does). When Edwards was asked to fire the offending bloggers (which he did and then re-hired), she cowered down and tried to retract the statements she could and cover up others. She tries to pass herself and her comments as some kind of defense of the freedoms we should all enjoy. Is she joking? Has anyone read her garbage? It is clearly bigotted and profane. But when backed in a corner, she see how she acts. Just like Edwards, she bowed under political pressure. I think Amanda Marcotte is the same kind of person who, if confronted by an angry reader, would run away or curl herself in a ball on the floor, shouting: "I'm an armadillo! I'm an armadillo! You can't get me! I'm an armadillo!" It would be at this point that the angry reader, bewildered, back away because it couldn't get any more pathetic than that. Probably.

In short, employing people whose agenda is clearly vulgar and bigotted is not the smartest thing to do. But who am I to argue? I'm Canadian. I don't have to live with the election, just the outcome. If John Edwards wishes to blow his chances with these self-important ho-bags, why stop him? One less idiot in the races.

Links to the Pandagon debacle that are informative, funny and good for you: LGF has a few, Slinky has a really good one and an over-the-top but funny and sadly relevant one from a fellow named Iowahawk.


Other stuff that fries me:

Amanda Marcotte, draft-dodgers, Khadrs, every other loser who seeks refuge in the Great White North, get the hell out out! We don't want you!

A day of rage? Impossible! Entirely unpredicted. Shocking, even!

But not as shocking as this.

Is this chick for real? Whoa- someone's wearing their anti-Semitism on their sleeve.

Okay, why isn't this on the front pages? North Korea and Darfur- the forgotten causes.

If you are from Canada and pay exorbitantly high taxes for those "wonderful" services, then this should be no surprise.

I leave this post with kittens crawling over one another. Not angrily, though.

Everyone Knows It's Slinky

Check out Slinky Pink's blog. Like here, for example, where she hits the nail on the head. Refreshing, informative and low in calories.

The Weekly Stuff

Ah, I couldn't think of a better title.

Moving on....

Twit.

Yeah, like these guys should talk. When there is transparency from the North, maybe.

Let's keep our eyes on this. Certain death awaits those who try to defect from North Korea. Let us in the West never forget.

Yet another reason why Sharia law should be banned from the universe (and my universe includes Quebec!).

I wish someone would tell this moron what's what. Look- many people have tried to destroy the Church and they've ALL failed. This man and his merry band of jihadists will fail just as surely as they have failed to grasp the basic concepts of democracy, decency and handwashing. I mean- look at their signs. They can't even get their rhetoric straight. See what happens when you ban education in favour of guns and slapping one's wife around?

The Britons should remember that Neville Chamberlain was a coward and a fool, too, when they look back on this enormous blunder and insult.

I knew John Kerry was stupid, I just never realised he was THAT stupid.

Who gave this guy a medical license? Who? Find him. Find him and kick his @$$. Has this idiot ever seen a child in a Third World country die of a disease that no longer cripples children in industrialised nations? I'm not a doctor and I never claimed to be, but even I know that his "science" (for lack of a better term- wait! Quackery! That's it!) is extremely flawed.

"Year of the Pig" ads banned in China? Ban THIS!

Selective coverage. Oh yeah.

Holy cow!

I could have told you this.

This is what's needed. I can't understand why Holocaust denial is allowed to run rampant in some groups. It is an historical fact and a tragedy. I remember seeing "Schindler's List" with my brother. There were kids our age laughing at the violence within the movie, despite being warned to shut up. These are the same idiots who could not care less about any human tragedy. Unfortunately, there is no website for empathy.

Who is the State- or the Crown, for that matter- to tell people how to discipline their kids? Abuse is one thing, discipline is something else. Common sense should dictate things, not sentiment or pop psychology.

And this is all the mews that's fit to print.