Jun

30

2006

The Patriot-Neutral Superman

Filed Under Entertainment and Sports | 1 Comment

Superman eschews longtime patriot act

So, it seems that Superman no longer represents the “American Way”? Or, at least, the latest Superman movie’s producers are willing to represent him to the world that way, if it means more dollars in their pockets.

“So, you play the movie in a foreign country, and you say, ‘What does he stand for? — truth, justice and the American way.’ I think a lot of people’s opinions of what the American way means outside of this country are different from what the line actually means (in Superman lore) because they are not the same anymore,” Harris says. “And (using that line) would taint the meaning of what he is saying.”

Well screw what the people outside America think of the “American Way” then. For a few of us inside America, it means just what it always meant, and that is the only definition that counts. The folks who created this movie version are quite happy to put money in their pockets, in the American way, but they are either too greedy or somehow ashamed to let the world think they are proud to be American? I’m not much of a movie goer, so not getting my dollars won’t hurt much, but this just became one more movie which I will not be viewing.

The meaning of “the American Way” has not changed, and we should all be damn proud to shout that fact from the rooftops. If those outside this country don’t get it, one, we need to educate them, and two, we don’t need them coming here until they do understand.

“The world has changed. The world is a different place,” Pennsylvania native Harris says. “The truth is he’s an alien. He was sent from another planet. He has landed on the planet Earth, and he is here for everybody. He’s an international superhero.”

Damn right, he, and the “American Way” are here for the benefit of everybody; but nobody benefits if Superman adapts his virtues to some non-descript global norm. The best system man has yet devised is the American way, and it is about time that the rest of the world understood that. We would all benefit if the international crowd adopted truth, justice and the American way. Both, Superman and America represent strength used for good. That could have been the theme of the movie, and it would have resonated in the hearts of people everywhere. The movie could have continued the celebration of goodness over evil which has been a staple of the Superman story, instead, these movie-makers chose to go the path of the weak, and their message is that it is better to be liked for what you are not than to be loved for what you are.

Jun

30

2006

Yet More From The Democratic Culture Of Corruption

Filed Under Lies, Corruption and Scandals | Leave a Comment

From Hillary’s cattle futures deal, to Paul Begala’s windfall Global Crossing payoff, to the current non-reported news that Howard Dean is conncected to a stock market scammer, the Democrats continue to cheat, be-Kos they can without fear of the media drawing attention to their crimes. Though, they may have to do a favor later in return for the offer assistance which they can not refuse today.

Jun

29

2006

Come one, cum all

Filed Under Internet and Blogging | Leave a Comment

The only thing funnier than posting a vulgar title is posting proof of human nature.

Jun

27

2006

A death not exaggerated

Filed Under Internet and Blogging | 1 Comment

Crap. Just damn.

I’d just finished posting the article below, and refreshed the page, when I saw Chris Muir’s homage to a man who probably wouldn’t have blinked twice – no, not even once – over my little rant. And despite all his threats to the contrary, Rob apparently didn’t leave this world by his own hand.

There’s a lesson there, boys and girls. A powerful and meaningful lesson, reflected in the lives and times of two very different people.

The abbreviated version of the Irish Blessing goes double for you, buddy. And in your case, I’m not just saying it because I oughta. I really hope it’s true. But I’m sure you’d prefer if I’d leave you to Clemens than to God. Most appropriate is probably: “Death, the refuge, the solace, the best and kindliest and most prized friend and benefactor of the erring, the forsaken, the old and weary and broken of heart.” But that one is so sad, and Irishmen prefer other sentiments with their wake toast.

So for you, I prefer this one:

It has been reported that I was seriously ill–it was another man; dying–it was another man; dead–the other man again…As far as I can see, nothing remains to be reported, except that I have become a foreigner. When you hear it, don’t you believe it. And don’t take the trouble to deny it. Merely just raise the American flag on our house… and let it talk.
It isn’t really so much about death as it is about being an American. And that’s the best way I think we could remember you. Like an old soldier, fading away under a fluttering flag of stars and stripes.

Rest in peace.

Jun

27

2006

An Irish Wake

Filed Under Law and Ethics, Lies, Corruption and Scandals, Race and Prejudice | Leave a Comment

It’s been a tragic day at UC Santa Cruz.

Denice Dee Denton, chancellor of the University of California-Santa Cruz, apparently jumped to her death Saturday morning from the 44th floor of a San Francisco building…
Suicide is a horrible thing, something I wouldn’t wish on even my worst enemy. The loss of hope and the surrender to despair are terrible burdens you shouldn’t leave this world carrying when you meet The Almighty.
…where she shared an apartment with her [lesbian lover].
Oh, well, He probably isn’t going to take too kindly to that either. But now is not the time to judge, recently departed as she is. And after all, she must have been…
Denton was well-known for her efforts to advance women in science, engineering and higher education, and had won numerous awards for her achievements.
…Right, she seems to have had some accomplishment in life. Must have worked hard and persevered…
Having battled gender bias herself, she spent her career trying to pave the way for other women and was not afraid to make waves when necessary.
Well, come on, that’s not very nice. It makes it sound like she was a whiner who cried her way to the top. Is that really necessary on the day…?
She was cheered by women around the world last year when she confronted Harvard President Larry Summers at a private symposium when he questioned women’s aptitude in science and math.
Oh. That was her, was it? Didn’t I hear…?
But the accolades were overshadowed by controversy throughout her tenure at UC Santa Cruz. UC’s hiring of [her lesbian lover, Gretchen Kalonji] came under attack almost immediately, and questions were raised about Denton’s compensation and renovations to the chancellor’s home on campus. She also had some run-ins with students and labor unions.
Yah, I remember now.
UC officials struggled Saturday to understand what was behind her death.
Hmmn. Could have been the lifelong struggle with being a sexual deviant. Or the pent-up rage from (probably) ‘feeling victimized as a second-class citizen in a man’s world’. Or the constant pressure to impose her warped, self-hating ideology on America. Or the confusing contradiction of forcing a reasonably honest “fellow traveller” to kow-tow to the liberal thought-police. Or the suppressed guilt of violating all sorts of ethical standards by landing her lover a lucrative job through blatant patronage, and stealing money from her employer disguised as infrastructure improvements.

Or, through it all, it could have been because she was really, really ugly.

But despite all these possibilities, I think it most likely “what was behind her death” was either: A) the fall, or B) the sudden impact.

But I only bring it up because our MSM friends at the Mercury News mentioned that you were wondering about it. We wouldn’t want to speak ill of the dead here. So I’ll part with this sentiment:

“May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead.”

Jun

24

2006

But I Thought They Were Here To Do Work Americans Won’t Do?

Filed Under Law and Ethics | 2 Comments

ABC News: GOP Candidate’s Call for Labor Camp Rebuked

Of course that headline could have been written without the word “camp”, but ABC knows how to fuel a controversy, even if it requires the use of less than completely accurate imagery.

Sen, McCain, and Rep. Kolbe, both proponents of rewarding the foreign invaders with amnesty and a path toward citizenship, object to a Republican candidate’s (Don Goldwater) suggestion that those who are caught here illegally repay this country for their offense by serving time as laborers constructing an obstacle to prevent further incursion, and to clean up the litter the invaders are leaving behind as they sneak in.

“a Mexican news service, quoted him as saying he wanted to hold undocumented immigrants in camps to use them “as labor in the construction of a wall and to clean the areas of the Arizona desert that they’re polluting.”

A service Goldwater equates with the current use at local and state levels of using prisoners to clean highway medians of the litter we Americans create on the roadways.

Now, I have seen such labor performed, and never has it caused me to compare the practice, as Sen. McCain alludes, to:

…loaded symbolism, injustice and un-Americanism…and a stunning lack of respect for the basic values of a generous and decent society

It has always seemed, to me, to be a way to retrieve from the criminals some of the time and expense they have caused us with their crimes. If we have them, whom we have payed to convict and now pay to house, do this work we won’t have to pay someone else to get it done.

So, I have to wonder why, other than his pronounced intent to let the invading scofflaws off scot free, why would the Senator choose to characterize Mr. Goldwater’s suggestion in this way? And, I wonder, what does “loaded symbolism” mean? To what does the Senator, who also served in Vietnam, allude? I refuse to guess, and will not let my imagination be co-opted to invent an explanation which will fit McCain’s vaguery. And, unless he wants to make a direct comparison which actually fits the situation, I discount his entire characterization.

With regard to Mr. Goldwater’s suggestion. He was not the first to propose the idea, I heard it elsewhere first. And, though I do see the justice in causing the invaders to help us secure the borders they violated in coming here, I have to wonder about the quality of the product they would leave behind. Not to demean their abilities to create a quality product, but I am skeptical because they would have only a limited interest in creating a wall that would withstand their future attempts to invade. I certainly would feel uncomfortable with the notion that the invaders would have such familiarity with the weak points in the wall that will surely occur, every system has its specific points of vulnerablility, why create experts who could later lead other invaders to the vulnerable spots. I wouldn’t, knowingly, hire a burglar to install my home security system either.

But, forcing the caught invaders to clean up the litter left by them and their ilk, no problem with that idea. If they are trashing the frontier to the extent that has been reported, they should clean it up. We don’t need Al Gore or Robert Kennedy Jr. to know that litter is bad, we had all those sixties ads and a crying indian to teach us that lesson long ago.

Generally though, I have held the concept of invader labor within a joke I received in an e-mail. The idea there was, paraphrasing, we could solve several problems at once by digging a ditch the length of our southern border, then use the excavated material to construct better levees in Louisianna, next we pump the water out of New Orleans to fill the ditch thus creating a moat, and finally we ship all of the Florida alligators to the border and resettle them in the moat. And, voila, three problems solved. In my mind the labor to dig the ditch would come from the captured invaders, the e-mail must have arrived about the same time as I first heard someone propose invader labor in constructing a wall, and the two concepts have melded as one.

To the best of my knowledge Mr. Goldwater did not write that joke. And Sen. McCain could not have written it, he has no sense of humor now that his every move is outcome (at the polls) based. His objections are not well thought out, his allusions are not worthy of our time to decipher, and his ideas are based on his future, not ours. Wouldn’t it be beautifically ironic if it turns out the the voters of Arizona actually embrace Mr. Goldwater for, if not this proposal, his earnest attempts to help America first. Goldwater’s purpose seems to be the support of the best interests of the American people, a claim we can not make for the invaders,or the invader’s support system. We have seen the voters of San Diego reject one candidate who promised to serve as a member of the invader’s support system, in favor of one who wants to protect our borders; will the voters of Arizona show similar resolve?

If it ever happens that the captured invaders are put to work, they will have to be housed within a controlled setting during non-working hours, a prison, or jail, is what we generally call such a facility. But we can expect ABC, the Mexican government, and the rest of the invader’s support system to use other words to identify the facility. But then, their attitude will be understandable, they are not working in our best interests.

Jun

17

2006

Thought of the Day

Filed Under Entertainment and Sports | Leave a Comment

“The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.” – Jay Leno

I don’t know when Leno made this comment, but I have confirmed that there has been no comment from either Mary Jo Kopechne or the security barricade at First and C Streets Southeast in Washington DC.

Jun

16

2006

Dems Trapped By Own Agenda

Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment

Sometimes the Democratic Party is the best reason to vote Republican. Did I say sometimes? Okay, all of the time.

GOP.com | Republican National Committee :: The Real Dem Agenda: Dems Make Their Choice

Jun

15

2006

Yet Another Leftist Wants Conservatives Dead, Olbermann Tells Viewer To Kill Himself

Filed Under Lies, Corruption and Scandals | 4 Comments

In a move reminiscent of the Kentucky kid who said he wanted all Republicans dead, Keith Olbermann has now sent a flurry of hateful emails including one in which he tells the viewer to “kill yourself”. He also gets crude and abusive with other viewers who emailed him their disgust over his reporting. Perhaps some of them were out of line too, none of those emails were presented to the public, but Olbermann is certainly out of line. And should have known better than to behave in such childish fashion.

“I apologize to anyone who might take offense at my part of this correspondence. It goes without saying that I should not have replied to these abusive and hateful E-mails, but I wonder how many of us could receive literally hundreds of them questioning our patriotism, religion and ethnic origin, without succumbing to the natural wish to confront such hate?”

Wrong Keith, you error was not from responding, it was the content of your response! Telling people to kill themselves, or to have carnal knowledge with their Mothers, is the problem. Responding with an actual defense or explanation of your position would have been quite alright. Apparently you had no such defense for your work, at which point not reponding is a viable option. And, that you had no defense is not surprising, I have caught some of your act, and it is without a foundation in reality and therefore is defenseless.

You have admitted that you were wrong, or at least you have apologized with the intent of causing the public to believe you understand that you erred, but will you really change your ways? I doubt it, emotional immaturity isn’t overcome with one apology. Grow up KO, and until you do, why don’t you get a real job.

Jun

13

2006

The Old/New Racist Dems

Filed Under Race and Prejudice | Leave a Comment

“Neo-nazi scores big with Alabama Democrats”

Unbelieveable!

Cap’n Ed

Jun

12

2006

A Racist Tragedy

Filed Under Race and Prejudice | Leave a Comment

The Wall Street Journal today takes aim at one of the last vestiges of institutional racism in America today – Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Some Republicans are taking comfort in the belief that the Section 5 provision may be unconstitutional at the end of the day. And it’s certainly true that the Supreme Court hinted as much in decisions like Shaw v. Reno (1993), which held that a “reapportionment plan that includes in one district individuals who belong to the same race, but who are otherwise widely separated by geographical and political boundaries, and who have little in common with another but the color of their skins, bears an uncomfortable resemblance to political apartheid.”

Ten years later, in Georgia v. Ashcroft, the High Court said, “the Voting Rights Act, as properly interpreted, should encourage the transition to a society where race no longer matters.” The reauthorization would do the opposite.

Let’s get something absolutely clear. The Voting Rights Act was absolutely necessary 40 years ago, and I’ve never heard of any other parts of the Act that are in any way a problem today. The bans on poll taxes and literacy tests are still absolutely necessary, and probably will be forever, because the tools used by racists were wrong to exclude the poor and the undereducated regardless of skin color, so even when racism is no longer an issue they will still be wrong. But with enshrinement of racial gerrymandering into federal law contrary to the 14th Amendment, it is doubtful Section 5 was ever constitutional.

The Journal suggests that reauthorization will happen without even a whisper to the contrary “unless Republican backbones miraculously stiffen”, but this doesn’t have anything to do with courage. If there was a great debate in America today about the problems with the Voting Rights Act, if there was an honest discussion about the blatant hypocrisy exhibited within the use, if not the actual text, of Section 5, we’d be talking about courage.

But there is no actual discussion going on. This is nothing but political expediency in the absence of any debate at all. And that’s the real tragedy.

Jun

12

2006

Reality Check- The Biggest Example Of Democratic Corruption Ever, Can You Dig It

Filed Under Lies, Corruption and Scandals | Leave a Comment

BIG DIG BILLIONS OVER BUDGET

While Harry Reid champions the myth that there is a culture of corruption among only one political Party he overlooks the single largest example of fraud against the taxpayer, a Democratic sponsored project made with inferior materials. Big Surprise, not.

Jun

12

2006

More Dem Corruption

Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment

It is a cliche to say that Democrats spend, but we note anyway, a Democratic Congressman is promising more spending (especially in his District) if he is re-elected and his Party takes over Congress after the mid-term elections. Jim Moran, the truth is in you, I believe you will use the power of your office to screw the American people while you bolster your support back home, if you become a committee chairman.

Jun

10

2006

Zarqawi Died Beneath A Cross

Filed Under War and Terrorism | Leave a Comment

It occurred to me today, the dust front the first bomb spread out in the shape of the cross, interesting.

Jun

10

2006

Journalistic standards? We don’t need no stinking standards!

Filed Under Lies, Corruption and Scandals | Leave a Comment

In a hilarious article at littlegreenfootballs, Charles Johnson points to an AP article so utterly without merit as a news story it makes the Bush National Guard documents look like extracts from the National Archives.

An Iraqi man who was one of the first people on the scene of the U.S. airstrike targeting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said he saw American troops beating a man who had a beard like the al-Qaida leader.

The witness, who lives near the house where al-Zarqawi spent his last days, said he saw the man lying on the ground near an irrigation canal. He was badly wounded but still alive, the man told Associated Press Television News.

U.S. troops arriving on the scene wrapped the man’s head in an Arab robe and began beating him, said the local man, who refused to give his name or show his face to the camera. His account could not be independently verified.

In a post a few years ago, I pointed out how the MSM was rushing ever closer to flat-out, old-fashioned, 19th-century yellow journalism. We’ve apparently reached the moment where all pretense to the contrary has dissolved. How many different violations of journalistic “standards” can you find in these three paragraphs?

Hint: The “lizardoids” at LGF do most of the work for you, if you need some ideas.

Next Page →

  • Featured Sponsor

  • Recent Comments

  • Recent Posts

  • Archives

  • Categories