The uprising and turmoil in Egypt presents a serious dilemma for many. It could be considered a distinction without a difference. But I do see difference, somewhat. Mubarak is a secular dictator. Oh, he has the title of President, but the truth is he’s a dictator. He has outlawed the very dangerous Muslim Brotherhood and [...]
Are You A True Conservative?
Melissa Clouthier posted a good Venn Diagram mapping out conservatism. According to that diagram, I am a True Conservative.
Look! A Right-Wing Terrorist! Oops, Nevermind
That guy with the explosives going to blow up a mosque in Detroit? Yeah, he used a Mohammedan name and he spent time in prison for threatening to kill … President Bush back in 2002. Man Arrested Outside Dearborn Mosque a Convert to Islam, Also Threatened to Kill George W. Bush This story just keeps [...]
Wrestler Expelled For Wrestling Wrestler During Wrestling Practice
And he had criminal charges filed against him. They were eventually dropped, but still… And he’s still expelled for not committing a crime and not bullying. From Right Wing News (HT Pursuing Holiness): Tell the Clovis School Board to bring back Preston Hill to school with a welcoming assembly, a written and public apology, and [...]
I guess that I’m just an unsympathetic bastard
We saw part of ABC’s World News Tonight this evening, when a story came on about how college students are under just so much stress these days, and that fewer of them describe themselves as mentally happy. My first thought was that if you think college is stressful, try having to work for a living. [...]
“We Didn’t Know”
“We didn’t know!” Practically an entire nation said that about what was going on within their own nation. Within miles of their own homes. Practically out in the open. Because they didn’t want to know. A whole nation of “plausible deniability.” How could this have happened? What turned so many people into such monsters? What [...]