La Shawn says to Bomb The Temple! Now, is that any way for a fine Christian woman to talk?
Actually, we destroy many churches here in the US every year, or turn them into pizza parlors. The church is simply a building. The Church is the people who worship there. We destryed many churches in Europe, although we often tried not to. A target is a target.
Not so in the Muslim world.
Am I the only one who sees al-Sadr as the Iraqi version of Jesse Jackson?
Jeff Quinton at Backcountry Conservative is putting together a list of Bloggers Who Served in the military. The concept initiated at azcentral where E. J. Perkins compiled a listing of those politicians who have spent time in uniform.
“Bunker Mulligan”–U.S.Air Force, 1972-1992, Helicopter mechanic/flight engineer/gunner, Systems Engineer, Aircraft Maintenance Officer, USAFA Instructor.
Maybe it’s a call-up!
(Brian pointed me in the right direction!)
Thomas Lifson, in today’s The American Thinker, addresses a scandal which is receiving scant attention. And it involves the Texas (of course!) organization, the Belo Corporation. Their business? Newspapers.
The economic meltdown is being compounded by an ideological meltdown. Ever since Woodward and Bernstein bagged themselves a Republican President, the newsrooms of America have moved steadily leftward.
I think every reporter on a beat sees himself as the next Woodward. There are no longer reporters, just investigative reporters.
I love newspapers. But I dropped my subscription here because there was little of value in the local paper. I once checked it online, but no longer do even that. I’ve had phone calls at home asking me to participate in surveys. On occassion, I respond. Several times, it became obvious that they survey was being done for the paper and they cut it off when they didn’t get the responses they were looking for to continue it.
For some reason, they are surprised when I tell them I don’t buy the paper for the coupons. I have nothing against coupons, but it seems like and odd reason to buy a newspaper. I always thought the purpose of a newspaper was, well, news.
But there’s little of that these days.
***UPDATE***
Roger Simon has more fuel to add to the fire.
I really don’t know what to think of this blog stuff. Strange things happen, and I really don’t understand them. In particular, I’ve been pondering the visits to this site and what they really are.
Fo a long time I received about 100 visits per day. In the last month or two, I’ve been getting about 200. The odd thing is that the number of comments decreased. That seems a bit out of sorts. Especially when I’ve written some very inflammatory things where I expected someone to try and blast me out of the water.
I can’t decide whether people simply ignore me as some kind of idiot who couldn’t possibly believe the things I write, or as a prescient super-thinker who has all the answers (my personal view).
No, I’m not trolling for praise or abuse. I’m simply curious if this is common with other sites this time of year…a lot of people looking, but nobody buying. Several bloggers I know are in a kind of writer’s funk right now. Perhaps it’s the same thing in commenting. Most of us are sick of politics right now, but I cannot even bring myself to opine on the Olympics. Nor on the fact Slice has made his journey (via a Griswald-like European tour) from Afghanistan to Rota.
Any thoughts on this out there?
I try to maintain balance in my news sources. I may be a right-wing fanatic, but I come by it honestly after paying attention to what all have to say. In the mornings I listen to NPR on the way to work. In the afternoon on the ride home I bounce between Sean Hannity and the local wannabe.
This morning NPR carried a story on gun control and the assault weapons ban about to expire. They were wringing their hands. What got my attention, though, were two lines in the story which made little sense if looked at together.
Assault weapons have always been the weapon of choice for criminals.
Well, I guess that’s true on television and in film. But the next line contradicts that.
Since the ban was instituted, the percentage of gun crimes in which assault weapons have been used has dropped from 5% to 1%.
I guess I could do like Neal Boortz and explain the contradiction for people who were educated in government schools.
I’ve never owned an assault weapon, except when I carried one in the military. I don’t care for them. I have no use for them. When I hunted, I used something far more practical. I doubt many people use them for hunting. What most people who have them use them for is what we used to call “plinking”, or just shooting at some target. Personally, I’d prefer a nice .22, but taste is everything.
The gun control advocates are about to have a conniption fit. But their reason is far deeper than banning assault weapons. This sets back their timetable for the banning of all guns in this country.
Just so you know if you didn’t already.
Children, a swing like this:
will cause a slice.
Wow. I’ve had trouble with the old “athletic stance” and leaving too much weight on the balls of my feet. Looks like I overcorrected! One of my regular partners took this one day on the sixth tee. As you can tell by the sky, we begin early. If I remember correctly, I hit a nice pull draw with that 2-iron, actually.
If I were Tiger I could use the excuse that the sound of the camera caused this poor stroke!
As a follow-up to my earlier post, I’d like to direct your attention to James Hudnall’s 8 Reasons Not To Vote for Kerry.
He nails it.
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