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9/11/01: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Here's where I was and what I was doing on my Mama's birthday back in 2001, now simply known as 9/11 and serves as one of my generation's flash-point events, similar to the JFK assassination and the Challenger explosion. -
Joe Wilson: My Thoughts
This is just a quick note on Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), who interrupted Obama’s Wednesday night speech with “you lie!” Which, by the way, was true: Obama lied when he said the current plans didn't cover illegal immigrants. I only have two criticisms for the Representative. -
Brian McLaren needs to butt out
Just got an email that's torqued my lugnuts a bit too much concerning Brian McLaren. In case you're unfamiliar, he's one of the most influential "evangelicals" in America...at least, according to Time magazine. I put "evangelical" in quotes, because, by my reading, the man doesn't seem to have the whole Christian thing figured out yet. -
Gas Tax Idiocy
I was doing something the other day I won't be doing again in the foreseeable future: reading a Motor Trend magazine. I was out of toilet reading material, but, while reading, I found another toiletry use for the magazine. Yup, they're pushing an increased gas tax, like the government's talking about even now. It's all about forced behavior modification and enhanced governmental control over lives. -
Awe of Space Travel
I got to do something a week or so ago that I haven't been able to do in quite some time: watch a space shuttle launch. I can't even remember the last time I'd watched one, but it's just as awesome as I remember them. But with all the talk of retiring the shuttles floating about and current government plans for replacement, I really have to look back and evaluate my understanding of the space program. -
I Hate Eminent Domain
I have hated the entire concept of eminent domain ever since the state came to my father and made him sell some of his frontage property in order to put an off-ramp from the newly four-laned federal highway 45 back when I was a child. -
Journalism’s Gun Nitwittery
Excuse me, but I don't feel like leaving my life in the hands of men who only have to qualify their gun handling skills once a year, much less to some nutbar with a grudge. -
I love Opera!
I am an Opera user, and I have been ever since the late nineties...probably as early as 1997. I love Opera...I always have and, from the looks of it, always will. It's here to stay, and there is no reason to pull the plug on it. -
The Longhorn Revenge Law?
In further attempts to better waste taxpayer time and money, representatives to the U.S. House have proposed the College Football Playoff Act of 2009. Hey, try winning all your games next time, and stop wasting Congressional law-making power. -
Poor People Eating Fast Food to Survive is Bologna
Indeed, it's a huge load of baloney. If you watch the news to any degree, you've been hearing this hokum for some time. Yeah, it's actually several degrees worse than mere baloney, but I'll restrict it to that. -
Merry…winter solstice? I don’t think so.
originally posted December 4th, 2008 For some perverted reason, over the last few years there's not been a Christmas that has gone unspoiled by some tomfoolery. This year (2008), the flashpoint is apparently centered in the Washington State Capital building, where an atheistic organization placed a sign protesting religion in general, Christianity in particular, and Christmas expressly. It's a display that smacks of spiteful children railing about how unfair some fact of life is. -
Only an Idiot Can Vote for Barack Obama
Yup, that's a provacative title, but I can't think of any other explanation aside from abject ignorance. Basically, it boils down to three matters that, while interrelated, are still discernable and worth putting forward. This is my mile-long post for the year, so hold on to your hats. -
To Protest, or Not to Protest
One of the key freedoms guaranteed in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the right to free speech. It is this right that allows us to speak our minds and have open debate on issue that divide, leading to cooperation among parties and determination of solutions to common problems. It is [...] -
O’Reilly, practice conservation: shut your mouth
Bush announced recently that he was rescinding the executive order prohibiting oil drilling on the continental shelf. An idiot reporter wanted to know why he didn’t tell people to quit driving so much and set their thermostat set points higher to reduce energy consumption, to which Bush says he’s not there to tell people [...] -
Supreme Court for the (rare) win
A big win for our Republic today, as the Supreme Court narrowly affirmed the right of Americans to keep and bear arms in their decision on District of Columbia V Heller today. This won’t result in a nationwide Castle Doctrine, though it would be nice, but at least the right is affirmed. What [...] -
In Memory of Dottie Rambo
Gospel music has lost yet another of its all-time greats…Dottie Rambo died Sunday when her bus ran off the road while traveling from Missouri to a concert in Texas during inclement weather. She was 74. A legend in both southern gospel and country Christian music, she wrote or co-wrote something in the neighborhood of 2,500 songs. [...] -
“Reverend” Wright steps in it
First of all, according to WordWeb: Noun: Reverend A title of respect for a clergyman. Noun: reverend A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church This should explain the term in quotations in the article title. It is a title of respect and reverence for the position of a reverend, none of which are [...] -
Hagee != Farrakhan. Find another stupid argument
One of my more foolish habits is watching political television…and, again, the latest thing to irritate my sensibilities was the Hannity & Colmes program. As usual, they’re haranging over Barack Obama and his perceived foibles…of particular note to this writing, his relationship with his pastor, who gave an award to Louis Farrakhan, who has [...] -
A Conservative for Clinton? It’s Possible!
I’ve nearly had enough of this pathetic excuse for a presidential campaign. Last week, I was fully planning on not voting at all. I know some people belly-ache about that, citing some version of “too many good men died to secure my right to vote!” Yeah, whatever…they died to secure our right [...] -
The Miracle of Christmas
I had planned to put together a commentary on the meaning of the Christmas holiday, but I just read something that nearly threw me into a full-blown Donald Duck conniption: “Archbishop of Canterbury Dismisses Nativity Scene as Nothing but ‘Legend’“. So I felt not only the need for a commentary, but a Sunday school [...] -
Exclusivity is not allowed
So, you might have heard about the latest pile Ann Coulter has stepped in…she basically got in trouble a few weeks ago for saying Jews should become Christians. Read this for more information. The first I heard about it was Jane Hall and Bernie Goldberg on the O’Reilly Factor around two weeks ago. Of [...] -
Multi-culturalism and political-correctness: a match made in hell
This absolutely floored me. Read it, and come right back. It’s ironic that a nation whose past greatness was tied by a former queen to its dependence on the Bible and missionary fervor now does everything it can to hobble those who still dare to believe. “Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate [...] -
Faith bashing, or just a whole bunch of whining?
Okay, so Bobby Jindal, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, is running for governor. As an aside, anybody’s better than the kook still in the gubernatorial mansion in Baton Rouge. Anyway, it seems the Democratic party is tired of getting its collective behind handed to it down there, so they trotted out an ad [...] -
Michael Vick, Dogslayer
Yesterday, the most overrated player in professional football just admitted his involvement with organized dogfighting, gambling over it, and viciously killing dogs who didn’t perform. He’s lost his career (for the time being), millions of dollars from endorsements, and the respect of millions of people. Personally, I don’t give a rat’s tail about this. [...] -
What’s Your Name, Holy God, What’s Your Name?
All due apologies to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Just couldn’t resist that title. Seems like the only blogging I do these days occurs when something I see on television angers me to the point of ranting. And, as usual, the culprit is the Hannity & Colmes show. There was a segment tonight about some Catholic [...] -
Barack Obama is a blithering imbecile
Here’s a hint to politicians (but one that applies to everybody): don’t talk about something you know too little about, or you will come across as a fool. Even my three year-old niece knows when someone’s full of it…her latest favorite word being “moron”. I think it’s absolutely precious! So, what cow pile does [...] -
“There’s gonna be a revolution in this country!”
Those were words I often heard from one of my favorite ex-co-workers from time to time, and it was always in relation to some stupid thing the government does. Whether it was taxes (usually around mid-April), divorce law, immigration, quotas, or any number of things, that was pretty much what he’d finish his rant of [...] -
Oh, irony of ironies!
Astute readers of this blog already know what I’ve written on Mormonism and Mitt Romney in the past (Mitt Romney won’t get my vote) (The loaded term that is “bigotry”). However, I don’t believe I’ve ever mentioned Al Sharpton here. The stars have aligned, and I now feel the time has arrived for [...] -
May Day!
It’s May Day, A.K.A. Surrender National Sovereignty Day, or “Mayday! Mayday!” For the United States Today being May Day, whose significance is totally lost to me (being a WASP), thousands of scalawags and assorted immigrants (legal and otherwise) marched their sorry selves up and down American streets protesting the federal government’s enforcement of the border and [...] -
More thoughts on the Virginia Tech massacre
Since the last time I wrote on the subject a couple days ago, we’ve learned a good bit more about the Virginia Tech killer. Not only that, but there’ve been lots and lots of blame being passed around. I’ve got a few additional things to say concerning this, as it affects a number [...] -
My thoughts on the Virgina Tech massacre
Audio Post * clips of “There’s Peace in Knowing” performed by N’Harmony…now disbanded, but credit where credit is due. The very first thing I would like to say is how very sorry I am that this happened. The more I think of it, the less capable I am of objectively thinking about the whole thing. [...] -
In Memory of Roger Bennett
Roger Bennett, prominent Southern gospel pianist for the legendary Cathedrals Quartet, co-founder and pianist for the Legacy Five, and loved son, husband, and father passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at the age of 48. Roger started with the legendary Cathedrals in 1979 as a young, nervous piano player, and aside from a short sabbatical [...] -
Flashing Flesh on Fox News
Laura Ingraham was on O’Reilly Factor last night, griping about how much the network tends to show scantily-clad women in its newscasts. However, Bill didn’t seem to take it seriously at all, whereas Laura was pretty riled up over it. You know what? I agree with her. Before I go any further, I shall make [...] -
Committing to What’s Right
I was listening to Laura Ingraham’s show this afternoon…which, if you’re a listener, I can explain it as a weird oddity of the local talk station: one hour comes on at 9 and the other at 2 after Limbaugh. The show featured an exchange between Wolf Blitzer and Vice President Dick Cheney. At the end of [...] -
Was that a loud “blorp” I heard last night?
In case you heard it, too, it was the sound of hundreds of sports “analysts” at ESPN collectively filling their shorts last night around 10:30PM. Or you may have heard it a little before 8PM. That’s about the time Florida started dismantling Ohio State last night in the BCS National Championship game in [...] -
Grace in the new year
First post of 2007…zippity doo dah. There’s more important stuff to talk about. We had some really nasty weather going on late Thursday/early Friday morning. I was in the middle of typing something around 2am…ish when the power went out. Since my laptop’s in the shop, I was using the desktop. Being [...] -
What’s wrong with taking a stand? Everything, apparently.
I don’t understand why people hate it when others take stands for something they feel is important. While browsing the internet with the TV on, I overheard a story about how conservative Judaism will now allow openly gay rabbis. While it really isn’t much to me, as I’m not a Jew, I can’t help but [...] -
What I think of the Mount Hood tragedy
Before I go any further, my sincerest prayers go out to those familes who’ve suffered loss in the wake of this tragedy. There’s no way for anyone to truly understand the grief this sort of circumstance causes for the loved ones of these guys. That said, I can not view these men as victims of [...] -
Kofi can take his job and sho….nevermind.
I’ve griped to friends and family at length over the past few months about these international dorks who abuse their diplomatic leeway, specifically in the realms of free speech allowed, in order to tear down and say things I would evict them from the country for uttering on American soil. First we had that [...] -
On College Football Championships
My opinion on this subject may not be considered worthwhile, as I don’t know the names and stats of every kid on every team in every conference of every division of college football. But anyone who does is a blithering moron for it, so I feel my thoughts are just as valid as most. There’s [...] -
Stupid news coverage
I’m sick to death of cable news channels trying to pass off tabloid material as news. I don’t care about Britney Spears’ domestic squabbles. I don’t want to hear about OJ Simpson’s ridiculous new book on how he killed (oops, would have if he’d ever wanted to) Nicole and Ron. I don’t [...] -
Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky, stormy weather
Apologies to Frank Sinatra. The weather lately has been unbelievable. One dead in Louisiana, eight hurt in my home state of Mississippi, sixteen kids in a skating rink in Alabama (why the heck were they there to start with, knowing a major storm was coming? At least their injuries were minor) and now at least seven [...] -
I can’t believe I forgot to post this!
You know, I lay off the blogging for a while, and I forget it exists. I really wish I’d remembered to post this last week. THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS defeated THE ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE 24-16 FTW Roll in THAT!!! -
Hair Tackling in football?
One of the EPSN2 talking heads asked an interesting question tonight…is tackling football players by their hair okay? Some might argue, and it has some merit, that it’s no different than taking someone down by the face mask. Pulling the hair can indeed have the same effect of grabbing a facemask where the neck is concerned. [...] -
If you’re suicidal, don’t take any with you
Three separate instances of idiots walking into schools to molest and kill children and then (attempting to) kill themselves. Lord help us…it’s not much longer before this world is through. It can’t come soon enough at this rate. The thing that bugs me so much is that, if these punks were going to kill themselves, [...] -
On the killing of young children
In case you didn’t I’m talking the JonBenet Ramsey case that has proven inescapable for anyone watching cable news over the past few days. Man, I thought I was sick and tired of hearing about it when it first happened…hard to believe it’s been ten years since then. I’m getting old…the O.J. Simpson [...]