Archive for May, 2004
you’re not alone, mr. lileks
I wonder if I�m alone. I love current events and politics,, I�m fascinated to see history roll along before my eyes, and I�m sick to death of it. All of it. I turn on the radio in the morning, and it takes about three minutes before the waddling parade of canards begins. [link]
i had […]
the fallout from my article ::: part i
well, two interesting pacifist letters showed up. the first one i’ll deal with came from associate professor of english, bruce young, whose c.s. lewis class i almost took a few semesters back. unfortunately, i couldn’t fit it in. anyway, he offers a really strict theological perspective on the issue. and one […]
Langston Hughes, Part II
I was going to originally comment on Travis’ post, but given the length of my comments, felt it more appropriate to post something myself…
Let’s just say I see Langston Hughes in a different light. He was one of the few bright spots in middle school English class for me.
So…while I believe that he was […]
kerry slogan taken from communist poet
excellent research by DANEgerus:
Langston Hughes is the Poet who’s poem title “Let America Be America Again” has been selected by JFKerry(D) as his campaign slogan… here’s another quote from Langston Hughes poem “Goodbye, Christ”:
“Goodbye, Christ Jesus Lord God Jehova, Beat it on away from here now. Make way for a new guy with no […]
al gore frightens children
horowitz and johnson fisk his unbelievably irresponsible, anti-american speech. [link] somebody had to do it.
i think the grief is getting to mr. berg
you don’t want to fault the man. he lost his son in a most disgusting and despicable manner. but he seems to have lost it. he seems to have found, in his sons murder by the servants of allah, that america is the great satan.
read michael berg’s article here. […]
who’s skewing the church/state distinction?
last month i got all fired up over the disdain the media–particularly the LA times–showed the catholic church in what should have been an inarguable point. one church leader suggested that john kerry might be refused communion because of his stance on a moral issue. a catholic, he directly opposes the teachings of […]
anti-american inflammation
last week a friend who edits the daily universe opinion page asked me if i would help her out. she hadn’t been receiving very many letters to the editor during the lazy BYU spring term and needed someone to say something incendiary to start them rolling in.
i was happy to oblige. […]
indestructible video tape condemns US military
remember that “wedding party” the US military is accused of bombing in western iraq?
Video that Associated Press Television News shot a day after the attack shows fragments of musical instruments, pots and pans, and brightly colored beddings used for celebrations, scattered around a bombed out tent.
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Several hours of video footage obtained Sunday by […]
Cool Optical Illusions
Take a look at the Rotational Illusion web page. Interesting stuff. Those circles are moving!
Liberal Bias at the New York Times? Never!
Eric James Stone does some interesting searches on the Times’ web site. He wanted to see what the frequency of terms like “extreme right-wing” and “extreme left-wing” were in news articles. Among his findings?
“right-wing”: 3436 (69%)
“left-wing”: 1538 (31%)
“extreme Democrats”: 0 (0%)
“extreme Republicans”: 3 (100%)
“extreme Democrat”: 0 (0%)
“extreme Republican”: 6 (100%)
“right-wing extremists”: 57 (93%)
“left-wing […]
Gay [and Open] Marriage
Dan Flynn makes a couple great points about gay marriage.
How do gays consummate their marriages?
Without consummation, a marriage isn’t considered complete. It can be declared invalid and annulled.
and
One need only look so far as the first homosexual couple to tie the knot in Provincetown to see this latter oxymoronic form of marriage in action.
Insightful. […]
Senator Hollings: “Blame the Jew!”
Senator Fritz Hollings, Democrat and racial healer extraordinaire, has offered some especially prudent commentary on the current Mideast policy.
“Senator Ernest Hollings is defending statements he made in a newspaper opinion article he wrote that said President Bush went to war with Iraq to protect Israel and appease American Jews.”[WIStv - Columbia, SC]
Read the original article […]
Extremely Interesting News Follow-up
Remember that North Korean train accident back in April?
Well we might know why it happened.
Which would explain why the North Koreans were trying to hide the actual scope of the explosion.
Very interesting…
The Party of Clinton & Their Family Values Crusade
Since he is known best for paying actors to portray homosexual alien klansmen and other assorted sideshows from the quasi-humanoid universe, it should be no surprise that Jerry Springer has been named Ohio’s “Democrat of the Year”.
Ohio Democrats have chosen talk-show host Jerry Springer to be an at-large delegate for the Democratic National Convention in […]