COMensarations
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Fish Need Bicycles!
Contrary to popular feminist philosophy....
...women DO need MEN....
I’m not sure if this is accurate. I would like to see peer-review and corroborating research. However....
....it does go far in explaining the abhorrant behavior of the more militant feminists. Not enough ‘joy juice’ in their life.
Friday, May 25, 2007
I’m No Longer Surprised
...but I am disgusted and outraged.
This article In yesterday’s Chieftain details how official representatives of the Mexican government advised Mexican citizens in Pueblo on their rights if they’re picked up for illegal activities, like being in the country illegally.
Then,
Local immigration lawyer Guillermo Garibay offered additional advice: “No abra la puerta,” or don’t open the door when la migra, or immigration officials, come to your home. Garibay said, “Once you answer (the door), they can ask anybody for IDs.”
Since when does an officer of the court advise people who are not actually his clients on how to circumvent the law? (lawyer, n. one skilled in circumvention of the law. —Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary)
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Now They Decide to be Cautious
Editors and reporters are advising caution in publishing the DC Madam’s list of clients. Why the caution now?
This story in a trade publication polls editors at various newspapers on whether or not they will publish the list of clients of the DC Madam, Jeane Palfrey.
According to the story,
Washington-area editors say they are following the story, but remain reluctant to print such a list, were it available, without serious scrutiny.
Why do I suspect this translates to “We want to see how many Republicans are on the list, and check to see if any of our local politicians are on it before we publish?” If it’s an assignation with an intern, even one who’s technically an adult, it’s all over the front page, if the official is a Republican. But if an official is a client of a clearly illegal activity, they have to be cautious.
One editor said
“If one of the names is wrong and you print it, how do you unring that bell for that person?”
Good heavens! Do you suppose the Duke Lacrosse team experience actually taught these people something? Or is it a case where white, male college students are presumed guilty, but when they’ve matured and become white, male public figures they’re presumed innocent? What’s the difference? Except that public figures can include or exclude selected members of the press from important announcements and stories.
I’d like to think the press were being careful for the right reasons, but unfortunately, their willingness to run with untested and unproven information in the past makes their current attitudes suspect.
Listen to the Imam (Part 2)
Another ‘county’ heard from.
This time it’s a sheik who is the top legislator of the Hamas Party in the Palestinian government.
Sheik Ahmad Bahr, acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, declared during a Friday sermon at a Sudan mosque that America and Israel will be annihilated and called upon Allah to kill Jews and Americans “to the very Last One.” Following are excerpts from the sermon that took place last month, courtesy of MEMRI.
Ahmad Bahr began: “‘You will be victorious’ on the face of this planet. You are the masters of the world on the face of this planet. Yes, [the Koran says that] ‘you will be victorious,’ but only ‘if you are believers.’ Allah willing, ‘you will be victorious,’ while America and Israel will be annihilated. I guarantee you that the power of belief and faith is greater than the power of America and Israel. They are cowards who are eager for life, while we are eager for death for the sake of Allah. That is why America’s nose was rubbed in the mud in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Somalia, and everywhere.”
Read the whole thing....