Google = moral pygmies

It's the 20th anniversary of the death of totalitarian socialism, and Google's celebrating Sesame Street!

Wow. Just effing wow.

Om-bama keeps bringing the potential for awesome!

Oh, trust me, the wild rumpus has started!

From a time when Hollywood had braaaains.

Make this viral!

Sometimes, even the WaPo publishes some truth:

As an Afghan woman who for many years lived a life deprived of the most basic human rights, I find unbearable the thought of what will happen to the women of my country if it once again falls under the control of the insurgents and militants who now threaten it.

In 2001, when the war in Afghanistan began, the liberation of Afghan women was one of the most important justifications for military intervention. Has the world now changed its mind about Afghan women? Is it ready to let them once again be killed and tortured by militants? Does the world no longer believe in the principles it supported in 2001?

Handing over Afghanistan to those who intend to keep the country centuries behind most of the world -- to men who do not view women as human beings -- would not only call into doubt the global commitment to human rights, it would also raise questions about the commitment of Western democracies to such rights and to democratic values. Bearing in mind how fragile the Afghan government is at this moment, it will not take long for the country's women to come under attack again. The consequences will be even more bitter this time because no matter how limited our success, we have at least managed to act in the forefront of public life in Afghanistan. We have had a taste of what it's like to have rights....

The people of Afghanistan, and most fervently its women, desire a long-term and consistent relationship with the United States and European democracies. We do not want to become another Vietnam.

I have always been of the opinion that American "feminists" do not actually care about human rights at all. They just want to punish their alienated, henbit fathers in some wierd, Freudian sense. Let's see if they make any noise at all if Om-bama looses ground in Afganistan.

The difference between conservatives and liberals

In-boxy goodness! Not sure where this started, but I've encountered no truer words.

(In case my Canuck, British, and Aussie friends are confused, an American conservative is like one of your liberals, and an American liberal is like one of your socialists.)

Enjoy:

If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn`t buy one.
If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.

If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it’s a foreign religion, of course!)

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a conservative slips and falls in a store, he gets up, laughs and is embarrassed.
If a liberal slips and falls, he grabs his neck, moans like he’s in labor and then sues.

If a conservative reads this, he’ll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal will delete it because he’s “offended”.

Thanks to the Bookworm Room

PSA - Listen to Overpaid Celebrities

This is a very clever response to Will Ferrel's smug PSA.

In the interest of intercultural understanding...

I'm having moon cake with my morning coffee. -Pretty effing awesome!

Happy moon festival, to all!

I'm having HTML Alzhiemers

Does anybody remember how to add a blogroll?

MAKE THIS VIRAL!

Do it:

Thanks to Sondra K.

What we did on 9/12

We couldn't make it to Salem or DC, so we went to the Barons Den to learn to shoot Missus' new Smith and Wesson:














Missus bruised her hand, and I didn't do much better. I've never used a compact revolver before:















I got the axial grouping down after 30 rounds or so, but I'm not happy:



I understand that sometimes you NEED a small gun, but I've always thought that if you CAN carry a full-frame semi-auto, you OUGHT TO. I'm much happier with my Ruger P-89. I can usually put ten 9mm. rounds through a grapefruit sized circle at 7 - 10 yards:



Folks, if you can't protect yourself, the Gubberment can't help you. So get out there and get shooting!