Wednesday, September 28, 2005
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Newark, N.J. -- The cousin of a seven-year-old boy whose decomposed body was found stuffed in a basement storage bin pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday, saying he killed the child when he tried to flip him onto a bed, but missed... Mr. Murphy's mother, Sherry Murphy, also pleaded guilty yesterday. She admitted finding (the boy's) body on the floor of her Irvington apartment in September, 2002, trying to revive him, then leaving him there for several days.
Ugh.
What got the violence going again? At least to some degree, I think it's fair to blame the incompetence of Hamas, and their obsession with firepower:
Militants said they were provoked by a blast in a Hamas parade on Friday that killed 17 people. They said an Israeli missile caused the disaster. Israel denied any involvement. The Palestinian Authority blamed mishandling of explosives by Hamas.
Look, when you feel compelled to bring guns and explosives in mass quantities to demonstrate your virility every time you go outside, it's only a matter of time before there's a great big ooops. And, of course, anytime anything bad happens to an Arab, these groups have just got to blame it on the Jews. Allah forbid they ever take responsibility for their own actions.
It's hard not to be cynical. Right now, I'm not even trying not to be cynical. Screw being politically correct, culturally sensitive, and enlightened. Middle Eastern Moslem culture strikes me as violent, repressive, hostile, and arrogant. I hope the Bush administration is right, I hope that seeds of democracy can be planted in the area... but deep down, I think we might as well try to teach ballet to chimpanzees over the telephone.
The Republican party (has) a lesser field of candidates: (John) McCain, Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Virginia Senator George Allen, and a few others. All of them have distinct handicaps. McCain's is that many Republican loathe him. Giuliani is a social liberal. Allen and Romney are inexperienced at the national level. Frist has a soft and blurred image.
Oh, I don't know. George Allen is smart, capable, and likable. Granted, I'm a Virginia boy, and a conservative, so I'm biased... but I think that he'll have time to introduce himself to the nation and win it's confidence. He's a senator, so the federal government isn't foreign to him. I'm not even sure if experience at the national level is that important; the last two presidents have been state governors. Allen has a lot to offer.
I disagree with Giuliani on abortion, but he's a national name, he's damn good in a crisis, and he's popular. Personally, I think an Allen/Giuliani ticket would be a tough one for the Democrats to beat.
By the way, speaking of George Allen, this story is almost too silly to comment on, but I can't help it:
The Washington Post reports Virginia Democrats have hatched plans to run (Ben Affleck) against Republican Senator George Allen in next year's election. Affleck and his pregnant wife Jennifer Garner are said to have shopped for a house around Charlottesville, Virgnia, but still appear far from making a move anytime soon. Once Affleck's name was mentioned by state Democrats, it proved extremely popular. University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato says, "It spread pretty widely, at least in the political underground."
Right.
Come on, the Virginia Democrats can do better than that.
They can get Damon.
In speech after speech, Democrats voting "no" said (Roberts) was qualified, decent, brilliant, capable, nice, but they just couldn't do it. You got the sense John Kerry wanted to take Roberts to a nice restaurant and give the nominee the "it's not you, it's me" speech: Look, you're a great guy, and any country would be lucky to have you. I'm just not in a good place right now.
Besides, as we all know, Senator Kerry is gunshy about commitments.
Prager calls PETA out in specific:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the living embodiment of hysteria. Take their program "Holocaust on your plate," which equates barbecuing chickens with the cremating of the Jews in the Holocaust. It is one thing to be concerned about chickens' welfare, but only hysterics compare eating them with the slaughter of a people.
I think that the best thing that people who are genuinely concerned with the ethical treatment of animals could do is to oppose PETA at every opportunity. That group has done more to damage their own cause than any I can think of.
By the way, hat's up with all the naked protesting lately? I know it's not a totally new thing, but it sure seems to be really popular right now. Did somebody on the left wake up one day and say "Hey, I know how to get people to take our opinions seriously! We have to show everyone our genitals!" I don't buy it. I don't think that many of these people really even care about their supposed causes. I think that a lot of these people are just exhibitionists who have attached to their cause simply as an excuse to take of their clothes in public.
By far, PETA is the worst of that group.
Most recently PETA's protest against Australian sheep farmers involved going to DC and getting naked in front of the Australian embassy. I'm sure these protests are very popular with frat boys and hippies, but it's hard for me to imagine that anyone, anywhere, has rethought their position on the Australian wool industry because they saw somebody's naked butt. Granted, they might be able to get me to rethink my position on the thong... and I feel safe in saying that I'm generally opposed to the wool thong, but other than that, I tend to brush these things off.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Live 2 Tell," a script written by late rapper Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, is being developed as a feature film, with shooting set to begin in March, the project's producer said Tuesday.
I'm not much for conspiracy theories. I think Elvis is in the ground behind Graceland, I think that Lee Harvey Oswald shot John Kennedy by himself, and I don't think that there's anything suspicious going on in Area 51. I am, however, increasingly willing to entertain the notion that Too-Paque faked his death with help from music industry insiders. The guy has released more albums, movies, etc, as a corpse than he did alive. I'm not sayin' I believe he's alive, I'm just sayin' that something weird has been going on for the past nine years. That's all I'm sayin', ya know? That's all I'm sayin'.
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That one quote "it's not you; it's me" had me in stitches.
As for naked protests, the "Breasts Not Bombs" anti-war protest in Berkeley (July) was the most horrid display of public nudity ever inflicted on society. Not a single decent looking body was exposed. I mean, if you're gonna try and persuade people to agree with you, at least put on a "good" show. Not only were boobs on full display (hideous, hangy, sloppy boobs I might add), but so were penises. None were ones to be proud of.
Here's a link to pics if you can stomach it:
http://www.zombietime.com/breasts_not_bombs/
As for naked protests, the "Breasts Not Bombs" anti-war protest in Berkeley (July) was the most horrid display of public nudity ever inflicted on society. Not a single decent looking body was exposed. I mean, if you're gonna try and persuade people to agree with you, at least put on a "good" show. Not only were boobs on full display (hideous, hangy, sloppy boobs I might add), but so were penises. None were ones to be proud of.
Here's a link to pics if you can stomach it:
http://www.zombietime.com/breasts_not_bombs/
Jamie Dawn, I saw those pictures a while ago. Look, as a heterosexual male, I am a fan of the female form... but it has to be distinctly... or, at least potentially female. There are people in those pictures who are a little of both, or a lot of neither. People who shouldn't ever, ever, ever be naked. Even in the shower. Don't get me wrong, as a fat guy, I'm rarely mistaken for Brad Pitt or Fabio. Flabio, maybe, but not Fabio. My point is, when I go outside, I always wear a parka, a ski-mask, and some big MC Hammer pants. Those people should show the same courtesy.
A-Jihad-Hippie-E-Whatever, I checked out your blog, and I really enjoy it. It's very well done, it took me a minute to realize that it's intended to be ironic. You've got the ranting nutcase libral rap down-pat. Now, while I think your blog is brilliant and hilarious, I think you might just be sued for blatantly ripping off the Autorantic Virtual Moonbat. I appreciate your kind of comedy, though. Keep it coming.
A-Jihad-Hippie-E-Whatever, I checked out your blog, and I really enjoy it. It's very well done, it took me a minute to realize that it's intended to be ironic. You've got the ranting nutcase libral rap down-pat. Now, while I think your blog is brilliant and hilarious, I think you might just be sued for blatantly ripping off the Autorantic Virtual Moonbat. I appreciate your kind of comedy, though. Keep it coming.
Frankly, I don't listen to those nuts, naked or clothed. I'm tired of the professional protestors. Most of us have jobs & don't have time to hang out on the corner & let it all hang out.
"Flabio".. HAHA! I resemble that remark.
Aren't you in truth Brad Pitt's older, slovenly brother, Darrell Pitt? Didn't you used to beat him up when you were kids and take his cookies from him? The beatings toughened him up and he never got to eat the cookies.
See what happens?
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Aren't you in truth Brad Pitt's older, slovenly brother, Darrell Pitt? Didn't you used to beat him up when you were kids and take his cookies from him? The beatings toughened him up and he never got to eat the cookies.
See what happens?
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