Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

9.06.2006

He Didn't Bring His NumChuck Skills

In this run of the mill story in the Morning News, this line later in the article caught my attention: "[The alleged victim] is a member of Woodrow's Variations choir and last year won a Napoleon Dynamite charity look-alike contest."

How Do You Spell That Again?

In case you missed it, Kosoul Chanthakoummane, 25, was arrested on a charge of capital murder late Tuesday in connection with the death of Sarah Anne Walker - the real estate agent from McKinney. I don't think she met him on the millionaire dating site they talked about.

9.05.2006

Experiment Time

With a great deal of regret, I'll go into an experimental phase of prohibiting comments for (hopefully) a limited period of time. I'm not sure what has happened, but those comments have risen to a level of viciousness and crudeness that has even shocked the unshockable me. And I hate that. The comments, in my opinion, had been far more interesting than my content, and I know most people love checking them. But when anonymous hatred and bitterness permeates this stupid little hobby of mine, then the fun for me quickly diminishes. But a pattern has developed. Those that are willing to assign themselves a name (and, heaven forbid, a photo) become dog-piled to such an extent that they no longer post. I'm not even sure they stick around to read The Blog once they've stopped. And I certainly believe the current atmosphere is such that no one new would want to jump into the pile. I certainly wouldn't. But when jokes about incest and deceased babies appear alongside language that Tony Soprano would condemn, then it's time to reel this thing back in. And, too, it is personal for me. I'm simply tired of cringing as I worry about the reaction of friends and family that expect more of me than to let this go on. And, perhaps, it's time I expect more of myself. So, with that, let this become Red China and the censorship will begin . . . . . After this post.

Stolen From Another Blog As The President Continued The Politics Of Fear Today

Keith: "More over, Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seek — a fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comforting illusion of safety."

Nothing could be truer than that right there. It’s not only insulting that Bush once said "they hate us for our freedoms" and then proceeded to strip away those freedoms with such things as the Patriot Act and the warrantless wiretapping, but he also constantly says how the key tactic of the terrorist is fear, while his administration is out on a daily basis delivering speeches that are geared towards scaring us.

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Now I Can Finally Rest

My Third Wife's Car

Yeah, It's Not Sexy But . . .

. . . ABC World News Tonight led with a shocking story of how Pakistan has given a piece of its land to the Taliban and admits that it would leave Osama Bin Laden alone if he resides there. That War on Terror thing is getting a bit tricky. For those that care, the 2:17 long clip can be found at youtube.com here.

Poll Results

Somebody Sent Me . . .

. . . this "Back To School" pic which I absolutely refuse to post.

"Smile..........Hey!"

SMU Doesn't Like How Tech Fans Treat Them

Link. (Although the chance to post the above graphic is the my real motive.)

Things That Bug Me But Nobody Else

The above is an excerpt of a court opinion from Texarkana handed down last week. The issue is whether flight from the scene of a crime is evidence of guilt. That's a no-brainer. The answer is "yes" and has been for as long as I can remember. What's disturbing is that an appellate court chose to use the book of Proverbs as legal authority. (Click to enlarge).