Tuesday - June 12, 2007

Trouble In Rome

So President Bush stepped in it on Saturday when he called the Pope “Sir” instead of “Your Holiness”.

Vatican City - US President George W Bush drew gasps at the Vatican on Saturday by referring to Pope Benedict XVI as “sir” instead of the expected “His Holiness”, pool reporters said.

They could clearly hear the US leader say “Yes, sir” when the pope asked him if he was going to meet with officials of the lay Catholic Sant’Egidio community at the US embassy later during his visit.

I was gone for most of the weekend, so I had missed the news.  After checking the weapons and ammunition at the house, I logged on to CNN to see how far the Catholic riots had gotten.  I was sure there would be stories of cafe and school bombings, protest demonstrations with posters calling for Bush’s head and cars on fire.

Nothing.

I can’t find one story of Catholics around the globe protesting the defemation of their sacred leader.  Is it a cover-up?  Surely they would all take great offense at the gaffe and take to the streets.

What’s going on here?

Oh, that’s right.....wrong religion.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/12/2007 at 01:40 PM   
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Bad Decision

Lawdog tells the story of when a young pup cruised by the patrol car and flipped him off, thinking he could do it with impunity.

Heh heh.  Not with Dog

I walk back to the driver’s side door, flip open my Book of Citations and begin writing.

He looks at me, sputters a bit, then yaps, “You can’t write me a ticket!”

“Why not?” I ask, filling in Block 9.

“Because you can’t!”

“The answer ‘because’ doesn’t work on my nieces and nephews,” I answer, X-ing Block 23, “Articulate a reason.”

“You’re a cop! My daddy says you can’t be insulted by anything!”

“That is correct.” I sign with a flourish.

“So you can’t write me for flipping you off. I’m not signing that.”

“Correct. How-some-ever, this is not a ticket for flipping me off.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/12/2007 at 01:29 PM   
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Via Rusty at mypetjawa

A Georgia based company continues to host two official websites for the Taliban after being warned numerous times that providing business services to the Islamist group is against U.S. law. The ‘Voice of Jihad’ websites are in Arabic and in English. They claim to be the official websites of the ‘Imarat Islami of Afghanistan’ (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)—the name given to Afghanistan under the T regime.

The websites feature announcements and “news” by Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf (aka, ‘Ahmedi’), usually on the latest ‘victory’ of the mujahidin over the ‘crusaders’ (NATO forces) and ‘apostates’ (Afghan soldiers and civilians). Images of burning vehicles and of Taliban suicide bombers reading their shahid messages are also a regular feature on the websites. Below is an example of an animated image found at the English language website.

The Taliban websites are hosted by Freewebtown, a free webhosting service headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. A whois search lists the registered owner of Freewebtown as Tulip Systems, located on Piedmont Rd.

By providing free webhosting to the Taliban, Tulip Systems is in violation of U.S. law. American companies are forbidden from doing business with the Taliban, a regime responsible for aiding al Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks which killed nearly 3,000 civilians.

Rusty provides some email addresses and phone numbers for those so inclined to let our friends at FreeWebTown know how we feel about American companies supporting the Taliban fighting against our forces, our way of life and our very existence.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/12/2007 at 09:22 AM   
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

I am pleased to report that you have given over $600 to help cover the expenses for Allan’s family. 

I sent the entire balance to Allan’s son, Sean, this morning.  Thank you again.  You don’t know how much this means to them.

Click Here is a complete accounting of the funds received.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/12/2007 at 08:20 AM   
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Pushing out the Blue Angels

Michelle Malkin reported last week about some moonbats in San Fransisco pushing to have the Blue Angels eliminated from the Fleet Week celebration.

The annual aerial show by the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels — a San Francisco tradition dating back to 1981 that pumps millions into the local economy — is running into opposition from three local peace advocacy groups that are calling for a permanent halt to the popular Fleet Week flyover.

CodePink, Global Exchange and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69, are working with Supervisor Chris Daly on a Board of Supervisors resolution to address concerns over the Blue Angels.

Daly acknowledged he is considering a call to halt the flyovers because, he said, “they seem dangerous and unnecessary.” Daly said he plans on introducing the resolution as early as Tuesday, but is still drafting the language. A resolution is not legally binding, but states a board position.

A bunch of very civic-minded organizations, of course.

Happily, not everyone in the City by the Bay is a raging loon.  Here are some excerpts from letters to the editor of the San Fransisco Examiner:

and

Obviously, I don’t agree with Mr. Acosta’s assertion that “we are all against the war”, but I certainly salute his desire to honor the men and women of the military.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/12/2007 at 08:03 AM   
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   Monday - June 11, 2007

Dennis Miller Heats it Up

Man oh Man, when Dennis Miller gets going, his nuclear verbal assault on Harry Reid is music to my ears.

Go watch it on Hot Air.

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Three Kinds of People

Dr. Mike Adams talks about a subject we have brought up before, but in his classic, to-the-point style.

When I was growing up my father used to say there were two kinds of people in this world. When I would ask him “What time is it?” he would say “There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who ask what time it is and those who wear watches.” He had so many variations on the theme that I eventually decided there really were two kinds of people in this world: Those who dichotomize and those who do not.

But, later, with the help of Lt. Col. David Grossman, I decided there are three kinds of people in this world: Sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs.

I suspect all three are represented to some degree on this humble part of the internet.  I would like to think we have a skewing toward sheepdog.  In fact, I would like to think I am one of the sheepdogs, but I wonder, even with the training and practice, how I will perform under the stress of the situation.  How do you really know until you are tested?

Posted by Drew458     on 06/11/2007 at 07:10 AM   
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The Day the Music Died

Via Wizbang, I found this fascinating account from Laura Lee Donoho of how an amuzement park dealt with a power failure. Apparently, one of the coasters was at the top of its apogee when the failure hit, leaving this:

Photo by Laura Lee Donoho

She says:

Suddenly, the music stopped and everyone was instructed by the lifeguards to get out of the pool. I heard someone say that the power in the park was gone. There was no electricity whatsoever. I looked over to the giant rollercoaster, the X-Coaster and there were riders hanging upside down right at the very top of the coaster. The crowd got quiet, everyone pointing up to the coaster.

Many of the people in the park started to leave. Others milled around, just watching the riders on the coaster dangling upside down, strapped only at their shoulders and feet. My daughter-in-law’s sisters had gone to ride on the Plummet Summit but turned around to come find us when the power went off.

We went up to a high point in the park to have ice cream and employees were emptying the ice machines of ice. Many people were talking about the frightening scene but I overheard some women talking about, of all things, Paris Hilton. I had escaped that non-stop coverage being too busy to watch the news.

After about forty-five minutes, (I checked my cell phone and it took more than thirty-two minutes to get those folks down) the crowd with us cheered when the twelve riders and their rides were finally released. But the coaster still had no power and the only way that they could stop the ride was to let “the cat die”, that is, to let the coaster go back and forth until it lost momentum and stopped.

Only one person was taken to the hospital but the park officials had been prepared for more injured riders because there were many ambulances and firetrucks waiting.

We all wondered what caused the power failure. The weather couldn’t have caused it. The day was cloudy but we had no rain. I admit to having a few disquieting thoughts about the situation. The park officials told us nothing and the employees dashed around talking on walkie-talkies, ignoring any visitor questions. What would happen if there were a terrorist attack? How would the park officials react to that? What about the people running around barefoot in their bathing suits? Would they mob the lockers or the changing rooms?

I used to work at Disney in Orlando, and we frequently talked about what it would look like if some neer-do-well came in and tried something.  It would not be pretty.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/11/2007 at 06:40 AM   
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Welcome to The Navigator

Give a warm welcome to “The Navigator”.  As you’ll see in his first post below, he will be steering us toward moonbattery with clear and insightful stories.  He resides in Grand Forks, ND and has been a BMEWS member for a couple of months, lurking in the shadows.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/11/2007 at 06:28 AM   
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   Sunday - June 10, 2007

Once upon a time

I remember, vividly, the evening of October 4, 1957.  It wasn’t a school night so I was able to stay up later than usual.

We were living near Versailles, close to Paris in an American housing area called Petite Beauregard.  All the adults were standing in front of the building, looking up into the night sky.  I looked up and all around.  Seeing nothing unusual, I asked an old lady, the mother/mother-in-law that lived with the couple on the top floor, what they were all looking at.  She just pointed her finger at the sky and said, “The Russians are up there.” Her tone of voice was one of fear and uncertainty.  I didn’t know what a big deal it was.  A year later, in the Russian pavilion at the Brussels Worlds Fair I saw an exact replica of what they were looking for in that dark sky, suspended by fine wires from the ceiling.  When I think back on that day I am still awed by the import of that event.

Now we have someone else to keep track of.  We should heed Moseley’s warning

Posted by The Navigator     on 06/10/2007 at 11:49 PM   
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Weekend Eye Candy

This feature was a particular favorite and the “baby” of The Skipper.  He would spend hours picking, capturing and resizing photos from his various “sources”.  To be honoest, I have neither the time nor inclination to continue this category.

I may start something similar to Kim’s Weekend Women theme, focusing on more of a “pin up” style of photos, but that will be some time in the future.

I know this is a dissapointment to some, and I apologize in advance.

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The Creation Museum

At our annual Home School convention this weekend, the keynote speaker, who also presented a number of workshops, was Ken Ham.  If you don’t know about Ken, he is a Christian apologist who founded Answers in Genesis.  He teaches creation science straight from Scripture and belives (as I do) that the foundation of all Scripture is found in Genesis 1-11.  He was a fantastic speaker and we ended up spending a pile of lucre at his booth.

He has recently opened the Creation Museum in the Cincinnati area (actually, in Petersburg, KY).  The pictures and descriptions he gave us made it sound like a great place to visit. 

Are there any BMEWS members out there that have been there and can give us a field report?

Posted by Drew458     on 06/10/2007 at 06:35 AM   
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Al Gore’s Continuing Assault on Glowball Warming

Tim Blair notes:

According to the National Weather Service, on Sunday June 3, the temperature in Seattle reached 84 degrees.

But on Monday the high was only 69 ... today’s high temp thus far is 60 ... tomorrow’s forecast is for high 50s.

Yes, the Goracle arrived in town on Monday.

This is really beginning to get funny.  God is laughing at this little gem of a man who purports that we humans are strong enough to cause global climate change.  So the Creator decides to show him who is really in charge of the weather!

I just hope he doesn’t come to the Shenandoah Valley....We’re having a lovely spring.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/10/2007 at 06:04 AM   
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   Friday - June 08, 2007

Beam Me Some Juice Scotty

This seems to defy a couple laws of physics.

The end of the plug? Scientists invent wireless device that beams electricity through your home

Scientists have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead.

In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of ‘beaming’ power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone or laptop computer without wires or cables.

In the first successful trial of its kind, the team was able to illuminate a 60-watt light bulb 7ft away.

This would really re-define the way homes are configured.  I can’t tell you how many “wire hider” things I’ve tried.  This is huge.

Posted by Drew458     on 06/08/2007 at 10:08 AM   
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