Jen thinks
she’ll post it on Monday, and I’ll be sure to let you know when it goes up.
The questions are a hoot. :)
Woohooo!!! Jen
sent me my interview questions. Fun!! There are 23 of them in all, so
I’m happy with the participation. Thanks to everyone who asked a
question. Jen thinks
she’ll post it on Monday, and I’ll be sure to let you know when it goes up.
The questions are a hoot. :)
Ed has an excellent analysis of Howard Dean’s recent comments disparaging Richard Nixon.
Howard Dean has gotten some publicity and campaign mileage out of a Dec. 7 speech where he touted his civil rights beliefs by contrasting himself with Richard Nixon…Make no mistake: Nixon wasn’t leading marches in Selma or sitting in at lunch counters. As his secretly recorded tapes have shown, he spoke in bigoted terms even the Oval Office. But as president, he was a far cry from those who fought integration, including senators like Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd.
Several other bloggers have done these, but I wanted to do my own photo caption contest. Here’s the pic:
I’ll take captions through midnight (my time) New Year’s Day (that’s the midnight between the 1st and the 2nd of January). Winner gets… hmm… let’s see…. something appropriate to the picture… how about a Bill Clinton action figure!
Update: You can submit as many entries as you like.
I’m going to say something that people will, at first, assume is snide and satirical, but I assure you I’m being perfectly honest. Has anyone seriously considered the possibility that Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean is schizophrenic? Considering the fact that he seems incapable of holding fast and firm to virtually any political stance, it’s becoming clearer and clearer to me that he may actually be suffering from some kind of political schizophrenia, or at least chameleonism.
Many have accused Dean of “waffling” on the issues, including me, but it has gone beyond that now. You cannot have faith in anything the man says anymore, and by “faith” I don’t just mean “believe it is truth", but “expect him to say the same thing tomorrow.” Here are just a few examples:
and now
There is more detail about many of the times Dean has waffled at
Waffle-Powered Howard and Slate,
but this probably at least gives you an idea of how unreliable and
truly frightening a Dean presidency (and dear GOD how hard was it to
type THAT??) would be. I can just see the bumper stickers now: “Dean Sybil for President!”
Now, for more about me, me, me, Jen has put out a deadline of tomorrow night for questions for my interview. So if you haven’t already asked a few (or even if you have), ask now! Oh, and since she’s taking questions for two other people (Jeff and the all-powerful Pixy Misa, and how cool is it to be in THAT group??), be sure to let her know who the question is for. :D
Well, I’ve been at it for half a year now. I don’t know if I’m any better than I was back then, but a lot has changed. I think I’ve come a ways in finding my voice, and seemed to have developed a somewhat loyal following (holiday stats notwithstanding). I’m going to continue to write about whatever interests me, instead of trying to find a particular “niche” to fill. Thank you to everyone who has linked, read, or commented me since I got started; I treasure each one.
Now, party hats and noisemakers for everybody!! (No booze; I’m pregnant, and if I can’t drink, NOBODY drinks!)
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Blackfive, who are expecting a new paratrooper in… well, sometime in 2004! Oh, and Little Blackfive has pottytrained! Color me jealous…. ;)
This story was printed in the December 25, 2003 edition of my local paper, the Whitman County Gazette. Pullman, Washington is a college town in eastern Washington, home of Washington State University. It is in the middle of a very rural, agricultural part of the state.
When Joy Kinzer of Pullman was showing sheep at the fair a couple years ago, everyone knew her as a fun loving, mild mannered farm girl. Now as Specialist First Class Kinzer, repelling 80 feet from a hovering helicopter over Iraq, some things haven’t changed much.
"Her nickname is Bo Peep because she would go out and make friends with the shepherds," said Joy's mom Barb.
Unfortunately for Joy, the Army won't let her visit with the shepherds any more because of security risks but the name has stuck.
Joy graduated from Pullman High School in 2001. In August of the same year she left for Army Basic Training. Now as a flying helicopter crew chief maintaining loads and providing cover fire on Blackhawk helicopters she is living a childhood dream.
"She always wanted to fly ever since she was little," Barb said.
She is not little anymore and her mom said Joy has done a lot of growing up in the last year since she has been in Iraq. She still enjoys joking around and doodling funny pictures on the back of her letters home, but she has matured and has taken on a new seriousness her mom said.
"She's different. You can hear the maturity in her voice," Barb said.
Joy arrived in Kuwait last March just as the war was starting. As part of the 101st Airborne she has flown over most of the war-torn country of Iraq. Most recently she has been flying between the towns of Mosul and Tikrit.
"She sleeps in a converted airfield hangar with 65 men," her mom said. "There are only two other females. They just recently were allowed to partition off some space so they would have a ilttle privacy."
When Joy first arrived in the country locals were amazed to see women soldiers. At one point her and another woman had to be under guard because the local population would surround them.
"They would grab at them to see if it really was a woman," Barb said describing the uncomfortable situation.
But as time went on the people got to know Joy and the other soldiers and everything was fine.
Joy's job can be dangerous and no one knows that more than her mom. Life was tense a few weeks ago when a female soldier was killed in Tikrit.
"I knew she was going to Tikrit. I kept thinking it might be her," Barb said.
Barb waited knowing the Army would notify her in 24 to 48 hours if it was Joy.
"I didn't realize how tense I was until I found out it wasn't her," Barb said. "I went to pieces. I was a big ole' puddle."
Joy had been in Tikrit when the female soldier was killed. In fact she had been just across the camp from where the mortars came in. That event was tough on her mom, but the event that bothered Joy the most was when a Blackhawk went down killing four of Joy's fellow crew mates.
"She called me and the first words out of her mouth were 'Mommy!'," Barb said. "It just about killed me."
Through all the difficulties Joy has maintained her spirits. All the locals she has met have been thrilled to see them, her mom said, and Joy has taken a great liking to the children in the area. So much so that she wants to make a difference in their lives this holiday season.
"She told us about the Adopt a village program," her mom said. "The 101st Airborne has adopted Mosul. They have rebuilt schools, completed water projects hiring locals to do some of the work. Joy said 'I don't need anything for Christmas, instead contribute to the Adopt a Village program.'"
Barb got busy. Together with other church families from Evangelical Free Church in Pullman, Deary Community Church, and the Country Bible Church at Dusty they worked together to purchase and gather pencils, pens, paper and other school supplies as well as sports equipment for Mosul's children.
"We sent off 14 thirty pound boxes of stuff for the kids," Barb said. It cost more than $600 for postage all of which was donated, Barb explained astounded by the amount of support the project received.
With today's instant technology Barb was able to email Joy and tell her the boxes were on the way and Joy was thrilled her mom said. Joy and her fellow soldiers will spend their Christmas handing out the goodies to children in the town.
Barb expects Joy to be back home sometime in March for a few days and again in June for her sister's high school graduation. Joy is still that fun loving, mild-mannered kid everyone knew, but some things have changed. She still loves corny jokes, and she thinks tracers in the sky around her helicopter are cool, but this 4H kid is no longer a kid. She is all grown up now and she is an American Soldier.
Wishing all the readers of Note-It Posts a very Merry Christmas, from our family to yours.
Via John of Argghhh! I found this pictorial story of a military funeral for a fallen soldier who was from Texas and died in Iraq. God bless Texas, God bless military families, and God bless the United States Armed Forces.
I’d been pondering doing a version of the Twelve Days of Christmas (on the 3rd Day of Christmas, the Lib’rals Gave to Me…), but the Commissar did it better, and saved me the trouble.
After word that Time magazine had selected ‘The American Soldier’ as its Person of the Year, The New York Times today announced its pick for “2003 Individual of the Year” – The African-American Unemployed, Uninsured, Lesbian Woman with an Unwanted Pregnancy.
I know this is anecdotal, and not statistical, but I still found it interesting.
My name is Kelli and I’m a fairly new reader of yours. I was introduced to your blog through another person’s blog site. I hope you don’t mind me sharing my homeschooling story with you.
I am a product of homeschooling. My parents homeschooled all three of us girls. At the time we started homeschooling, we lived in Arkansas. I was in 5th grade, my middle sister was in first grade and the youngest (who is now 18) was just 4 at the time. The public schools there were terrible (Bill Clinton was governor then..go figure) and I was having a hard time in math because I needed individual attention in an area where I was weak. Instead they wanted to hold me back just for needing help in math, or stick me in a calss with special ed students. My parents were livid, and went to the principle and the school board who said they didn’t have time to give extra attention to one student. So, the next year they pulled me out and started teaching me at home along with my other sister. We recieved letters from the school board stating that it would never be possible for me to graduate highschool, and that they were making a mistake with my life and education.
The next year we moved to East Tennessee (where we are still) and they kept it up. The schools here are somewhat better, but because my mom was able to stay at home, she devoted all her time and any extra money to homeschooling, and buying books. I liked homeschooling because it allowed me to pursue my own interests in my own time, learn according to the learning style I learn best, and not have to wait on 30 other kids to finish their work while I sat bored in a class room. I would finish up my work, then play outside with my sisters, sew, read my political books, and pursue volunteer work and 4-H. I admit, I am not good at math. I'm a writer and a communicator..more right brained. Both my sister and I graduated highschool (with cap and gown), received a diploma from one of the Christian umbrella schools and I graduated from college last year with a B.S. degree in communication and public relations. I'm 25 now and work with professional speakers as a career now and like to speak publicly when I have the chance. Yes, math has always been a challenge to me and probably always will, but through patience, my parents and great tutors I think I got further with homeschooling than I would in public schools. I was introduced to many different opportunities in homeschooling. I was able to lobby my state senators and representatives to support a state private education bill. Some of my best friends and play mates were Amish children and Mennonites growing up.
I'm proud of my morals. I agree with you 100% that it's the parent's duty and not some strangers to instill values and morals in your child..and not the wordly opinions of some of the freaks running around out there today. I don't have children yet (still single) but I worry someday about the people who may be an influence on my little ones.
I agree that homeschooling is not for everyone. I agree that parents who do not have the time to devote to it are better off not homeschooling. I don't know if I will ever homeschool my children or not, although I am not against it by any means. As far as the social aspect of it, I think that socialization is up to the parents and the child. Just because you homeschool does not make one a hermit or quote "un-socialized." I got out and volunteered, I was in 4-H, I was active in church, and I was a member of Young Republicans and Toastmasters Intl when I was 16. You can be as social as you want to be..homeschooling does not make you one way or the other. I know public school kids who have as much personality as a rock, and I know homeschoolers who are social butterflies. So I think when experts and individuals start hounding on the social issues of home education they're speaking out of ignorance and need to study up on some things. As for myself, I tend to be outgoing and friendly and like to get out and meet people.
My younger sister will be a graduating homeschooler next year. She is aspiring to be an actress. Another proud product of homeschooling. Not to mention, after teaching each subject three times in a row (highschool level too), I know it must be a proud feeling to be able to say that you handed each of your own children their highschool diplomas.
Before I close, I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your site. I linked over to another site that I think your husband does, and I love looking at all the pictures, reading about your family life, and seeing your quilts (my mom is a big quilter and smocker). I always feel at home when I see pictures and read about what's going on. It's looks like a very warm home full of love and children. It even reminds me a little bit of my childhood growing up in a rural area in the country with lots of animals around!
Consider yourself having just added a new, regular reader.
Kelli
P.S. Sorry, I forgot to add one last thing to my story (I was in the office and kept getting calls thus getting sidetracked). The week before I graduated highschool (which by the way I gave the commencement speech and there 80 graduating homeschoolers in my class of 97) we made a trip down to Arkansas to see family. While I was there, I made it a point to go back and visit the teachers at the elementary school as well as the people who told me it would never be possible for me to make it past 8th grade homeshooled..and personally hand delivered graduation invitations to them and proudly told them of the scholarship I'd recieved to a 4 year university. The looks on their faces...priceless.
… SPAMmers… 2 days before Christmas may not be the OPTIMAL time to send out an email with the subject line “Keep That Colon Clean!” I mean… EW!
Via the Paratrooper of Love, I found Common Virtue’s Howard Dean Christmas Wish List (Ctrl+F Howard Dean’s). I guess my favorite would be #9.
9. I could make up my mind on issues.
The comments from this post (link removed) have brought up some interesting points, and since I think the subject deserves more attention, I decided to respond to it here, rather than bury it in comments.
Mikey writes, “*shrug* I’m a product of the public school system and I can honestly say that I did very well in high school, college, the SAT’s and the GRE’s.”
For the record, I was public-schooled, too. I did very well in high school, and scored highest in the school on my SAT’s. I think a lot of this was in spite of my public school education, though, rather than because of it. I did a lot of outside reading and studying (a form of homeschooling, though completely self-disciplined) because the regular curriculum just bored me to tears. I flopped in “straight” college but that was for social and emotional reasons, and not intellectual or educational ones. I did better in community college (more self-instruction), until I figured out I was making way more than most people twice my age, and quit altogether.
“The problem does not lie with the students, nor does it lie, for the most part, with the teachers (yes, there are bad ones, but for every bad one you see around here I can point out 5 excellent ones). The big problems come from two groups: The parents, and the administration.”
I suspect this varies from place to place, and that the underlying causes may be different from district to district. With our local schools, for example, I don’t think the problem is the students, teachers, OR parents, but with the mindset of the community in general. Their focus is more on social responsibility than on learning. Don’t get me wrong; I think social responsibility is very important, and something all children should learn… from their parents. I don’t think it’s the school’s job to teach my children morality or to instill in them a sense of obligation. That’s my job.
An example. When we first moved here, we visited the local school (combination elementary and junior high) to see what kinds of programs they had. I was specifically interested in their science fair, since I love visiting them, and wanted to see what rural kids would come up with for their projects (I live in a very agricultural area). It turns out they didn’t have science fairs anymore, and hadn’t for a number of years. “Lack of interest.” We told them that we would gladly provide judging and prizes (my husband has degrees in a number of science fields), if they would just get the teachers to give out assignments and offer guidance. They turned us down. Again, “lack of interest.” That same year, they started a “Grandparent’s Day", where grandparents (or other “elders” in the community) were invited to spend the day with the kids at school. They put on programs and plays, have special projects they do with the seniors, etc. From what I can tell, Grandparent’s Day requires a ton more preparation (and cost) than a science fair would be, and doesn’t do anything to further what I consider the school’s primary function to be - promote learning. Instead it promotes social responsibility, something that is NOT their job. They’ve had Grandparent’s Day every year since then, and still don’t have science fairs.
“Also, homeschooling is all well and good…unless you consider how completely brainless a great deal of our nations parents are.”
Fair enough. Homeschooling is not for everyone. You need to have the time to devote to it (think “stay-at-home-parent"), the will to do it right, and the patience to work through things over and over and over. You also have to have basic competence yourself, and the ability to recognize when a subject is beyond your ability to teach. But this isn’t unique to homeschooling, and most states have safeguards to prevent unqualified parents from teaching. There are exceptions, of course, and they should be addressed. Another example: my mother “homeschooled” my sister for a couple of years. My mother was a single-parent, employed full-time, and worked over an hour away from where she lived. By the time she got home, she was both too tired and too frustrated with life in general to offer any schooling to my sister. The result, my sister basically had two years off from school, and never did go back. My sister was ill-equipped (both emotionally and intellectually) for the kind of self-discipline this arrangement would have required. It’s an example of people who shouldn’t homeschool.
Victor writes, “I dunno about homeschooling being a magic cure-all, Dana. As with any education–homeschool, public, or private–I feel the *teacher* is more important than the manner in which one is taught.”
Fair enough, but for the record I never said it was a cure-all. In the article I cited, the parents were holding their kids out of school to give them a leg-up, and apparently the trend was most prevalent among “affluent New Jersey communities.” Presumably, the majority of those parents are well-educated. My suggestion is that the kids would be better-served by having home-schooling by those parents (if they truly were concerned about boosting the childrens’ educational opportunities) than by yet another year in daycare (oh, and don’t even get me STARTED on daycare!). I do agree that the teacher is key, but so is the environment. Not all children learn well in a structured, rigored classroom environment. Some do, some don’t. Homeschooling gives you that flexibility, whereas most institutional education doesn’t. There are just too many children in the classroom to offer personalized instruction to each.
“A public school does help teach kids some social skills simply because there are lots of people there and you’re forced to; I don’t think that can be discounted.”
This is the criticism of homeschooling I hear most frequently; fewer opportunities to socialize. Fortunately, this just is not the case. Homeschooled children are involved in far more “extracurricular” activities (I believe the last statistic I saw was an average of 5.2 per child) than public-schooled kids. They have the time to pursue outside interests, and the parents can incorporate those activities into the overall curriculum. Lots of homeschooled kids participate in some school activities - notably sports and band - and may even take some of their classes at the school, if the parents are unable to provide adequate instruction or equipment (think “science labs"). Then there are homeschooling co-ops, where parents work together to teach each others’ children subjects they’re particularly strong in. Parks and Recreaction departments offer all kinds of supplemental sports and educational opportunities, as well as artistic and cultural pursuits. I think too many people have this notion of homeschooling as Johnny and Johnny’s mom, sitting in their basement, reading books together and never going out, except to shop, when Mom teaches Johnny how to count change. That just isn’t how it works in the real world, for the really dedicated homeschoolers.
So, basically, everyone is right when they say homeschooling is not for everyone. I totally agree with that. But for those whose parents possess the time, ability, willingness, patience, and intellect to homeschool, it is usually the best decision for those children.
John of Argghhh!’s interview is up. My favorite part:
Would you rather babysit 4 three year olds or face enemy fire?
The enemy. It’s legal to hurt ‘em.
I have a three-year-old. He’s right. Also, don’t forget -
you can still get questions in for my interview, in a couple of weeks. Ask! Ask!
I want LOTS of questions. I don’t want Jen to email me the “list” and
all people want to know is my bra size and why I started blogging. If
you’ve already given asked, give ask again!
Apparently, there’s a new trend in some parts of the country to hold children back from kindergarten an extra year, to try to give them a boost later in their education careers.
Some parents demand that kindergarten teachers offer more difficult lessons to challenge students who have had an extra year of pre-school. That makes parents of younger children, who don’t want them to struggle, also consider holding their children out of school.
…
Parents seeking guidance from experts will not find consensus on whether there is a benefit to holding children back a year. Trying to get a higher SAT score or set an athletic record are the wrong reasons to make that decision, the experts say. They recommend holding back only those children who are struggling developmentally or do not behave as maturely as others in their age group.
Here’s a suggestion. If you really want your kids to have a leg up when they get into high school and college, and to have higher SAT scores… homeschool them.
Dean’s son has been implicated in a burglary, and Gore’s son has been ticketed for reckless driving and drunk driving, and now charged with possession of marijuana. Not only was he in possession of pot, he was apparently driving while smoking it.
Maybe now we can lay off the Bush girls for underage drinking..?
I can understand, on one level, why the families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing would be upset about the recent announcement that Gadafi was going to renounce his WMD weapons program and allow inspections. I can even see how they’d call this “rewarding terrorism", but it’s not. Libya wasn’t rewarded for that action. In fact, they were punished, by almost 15 years of sanctions and by the payment of $2 billion in compensation to the victims’ families. There is no price you can put on life, but the victims’ families agreed to that amount.
Now put yourself in Bush’s and Blair’s shoes for a moment. An agent of Gadafi approaches you, at a time when you’re already at war in Afghanistan and facing war in Iraq (and possibly other places in the not-too-distant future), and tells you, “Guys, we’re willing to negotiation a WMD disarmament deal.” What do you say? Do you say “no"? That would be incredibly stupid. When your enemy offers you a surrender, you accept it. Now, I agree that Gadafi’s word is not gold, and that we’ll still have to be diligent in making sure he sticks to it, and that inspectors are able to do their jobs, but it’s still the best outcome in this situation. War is a last resort, and in this case we’re not there yet.
I’ve added two new categories: “Military” and “Terrorism". If I get bored (or stay as sick as I’ve been, unable to concentrate on much else), I’ll go through old posts and assign them as appropriate. In the meantime, please forgive me if there isn’t much “there” there.
I still don’t really understand the Homeland Security Department’s terror threat levels (I suspect it’s more meaningful to those in law enforcement, who might be able to take concrete actions at different levels) but this statement jumped out at me:
threats during the holidays season that are “perhaps greater now than at any point” since 9/11
I’m glad my shopping is all done (not that a small mall in northern Idaho is exactly a prime target…)
I’ve got to get myself a copy of this.
I got another email from the Captain in Iraq that I write to. Here’s what he had to say:
Glad to here everything is going well. Congratulations on your new pregnancy. That must be exciting. Things are still going well for us over here. I was able to get home for 15 days of R&R leave. It was great to see Brooke and Ella and spend some time kicking around Germany. We went on a trip to (place name withheld) and I spent the rest of the time just hanging out at the house and checking items off of the to do list. It was a really awesome experiance, I can’t wait to get home. My 365 day mark is up in March, so hopefully I will be back by then. The school* is up and running and we send them packages of supplies whenever we get some things together. There is nothing in particular that I would like to have, but thank you for the offer. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks again for all of your prayers and support, I really do appreciate it.
Can you even imagine how hard it would be to get back on the plane to Iraq, after spending 2 weeks at home with your wife and toddler? You have my admiration, Captain.
* The school he refers to is an elementary school that his unit refurbished in Iraq.
I’m not entirely sure what this blog is supposed to be about, but they have a pretty short blogroll, and I’m on it, so it can’t be ALL bad. In fact, the first real post “Toe Pick” (December 19) pretty much nails the “should we have gone to war” issue:
The whole thing is simple, really. Accept that we must terrify those who would terrorize and tyrannize out of taking or remaining on the road of terrorism and tyranny. We will be safer. The world will be safer. All but the worst will eventually see the light, and the worst will be dead or too scared to come out of their hidey holes.
Heh. Indeed.
Congratulations to Blackfive on his 6-month blogiversary, and thanks for lumping me in with such great ladies of the blogosphere. (I’m a “the".)
He also reminded me that my own 6-month-iversary is coming up. Doing the whole half-year-in-review thing is a little intimidating, though… maybe I should just post pictures of my toes?
Jen is now accepting questions for my upcoming interview - either late this month or early January. For the uninitiated, Jen, graciously hosts the Blogger “You Ask - They Answer” series. You send in questions, anonymously, to Jen. She then sends the questions to the interviewee (me!), who answers the questions and sends them back to Jen, who posts them on her site. You can ask me ANYTHING. No question is off-limits.
Thanks, Jen!
Know what I think? I think we should capture Howard Dean. I know that would make me feel a whole lot safer. Of course, in almost no time at all, we’d have to give him unsupervised visits with his family…. maybe we could capture his family, too?
Sophorist has another gem today. This one’s a joke, and is impossible to excerpt. A minute, at most - go check it out!
Inspired by Madeline Allgloomy’s recent remark to Morton Kondracke, as well as the related post at The Sophorist, here are the
Top Ten OTHER Things Bush Already Knows, But Won’t Tell Until It Is Politically Expedient
10. The answer to 23-down in the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle.
9. Which came first: the chicken or the egg?
8. The year of the Second Coming of Christ.
7. Who dropped the glove?
6. The formula for McDonald’s secret sauce.
5. The meaning of life.
4. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
3. Which war it was that John Kerry served in. (hint: not “the Revolutionary")
2. Laura Bush’s roast turkey recipe.
1. The gender of Dennis Kucinich’s date.
In an odd coincidence, President George Bush had made a top-secret visit, under cover of darkness, to that same store to encourage the Wal-Mart associates. Mr. Bush was working behind the service desk helping customers when Mr. Dean arrived and announced that he had come to take America back.
Too funny.
Looks like Saddam’s capture is starting to net some big gains.
At 4:30 a.m., the advance on the surrounded complex began. Specialists Kendrick Cooper, 20, and Rick Leach, 21, are stepping gingerly though a muddy ditch in an orchard when they see the first 155 mm mortar round. It is sticking straight out of the ground.
Beneath it, covered in plastic, are several dozen more. Farther up, buried in hay, is C-4 explosive, rolls of detonation cord and blasting caps.
“We found, for example, det cord, blasting caps, keyless car-alarm parts, cell phones - all the stuff you need to make roadside bombs - hidden in chicken coops,” Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Bosler says.
Still other rifles, machine guns and explosives are discovered in a hole beneath a kennel where a litter of puppies is being kept.
And that’s not all. Congratulations and a heartfelt “thank you” to Company C of the 1-8 Infantry.
Via resurrectionsong
I know, I know, a lot of these are stereotypical, and they don’t all apply to all men (my own husband NEVER watches sports), but it’s still funny.
Forty Rules Men Wish Women Knew
1. If you think you’re fat, you probably are. Don’t ask us.
2. Learn to work the toilet seat: if it’s up put it down.
3. Don’t cut your hair. Ever.
4. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if he can find the perfect present, again!
5. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear.
6. Sometimes, he’s not thinking about you. Live with it.
7. Don’t ask him what he’s thinking about unless you are prepared to
discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation and monster
trucks.
8. Get rid of your cat. And no, it’s not different, it’s just like every other cat.
9. Dogs are better than ANY cats. Period.
10. Sunday = Sports. It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.
11. Shopping is not sport.
12. Anything you wear is fine. Really.
13. You have enough clothes.
14. You have too many shoes.
15. Crying is blackmail. Use it if you must, but don’t expect us to like it.
16. Your brother is an idiot, your ex-boyfriend is an idiot and your Dad probably is too.
17. Ask for what you want. Subtle hints don’t work.
18. No, he doesn’t know what day it is. He never will. Mark anniversaries on a calendar.
19. Yes, pissing standing up is more difficult than peeing from point blank range. We’re bound to miss sometimes.
20. Most guys own two to three pairs of shoes-what makes you think we’d
be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with
your dress?
21. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers.
22. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
23. Your Mom doesn’t have to be our best friend.
24. Foreign films are best left to foreigners.
25. Check your oil.
26. Don’t give us 50 rules when 25 will do.
27. Don’t fake it. We’d rather be ineffective than deceived.
28. It is neither in your best interest nor ours to take the quiz together.
29. Anything we said 6 or 8 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. All comments become null and void after 7 days.
30. If you don’t dress like the Victoria’s Secret girls, don’t expect us to act like soap opera guys.
31. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad and angry, we meant the other one.
32. Let us ogle. If we don’t look at other women, how can we know how pretty you are?
33. Don’t rub the lamp if you don’t want the genie to come out.
34. You can either ask us to do something OR tell us how you want it done but not both.
35. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
36. Christopher Columbus didn’t need directions and neither do we.
37. Women wearing Wonderbras and low-cut blouses lose their right to complain about having their boobs stared at.
38. Consider Golf a mini-vacation from you. We need it just like you do.
39. Telling us that the models in the men’s magazines are airbrushed
makes you look jealous and petty and it’s certainly not going to deter
us from reading the magazines.
40. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first year we were going out.
I just did a little tinkering with my RSS feeds, so hopefully if you’re subscribed to them you’ll now get the entire entry in your inbox, and not just an excerpt. If you have problems with it, or it doesn’t work like it’s supposed to, please let me know.
Trey puts a virtual boot in the ass of whiny, snotty college students. The money quote is the last line:
I swear kids these days act like they ain’t got no mamas.
Well, the blush is off the boobies. I’m back to being a Marauding Marsupial. Oh, well… pouches are cool, right?
*crickets*
Right?
*crickets*
Hello?
*crickets*
With apologies to Omar,
I’m reprinting a post in its entirety. Don’t worry, there is LOTS more good material at his site - go take a look!
A Word Of Consolation
In the midst of our celebrations and joy, we forgot our brothers on the other side of the front.
Dear Arab and Muslim tyrants.
Dear Bin Laden and Al-Quaeda.
Dear Ba’athists and fascists.
Dear terrorists of the world.
Dear al-Jazeera and al-Arabia and all independent Arab media.
All the truly evil people in the world.
All those who loved Saddam.
All freedom haters.
Please accept my sincere and deepest contempt to you and your hero.
May God blind your eyes more and more.
May you follow your Godfather through his glorious path to hell.
May you live long enough to face the same destiny.
Take heart, the moment of joining your hero is near.
Have no despair, as in the truly and honestly evil soul of each one of
you; I can see another saddam waiting for the right time to be crowned
as the next king of demons.
May your idol rest in hell.
God curse you all.
And just one advise, dig a deeper hole. Or make that: holes.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last two days, you know that Saddam Hussein was captured in Iraq. Now, the big question is who is authorized to try him, and what will the charges be? I admit to having mixed feelings about this. I think the Iraqi people really need some closure where the Ba’ath party is concerned, and trying Saddam could provide that. But I don’t know about the legitimacy of that, considering the chemical weapons used against Iran, the illegal attack on Kuwait, and the well-documented instances of genocide. So rather than posting my own (still not-completely-formed) opinions on the matter, I decided to find out what history has said.
What happened to other dictators?
Julius Caesar - Stabbed to death by a band of conspirators, March 15, 44BC
Napoleon - Died of natural causes on May 5, 1821, after having
been exiled to St. Helena by the British, after losing to them at the
Battle of Waterloo in June, 1815.
Lenin - Died of natural causes in Moscow, January 21, 1924.
Mussolini - Arrested in Dongo, Italy with his mistress while
trying to escape dressed as a German soldier. Shot the day after his
capture by Walter Audisio. Taken back to Milan, both Mussolini and his
mistress were strung up upside down in a public square, where people
shot, spat, kicked, beat, and otherwise defiled his corpse. April, 1945.
Hitler - Committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin, April 30,
1945. Others from the Nazi party were tried at Nuremberg in 1946 by an
international tribunal, composed of one judge each from the US, UK,
France, and USSR.
Stalin - Died of natural causes, March 5, 1953.
Mao Zedong - Died of natural causes in 1976.
Idi Amin - Self-exiled in 1979 to Libya then Saudi Arabia, where he died of natural causes. August 2003.
Manuel Noriega - Captured in Panama in December 1989, tried in
the US on federal drug charges in 1991. Convicted, currently serving a
40-year prison sentence.
Slobodan Milosevic - Delivered into UN hands in June 2001 by new Serbian leadership. Currently standing trial in The Hague by a UN tribunal.
Fidel Castro - Still in power in Cuba, under US trade sanctions.
I didn’t bother providing links, since all of you can use Google as well as I can, and there aren’t generally individual sites that are the definitive sources of this readily-available information. Obviously, there are other dictators (if you know of important ones, leave a comment or email me and I’ll add them), so this list may grow.
As far as I can tell (and I am not a lawyer, much less an expert in international law), the closest analogy is the Nazi trials of 1946. They were captured by foreign, non-UN armies during the time of war, and tried by an international tribunal composed of major members of the Allies. As far as I can tell, the modern analogy would be to try Saddam before a tribunal composed of judges from the US, UK, Australia, Italy, Spain, and Poland.
Thoughts?
You really MUST go check out Sgt. Hook’s Pic of the Day for today. C’mon, it’ll take you all of 20 seconds. I promise, it’s worth it.
…tell us what you really think!
Out of respect for our Catholic readers, I’ll not post what I truly feel. Suffice to say, this SOB should go back to sheltering priests that rape little boys.
For what it’s worth, the film of Saddam’s medical exam (part of it, anyway) elicited no pity whatsoever in me. It was professionally done, and it showed that he was being treated with as much dignity as possible, under the circumstances. He wasn’t being yelled at, beaten, or mistreated in any way. He was even provided with a haircut and shave, to make him look more respectable, and THOSE pictures were released, too. Honestly, don’t the bleeding-hearts have something or someone more deserving of their pity?
I just listened to the John Kerry interview on Bill O’Reilly’s radio show.
On a related note, my sixteen-month-old learned to say “schmuck” today.
Blackfive has posted a poem written by a 101st Airborne mom about the capture of Saddam Hussein, in the spirit of “Twas the Night Before Christmas". Here’s a bit to whet your appetite:
And then, in a twinkling, camouflage torn away
In a hole in the ground did their quarry lay
Dazed and confused, right at them he looked,
Did the stupid old fool know his goose was now cooked?
“But we couldn’t find the HVT (High Value Target). Suddenly, I remembered that the Democrats say this war is all about oil. Well, oil is under the ground. So I start shovelling sand like I’m digging for some crude and up through the ground came a muttering dude – Saddam that is.”
That man is a genius.
I don't know what to say.. I am confused.. no I am very happy.. I am very happy.. .. I am very happy.. .. I am very happy.. .. I am very happy.. .. I am very happy.. .. I am very happy..
This is the end of tyranny.. congratulations .. a great day.. for Iraqi and all the good people
May God bless the Iraqi people. Here’s a toast to your future, liberated and shining. I am so happy for all of you.
A lot of other bloggers have taken this questionnaire, which purports to rank the presidential candidates in order of who most closely fits in line with your own values. Like any other online quiz, it’s not perfect, and only considers those issues they considered important to cover, but it was pretty damned accurate for me:
1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%)
2. Bush, President George W. - Republican (83%)
3. Libertarian Candidate (60%)
4. Lieberman, Senator Joe, CT - Democrat (46%)
5. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (44%)
6. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (40%)
7. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (36%)
8. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (31%)
9. Kucinich, Rep. Dennis, OH - Democrat (31%)
10. Gephardt, Rep. Dick, MO - Democrat (31%)
11. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (22%)
12. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat (20%)
13. Socialist Candidate (18%)
14. Clark, Retired General Wesley K., AR - Democrat (16%)
15. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol, IL - Democrat (3%)
I could live with a Lieberman presidency, if I had to, but the thought of any of the others (besides Bush, of course) in the White House sickens me.
“Sigh. All I can think about is the effect of Saddam’s capture on the Dean campaign!”
Well, now that just about says it all, doesn’t it? Really, how disconnected from reality ARE the Dean supporters? Bush’s critics say it’s all about OIIIIIIIIIIIIIL, I say conservative’s retort should be, “No, it’s all about DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAN.” Weasel.
Comment included in a roundup from the Dean weblog, reprinted at Blackfive
John Cole (one of the best serious bloggers out there) has an interesting look into the future at the after-effects of the Saddam capture.
I think in the short run, we will see two results. First, the so-called ‘dead-enders,’ those Ba’athists and Saddam loyalists, will probably step up their efforts to create chaos, so I would not be surprised to see a small uptick in the frequency and ferocity of incidents. That should taper off, in very little time.
There is much, much more.
It seems while I was busy bitching yesterday about how “nothing of note” was happening, 600 soldiers from the 4th ID and Special Ops from Task Force 121 were busy capturing none other than SADDAM HUSSEIN!!!
The soldiers found Saddam hiding in what they called a “spider hole,” six-to-eight feet deep, equipped with a rudimentary ventilation system and camouflaged with bricks and dirt.
This is a wonderful day for the Iraqi people, and for the rest of the world. Well, all except for the Democratic candidates for President, who seem intent on using the news of Saddam’s capture as a chance to criticize either Bush, each other, or both. At least this arrest will spell the death knell of the Democrats’ hopes for a successful Presidential bid in 2004. Good. Bunch of assholes.
I normally don’t do entries like this, but felt some explanation was owed. I’ve been feeling like shit (this “morning” sickness is kicking my ass), and am still trying to shake the last little bit of that cold I had last week. On top of everything else, many of the programs on my computer started acting all cranky, so I finally bit the bullet and did a rebuild. Anyone who has ever been through it can tell you it’s a bitch. So, anywho, I’m feeling crappy, there’s absolutely nothing of note going on lately that hasn’t already been covered to death, so please understand if I don’t have much to say at the moment.
An old Arab man who has been living for 40 years in Idaho wanted to cultivate potatoes in his garden, but digging up the earth was getting to be too hard at his age. His only son, Ali, was studying in France, so he decided to send him an e-mail explaining the situation: Dear Ali: I feel very disappointed because this year I’ll be unable to plant my potatoes in my garden. I am too old to plow the ground. I wish you were here, then my problems would be solved, because you would remove the soil for me. I love you, Dad Dad: For God’s sake, DO NOT remove the ground of that garden. It’s there that I have hidden you-know-what . I love you, Ali At 4 a.m. the next day the local police, plus FBI and CIA agents, along with Pentagon delegates, came in and turn the garden upside down looking for dangerous material to build bombs, anthrax or whatever. They found nothing and they left. The same day the old man received another e-mail from his son: Dear Dad: I am sure you can plant your potatoes now. It was the best I could do in the current circumstances. I love you, Ali
The comment queue thing seems to be working pretty well, except for the fact that the sidebar section I have called “Recent Comments” is all hosed. I may be able to fix it, with enough poking around and tweaking (Harvey… I mean of the blog), but I don’t want to go to the trouble unless I know people are actually using it. So, do/did you ever look to see what recent comments to this site were, or did you just look at the post(s) that interested you?
I’m not really one to tolerate public blog spam, especially when I have to pay (in bandwidth and my time to delete messages) for these asshats’ arrogance. Therefore, I have implemented Scripty Goddess’ comment-queue script. This means that I will need to individually approve (or delete) each comment, but hopefully it won’t be too painful. What this means to you, the non-spamming reader, is that your comments won’t appear right away. Don’t be alarmed; just submit each comment, then I’ll approve it as soon as possible. Unless it’s spam, in which case it’ll never be approved. Muahhahahahah.
Oh, and in case you’re worried about implementing the script on your own blog, I’m a serious PHP/Perl/Linux/mySQL novice (I’m a Microsoft girl), and even I figured it out. There may be a little rebuild bug (YES, I installed the mt-rebuild script!) I have to work out, but that’ll have to wait for tomorrow (ahem… later today), as bed beckons. Gnight!
Court has offered to migrate any blogger who wants to from Blogspot to a miniluv sub-domain, free of charge. You really can’t beat that offer.
In Zeyad’s own words (December 10):
The rallies today proved to be a major success. I didn’t expect anything even close to this. It was probably the largest demonstration in Baghdad for months. It wasn’t just against terrorism. It was against Arab media, against the interference of neighbouring countries, against dictatorships, against Wahhabism, against oppression, and of course against the Ba’ath and Saddam…Al-Jazeera estimated the size of the crowd as over ten thousand people.
There are also TONS of pictures Zeyad took - go look!
The Bartender at Madfish Willie’s has really outdone himself. I don’t know if he wrote this himself, or if he just linkified it, but either way, it’s damned impressive. I’m linked twice, on “you cannot have a sound body” (hm. that one could go either way) and “a highly effective technique.” I invite you to make of that what you will. ;)
When a candidate for public office drops out of the race, what happens to the money he/she has raised so far? For that matter, if a candidate is elected, what happens to the remaining funds in their coffers? Does anyone know?
Man, there’s been some good blogging around lately!!
Ed reports on a new commercial put out by the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign, and draws this conclusion:
Look at it this way: If Dean, Gephardt and Kerry were really proud of the tone their campaigns had taken, they’d be using the footage of these speeches in their own ads. They’re not.
Excellent.
Quite some time ago, I posted about how I had ended a friendship over my support of President Bush, and the war in Iraq. It seems the same thing has been happening in Iraq (second December 8th post).
A: Majid, what do you want? You mean Saddam is better? Are you crazy? You do not have even a little of dignity.. you and your fellow idiots deserve Saddam, I suggest that Saddam rules a small governerate to let people like you enjoy with his feet crushing their heads.
Immediately, Majid got angry and did not know what to say.
Frankly talking, I wanted to end the debate with kind words in order to forget everything and start speaking in ordinary things, you know, I know him 17 years ago.. BUT, he did not want to go on with me, he finally yelled:
you are an agent to the Americans. !!
you must be an agent, AYS, forget me, I am not your friend. . he added.
Thus ended a 17-year-old friendship between Ays and Majid. I am very sorry for both of their loss, and hope they are able to repair a viable friendship. But more than anything else, I admire Ays commitment to his convictions. Chalk that up to the cost of freedom in Iraq, too.
If you haven’t already heard, there have been at least two anti-terror demonstrations in Iraq already. I don’t think I can overemphasize how much bravery doing something like that requires, and the participants are to be respected and congratulated for their fearlessness. There are more demonstrations scheduled for December 10th (December 8th entry).
To show my support, I am including a logo on the sidebar, to show solidarity with those Iraqis who seek freedom, democracy, and peace in their own land. You can get that logo or others like it by clicking on it.
Well, well, well… what have we here?
An Iraqi colonel has confirmed that Saddam Hussein had secret weapons of mass destruction - and revealed that front-line commanders were given warheads that could be launched against coalition forces within 45 minutes.
Begs the question, of course, of “where are they now?”
The colonel said he believes the WMD were hidden in secret locations by the Fedayeen and are still in Iraq.
Reports like that, coupled with the recent NPR interview with the Australian journalist (his name escapes me - anyone catch it?) saying that he was with a group of Iraqi insurgents who appeared to have at least one chemical bomb, sure do give lie to the notion that “Bush lied!” about WMD’s.
Via From the Halls to the Shores
Speaking of annual blogular celebrations, happy birthday to Dizzy Girl, one of the Bloggers With Boobies!
Happy belated blogiversary to XRLQ. He’s a new read of mine, but I expect him to make his way to the blogroll in fairly short order.
Did you ever read a post, and think, “That’s exactly what I would’ve said about that issue. Exactly. I have not one single word to add to that"? And maybe the post quotes an article, and it’s EXACTLY the parts YOU would’ve quoted? And you WANT to link to the post, but you don’t have anything whatsoever to add, so you feel like a shit just posting some lame link? Yeah, me, too.
This guy [Dean] is arrogant, hot-headed, condescending, dishonest, and has the wrong ideas regarding foreign policy and fiscal policy. I am going to love the general election. A long time friend (and former McCain supporter) the other day noted that he had sent $100 bucks to the Dean campaign, because “he is thoroughly unelectable.”
I agree with John’s assessment of Dean as a person, and I pray he’s right about Dean as a presidential candidate. By the way, if you don’t regularly read Balloon Juice, you really should. He’s one of the (if not the) best conservative bloggers on the Net.
Don of Anger Management has a theory about conservative girls. Namely,
I am of the opinion that conservative girls, who dress in turtlenecks, wear glasses, and in general seem very proper and reserved, are wild in bed. Admittedly, as I have never slept with a conservative girl, I have no evidence as to the truth of this theory.
Well, is he right? I tell ya…
... I'm conservative, wear turtlenecks, and in appropriate circumstances really DO seem proper and reserved, but as I have perfect vision... I can't say.
Let me make something perfectly clear. I absolutely refuse to allow my blog to be hijacked by trolling, spamming commenters bent on furthering their agenda. You want to do that shit, get your own blog. Comments about Google search results are NOT appropriate in the comments section. You want to start a Google bomb crusade? Be my guest. But NOT HERE. Keep it up, you WILL be banned.
Yep, another post about babes and politics. And they say conservatives are the repressed ones! ;)
Zombyboy is thinking about starting a new site called “Babes for Bush.” Not just women, mind you, but “Babes who plan to vote for Bush and who support his policies.” He’s looking for volunteers to be the “babes,” as well as feedback on how to make the site fly, or why it won’t. Go, let your voice be heard!
Now in addition to Bloggers With Boobies, Bloggers Who Support Bloggers With Boobies, and GOP Babe of the Week, we now have The Studmuffins of Conservatism. There’s also Babes Against Bush, but I refuse to link them because they’re a bunch of empty-headed haters. (Hey! It’s MY blog, I can say what I want!)
So fellas, if you have a pic of yourself on your blog, and you’re a conservative, go and join up!
And don’t even get me STARTED on how I haven’t been dubbed a Babe of the Week.
I mean, surely I’m as hot as Sarah
Michelle Gellar and Heather Locklear, right?* Hrmpf.
*For the humorless, that’s what’s known as a joke.
Here’s how not to win the hearts and minds of those around you.
It was planned as a way to bring young athletes together for a weekend of fun, but when participants in the Muslim Football tournament started naming their teams Intifada, Soldiers of Allah and Mujahideen, Jewish leaders took offense.
“The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’, meaning ‘many’, and the word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites’.” - Larry Hardiman
So it seems there is a lot of flak about the lyrics to an as-yet-unreleased Eminem rap song, “We As Americans.” Mike more or less echoes my own sentiments on the subject.
Eminem has taken quite a beating over the years from people like Bill O’Reilly, Tipper Gore, Joe Lieberman, and others over decency. They say he is corrupting youth. You know what corrupts youth more than violent music? Parents that care so little they let their kids listen to adult music. You know what corrupts youth more than that? Growing up in a world where the government is their mommy and daddy figure. When the government dictates our morality the thought police aren’t far behind folks.
Over the course of the last week, I have evolved from an adorable rodent (occasionally shedding my fur and growing feathers to hang withe the Flappy Birds crowd) into a Large Mammal. w00t!
Oh, sure, I’m pretty low on that particular totem pole, but it puts me squarely in the company of most of my favorite blogs, including North Georgia Dogma, argghhh!!!, Heretical Ideas, and (of course) the ever-suave Bad Money. OK, fellow genus-mates, who’s up for bikini Twister™!?
Ed has the lowdown on another scandal involving Bush and a fake prop. Despicable!
It’s time to decorate for Christmas here at Chez Note-It Posts. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I get really sick of the same old boring ornaments every year for the tree: glass balls, crocheted bells, angels, Santas, snowmen. How unoriginal! So here are some innovative new decorating tips for your Christmas this year.
8. Instead of investing in one of those light-up wire deer, just go
out in the woods and shoot your own. Prop it up with sticks,
shine a spotlight on it, and call it good.
7. Argyle sock wreath
- braid together all the crappy socks (ties, scarves, etc.) that you’ve
received over the year, wrap a satin bow around it, and slap it on the
door.
6. One for the men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan: string spent shell
casings together and hang them from the corner of the tent - just like jingle bells!
5. Pink slip icicles
- were you a victim of the economic downturn recently? Take all your
recent pink slips, run them through the shredder, and use them as
icicles on your tree.
4. The AOL CD tree! C’mon, we’ve all
got em, and none of us know what to do with them. Plus, you won’t care
if the cat/dog/child steals a few of them from the tree. If you’re a
gun nut (like me), you can do a little target practice with them when
you take the tree down.
3. One especially for the bachelor(ette) who doesn’t like to do his/her own
cooking: the takeout menu tree! Every unmarried person I know has a
stack of 30 of these around, in every color of the rainbow. Festive and functional.
2. Christmas Cheer with Christmas Beer - decorate your tree with
metal beer logos cut from empty cans, or labels from empty bottles.
1. Deck the halls with terrorist entrails, falalalala-lalalala.
* Yeah, eight. You got a problem with that??
Alright, for those who pity the poor Ba’athists, or who equate Bush with Hitler and think Saddam’s Fedayeen were some cuddly teddy bears, or who say things are worse off now than before the US took control of Iraq, I say only this:
December 5th post, in case the link is BlogSpotted. NOT for the faint of heart.
Mike the Marine now has his own blog, and one of his earliest posts is to take issue with Harvey’s calling him an “Insignificant Microbe.”
I, sir, am a FIREBREATHING microbe of death and destruction, and am at least as powerful as the flu-bug. Well, maybe the sniffles…… but that could develop into a sore throat OR WORSE, so just you watch it mister!
As someone suffering from laryng- bronch- tonsil- and pharyng-itis, I’m skeered!!
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” - George Bernard Shaw
CNN has a story on their lead page entitled Seven-year-old boy corrects Bush. You had to know the “Bush is stupid” crowd was all over that. In fact, the kid did correct Bush; about his (the kid’s) age. Big flippin’ deal. It was in the context of a signing of the Adoption Promotion Act, which encourages people to adopt children in foster care. Wouldn’t you think that would be the bigger story here?
With a (very) little prodding from a couple of other female bloggers, I’ve decided to start “Bloggers With Boobies.” Enormous thanks to Pam of Pamibe (who really ought to have a side business doing graphics) for the logo.
It’s not a cult; you won’t be asked to vote in a bloc or wage war on the Bloggers With Pee-Pees or anything; it’s just a badge of pride for all strong, self-assured female bloggers (like me) who refuse to be ashamed about their femininity. We’re the anti-feminists.
I’ve started a new blogroll just for these ladies; you’ll see it at the very top of the main page. You’re welcome to use the logo on your own site (save to your own hard drive, please), and either link to this post or not, as you please. I can’t stop guys from using the logo to show solidarity (maybe like “I (heart) Bloggers With Boobies” or something) but only females will make the blogroll list. If you want to be added, just email me when you have the logo on your blog.
Thanks, Dana, proprietor of Note-It Posts, a Boobie-Positive Blog
Mike at miniluv raises the interesting question of the legality/ethicality of polygamy. He doesn’t have the answers - and neither do I - but he does make several important points. Including this:
To make change easier on everyone I think it may be time to decouple the social/religious institution of marriage with the government recognized benefits of marriage such as inheritance, tax table changes, etc. Tthis is a great opportunity to get the government out of this part of our lives completely.
Hear, hear.
UPDATE: Trey has a followup to this post, where he explores the larger notion of government’s role in our lives. He says
And what s the government for? Protecting individual rights.
What is in question? Property rights of an individual.
What does the ideal government say? As long as you mind your own business even if you're a sicko you're doing fine.
He extrapolates this to beastiality. It’s not really a connection I’d ever considered before: legality of beastiality as it relates to property rights. It’s a rather obvious point (though not one I agree with), so I’m not sure what it never occurred to me before, but it’s food for thought.
For millions of years, men have told women what was sexually acceptable for them. Now the post-femiNazi generation thinks it is their prerogative to do the same for the rest of us. To them I say, “Suck my left tit!”
I will not be ashamed of my sexuality or my pride in my body, and that includes my boobies. I will not androgenize myself in an effort to be treated as an equal. It has been my experience that if you expect equal treatment, you will get it. I am female, and I have all the bits. I am not afraid or ashamed to mention them. Let’s acknowledge human nature now for just a second: talking about tits is not going to make men think about them any MORE than they already do, and refraining from talking about them isn’t going to make them think about them any LESS. People I respect still respect me, even after mentioning my mammary glands. That’s what counts.
I do not take my sense of self-worth from the opinions of others (either positive or negative), but from my knowledge that I have worth, I have purpose, I have strength, I have intelligence, and yes - I have boobies. If you are one of the people who thinks women debase themselves by any mention of their bodies or anything sexual, then this is not the place for you.
I’m sure a certain number of you (hi, Robert) have come here because of mention of boobies. That’s ok. Come for the boobies, stay for the discourse. It’s all good.
As if we needed yet another reason NOT to send our children to public schools.
Marcus responded he had two mothers because his mother is gay. When the other child asked for explanation, Marcus told him: “Gay is when a girl likes another girl,” according to the complaint.
A reasonable enough explanation for a seven-year-old, wouldn’t you think? Well the officials at Marcus’ school didn’t think so.
A teacher who heard the remark scolded Marcus, telling him “gay” was a “bad word” and sending him to the principal’s office. The following week, Marcus had to come to school early and repeatedly write: “I will never use the word ‘gay’ in school again.”
I. Am. Stunned. Is this for real?? That’s an administrator and teacher who should not only be reprimanded, but fired. Oh, and the topper?
“I was concerned when the assistant principal called and told me my son had said a word so bad that he didn’t want to repeat it over the phone,” Huff said. “But that was nothing compared to the shock I felt when my little boy came home and told me that his teacher had told him his family is a dirty word.”
Sophorist is having a caption contest over at his place. Go ‘head, you might win something! Like… um… a… link or… something…
Kevin writes (December 1st):
I read 54 Iraqi paramilitary were killed in northern Iraq today. As bad as it sounds, but I actually like to hear that kind of news. I have no sympathy for those scum. They want us to treat them fairly we take them prisoner. What a joke, are you going to ask a terrorist to be nice to prisoners that they take from us just because we are nice to them? These people are ruthless and I guess you have to actually be here to feel like I do. These people will kill you on the streets so fast and not think twice about it. Some people say they are not evil, but I say they probably never served in a forward position on the war on terror and seen how these people really are. The sad thing is, alot of foreign terrorists or Iraqis attacking are always getting demolished by CPA forces, they just never talk about it. So, back home people think we are getting our asses kicked over here.
There’s a very interesting debate raging in the comments of this message over at miniluv, about Wal-Mart, consumerism, unions, and wages. I weighed in; now’s your chance!