Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Finally, a state that won't make fun of my accent.
This coming Friday I'm off to the great state of North Carolina. Home of the Tarheels, the Demon Deacons, some trees, um, and some ocean frontage. Sounds pretty good. It's an upgrade from the past two states I've visited. It's a whirlwind tour of NC, fly in Friday morning, fly out Saturday evening. The problem is this...my flight leaves at 6:50 AM. Even if I lived next door to the airport I'd still have a hard time getting there in time, and I don't live anywhere near there. Lucky me, I live about two and a half hours from DFW. Factor in at least an hour to make it through the security checks (I'm not complaining), I'm looking at having to wake up at 2:00 AM to make it there on time. Why have a flight at 6:50? Who needs to be anywhere at that time? Why not just say 7:00...it sounds so much later. At least give me the illusion that I'm not going to have to wake up at the crack of dawn. I'm in for a long day when I do arrive in NC...long night, and not a good long night, a night of work. On a positive note, no one there will notice my Texas drawl. I've talked on the phone with Carolinans(?) and have found that they sound more backwoods than I do. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I tend to trust people who take longer to say something, makes me feel like they're not trying to slip something in on me. Fast talking just doesn't do it for me, I think english is the language for slow talking people. Look at spanish. That language is spoken at mach 10, I took four years of it, and I can't understand anything a spanish person tells me. Just too fast. Anyway...worthless post here. Just felt like I should throw some junk on here. Mission Accomplished. Later.
Friday, June 03, 2005
"American" Civil Liberties Union?
I've never been a big fan of the ACLU. I guess they just always seemed like such whiners. Then I discovered something in their history (and current mission statement?) that I found most interesting, and disturbing. Take a look at what their co-founder had to say:
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and ultimately, for abolishing the state itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the properties class, and sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal. It all sums up into one single purpose -- the abolition of dog-eat-dog under which we live. I don't regret being part of the communist tactic. I knew what I was doing. I was not an innocent liberal. I wanted what the communists wanted and I traveled the United Front road to get it."
Hmmm. Could just be me, but that doesn't sound too American, does it? Sounds like something a raving pinko commie would say. Personally, I'm not a big fan of communism. Something about the state owning everything and the individual owning nothing just doesn't appeal to me. We have places for people who like that lifestyle, they're called prisons. No lie. Commit a felony if you don't' believe me. They'll put you up in a state owned room, serve you state owned meals, and allow you to use the state owned toilets. Communism at its finest. But I digress. We've established that the ACLU was founded by communists. Now let's take a look at their latest crusade; Abu Gharib prison. Of course, this is the prison where the "abuse" by some of our military servicemen/women occurred. Evidently having the U.S. military dragged through the mud by the media over, and over, and over again just won't cut it for the ACLU. They're filing lawsuits forcing the release of other pictures and documents from Abu Gharib. My question to them is, what's the point? The people responsible have been brought out into the open. Most have been punished. Let it rest, let it go. If that's all you can find to complain about get a life. After all, this "abuse" amounted to the same sort of thing that happens during every fraternity rush at every university in America. Someone was naked and made fun of. Someone had to dress like a woman. Someone had to wear a leash. I'm not a big fan of wearing a leash myself, but some people pay good money for it. It's also important to keep in mind that these people were responsible for killing our people and our allies. Evidently wearing a nice little purple number is far, far worse than someone being beheaded. I'll break the ACLU's thinking down a little further for you:
Killing people < Liberating millions
Beheading contractors < Pointing at a naked prisoner
Odd. Common sense tells me that this should be exactly opposite. Which leads me to believe that either:
A. The ACLU has no common sense.
B. The ACLU, being a communist organization, is out to whine until it gets it's way.
C. The ACLU cares more for our enemies than it does for us.
D. The ACLU stole my old Metallica Black album.
E. All of the above (except D, I don't think commies listen to Metallica).
Ok, think that's all for today. Enjoy the weekend, and don't go pointing at any naked prisoners (Trav...this means you).
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and ultimately, for abolishing the state itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the properties class, and sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal. It all sums up into one single purpose -- the abolition of dog-eat-dog under which we live. I don't regret being part of the communist tactic. I knew what I was doing. I was not an innocent liberal. I wanted what the communists wanted and I traveled the United Front road to get it."
Hmmm. Could just be me, but that doesn't sound too American, does it? Sounds like something a raving pinko commie would say. Personally, I'm not a big fan of communism. Something about the state owning everything and the individual owning nothing just doesn't appeal to me. We have places for people who like that lifestyle, they're called prisons. No lie. Commit a felony if you don't' believe me. They'll put you up in a state owned room, serve you state owned meals, and allow you to use the state owned toilets. Communism at its finest. But I digress. We've established that the ACLU was founded by communists. Now let's take a look at their latest crusade; Abu Gharib prison. Of course, this is the prison where the "abuse" by some of our military servicemen/women occurred. Evidently having the U.S. military dragged through the mud by the media over, and over, and over again just won't cut it for the ACLU. They're filing lawsuits forcing the release of other pictures and documents from Abu Gharib. My question to them is, what's the point? The people responsible have been brought out into the open. Most have been punished. Let it rest, let it go. If that's all you can find to complain about get a life. After all, this "abuse" amounted to the same sort of thing that happens during every fraternity rush at every university in America. Someone was naked and made fun of. Someone had to dress like a woman. Someone had to wear a leash. I'm not a big fan of wearing a leash myself, but some people pay good money for it. It's also important to keep in mind that these people were responsible for killing our people and our allies. Evidently wearing a nice little purple number is far, far worse than someone being beheaded. I'll break the ACLU's thinking down a little further for you:
Killing people < Liberating millions
Beheading contractors < Pointing at a naked prisoner
Odd. Common sense tells me that this should be exactly opposite. Which leads me to believe that either:
A. The ACLU has no common sense.
B. The ACLU, being a communist organization, is out to whine until it gets it's way.
C. The ACLU cares more for our enemies than it does for us.
D. The ACLU stole my old Metallica Black album.
E. All of the above (except D, I don't think commies listen to Metallica).
Ok, think that's all for today. Enjoy the weekend, and don't go pointing at any naked prisoners (Trav...this means you).
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