Saturday, June 9. 2007
 A vigorous three-hour ride this morning - Mrs. Barrister wanted us to canter most of the time to tire out the horses, and I almost got thrown when a garter snake decided to cross the trail and freaked out the horse - as they always do. You know the sideways, backwards, up-in-the-air dance they do? It's a little snake rodeo. Two sets of singles tennis this afternoon. Now, it is cocktail hour. I think, maybe, a gin and tonic. Then a swim. Then a cigar and another G&T.
Who can beat the NYT in trivializing culture? New Criterion Shopping for medical insurance. Coyote London would be better off Islamic, says the Left. Out of left field. How Fred Thompson became a player, without playing. Immigration polls. Gateway. Also, a rant against filling the USA with Mexicans. Also, from Dino: I also asked my source why he thought so many Republicans had been supporting such an incredibly unpopular bill. He gave three reasons: First off, there was what he referred to as the “Rovian School of thought,” which says that passing this bill would capture the Hispanic vote for the GOP for decades to come. Next up, there’s the “Chamber of Commerce” vote. He says these Republicans were heavily influenced by business groups that want cheap labor no matter what the cost is for the rest of the country. Then there was the last group, the smallest group in his opinion, who were willing to sign onto a terrible bill just so they could say they were part of a big reform that had bipartisan support.
Last Weds, a mocking trout rises for a bug six feet to the right of our friend. Lucky photo, cruel fish. 
Friday, June 8. 2007
 Our News Junkie is still at sea. Here are a few of my gleanings today.
A word on evil, capitalist Peach barons. Sippican. Big Peaches once ran America, back in the day. Then it was Big Prunes, then Big Tobacco, then Big Oil, and now - Big Blogs, like us, rule the world and, indeed, the cosmos itself. LaShawn is ready to shut down a certain organization. Who is supposed to pay for these stupid biofuels? Not me. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Brits fed up with immigration. The govt doesn't care. Small Dead Lemmings Found a new blog I like: The Oxford Medievalist. So many blogs, so little time. In praise of bad writing. Yes, some of us cannot help it. Is a G8 a jet? Mr. Free Market Also, re G8: A quote from Tangled Web: Oddly enough, and despite all the green rhetoric, EU emissions have been RISING even as US emissions have been FALLING. And even worse for the eco-wacko's, the carbon credits so beloved of so many, have been shown to be at best environmentally neutral, if not an outright fraud. And with China and India very clear that they will NOT be restricting their economic growth to keep Angela happy, the ambitions of Merkel and her socialists cronies can be seen to little more than hot air.
 What's the most important news story of the day?
Paris Hilton, of course. I guess life must be good in the USA if she is the Big Story. Paris Hilton is a great, walking, almost-talking argument for recreational sex without involvement. One small step above the inflatable sheep thing.
Thursday, June 7. 2007
 I am filling in for the News Junkie while he is taking an undeserved boating vacation. I'll do my best.
The NY Sun defends Justice Thomas against NYT smears. The piece is highly revealing of the NYT's mind-set, which has nothing to do with the Constitution. From the standpoint of the Left, the Constitution has been replaced by the sentiment of the hour - which is exactly why you need a Constitution. Lifson on the neglected truths of the immigration debate. American Thinker. Excellent. If this bill dies in the Senate, everyone wins, more or less, and Bush did his best to sacrifice national sovereignty on the altar of the Mexican vote. Did you see Crisis on Omaha Beach at Powerline? Very mild. The Prof's revolutionary new cure for ADHD in the classroom. How is your albedo? A simple way to make the earth colder. But do we really want to? We are having the coldest June in 7,043 years here in Hartford. You can look it up. Al Gore's hell on earth. At RCP. The man is definitely over the edge. A quote, with Al Gore quotes: "When we do rise, it will fill our spirits and bind us together. Those who are now suffocating in cynicism and despair will be able to breathe freely. Those who are now suffering from a loss of meaning in their lives will find hope." When we rise, "we will experience an epiphany as we discover that this crisis is not really about politics at all. It is a moral and spiritual challenge."
Holy Mackerel, Al! Where's my spare straitjacket? Get the nurse. This is a severe case of psychotic hyperreligiosity.
Wednesday, June 6. 2007
 I will be away for a few days fishing, boating and beaching around Rhode Island and "The Islands." Heading off to Watch Hill tonight, and will pick up the boat in the morning in Newport. We are planning on touching down on Block Island of course, Cuttyhunk, the Vineyard, Yuppie Nantucket where we will be the smallest craft in the harbor, and probably Chatham - living on fish, beer, and clams on our leased new Whaler 345 (photo below), which has no wifi. We might stop at Monomoy for some birding, and maybe hit the rips at Montauk for some fishing if we have time. I'd rather sail, but we need to cover plenty of miles to do what we plan. When you are an employee, they might not pay you too well, but they give you paid vacation days. Why they do that is beyond me, but they do it. (Photo is one of Theo's girlfriends who I would like to meet on the beach, but she would not give me the time of day. "Hey, babe. Nice bathing suit. Are you lonely? Whatcha doin' tonight?"). Where's my tackle box?
Is this Hell? 1,680 guitarists play Smoke on the Water. LGF Which Repubs voted in favor of illegal immigrant felons becoming citizens? Daily Pundit Keep an eye on this guy Gupta. Powerline. He knows how to hire people. Web censorship. The latest fad. All of the cool countries are doing it now.  Younger wives in the White House. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. I think Frances Cleveland was a great looking lady - maybe not babelicious, but very fine.
God, evolution, and politics. Can you find the ten dumb assertions/statements in this piece in the usually-good New English Review? Better off illegal? Immigrants take heed, and get on board. It's much better to be illegal than legal. Gets it wrong. Edwards claims gun ownership is a privilege. Huh? Given by whom, John? (h/t, Viking). I thought it was all about "endowed by our Creator..." White Lit Prof takes a niggardly look at tar babies. Protein Wisdom. You would have to be a total ignoramus - and a paranoid - to construe such things as racial slurs. He discusses "intentionalism." A fun letter to the editor rant from Brit Barry Beelzebub, who has had it up to here.  Hillary's plastic surgery? I guess she can afford it. From Granny to Soccer Mom. Before and after photos to the left. Can Botox alone do that? And can they get Fred Thompson to get the same treatment? He looks older than he is.
Moslems really do not trust their women. Moderate Voice. Why not? Harry Reid claims that illegals are Americans. Wait just a minute, Harry. When I am in Japan, am I Japanese? Or am I Japanese only if I am in Japan illegally? What happened to passports and all that stuff? Fark's Drew Curtis on news, etc. from an interview at Right Wing News: I think news is kinda like church: we all say we go, but most people don't and it's one of those deals where the...numbers don't bear out (what people say).
Brit nose art defeated by political correctness. Don't want to offend Moslems. Maybe the missiles will contain buttered popcorn and the bombs will be filled with goody bags.
Finns? As one commenter on the story at Free Republic notes, "My question is- why don’t we hire the Iranian border guards? Those suckers don’t miss anybody."
 Will you marry me for an hour or two? It's wedding season, and wedding anniversary season, and Moslem clerics have endorsed the "One-hour marriage." Cool. No alimony, one would hope. (h/t, Vilmar)
Rip Van Winkleski wakes up, finds world changed. Attack Machine Freeman Dyson on video, on warming hysteria, via Classical Values Bush rocks Prague. Quotes from his speech on freedom. Gateway Do not read this book, says the New York Times Hillary talks about "her faith." Tammy Bruce. Meanwhile, Obama catches up with her in polls. Remember the kid who shot that monster pig? It might have been a farm pig. (h/t, Reader) New Hampshire rejects a seat belt law, and No Looking Backwards explains, in no uncertain terms, why that's a good thing. Similar issue re trans-fats, at Cafe Hayek. A quote: None of these things are really worth fighting for, are they? Are you going to picket a politician for making some other folks stop smoking or wear their seat belt? Not worth it. Of course, that's how the nanny state grows. It's just not worth fighting any one infringement of liberty. So no, I'm not going to fight for the right to buy a locally-baked pastry with good mouth feel. But I will fight against the idea that the Montgomery County Council has the right to ban trans-fats. That's why I'm writing this post. That's why I mention it to my neighbors. It requires a bit of schizophrenia. But it's healthy. I don't care about trans-fats, but I care about the ban. I care about the principle. The principle is tricky. It's not the right to eat trans-fats. The principle is that I don't want powerful people to decide what I do with my body or my life. Those are my responsibility. They are my responsibility because that's what adulthood is. Adulthood is being responsible for the risks you take, reaping the rewards and enduring the costs.
Tuesday, June 5. 2007
 60% of Brit Moslems think the London bombings were an inside job. Driscoll
Global cooling anticipated in next 20 years due to solar cycle. A few challenges to the AGW True Believers. Tangled Olympics logo, improved. It you can believe it, the logo which appears to represent something collapsing cost $800,000. But it is slightly improved, at An Englishman's Castle The Brits are "a people." DNA confirms it. They are not a "nation of immigrants." Is it possible for a nation to retain its identity and its sense of family-like connection with massive immigration? Doubtful. Discussion at Brussels Journal Even Nat Hentoff has had it with the UN. Close it down. As we have said many times before, nations can, and do, talk to each other anytime they want without the UN getting in the way. Just one more failed utopian dream. Moonbattery. It is painful to think that any of my money is going to support them. More at Viking.
Monday, June 4. 2007
Interesting lawsuit. Ouch. TigerHawk Vermont secession movement advances. What would Lincoln do? Can the media admit that anything is good? Conspiracy What was the Number 1 song on your birthdate, wedding date, etc? (h/t, Never Yet Melted) Have you seen Panoramio? Map your photos. Google is buying the company.
 That is Fred and Jeri. We would post her alone, if she had just had a thong on and were posing at a beach. Jeri for First Lady, and forget about Fred! (photo via Viking)
Islamberg, NY. I do not like their practicing with Port Authority uniforms. Does that make me Islamophobic? Wizbang "Are you now or have you ever been an AGWOCS Denialist?" Classical Values Where's the outrage? 12 year-old beheads kafr (kaffir). LGF. No outrage because of multicultural tolerance, I suppose - same as taking scissors to clitori: those cute Moslems have their quaint habits. The Tiananmen Massacre was 18 years ago today. Seems like yesterday. Needs to be remembered. A naive Bush was wrong about Putin. Putin is a normal paranoid Russian. I say paranoid because nobody harbors ill will towards Russia - nor does anybody think very much about Russia at all. And paranoids always imagine that people are thinking about them.
How good is our climate data? Keep scrolling down at Watts Up With That? You would think weather experts would know better. McIntyre discusses "urban bias" in climate data at Climate Audit.
Sunday, June 3. 2007
 A fine "health and safety" rant from the UK. Tangled. It's beyond Nanny State: Granny State?
The Media Mob. If they are so discontented, maybe they should do something else. I am part of the media, and I am happy as a clam. It's about The Narrative. The Anchoress gets it. Bring on the next phony scare. Kim Young Europeans think the EU is a joke. LA: In a green state with filthy water. The Second World War. Not politically correct anymore. Carbon Fraud. Moonbattery. The latest Wall Street scam. If a task is too easy, men won't do it. I am going to keep my burkha on until you give me $250,000. Gates of Vienna. Our money, by the way. That's a good gig, if you are a scumbag. The media admits its quagmire. It's a moral quagmire. Driscoll. We do not need you guys to make up our minds for us. The Earth is about to melt. Yikes. I am scared. (h/t, RW Nation) Why do we even pay attention to morons? Amusing, I guess. Hewitt: The Immigration Bill is dead. Probably so. The American people hate it. Moslem child abuse. In addition to their female-abuse, and etc. Gateway "Beyond parody." Like so many things these crazy days. Meat without death. All you might want to know about Vince Foster. He sounds like a good guy, who got in over his head. He was an aristocratic guy who had never encountered ruthlessness. Private jets for climate change. Blue Crab Un-American? Not a Yankee, that's for sure. About Hillary, at Betsy. Different values. Did somebody steal the Repub Party? Polipundit. The Guardian supports Chavez' closing of free media. It figures. Totalitarian socialism and free thought do not mix. New York Times: Rosie O'Donnell was a useful idiot. Miller Prison is a good deal. Sort of a socialist paradise? Ace. What's the difference? Gates says poverty is the problem. Wrong, and stupid. Jihad is the problem. Is that not obvious?
 Good time-waster. Create your own action hero.
Finding faith in the Oval Office. Lincoln and God I have seen a number of articles noting that climate stats can be distorted by the "heat island" effect of urban measurements, but this example from Coyote takes the cake. India is growing almost as fast as China. Dino. Blinkx: Competition for YouTube? "Terror plot stopped at JFK. Yawn." Auster. Why isn't it a big story? Because it doesn't fit the narrative, of course. Re the Repubs: Dr. Sanity stands up for Bush. Riehl wants to let bygones be bygones, and to look positively towards the future. However, Rick Moran has a bad case of Republican Depression. His gloomy piece on the subject begins with this favorite Monty Python skit: C: I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue…What’s,uh…What’s wrong with it? C: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad. ‘E’s dead, that’s what’s wrong with it! O: No, no, ‘e’s uh,...he’s resting. C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now. O: No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s restin’! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn’it, ay? Beautiful plumage! C: The plumage don’t enter into it. It’s stone dead. [...] C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there. (pause) O: Well, o’course it was nailed there! If I hadn’t nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent ‘em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee! C: “VOOM”?!? Mate, this bird wouldn’t “voom” if you put four million volts through it! ‘E’s bleedin’ demised! O: No no! ‘E’s pining for the Fjords. C: ‘E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is metabolic processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s off the twig! ‘E’s kicked the bucket, ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
Saturday, June 2. 2007
 Funky Coney Island amusements end up on the auction block. That's the Wonder Wheel on the right. The Cyclone will remain as a souvenir of a great American beach place. Shoot the Freak was a good sideshow, and the Fat Lady, of course.
A bit of perspective on Conservative Depression. Bruce Kesler is probably correct that the Republican Party is not the Conservative Party. Twelve laws every blogger should be familiar with. Superb comment from Jay Guevera at Moonbattery. It's about warming. Britain, lobotomized. This does sound like satire. Flip this house. It was a scam.
Friday, June 1. 2007
Tulsa. Packed with illegals. Big Brother is watching. The UK observation bunker. This is sick. I guess it takes more than a village to learn how to spell "tomorrow." Men are natural, fully organic antidepressants. Of course we are. No wonder the gals need us, long for us, dream of us, desire us. I am going to try this line next chance I get down at Rudy's Bar and Grill, and hope I don't get smacked upside my head by a cute biker gal with a tatoo or two, a two-carat zirconia stuck in her belly button, and bigger biceps than my flimsy but sensitive sticks. My local pub in Pittsfield is not exactly a refined watering hole, but they have FOX News on one TV and ESPN on the other. Bill O'Reilly and Red Sox fans up here. I met O'Reilly one time. He was an arrogant jerk, plus he seemed about 10" taller than me, which I deeply resent as a reasonably-sized 6'1" fellow. George Will makes clear the differences between liberals and conservatives. Hillary's private jet travel. The press will give her a pass. Double standard, as usual. Why? Because in the world of leftist politics, the ends always justify the means. The historical imperative, ya know? Save the Catholic schools. Sol Stern at City Journal The Billy Graham Library. Modest, and just right. Sick of Bush? The amnesty bill has been the last straw for his supporters. I know he's a liberal, but still... Comments from RTLC, Paul at Powerline, RWNut House, Captain Ed, LaShawn, Classical Values, Flopping Aces, and our pal Dino takes another look at Peggy Noonan's harsh article. Bush is on his own now, methinks, and running on empty. Call us, W - we can help! It's not too late.
The Dangerous Book for Boys, reviewed. John Stossel on the double thank-you implicit in free-market commerce. A quote: I suspect ignorance about economics leads many to believe that when two people exchange goods and money, one wins and the other loses. If rich capitalists profit, the poor and the weak suffer. That's a myth.
The Left wishes to imagine that government is the reason for American prosperity. Wrong. It is the historical absence of intrusive and oppressive government which is the cause. Dinocrat discusses. The Thought Police at Tufts have no sense of humor. Satire under attack. Am. Thinker
Thursday, May 31. 2007
 Microsoft launches Virtual 3D New York City. Flares
If Liberals want to imitate Europe, here are some ideas worth imitating: Lowering taxes They will believe anything in Russia. Man, that is dumb. Do not eat any food from China, Part 5. Or any food in China. What is the ideal climate for the earth? Damn good point, from yet another skeptical scientist with the big picture in mind. Blue Crab. Sometimes I think the whole world is insane. Ferdinand the Bull and other children's books, and Iraq. Excellent piece from neoneo. Academic moonbattery isn't as bad as you might think. RWN. Sharpen up your message, Fred. Powerline What are people's images of God? Interesting, and not what you might think.
Tuesday, May 29. 2007
 Greenpeace: Lost whales as a good source of renewable oil.
Don't go to the beach. The sand can make you sick. Science Daily Whose jobs are the illegals taking? Coyote says "nobody's" Are CEOs underpaid? The Prof has the link. Britain has become a fascist state. Tangled Web. Not to worry, Brits. It's for your own good. Pictogames. Make games out of your photos. This actually looks kind of fun. Yesterday, Chavez closed another independent TV station. Gateway. It gives me the creeps that the American Left supports this. As Tammy Bruce says: "...that pesky tyrannical authoritarianism is a hallmark of "socialist revolution" folks. Always has been, always will be." I am saying nothing about Cindy Sheehan. How the government is going to tax your Social Security checks. Viking. Is "dyslexia" a euphemism for "not too smart"? Daily Mail At the Supreme Court: interesting Seattle case on the use of race for public school admissions.
Monday, May 28. 2007
 Our blog: Predictably and amusingly, lots of search hits on our Box Turtle post for "farm p*rn" and "animal p*rn." If we wanted hundreds of thousands instead of our elite thousands of discriminating readers, farm p*orn would surely be the way to go because there are clearly tons of still-closeted bestiality fans out there. Unpredictably but also amusingly, I see lots of hits on "Removing Pachysandra." At Maggie's Farm, one must admit, you never know what you might find. We are pleased that our Brit blog pal Theo named us his "Best Blog in the Known Universe" - or something like that - for the week. Thanks, Theo. You have exquisite taste in both blogs and women. And how was the sailing in Newport, I hear you asking. Wonderful, but we didn't win. Deservedly so. A fairly good strategy for the breezy but shifting conditions, but our tactics didn't work out and, in one race, we fouled another boat at the windward mark. Fouled them badly, but unintentionally, and put a nice ding in their fiberglass in addition to annoying their crew quite a bit in doing so to the point of using unsavory language. We were coming on too fast, and had little room to maneuver. We apologized profusely after that race, and bought them boat drinks.
Let's chat. Dems meet with Muslim Brotherhood. Activist Cash. Where does the money come from? Look it up here. Democracy is no defence against tyranny. Samizdata on the Venezuela mess. True to Socialist form, Chavez sent in his tanks. Another Worker's Paradise in the making. How I learned to love Vlad. A 2006 Guardian piece on Putin. h/t, Free Republic. Apparently Russians don't mind being ruled. The UK becomes more Orwellian. Small Drowned Baby Polar Bears Al Gore's fan club. Rich folks with SUVs. h/t, My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Gag me with a spoon. The life of Bill and Hillary. These two are what my friend would term "rude, crude, and socially unacceptable." Soft drinks bad for your health? Somebody tell Mayor Bloomberg. Rachel Carson. A bad person? Moonbattery. True, she was a pioneer enviro-hysteric, but she was right that DDT was harmful to animals, especially those higher on the food chain. But if not for DDT, we would still have malaria in New England. In 1900 it was a major public health problem up here. It is not a tropical disease. Be very afraid of "Big Recreation." And quit using your grill, too. A town that told the food Nazis where to stick their transfats. Why infant morbidity rates in the US are higher than in other countries - we spend too much money. Right Thinking. Never take a statistic at face value. People are too stupid for democracy. An old argument in new clothes. Cafe Hayek
Sunday, May 27. 2007
We have not given Dr. Sanity proper credit for occasionally posting our insanities on her weekly, always-amusing Sunday Carnival of the Insanities. Thanks, Dr. S, for linking our piece on Nanny Bloomberg. And thanks for helping to resist the gowing crisis of Global Insanity.
 Christina Hoff Summers on the silence of the feminists (h/t Thompson). They have no problem with multicultural denial of women's rights. One quote from the interesting piece:
One reason is that many feminists are tied up in knots by multiculturalism and find it very hard to pass judgment on non-Western cultures. They are far more comfortable finding fault with American society for minor inequities (the exclusion of women from the Augusta National Golf Club, the "underrepresentation" of women on faculties of engineering) than criticizing heinous practices beyond our shores. The occasional feminist scholar who takes the women's movement to task for neglecting the plight of foreigners is ignored or ruled out of order.
Which makes them look more like stereotypical cry-babies than heros. Photo to right - a lady friend of Theo. She is no cry-baby, and she seems so feminine that she must be a real feminist. Department of glass houses: Gore decries trivialities and nonsense in news. Mookie's party bombs. A lot of easy money to be made. Anybody with a pool could do this. (h/t, Patterico) Al Zawahiri: "Al Quaida is winning in Iraq. It's time to expand the war." The bit about the pangolins especially bothered me. Who would eat a cute lil' pangolin? Now mesquite-grilled raccoon I can relate to, but they aren't endangered. Dallas HS students protest not passing graduation exams. Good grief. What have we bred in this country? Sheesh. Show a little dignity. NYT immigration poll reported at Blue Crab. Just one bit from the piece: A New York Times/CBS News poll released yesterday found that 69% of American adults believe illegal immigrants should “be prosecuted and deported for being in the U.S. illegally.” Just 24% disagree and say they should not. The survey of 1,125 adults was conducted May 18-23, 2007.
Sen. James Inhofe's opening comments at Senate hearings on global warming and recreation. His focus is on unintended consequences - something which, it seems, Congress rarely considers in its short-term view of the world. The Shumer Strategy. The drip, drip, drip of manufactured scandal. This is war, folks. Bill wanted a divorce. Hillary had other plans. A lovely couple. Searching for leftist commentators worthy of respect. Hatemonger found a few. We agree, and we look for them too.
Saturday, May 26. 2007
 A fine day for the beach, but I am going to Rhode Island this morning for a couple of days of sailing.
Duke group mocks Group of 88. Here's their newspaper piece. Tawfik Hamid on how to end Islamophobia. Exactly. New York's Bravest lowering standards to avoid DOJ problems. Apparently literacy standards are racist. LaShawn digs into the subject. If those of African heritage really have lower average "g" than other races, as abundant studies show, it's a big problem. I remain a skeptic. Norwegians getting rich on oil. Norway? Git offa my lawn, kid. Synthstuff. And I really mean it. Is Fred Thompson the Reagan Reagan? Fred visits New England. Is Obama the liberal Reagan? RWNH The mess in Lebanon, thanks to Al Quaida. A damn shame, because it could be and once was a fine country. Top execs face pay crunch. Stockholders must be deciding that enough is enough. Sarko wants to eliminate "tu" for profs. Right on! He is demanding some respect from Iran, too. Should home ownership be the American dream? Yes, as a defence against inflation. But if not? Tigerhawk. I think it's more sentimental and historical. Not to mention that it is forced savings. Valerie Plame? Ho hum. But she did push her husband forward, after all. Just One Minute. That is not what she said.  The MSM refuses to discuss Al Quaida and terrorist torture. Thjey would rather talk about panties on the head.
Prediction: Immigration bill will pass Senate China hopes to clean up pests and disease before the Olympics. Maybe their food, too? Peggy Noonan's excellent piece on illegal immigration. A quote: We should stop, slow down and absorb. We should sit and settle. We should do what you do after eating an eight-course meal. We should digest what we've eaten. We should close our borders. We should do whatever it takes to close them tight and solid. Will that take the Army? Then send the Army. Does it mean building a wall? Then build a wall, but the wall must have doors, which can be opened a little or a lot down the road once we know where we are. Should all legal immigration stop? No. We should make a list of what our nation needs, such as engineers and nurses, and then admit a lot of engineers and nurses. We should take in what we need to survive and flourish. As we end illegal immigration, we should set ourselves to the Americanization of the immigrants we have. They haven't only joined a place of riches, it's a place of meaning. We must teach them what it is they've joined and why it is good and what is expected of them and what is owed. We stopped Americanizing ourselves 40 years ago. We've got to start telling the story of our country again.
The photos are of International Etchells
Friday, May 25. 2007
Warming has finally hit New England today. Very pleasant indeed. I have always wondered about cloud chambers, but never bothered to learn more about them. Eric took the trouble, and connects clouds to warming.
 Are bad manners and obnoxiousness hate crimes? I thought there had to be a crime before you could have a hate crime. Where's the ACLU? Heck, I've been called all sorts of names in my life. Sticks and stones...
15 year-old outsmarts UN Climate Panel The model graduation speaker: Mr. Rogers. I am sure that I would agree. Illegals register to vote in Texas. Al Quaida is better at media manipulation than at war. So they do what they're good at. Hispanic immigrants to the US: 42% of births are out of wedlock. Sarkozy wants to reform the Sarbonne. Excellent ideas. 30 years later, Argentinian mothers still march for justice for their dead. A pill that stops menstruation. Volokh A plague of locusts. The 17-year cicadas are crawling up from their 17-year stay in the soil, and will soon be all over the place. Predictably, there will be articles about how to cook them. This piece from 2004 explains how the broods work. I have always enjoyed watching birds try to catch them when they fly. More about the new WalMart walk-in clinics. Always amazing the way markets can figure out things that experts and government cannot: it's because experts always have blinders on, and government is stupid. Atheist donates 22 million to NYC's Catholic Charities. Good move. Great organization, with no political agenda. Your friend Google wants to know you much better. Yes, it is creepy. But if you don't like it, use Dogpile. This invasive species seems to have no friends. Not cuddly enough, I guess. A treadmill desk. Not a bad idea. But the irony in the concept does not escape me. Hansen: Cut America Some Slack. I agree. A quote: ...radical American egalitarianism is what terrifies our Islamist enemies. Bin Laden—many of the terrorist’s family were living in the United States on September 11—knows the insidious dangers of Americanization, both from his own wealthy youth spent enjoying the high life, and the failure of his Sharia law to compete with Spiderman for the attention of most of his flock.
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