just thinking out loud
At least until it becomes unfashionable for pseudo-intellectuals to care more about their country and their fellow citizens than shoddy moral equivalence and trendy anti-Americanism. Whether or not a person thinks 9/11 should be remembered and commemorated makes a pretty good litmus test I think — not of a person’s politics, but of their character. [...]
I’m not sure why this just now came to me, but here’s a question for those who conflate anti-Islamism with being anti-Islam. Which of these is bigotry: (1) condemning the loonies of Westboro Baptist Church, or (2) painting all Christians as holding those hateful beliefs? Because number 2 is the same as what you are [...]
Since I wrote this earlier, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Left’s attempts to whitewash the meaning of 9/11. What it boils down to is moral relativism, which I discussed in relation to the attacks on Sarah Palin here. Over at Ace of Spades HQ, in addition to his own remembrance, he links to [...]
I finally got the last pieces for my new computer, and got it put together. I went ahead and put Vista on it, along with MS Office 2007. Although I’ve seen a lot of criticism of both, I have to admit that I am liking them so far. Especially MS Word. I am an old [...]
It is apparently Chinese New Year today, first day of the Year of the Ox. “The Ox is a symbol of wealth and success through hard work and resilience.” So hurray for that.
I recently received an email with a picture of the USS John S. McCain. Yes, there really is such a ship in the US Navy. The USS John S. McCain (DDG56) is an Arleigh Burke Class, Aegis guided missile destroyer. It is the third ship in the US Navy to carry its name, and is [...]
