Tolerance and Blasphemy

Miller Lite is no longer my beer of choice. I won't be pouring any down the drain in protest as that money has already been spent. However, it will no longer be what I order when I drop by my favorite watering hole for a "cold one". This is not because I think that there are better tasting beers on the market (I do). Nor or is it because I have reached my goal weight and now feel that I can drink regular beer. It is because I am disgusted with the Miller Brewing Company's sponsorship of a gay festival in San Francisco. It is not because they sponsored the event per se. I am sure that gays drink Miller Lite too and I believe in the freedom to choose and to express yourself. But, I also believe that enough is enough and I am tired of individuals and now corporations pandering to the extreme left while denigrating anything that has the faintest hint of Judeo-Christian ethics or morals.

The event of which I speak is the Folsom Street Fair, annual gay pride event that brings a halt to the streets of San Francisco. This city sanctioned event is a fantastic excuse for San Franciso's finest to join with other like-minded individuals to flaunt activities which should best be kept behind closed doors. Incidently, this is the same city that would not allow the United States Marine Corps to film a commercial on their streets becuase of the message it might convey. I guess the USMC is less desireable than men wearing women's clothes and engaging in public sex acts.

I am not a prude by any measure. I believe that if consenting adults wish to engage in certain activities they should be free to do so as long as they don't foist it on others. Personally, I would not consider gaining carnal knowledge in public. I believe thatt is a private matter between individuals, not a spectator sport. Is that not the mantra of the activists? I don't wish to "force my morality" on others. However, I would appreciate the same courtesy. I do believe that we all will answer for our actions in the end. If anyone thinks that I am foolish or wrong that's fine with me. Eat drink and be merry if that is your thing. But, please extend the same courtesy to me and refrain from forcing your morality on the rest of us.

Back to my reasoning for removing Miller Lite from my drink menu. The organizers of this event were not content to enjoy their decadence with the full blessing of the City of San Francisco. No, they needed to take a shot at Christians by promoting the event with a perverted homage to DaVinci's "Last Supper." I don't necessarily believe that their is anything special about the painting. But, it does provide imagery and a backdrop for the blasphemous statement that the event organizers wished to make. They certainly succeeded. There is absolutely no doubt of the contempt in which that segment of the gay community holds Christianity in general and Jesus in particular.

It is one thing to be tolerant. It is another to be affirming. It is completely another to embrace blasphemy. Fortunately for the organizers and participants, Christians believe in turning the other cheek and letting everyone answer for themselves in the final reckoning. Christians believe that God deals with blasphemers. I can only imagine the potential carnage in San Francisco and at Miller Breweries all over the country if the target for homosexual derision would have been something or someone venerated by Islam.

Where is the liberal outrage that arises any time that Muslims might be offended? I am sure that it will never appear. I am certainly not going to hold my breath. I will however be withholding my money from the Miller Brewing Company who is now trying to distance themselves a little from the offensive ad. The Miller High Life and Miller Lite logos were proudly displayed on the sponsorship page at the time of this writing. If they are taken down, I will post the screen shot.

See for yourself:
http://folsomstreetfair.org/fair-sponsors.php

Legal Ethics -

Columbia University is not alone in its love of free perverse speech. Hofstra University Law School is sponsoring a "Legal Ethics" Conference entitled "Lawyering at the Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates" Among the luminaries pontificating on legal ethics will be Lynne Stewart, best known for her conviction for providing material support for terrorists. She was sentenced to 28 months for the ethical transmission of terrorism orders from her client, sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to blow up five New York landmarks and assassinate Egypt's president. She was automatically disbarred for this conviction and she considers herself a martyr. I am not a lawyer. However I think I know what it means to be an accessory to a crime. Frankly, I see nothing but a lack of ethics in her case.

Every defendant regardless of crime is entitled to adequate legal representation. But, an attorney is only representing and acting on behalf of their client before the courts of which they are sworn officers. They do not have a responsibility or right to commit or even sanction further criminal acts on behalf of their client.

This is example of behavior that causes me to hold lawyers in general with such contempt. Her behavior was as ethical as Hitler's was humanitarian. Yet, she is hailed as an expert on legal ethics. Perhaps she should go and spend some time with sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman's associates and see how well she fares. Better yet, maybe she could just strap on some plastic explosives for the cause if she feels so strongly.



http://www.hofstra.edu/Home/News/PressReleases/091807_ethicsconference.html

Why Earthquakes and Coastal Loss May Not Be So Bad

San Francisco, the epicenter of all things that define the land of fruits and nuts has finally said "no" to group that wanted to film on the streets. San Francisco, sanctuary city for anyone who violates America's borders, and proud host to countless public displays of activities that belong behind closed doors has finally said enough is enough. After unsuccessfully attempting to ban an aerial demonstration by the US Navy's Blue Angels, San Franciso has once again shown contempt for the United States Military. The Silent Drill Platoon of the United States Marine Corps was barred from filming a segment of their new commercial on the streets of San Francisco. Ironically, filming was on September 11.

The USMC exemplifies the best of our country and is one of the few institutions that hold true to our nation's heritage. It would be easy to say that San Francisco should be ashamed of itself. But that is the problem, they have no shame. It would consume too much space here to go down the list of things that San Francisco has openly supported and welcomed. Unfortunately, the US Marines are not on the list. It seems that the only criteria that causes a group not to be welcomed to the city is that the group represents some form of decency, honor, or values.

The Marines can't film on the streets of San Francisco. But I bet that when the zoophiles want a parade, a convention or even to film a documentary/how-to video, San Francisco will be welcoming them with open arms.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298039,00.html

Dumb and Dumber

Today, an MIT sophomore was arrested for allegedly wearing a fake bomb inside the terminal at Logan Airport. It consisted of a circuit board, wires and Play-Doh. How stupid can this girl be? Miss Teen South Carolina seems like a genius next to this electrical and computer engineering major. The prankster is a young woman from Hawaii.

Her explanation for the device was to call it art. Art my arse! I had hoped when I first read the story that she was merely mentally ill with a death wish. While this may still be the case, I would venture to say that the cold hard reality is the that she is just beyond stupid. In this climate, how could anyone possibly think that such an act would have anything that resembles a good outcome? She could very easily and quite appropriately have been shot and killed. Although, I would guess that either she did not consider that possibility or she really is mentally ill. I am beginning to wonder if anyone takes the times that we are in seriously. At first glance, it seems that this young woman has no clue as to how serious the threat of terrorism is. I suppose that she could just be a victim of her own upbringing. Or maybe she is just another ignorant, idealistic college student whose brain has been filled with liberal pablum, spoon-fed to her by Bush and US hating professors. You can't even walk onto an airplane with knitting needles, nail files or a screwdriver. Yet, she thought it would be OK to walk into an airport with an artistic rendition of a bomb!


She should be held accountable for her stupid and reckless actions. She should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. She implied that she had a bomb by her actions and appearances. The fact that it was not a bomb is meaningless. If a person implies that they have a weapon in the commission of a crime, the fact that they did not actually have one has no bearing. It is the threat of deadly force that is considered. Certainly she caused panic and acted in a threatening manner while pretending to have a bomb. She should be treated the same way as anyone else who threatens to do harm with explosives.

I do have to wonder if the unbridled liberalism that pervades college campuses added to her stupidity. On many campuses it is quite likely that she will be hailed as a hero for her brilliant method-acting performance as a would be suicide bomber. I can envision a Hollywood movie already in the works. She was profiled and singled out for wearing a fake bomb. Her freedom of expression was violated as she was not able to proudly display her artwork extolling the virtues of hand-crafted explosive devices.

She might even get to speak at Columbia University eventually. Columbia would roll out the red carpet for sure. After all, they are welcoming Mahamoud Ahmadinejad as a guest speaker but cancelled a speech by one of the Minutemen. I imagine that Ann Coulter would not be welcomed as a dissenting voice either. Funny how liberals talk about the free exchange of ideas , as long as they come from the left.

Don't forget the kid who was expelled from grade school for a drawing that resembled a gun.

I guess that was a bit of a rambling tangent. But, this is my opinion.

Why Can't We Be Friends?

The future Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mahmoud Ahmandinejad, is coming to America and he wants to visit Ground Zero to lay a wreath. I may be wrong in thinking that he would actually be commemorating the bravery of the hijackers who destroyed the towers. But it seems that even Hillary Clinton is opposed to such a visit, for the moment. I wonder if a future President Clinton would feel the same way. Liberals of her ilk use the most vitriolic references to Americans, including President Bush. Yet, most of the time, they embrace and only speak in the most glowing terms of people such as Ahmandinejad, Assad, and others who are bent upon the destruction of Western Civilization. She and other liberals have said that they do not support his visit to Ground Zero. However, they do not assign any labels to him other than "President". A term that they rarely even use to describe George Bush. In President Bush's case, it is more often used in disgust with a certain distaste. They show more respect for Mahmoud than George. Nice.

No one seems to remember that Ahmandinejad was involved in the taking of hostages during the Carter administration. That fact alone should bar him from entering the United States. His presence only underscores the moral bankruptcy and general hatred of the United States that permeates the United Nations. Granted, he is really only a figurehead, a puppet that dances at the whim of the Supreme Leader of Iran who happens to be a radical Islamic cleric. Liberals who decry anything that even smells like a religious conviction of anyone in the United States, seem to have no difficulty at all accepting a nuclear armed theocracy whose answer to religious dissent is death. This is the same mindset that inspired those noble martyrs to strike the heart of capitalism and western decadence on September 11, 2001. If a martyred hijacker gets greeted by 70 virgins, how many would Mahmoud get if he launched a nuke into Tel-Aviv or gave one to a martyr to hand deliver somewhere in the heart of the Great Satan?

Welcome to New York Mahmoud! I am sure you will feel a sense of pride when you step onto the streets of New York.

Saddam's Weapons

Everyone whines and cries that we have never found WMD in Iraq. One fact that has been overlooked is that Saddam had many months before the invasion to move them. During the time leading up to the invasion, there was a great deal of traffic between Syria and Iraq. Now we have a news story that reports an accident with a chemical warhead taking place in Syria. If Syria had a chemical weapons program, it would have been a great place to move the Iraqi inventory whle the fuss "blew over". With Saddam dead, they would not even have to give them back. What a deal! This is especially great for the peace promoting president of Iran who is buddies with the Syrian president. I can only imagine the Israeli response to a chemically tipped SCUD.


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411428847&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Frivolous Lawsuits

In an effort to protect the rights of people to file frivolous lawsuits, Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers has decided to file the most frivolous of lawsuits against God. In his claim, the Honorable Senator Chambers taunts, blasphemes and even goes so far as to say "Come out come out wherever you are." If his intention is to be frivolous, he certainly is accomplishing his goal. However, I wonder if he knows the third one about vain use of the Divine Name. I can only wonder about the response if the Defendant were to appear at the hearing.

It is a good thing that the Honorable Senator is in a country whose legal system is based upon Judeo-Christian tradition rather than an Islamic one where "agents" of the defendant would act upon behalf of the defendant and behead the plaintiff. It is also interesting to note the political affiliation of the Honorable Senator Ernie Chambers (D) from Nebraska.

Many people may get a chuckle or two at the expense of the Honorable Senator. Yet, I dare say I know who will be getting the last laugh. The only question in my mind is will it be sooner or later?

Read the legal filing:
http://www.kptm.com/Global/link.asp?L=267382&nav=menu606_1

***NEWS FLASH*** Russia and China are Spying on US

In an earth shattering revelation (Bush concocted lie) to Congress, the National Intelligence Director identified Russia and China as two countries that are aggressively spying on the United States! How can this possibly be true? The Soviet Union has been dismantled and Russia is our friend and China is one of our largest trading partners, supplying us with all of the cheap goods that we and our pets can consume.

It is obvious to anyone with half a brain, such as the majority of Congressional Democrats, that this is just another scare tactic of the Bush administration to line the pockets of Haliburton and other members of the military-industrial complex who stand to profit from more surveillance.

Russia and China are working toward world peace and international unity. They are leading the way in guiding Iran and North Korea into the League of Civilized Nations. There are also at the forefront of human rights, promising a jobs and health care for every comrade, err citizen. Free speech is another area where these countries excel. Why would they possibly want to spy on the United States? We are reviled by most of the world and have nothing to offer except our capitalistic decadence, blood lust, and insatiable thirst for oil money? The world would be a much better place without the United States heating up the globe with hydrocarbons, rendering numerous species extinct, and generally messing up the planet.

I am sure that the Democrats who know the truth about the evils of the United States of America will continue to fight the forces of evil and do their best to see that the United States of America becomes more like Russia, China, and the rest of the world. Perhaps one day we might even reach the status of the French.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297132,00.html

Viva La France

France, the country that brought us Marcel Marceau, the Maginot Line, and nearly 400 varieties of cheese, continues to create new forms of ineffective diplomacy. First, the newly elected and ostensibly pro-American president lays out a hard line toward Iran and their continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. Now the French Prime Minister is saying that France needs to prepare for the possibility of war with Iran. Just what exactly does that mean? Stockpiling Camenbert? Stashing all of the good wine in underground bunkers?

History is the best teacher and France has taught Iran that there is absolutely no possibility that they would be prepared to engage in any type of war, other than a war of words with anyone. France and the UN have cried wolf and made idle threats for so long that no one takes either of them seriously. This coupled with Germany's outright refusal to consider the possibility of war with Iran should provide sufficient comfort to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and anyone else that wants to build a nuclear weapon.

Ahmadinejad rests easily comforted by the response to the invasion of Iraq. He must put his head down on his pillow each night and thank President Bush for removing Saddam Hussein from power (something that Iran did not accomplish during its war with Iraq), and for exposing the lack of intestinal fortitude of the EU and the American public which were merely reminders of the pre-WWII appeasement of Hitler.

Unfortunately, things are going to get worse before they get better. Worse for free western civilization and better for the Islamic fascists that seek its destruction.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1791152720070917?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&pageNumber=1

All the News that is Fit to Print

You have to love the New York Times, the bastion of Truth, Justice, the American Way and the First Amendment. In a fine example of journalistic integrity, they provided MoveOn.org a generous discount on a full page age that defamed the character of the US Commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus before he testified to Congress. This article was then used by hostile members of the Congress to call into question the integrity of the General during said hearing.

It seems obvious to me that this might indicate a slight bias to the left. Of course, I am certain that any self-respecting liberal would deny this and in fact pontificate on the fairness and in fact the courage shown by the paper in "printing the truth." Paid advertising by liberal special-interest groups are truth and paid advertising by anyone else is lies or at best and opinion. I wonder what would be said if one of Rupert Murdoch's outlets gave a similar discount to a conservative organization. I bet the outcry would be deafening. I also believe that the calls for a boycott and Senate investigation would follow immediately.

The fundamental truth is that liberals can't help but vilify the military. It is what they do best. While I think that mistakes have been made in the execution of the war in Iraq, I attribute most of this to the unpredictability of war and the law of unintended consequences, not some grand conspiracy of Bush, Cheney and Haliburton.

While it is perfectly acceptable to question the value of a war, it is entirely unacceptable to besmirch the integrity of the honorable men and women who are serving our country and are doing their best to accomplish their mission and survive. One of the first things that you learn in logic is the invalidity of ad hominem arguments. Ad hominem is the only tool to use when you have nothing better. It is obvious that this is the best that MoveOn. org and others can do when arguing against the war. MoveOn.org certainly has the right to run whatever ad they choose and the New York Times can charge whatever price for they wish for said ad. But, the hypocrisy should be noted. The NYT for the liberal discount they provided and to MoveOn.org for their true message. Liberals constantly say "We support the troops." The truth is that they do not. They pay lip-service to supporting the armed forces but in fact they despise them and everything for which they stand. Liberals learned a lesson from the Vietnam era, don't call the troops "babykillers" as that does not sit well with the majority of people. But, they are doing the same thing albeit with a better spin.

I do believe that it is possible to support the troops and perhaps not support the war. However, I have not yet seen an example that manages to accomplish that goal. What I do see is every effort to protest the war emboldens the people who are fighting against our troops and thus making their jobs more difficult. This in turn acts to demoralize the very same people that MoveOn.org and other profess to be supporting. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/09132007/news/nationalnews/times_gives_lefties_a_hefty_di.htm

Mystery of the Nuclear Warheads

It seems that the US Air Force "lost track" of a few W80-1 nuclear warheads for a few hours the other day. Apparently, five nuclear warheads were left on some cruise missiles that were being transported to Louisiana to be decommissioned.

While it concerns me that such an error could occur, I believe that the Air Force is doing what is necessary to determine the cause of the mistake and will develop an appropriate corrective action. What concerns me more is the fact that there are Air Force Officers that are willing to speak anonymously about this incident. If they were to be named, I imagine there would be a court martial or two. I am fully supportive of whistle blowers in certain circumstances. However, I do not believe that this situation justifies the officers going public with what is most likely classified material. The public has a right to know unless our enemies do not have a right to know.

Classified information has flowed much too freely in the past few years with little or no consequences other than people who should not know certain things learning those things. I can't help but think of satellite phones etc. This is just another example that should be made an example. It used to be that only politicians and other lower life forms leaked classified information to the press. Now it seems that it has spread to commissioned officers. How sad indeed.



http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070904/NEWS01/70904040

Chinese Friends

Surprise,surprise, surprise! Our Chinese friends have hacked into DoD computers. What a shocker! Everyone is up in arms about lead paint, and defective toys. But does anyone see the real danger in China, the PLA? The PLA (People's Liberation Army) is not quite a bunch of democracy loving guys seeking to liberate the people from communist oppression. It is in fact the military arm of the Communist Party. The same folks who brought us Tienanmen Square.

The US Government continues to downplay the threat that COMMUNIST China poses to the United States and the rest of the free world. We hear about sub-standard health and safety standards. But, the real threat is found in the PLA. This latest incident will be overlooked by most outlets, downplayed by the rest. Yet, this threat is very real. The United States security is based on the premise that we are technologically superior to our enemies. In 2006, China fired high powered lasers designed to knock out our satellites. This was near the time that our own Congress denied funding for a satellite and star tracking program that had the potential to be used for ASAT purposes. The funds were reinstated only after assurances that the system would not be used for ASAT.

Now we have the PLA actively attacking our DoD computer networks. But, they are our friends, or at least we want them to be so we won't do anything to upset them. I wonder if anybody in the US has read Sun Tzu. Everyone is so afraid of the stereotypical "hacker" sitting in his dorm room with stale pizza and soda that they real threat goes unnoticed. The PLA soldier sitting in front of a computer screen at a Chinese military base, with hundreds of his comrades.

Other questions that have China as the answer:

1) Who is the newest country to build nuclear submarines armed with nuclear missiles?
2) Who is building an aircraft carrier?
3) Who is engaged in massive espionage against US high-tech and military companies?
4) Who holds large quantities of American government debt?

WAKE UP America! China is not our friend. We once had a great president who made decisions based upon the ideas of "trust but verify" and "peace through strength". That worked pretty well. Before him it was "walk softly but carry a big stick." Reagan and Roosevelt are well represented by the ships that bear their names. Unfortunately, the country that they loved is squandering their legacy and becoming more like France before WWII.


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9dba9ba2-5a3b-11dc-9bcd-0000779fd2ac.html