Forget Dean, I'm voting for Paul O'Neill.
Forget Paul O'Neill, I'm Voting for Hugo Chavez Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who has survived more illegal attempts to unseat him than there have been reality TV shows, has called Condoleeza Rice "a true illiterate" and mailed her some Venezuelan textbooks on literacy. Chavez is responding to Rice's criticism of his administration as "unhelpful" in Latin America. Chavez is chummy with Fidel Castro, and Rice said she can't understand why anyone would want to be that way, since Cuba is "the only truly undemocratic regime in the region." Yes, you read that right: There are no other "undemocratic" regimes in Latin America or the Caribbean except for Cuba. This will come as news to...essentially everyone in the region.
Well Cut Off My Legs And Call Me Shorty! Tony Blair now admits that perhaps we will never find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a conclusion that most of us came to back when "The Osbournes" was still popular. Hey, you want another shocking revelation, Tony? You're a dick.
Operation Mandatory Freedom After alluding to the possibility that Bush will reinstate a military draft after getting re-elected, we heard plenty of comments to the effect of, "You paranoid left wing wackos make me sick!" (Thanks, Mom). So, for your delectation, here's some evidence.
Them Hillfolks Is Crazy! The Pioneer Valley looks a little less like a liberal paradise, with this story about a woman who got a visit from a state trooper because she wanted to buy a Microsoft flight simulator for her son. The woman, an Air Force Reserve pilot whose husband is also a pilot, and on active duty, inquired at a Colrain Staples and was rebuffed by a clerk, who said it was illegal to sell flight simulator software(!). The clerk then ratted the woman out to the police, who paid her a visit. A Staples spokeswoman said: "It's all about keeping our associates and customers safe and this was out of the ordinary and kind of raised a red flag and they did what they thought was right." Note: It is not "out of the ordinary" to attempt to purchase flight simulator software from a store that sells it.
I Can't Believe I Posted This Before the Sikh Geek In the heady rush to outlaw all public displays of religion in France - aimed specifically at Muslim head scarves but also including yarmulkes and crosses - the authorities apparently forgot one group: The Sikhs, who wear turbans almost universally. Under the law, wearing turbans would also be illegal in government jobs, schools, etc. But surely the French were aware of this when they wrote the law? Nope: one official at the education ministry, which is writing the law, asked the reporter, "What? There are Sikhs in France?" A senior official at the Ministry of the Interior in charge of religious affairs, meanwhile, reported that "I know nothing about the Sikh problem. Are there many Sikhs in France?" In fact, as the article points out, there are thousands of Sikhs in France, and there have been for many years: turbaned Sikhs fought in the French army during World War I. The article also notes that, because the law banning religious displays in public is winning such support, politicians are now passing for a law banning all political displays in public buildings as well. See what happens when you try to legislate on behalf of "tolerance"?
- Consider Arms
11:12:17 AM 
|
|
