A really neat website launched today: Hulu.
It allows you to watch full-length TV episodes from a variety of shows. It’s definitely worth a look. Plus, it’s legal and free.
It won't replace TV, but Hulu is a good alternative to watching that one episode of your favorite show that you missed.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Gilligan's Isle, Mary Ann, and Mary Jane
This inspires me:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_en_tv/people_dawn_wells
Apparently when you're on an island for a long time, you learn to cultivate the earth in such a way that helps pass the time.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_en_tv/people_dawn_wells
Apparently when you're on an island for a long time, you learn to cultivate the earth in such a way that helps pass the time.
Bad News, Home Schooling, and California
Bad news for home schoolers from the San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/07/MNJDVF0F1.DTL
Focus on the Family's article provides an opportunity for you to sign a petition (the link is at the bottom of the page): http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000006717.cfm
Focus on the Family's article provides an opportunity for you to sign a petition (the link is at the bottom of the page): http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000006717.cfm
Friday, March 7, 2008
Obama, Abortion, and Infanticide
Obama's true colors:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18647
A summary:
Sometimes babies survive late-term abortions. That is, a late-term abortion is attempted, they get the baby out of the womb, but the baby survives the "procedure." Both the Illinois Senate and the U.S. Senate wanted to enact bills to protect these "survivor babies" from being discarded/killed. Obama opposed these bills outright. Twice.
And from Scott:
Even the most liberal, pro-choice senators voted in favor of this bill in the Illinois Senate. Obama was the only one to oppose it. I’m not a one-issue voter, but it’s significant that Obama votes against a law that intends to protect living, independent, out-of-the womb babies.
So congratulations, Texans. Forty-seven percent of you who voted in Tuesday's Democratic Primary voted for this guy.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18647
A summary:
Sometimes babies survive late-term abortions. That is, a late-term abortion is attempted, they get the baby out of the womb, but the baby survives the "procedure." Both the Illinois Senate and the U.S. Senate wanted to enact bills to protect these "survivor babies" from being discarded/killed. Obama opposed these bills outright. Twice.
And from Scott:
Even the most liberal, pro-choice senators voted in favor of this bill in the Illinois Senate. Obama was the only one to oppose it. I’m not a one-issue voter, but it’s significant that Obama votes against a law that intends to protect living, independent, out-of-the womb babies.
So congratulations, Texans. Forty-seven percent of you who voted in Tuesday's Democratic Primary voted for this guy.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Professional Athlete + Virility + Promiscuity = ...?
I got a kick out of it:
http://100percentinjuryrate.blogspot.com/2007/06/it-should-be-busy-fathers-day-for-these.html
That one's for my wife who requested "happier" posts. Nothin' happier than lots of babies... ;)
http://100percentinjuryrate.blogspot.com/2007/06/it-should-be-busy-fathers-day-for-these.html
That one's for my wife who requested "happier" posts. Nothin' happier than lots of babies... ;)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Illegal Immigration, Socialism, and the New U.S. Caste System
More and more, the “democratic” party (and America in general, for that matter) has moved toward the ideology of socialism. Socialism applied to the arena of illegal immigration means that the democrats want, on the whole, anything from few restrictions on the illegal immigrant to complete amnesty for the illegal immigrant. The democrats want the government to help the illegal immigrant. For sure, they believe their actions help the illegal immigrant.
What this creates, though, is anything but help for the illegal immigrant. What do I mean by this? Glad you asked…
The Bush administration’s argument for amnesty is that illegal immigrants are willing to do jobs that Americans won’t do. Well, that’s just not true: if you pay a man enough, he’ll do just about anything. [Pick the cotton seeds out of cow manure? Sure, I’ll do that…for $150,000 a year. (See what I mean?)] The problem is that illegal immigrants are willing to work for lower pay than what the average American will work for. So the democrats’ answer is this: encourage the illegal immigrant to work in this country for lower wages. But this inevitably creates a caste system: the lowest caste is now the illegal immigrant who is willing to work labor-intensive jobs for a wage that Americans will not.
What we're left with is a generally educated middle- and upper-class (i.e. Americans) that are unwilling to work hard labor for mere scraps, and a generally uneducated lower-class (i.e. illegal immigrants) that is willing to work hard labor for mere scraps. Isn't that a caste system?
You think those in favor of amnesty realize this?
What this creates, though, is anything but help for the illegal immigrant. What do I mean by this? Glad you asked…
The Bush administration’s argument for amnesty is that illegal immigrants are willing to do jobs that Americans won’t do. Well, that’s just not true: if you pay a man enough, he’ll do just about anything. [Pick the cotton seeds out of cow manure? Sure, I’ll do that…for $150,000 a year. (See what I mean?)] The problem is that illegal immigrants are willing to work for lower pay than what the average American will work for. So the democrats’ answer is this: encourage the illegal immigrant to work in this country for lower wages. But this inevitably creates a caste system: the lowest caste is now the illegal immigrant who is willing to work labor-intensive jobs for a wage that Americans will not.
What we're left with is a generally educated middle- and upper-class (i.e. Americans) that are unwilling to work hard labor for mere scraps, and a generally uneducated lower-class (i.e. illegal immigrants) that is willing to work hard labor for mere scraps. Isn't that a caste system?
You think those in favor of amnesty realize this?
Monday, February 11, 2008
Churchill, Islam, and Men Who Meant What They Said
A few words today from the great Winston Churchill:
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the infence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.
Winston Churchill, The River War, Vol. II, 1st ed. (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899), p. 248-250.
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the infence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.
Winston Churchill, The River War, Vol. II, 1st ed. (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899), p. 248-250.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Light Bulbs, Mercury, and Mother-Government
In about 2 years, I plan on buying several cases of incandescent light bulbs. Why? Because our government has decided to make them illegal. That's right--illegal. The same incandescent light bulb invented by Edison and used in homes for some 120 years will be illegal in 2012. Why? Because it will save us, the consumer, energy costs.
For one, I'm very excited about this. I love it when the government tells me what I can and cannot do in the minutia of life. I love the soft flicker of the "replacement" fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). I love the mercury found in the new bulbs. [If they break, you get to evacuate the room for 15 minutes and then start your special clean-up process!] And I'd like to thank President Bush and Congress for enlightening me and helping me with this process.
[I first read about this in Forbes (Jan. 28, 2008, p. 17-18), but also found an article from U.S. News and World Report.]
For one, I'm very excited about this. I love it when the government tells me what I can and cannot do in the minutia of life. I love the soft flicker of the "replacement" fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). I love the mercury found in the new bulbs. [If they break, you get to evacuate the room for 15 minutes and then start your special clean-up process!] And I'd like to thank President Bush and Congress for enlightening me and helping me with this process.
[I first read about this in Forbes (Jan. 28, 2008, p. 17-18), but also found an article from U.S. News and World Report.]
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