Interesting post by Jeffrey Feldman:
For playground-soldier Rush Limbaugh, when a Republican gives a speech that questions the effectiveness of government, that forfeits said Republican’s status as ‘a man.’ What would have earned McCain his ‘I’m a man’ badge? Blaming the destruction of New Orleans on liberals, of course (as if you had to […]

Hahahah.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.
Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, and […]

I came across a post on Apolyton from a Communist, Atheist, Slovakian who made a thread declaring himself to be Islamophobic and no longer ashamed of it. Points were raised about how Europe was gonna be a majority Muslim in 20 years, as is often said. Then the conversation turned to ask why […]

In response to the article I quoted in my last entry, Jason had this to say about Obama:
What all the fainting, name chanting, yes-we-can-ing, cult of personality stuff does is boost an empty suit riding on a wave of “hope” and “change” no one with two brain cells can believe in, to the highest office […]

Link:
Hampstead TV executive Cat Le-Huy is facing four years in a Dubai jail after hashish weighing less than a grain of sugar was found in his bag.
Friends and family have been told this week by the Dubai authorities that the Garnett Road businessman faces being imprisoned after a microscopic trace of the drug was found […]

This blog entry is partially a response to the e-mail below, and partially a general comment, so not everything is gonna be directly related to or in response to this quoted bit:
Well that is definitely an issue but not the only one. There are many steps it making this country bearable again and that isnt […]

Her:
what do you mean when you say you believe in America? What do you think are the common values that Americans share, and should promote and defend?
Me:
As for American values, I’d say liberty, equality, self-government/reliance, democracy, pulling yourself up by your boot straps, tolerance, independence, etc. Certainly America has stumbled many times along […]

A thread on the NYRA forum discussed recent comments Ann Coulter made about how everyone should become Christian and how (as she was talking to a Jewish host) Jews would be perfected by becoming Christian. Some responses:
It’s understood that what she was saying about her own religion was a philosophical interpretation. That’s all well […]

Iraq was a totalitarian state. Iran is an authoritarian state. You think Iran allows semi-free elections (albeit between mullah vetted candidates) which Iraq under Saddam did not do, cause the Mullahs have read Burke and Aristotle and believe in limited democracy? Nah, its cause theyre afraid if they dont allow enough […]

Very interesting article from someone who knew Cho (loosely). It also has copies of two plays he wrote for class:
http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/17/cho-seung-huis-plays/
On a related note, daytime talkshow moron, Dr. Phil predictably blames video games for the shooting.