http://oneandfour.org Alex's Blog Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:16:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MADD just sent out the following e-mail to their supporters. They want to give Grand Theft Auto (GTA) an adults only rating because it features the crime of drunk driving (apparently all the murder, car jacking and other crimes in it are just fine with MADD). “Drunk driving ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/04/madd_thinks_only_responsible_adults_should_drink_drive.html http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/COL04/804280375 If you watch much television, you’ve probably heard of a product called Mike’s Hard Lemonade. And if you ask Christopher Ratte and his wife how they lost custody of their 7-year-old son, the short version is that nobody in the Ratte family watches much television. The way police and child protection workers ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/04/kid_given_hard_lemonade_and_a_foster_home.html 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 ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/04/lynchings_in_congo_as_penis_theft_panic_hits_capital.html 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 ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/04/europe_is_getting_taken_over_oh_no.html First seen at Apolyton, this is a fairly perceptive bit of ad placement: http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/04/google_is_pretty_smart.html Last night Instapundit picked up my appearance on Fox News a week or two ago: SEVEN STATES THINKING OF LOWERING THE DRINKING AGE: They should. And the Federal government should get out of the business of trying to regulate state drinking ages, a subject of no legitimate federal concern whatsoever. it’s ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/04/madds_drinking_age_strategy_or_lack_thereof.html http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/03/go_american_go.html 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 ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/03/the_obama_strategy.html Interesting article critical of women. Basically makes the case that women are crazy and inferior to men (and written by a woman to boot). I find it interesting not because of the central argument of the article, but some of the evidence she provides and what implications it ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/03/are_women_inferior_to_men.html 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 ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2008/02/this_just_boggles_the_mind.html