Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Gas Hysteria

Although I do not like the rapid increase in gas prices, I am shocked to hear so many "conservatives" call for the government to investigate this. I hear them say that they are making too much profit. That smacks of Communism to me. If one were to look at this objectively then they would see that adjusted for infaltion gas is as cheap today as it was 25 years ago. I got this chart from Instapundit.

I think people should examine the price of movie tickets, comic books, soda, hell houses or cars or any product 25 years ago and see if gas is significantly higher. It is not. Get over it people prices rise. The cheapness of our gas causes many to waste it and maybe the increase will cause us to use energy more wisely.

Monday, April 24, 2006

Babies in Prison

CNN just covered a story about a California womens prison which is about to introduce a new program that will allow women in prison to keep their newborn babies in a special facility will they will learn parenting skills and receive drug treatment.

"Just because were in here doesn’t mean were bad mothers,” Lucinda Hernandez

Uh, Wrong! That is exactly what it means. This is outrageous, the babies need to be stripped from these unfit mothers. These babies should be either placed with family or put up for adoption. The mothers must first kick their drug habits and get out of jail before they are allowed the chance to raise their children.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Common Sense

Ann Coulter's new column is pricless. Here ia the best stuff:

However the Duke lacrosse rape case turns out, one lesson that absolutely will not be learned is this: You can severely reduce your chances of having a false accusation of rape leveled against you if you don't hire strange women to come to your house and take their clothes off for money.

Also, you can severely reduce your chances of being raped if you do not go to strange men's houses and take your clothes off for money. (Does anyone else detect a common thread here?


I could not agree more.

Now I am really starting to like China

I know this is not a popular opinion but I am really starting to like China. During the ceremony introducing the Hu Jintao the President of China a protestor began shouting that his days were numbered, and asking Bush to stop his killing. Usually it is Bush being screamed down by left wing wackos in foreign countries, it was refreshing to see someone esle being yelled at. I can already see the wackos in Europe, burning effigies of him during his visits.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Terrorist Professor

The terrorist professor made famous by going on the O'Reilly factor plead guilty to supporting terrorists and will recieve a 46-57 month sentance. There was alot of hoopla after he was acquitted on 8 counts of terror related charges last December. I wonder what the media will say now. As part of the plea bargain he will be deported.story

Good Ridance!

Dirty Arab

Well it seems that the Moussaoui defense team has given up on the crazy bit and is seeking to play the victim card. I guess he was abused by his dad as a child. He waws in an orphanage, but wait, he was also called a "Dirty Arab." The Horror! Kill Him!

The other argument I keep hearing is that we can't kill him because this is what he wants. Excuse me! If he wants death lets bring it to him. All of these Islamofaciscists want death, don't you get it. We just need to get the stomach to kill them. You know the old saying, be careful what you wish for.

Monday, April 17, 2006

The Gays are coming, the gays are coming

Apparently some gay parents had the nerve to attend the White House Easter Party. story Although I do believe that the gay parents wearing rainbow leighs was political and might have been overdoing it, that speaks more to others uncomfort than it does to them.

I for one do not care about gays. Let them marry, let them celebrate Easter it is no skin off my back. My parents generation has already destroyed marriage so I don't buy any arguements that claim gays will ruin it. Get over it people, gays have been around since forever.

Hamas

It appears that the new and improved moderate Hamas does not have the political will to be a partner in peace with Israel. I held out hope for awhile hoping that the intoxication of power would allow them to rethink their hardline stance against Israel. Although I believe that the second intifada did increase the Palastinian political power the inability to know when to stop is undermining their cause. I say it increased their bargaining power because the second intifada showed that they have the capacity to strike Israel hard in Israel. A strong enemy has much more leverage than a weak one. This is why our enemies want a nuke so bad, they know that their political power increases as their military might does. If Hamas would clamp down on the other terror groups and restore order to Gaza they would be viewed as legitimate partners. Alas they now seem impotent.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Fire Rumsfeld 2 Months Ago!

I believe the time may have passed for Bush to fire Rumsfeld without appearing impotent. Bush could have shored up more support and created a new energy for the war by naming a new S.O.D but he chose to wait and do nothing. If he replaces him now he will appear weak and reactionary. But every day that he does not he seems more and more out of touch. Tough position but his own fault.

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Cowardly Central

Check out the response to complaints of the censorship of South Park's "Cartoon Wars." It would be funny if it weren't so sad. They failed to stand up for free speech, yet by reading this one would think they showed the image.

This piece of garbage is a must read

Friday, April 14, 2006

The Jaywalking Grandma

After it became public that an 82 year-old woman has received a $114 jaywalking ticket she has been receiving national attention. People are outraged at the police for doing this to such an old woman. story
To summarize, she began crossing while the red do not cross light was flashing for this she received a ticket.

Excuse me if I don't burst into tears. Maybe I am impatient but I am sick of driving behind old people who think it is alright to go under the speed limit or walk so slow across the street that they impede traffic. They should be ticketed just like anyone esle. If you are to old to drive have someone drive you if you are to old to walk get one of those old people scooters.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Free Speech Gone in South Park

Well whoever saw last nights South Park saw an otherwise excellent South Park ruined by censorship.

Comedy Central refused to allow an image of the prophet Mohhamed ironically they did allow Jesus, President Bush, a random pregnant single mother, and various other random Americans to shit on each other and the U.S flag. I guess it does not matter if they offend their consumer base because we are just a bunch of schmucks who won't do anything about it.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Democrats & Immigration

Republicans Frist & Hassert issued a joint statement regarding immigration, here is my favorite part:

"In December, the House of Representatives passed a strong border security bill aimed at securing our borders and preventing illegal immigration," the statement said.

"However, on December 16, 2005, there were 191 House Democrats who voted to oppose House Republican efforts to reduce the crime of unlawful presence in the United States from a felony to a misdemeanor. Instead, they voted to make felons out of all of those who remain in our country illegally. (Some conservative Republicans also favored making unlawful presence a felony.)

But I thought the Democrats were for immigrants. It appears that they are trying (somewhat successfully I might add) to exploit this issue and win back some of the Hispanic vote they lost last time.

South Park Tonight!

Will America bury their heads in the sand? Will Comedy Central puss out? Tune in tonight for a can't miss South Park, 10 p.m. est, 7 p.m. pst.

If I had to guess then I would guess that they show it.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The War is Lost!

Or so say some prominent conservatives such as William F. Buckley and Newt Gingrich, Barnett digs a little deeper in an excellent defense of the war. check it out
Here is a brief quote:

Saying we “lost the war” in Iraq is simply saying “I want a return to the old days of the Powell Doctrine,” which only got us 9/11 and the rising Occidentalism of the Salafis who think American “staying power” is defined by helicopters fleeing over the horizon with their tail rotors between their legs.

The Powell Doctrine was perfect for the old Neocons, because it was a strategy of limited regret, limited impact, limited success and guaranteed long-term reliance on military arms to do nothing more than maintain a declining status quo.

But the Bushies went beyond those limitations on Iraq, which I thought and still think was completely necessary. Yes, it exposed a lot of bad thinking, bad planning, bad force structure, bad doctrine, bad operations, etc. in the U.S. military, but all those exposures have led to necessary change--and change long-delayed at that.

As for the Iraq situation dragging on, it’s so weird that the conservatives can listen to the insurgency experts talk about needing a good decade to defeat such an effort and yet declare, just three years into the intervention, that all is obviously lost. Where these guys’ sense of history is, I do not know.

Wehner points out that “One might hope our own democratic development--which included the Articles of Confederation and a ‘fiery trial’ that cost more than 600,000 American lives--would remind critics that we must sometimes be patient with others.”

Me? I just like to remind everyone of the UN’s own estimate that we killed about 50,000 Iraqis each year for 12 years with our pointless sanctions between Desert Storm and OIF. Makes for a nice round number, doesn’t it.


I would be lying to say that I do not think about the viability of the War constantly. Although there is no clear cut answer, I believe we should have some more patience.

Amnesty

Recently I said that amensty was in order. I want to clear up exactly what I mean.

First, those claiming that we can easily deport all of the illegal immigrants do not seem to have thought this through. The resources needed to find all of the illegal immigrants alone would be huge. Second, once we find them we will have to send them to some sort of hearing, which I am guessing will also be extremely costly. Next, once these illegals are gone where are we going to find enough workers to replace them fast. I don't want to hear about prisoners either. The incentives for them to do a good job would not be there and many of them would definitely not want to work in the fields. Now have any of these people that want to deport immediatly ever taken a course in ECONOMICS! Hello people it is called supply & demand. You cannnot get rid of these illegals and not expect more to come as long as there is a demand for there labor. Lastly, we need to increase quotas for laborers from Latin America.

As for amnesty, I believe that those who have been here and working for at least two years should get some sort of program where they pay back taxes or a fine and then are given work visas. Once those visas expire then they should be allowed to file for citizenship.

Something like this must be done. Let us not forget that it is our economy which makes us a super power.

Monday, April 10, 2006

America's best ally China?

Those who know me realize that I am a huge fan of Thomas Barnett. This article is a must read. Here is the crux of his argument:

Some history: A century ago, England reigned as the leading military superpower with its global network of colonies and its world-class navy. Meanwhile, America was the upstart power with its booming industrial base and Great White Fleet that it used primarily for threatening - and sometimes conquering - small island nations.

England was smart enough back then to realize that America's rise was unstoppable. So the Brits followed the first rule of ruling the world: Don't fight the inevitable! Instead, Britain took America under its wing, playing Greece to our Rome. The British mentored our rise, knowing that it preordained their decline.

Fast forward: This time around, we're playing the Brits, and the Chinese are playing the Americans.

Far be it from me to argue with Barnett. I for one would welcome the partnership.

Borders First!

IMHO, it seems counter productive to have a debate about what we should do with the 12 million illegal immigrants in this country before we secure our borders. The first thing we need to do is stop the flow of illegals, then we can decide what to do with the ones that are here. This is because if we do offer some sort of amnesty deal then millions more would enter the country hoping to fast track themselves to citizenship.

I believe that amensty, however bad a policy it might be, is the best option, BUT ONLY if we secure the borders. It makes no sense to me, to waste resources going after illegal immigrants whom we can only imprison or deport. That would cost millions upon millions and would harm production. If we were able to deport all 12 million overnight, what would happen to the economy? Certainly, losing millions of workers overnight would be catastrophic to economic production. Illegal immigration has been an issue long before 9/11 yet I do not remember so many ivoking security as the main reason to close the border.

To be clear, I think fear mongering is way overdone. First, I believe that some are going way too far by invoking the War on Terror. To be sure, open borders are not good for stopping terrorists that want to attack but lets not go too far.

Likewise, the race card being played by some is tired and old. Sure, its racist to have a border policy. I wonder why these newly oppressed Mexicans do not claim that Mexico is racist for its strict border policy. Better yet why aren't they protesting Vicente Fox's non-existant programs for the poor? No they want to come here to get opportunities that are not available in their country and then they have the nerve to cry racism once we try and regulate our border.

Didn't we see this coming

It's official, the immigration protesters have officially become tools of the left. This is my worst fear! The left has used Mexicans protesting the new immigration bill to promote their crappy agenda. Michelle Malkin has pictures up of Mexicans marching with a banner for A.C.C.E.S.S or Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services. Likewise, Dawud Walid, 34, of Detroit, executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan, attended the Detroit rally. True that Mexicans are not the only illegal immigrant group but do Mexicans really want to get in bed with fringe groups. (other attendees include A.N.S.W.E.R., and the Black Panthers, to be fair I actually like the old Black Panther movement). pictures

As an American of Mexican descent, I fear that this sudden spark of political activism by the Hispanic community will end with the Hispanic community becoming tools of the left, much like the African-American movement. I can already see the crappy leaders that worship from the goblet of racism. Any Hispanic that denies that we are a completely oppressed race will then lose their ethnicity.

Iran

The Bush administration is ratcheting up plans to strike Iran's nuclear facilities according to Seymour M. Hersh

Personally, I believe that Bush should not be the President to take out their nuclear facilities. Although, estimations are all over the board, I believe that Iran is at least 3 years away from making a nuke. Bush should leave this to the next President who must do this attack with broad international support. We need to learn from Iraq. It is extremely difficult to nation build with many countries constantly undermining the effort.

Their Here!

China's new line of cars is about to be intoduced. The first car should be ready this year with an expected production of 600,000 cars a year by 2010. story

As if Ford and Chevy needed anymore bad news.

Stick a fork in em!

Their done! France has repealed the controversial law that would have allowed employers to fire workers under 26 years of age without cause. Wow!

I see no way that France can continue to compete in a global market with their backwards view on work. How can an employer run a business if he or she can not fire anyone?

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Judas a Hero?

Apparently there is a newly translated gospel of Judas. Story

I for one am fascinated with the topic and I would love to read the manuscript. There are many gospels that are not included in the bible. To me, the inclusion and exclusion of gospels in the new testament was highly political and it lead me to not only question my faith and my beliefs but ultimately change them.

National Geographic is doing a special on the Gospel of Judas, Sunday, April 9, 10 p.m. EST

Don't miss it!

South Park & Muhamed

You have to watch this weeks epsiode of Sout Park, it is funny and important. They are trying to get Comdey Central to allow them to have "The Prophet Muhamed" in an episode but the powers that be do not want them doing it. They created this show to parody their fight with the TV suits. Comedy Central allows them to degrade Christianity, Judasim, Mormons, Mexicans, Blacks, Scientologists, etc...yet they will not allow them to make fun of Islam? Can you say hypocrit? More later...

Monday, April 03, 2006

Something Cool

Wednessday at precisely three seconds and two minutes after 1 a.m. The time will be 01:02:03 04/05/06, that won't happen for another hundred years. Well, I think its cool. (Hat tip Andrew Sullivan)

Paul & Jesus

I consider Paul one of the most influential people in Western Culture. I believe that Christianity is the religion of Paul and not Jesus. Imagine if Paul would have gone east into Asia instead of West. Rome most certainly would have never become Christian; perhaps the East would be Christians and the West Muslims? Perhaps not, anyway on to Paul.

Paul traveled around not to spread the teachings of Jesus, but to transform Christ into a god. I believe that he alludes to that in Galatians. “Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin. For I did not receive it from a human being…but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.” (Galatians 2, 11-12). Revelations of Christ after his death, to me, this speaks volumes. Jesus never claimed to be a god nor did he desire to create some universal religion, he wanted Judaism to reclaim its morals. Not so with Paul, he was intent on creation of a new order.

Paul said that the laws were in place because of the excessive depravity from humans. Paul said that with the coming of Christ the need for laws to obtain salvation or to be righteous is no more, all that one needs now is faith. Before the coming of Christ, the Hebrews relied on adherence to the laws to gain access to the promise land. Faith in Paul’s teachings not in the teaching of Christ.

Even though Paul claimed to be spreading the teachings of Jesus there are some differences in the message they deliver to the people. Paul was forcefully telling people that the laws no longer applied, “…because by works of the law no one will be justified,” (Galatians 2, 16). Paul was upset because the pagans he converted to Christ had begun to observe Jewish law after enticement from other missionaries (Galatians, Intro). Paul constantly reminded new converts that faith, not laws was the ticket into heaven. Paul said that faith replaced law because this was Gods will. This message was vastly different because Jesus did not tell people that the laws were no longer relevant in such absolute terms.

“…I say to you until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law…” (Galatians, 5, 18). As Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, he focuses on obeying the spirit of the law, not the abolition of the law. Jesus told his followers that it would be harder to get to heaven following his words because God will judge people by what is in their heart not just by their actions. Not once did Jesus claim that faith in him would lead to salvation.

No matter, because I have lost this argument I believe that most would consider this a ridiculous position. Unfortunately, once the split from Judaism occured they manipulated scriptures and used Christian law (such as only clergy can interpret scriptures) to maintain their power of society. It appears that Paul is the catalyst behind this change. The only logical step after this would be for Martin Luther to discredit Catholic laws, which of course he did. It appears that you cannot rescue religion from human corruption.