“Distinctions by race are so evil, so arbitrary and insidious that a state bound to defend the equal protection of the laws must not allow them in any public sphere.” --Thurgood Marshall, Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Thank you, sir, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Too bad liberals haven’t learned this lesson.
Not that it’s going to be absolutely urgent for you to read, just that I hope your power has been restored…
The conspiracy theories are already flying around as thick as mosquitoes on a Florida summer night. Bush caused it to punish the state that didn’t vote for him/it was a test of a secret EMP weapon/it’s just to distract us from Iraq/blah blah yadda yadda… I think they need to have their meds adjusted. Something Heinlein once wrote seems to apply here: “Never attribute to evil what can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
Anyhow since most of the headlines are about the blackout (understandably so, IMHO), I’m going to ignore it. There’s nothing I can say about it that hasn’t been said a thousand times on a thousand different blogs.
The Discovery Channel says they have found the mummy of Egyptian Pharoahess Nefertiti, and they are planning an “Al Capone’s vault” show about it. I’m tempted, but I don’t know if I’m going to be here to see it. I hope so…
Japan celebrates 58 years of freedom today, marked by the day that they surrendered to the non-Empire that defeated their Empire (ruled by an Emperor, and everything, even to this day, although the Emperor is just a figurehead today) aboard the USS Missouri. It also provides an incredible example for other nations and irrefutable counter-proof of tin-foil accusations of “America’s Imperial ambitions”.
Well, there’s also Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Kuwait, Grenada, Kosovo, Somalia, Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, most of Western Europe, etc., etc., but understanding how each of those proves that we’re not any kind of empire would require actual thought processes. Here’s a clue, though: What two nations (in all of human history) have fought and lost lives to gain territory, only to give it back to the residents of that territory? (Hint: They are both still in existence.)
Give up? The United States and Israel. The only land that we have asked for is enough to bury our honored dead - those who lost their lives liberating that territory. And the French (who drop like flies when the temps reach the high 90’s F/35+ C) have been busy recently vandalizing the cemetaries of British and American soldiers.
Let them sweat. If they are so stupid as to not figure out how to fan themselves, or so weak that they can’t even survive temperatures reaching body temperature (although that would explain a lot, since it’s hot water that cleans most effectively), then they deserve to be the latest proof of Darwin’s theory.
And in other news, a UN member acts unilaterally, and decides to not care about what other nations might say.
And in the California Gubernatorial race, Arianna Huffing-paint attacked fellow candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger for allegedly being present at a meeting with former ENRON exec Ken Lay a few years ago. But reporters instantly turned the tables on her, asking questions about the fact that she paid no federal income taxes, and less than $800 in state income taxes, despite a personal income of more than $180,000 (including, I might add, a “tax-deductible payment” of more than $10,000 for a make-up consultant). $10,000 for make-up? If she looks like that after paying about $30 per day in make-up, I shudder to think what she would look like without the makeup.
Maybe that explains why her ex-husband decided to come out of the closet…
Oh, well. If you live here in California, I urge you to register to vote. And then to cast that vote. I am not going to endorse any candidates (even though I have my obvious preferences), and, in fact, once I attend my training course, and am qualified for my new position of “Precinct Inspector”, I’m not allowed to do so… (Impartiality of elections officials, and all that)
Have a great day! I’m at home today, so I’m going to plug around and look for a few quizzes to enliven my day.
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