…as between Mass and my son’s birthday party I’ll be a tad busy.
Blogging will be off and on today…
Posted: October 18, 2009 by datechguy in personalTags: family, fyi
Religion of Peace in our time…
Posted: October 18, 2009 by datechguy in fun, opinion/newsTags: comedy, history, I wish I said that, irony, islam, nelson award, religion of peace, War on Terror
yes I admit it I stole that line from Tim Blair’s commentator surfmaster of down south and in a bit, however it perfectly encapsulates the excellent poem on religious freedom that I am now stealing from Tim Blair main post:
The Pope’s a total Nazi
What’s the deal with those Hindus?
Judaism’s not so bad
Except for all the JewsHey, Buddha! Would it kill you
To wear a frickin’ shirt?
I can say most anything
And I’m never getting hurtBut let’s not mention Islam
We’ll play it safe instead
It’s hard to make religious jokes
When you don’t have a head
To say I wish I said that is the understatement of the year and perfectly encapsulates the problem with Radical Islam and it’s defenders. As for the rest I submit that God has a sense of humor, after all he created man.
As for the supports of Islam, if you don’t want to be laughed at and called a bunch of barbarians, I suggest you stop acting like a bunch of barbarians to wit:
A Somalian Muslim group reportedly has started whipping women in public for wearing bras that violate Islam, the Daily Mail reports.
Residents claim insurgent group Al Shabaab sent gunmen into the streets to round up women who appeared to have a firm bust. The women are inspected to see if their suspected firmness is natural or from a bra. Officials reportedly make the women shake their breasts after removing their bras.
Can a fatwa against Meagan McCain and Rule 5 Sunday be far behind?
And Yes Radical Islam deserves a Nelson every day of the year.
My Letter to the Sentinel & Enterprise
Posted: October 18, 2009 by datechguy in local stuffTags: census 2010, fitchburg, fitchburg mayoral race, history, honor, illegal immigration, letter to the editor
This was the letter I sent to the editor of my local paper concerning this article that I blogged about yesterday:
The Bigotry of low expectations
Hello:
I was quite distressed reading today’s paper that our Mayor running for re-election apparently is planning to endorse the count of illegal immigrants in the Census count.
The suggestion that we should aid those disobeying United States law to continue to violate it is troubling enough, but the idea that we will do it in order to for our advantage as a city to increase the share of state and federal funds paid by our fellow tax payers to support said illegality is frankly disgusting and dishonorable.
Our city is rightly proud of our immigrant history. Italians, French, Finns, Irish and Poles are just some who came not asking for accommodation and assistance but in gratitude for the chance of a better live for themselves and their children. All contributed to our city without violating federal laws. Encouraging illegal immigration insults their memory AND a treats a whole race of people as peons to be cared for rather than equals to be accepted as fellow Americans. I can’t think of a more patronizing or bigoted action.
Some don’t want to enforce these laws. Tell me; shall we choose to ignore the fair housing, gun control, labor or minimum wage laws? Perhaps we can ignore the laws on gay marriage? We live in a representative republic, if we do not like the current laws we can elect representatives to modify or repeal them. Selective law enforcement is tyranny.
If a person running for office is unwilling to enforce the laws they will be sworn to uphold, then they should not stand for office. If a public official feels as an act of conscience they can’t enforce the law they should resign. Otherwise it is their duty to uphold the laws of the land. This is part of the series of rights and responsibilities that come hand in hand with a representative republic. If our mayor is unwilling to support federal law she should stand down.
As of this writing I don’t know if it will be run, we will see.
Ok I’m finally going to tell my odd Sarah Palin story…
Posted: October 17, 2009 by datechguy in oddities, personalTags: big bang theory, comedy, family, meghan mccain, palin, passion of the christ, silly
…After seeing this question at The Reclusive Leftist concerning Meghan McCain Picture:
Having covered-by-proxy the feminist bases, I’m now going to indulge my curiosity and ask the group at large (including everyone in Finland — hei, ystävyys kotona Suomi!) the thing I’ve been wondering ever since I saw Meghan’s picture: what’s up with her boobs? I’m not criticizing or attacking or snarking; I’m just trying to figure out what the deal is. Are those implants? The shadowing is very weird.
I’ve avoided telling this story because it sound wrong but she has given me courage so I’ll repeat the story as I told it in comments over there:
I can’t tell that story without my Passion of the Christ story…so here goes…
My mother is VERY Catholic. When the Passion of the Christ came out I took her to the first showing, as we sat down, a man with a seeing eye dog sat in front of us. Considering the movie was in Aramaic and Latin that was rather odd, but anyway…
…when the movie was over everyone left very somberly. I asked my mother what she thought, she said she was VERY impressed…
…she couldn’t believe the dog had sat quiet through the entire movie. When ever the subject of the movie she talks about the dog, she still can’t get over it.
Last year my son and I went to a Sarah Palin Rally in NH. She was really impressive and authentic. At the end she was signing autographs (both my son and I failed to get one) as the crowd thinned I saw her from the waist down for the first time…
…and I still shake my head. I’m from a big Italian family, I went to a Catholic school I have known and do know more women with 5 kids or more than most people these days.
Her hips are the wrong shape. When you’ve had 5 kids your hips have a particular shape, her’s are wrong, they just don’t fit the paradigm. It still makes me shake my head. It’s like Babe Ruth’s legs; they make her look weird. They’re just all wrong!
I think Sarah Palin is awesome, I would support her as a national candidate over any other candidate. No pol has ever matched my positions as close or impressed me more…
…just don’t get me started on her hips. I’m my mother’s son.
My son still laughs at me when I go on about it. I don’t talk about the BBC interviewing me on camera, I don’t talk about the disgusting counter rally of teenagers, or the professionalism of the secret service that really impressed me. Not about her fine speech and the fact she radiates competence. Not that she reminds me of my mother and big sister as the type of person who gets things done.
I go on about how her hips look weird on her. Sometimes I’m just Sheldon Cooper without the Ph.D.
Yeah I know how it sounds but it doesn’t matter they just look Wrong that’s my position and I’m sticking with it!
