Month: December 2003

Not to neglect today’s events, but I think the following might be of general interest, and I would have posted on it earlier but for the dramatic news of Saddam Hussein’s capture. Is homosexuality is associated with the inner workings of civilization itself? Arthur Silber (a meticulous guy who always does his homework) links to…

At least one blogger believes that Saddam Hussein wasn’t all that bad: Saddam was a bad guy, but it isn’t clear he’s any worse of a guy than some of the folks who are a part of our “Coalition of the Willing,” so this pretense of moral clarity, etc… is ridiculous. Hmmmmm….. Well, let me…

For Saddam Hussein — who was just captured! Why wasn’t there a single word on Drudge? I guess I’ll have to poke around to see where it’s been reported….. UPDATE: Hey, looks like SOMEONE beat Drudge! Heh. UPDATE: Nice picture too. (Long time without Baath.) UPDATE: And, speaking of Abu Nidal (who now appears to…

Fascinating discussion by Glenn Reynolds on digital photography versus film. No one asked for my opinion, but here it is: I am a lazy fuck, and while I might from time to time be creatively inclined, I have only so much patience. Something about hassles with film — the expense, development, paranoia over what the…

I am crushed. The famed master satirist and Hollywood expert Howard Veit did not like “Angels in America”: Whenever the Left praises a movie you can bet the movie is a total propaganda piece. “Angels in America” ain’t about God. Angels in America is about homosexuals being victims because they stuck their dicks into somebody’s…

I recently took a test which ranked my presidential “preferences” for me in an order other than the order that I would rank them! (Test link via Discount Blogger. ) 1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%) 2. Bush, President George W. – Republican (75%) 3. Libertarian Candidate (70%) 4. Phillips, Howard – Constitution (40%) 5.…

Here’s a very annoying development: SPAM coming from a company whose stated purpose is — you guessed it — fighting SPAM! I was just startled to receive the following email, from someone I do not know, and have never heard of [note: this was in response to an email I sent, but to someone else…

Normally, I don’t like to dwell on depressing things, but at Christmas time, the depressing seems almost cheerful. (Which might be the whole idea…. or maybe vice-versa.) The term “emo” (see last post) is a trendy new expression for a multifaceted phenomenon I have observed for many decades. I’ll stay with the word “emo” because…

Well, now is the time for me to fess up and admit that I have failed as a King, as a Queen, and even at Christmas! But because today is Friday — Online Testing Day at Classical Values — I will not allow my own poor scores in these tests to prevent me from sharing…

Not much point in shooting off my mouth when others have said it better. So, I’ll just shoot off this instead: UPDATE: The above was taken with my three-year-old Epson PhotoPC 850Z, which only has a 3x optical zoom. Now if I’d had one of those slick new Toshiba PDR M700 series camera, like InstaPundit’s….…

If you’re as tired as I am hearing about doom, gloom, quagmires, non-renewable resources, global warming, and other claptrap, be sure to read this for a lift: For the first time, an international research program involving the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey has proven that it is technically feasible to produce gas from…

Here’s a fascinating comment (left anonymously to this post): I am against living in a world and a time that has no advance in science enough to turn all those gays and lesbians who refuse being so into…dads and moms with lots and lots of children.. with a family to care for to turn to…

I don’t know how I got nominated for such a thing, but I want to thank whoever was nice enough to do it — as well as everyone who voted for Classical Values in the Best Marauding Marsupial Blog election. Frankly, I don’t think I am in the same league with many of the blogs…

Might my blog be prohibited from endorsing candidates for office within the magic number of days before an election? Short answer: I don’t know. Long answer: I still don’t know. Via Eugene Volokh, I found and attempted to read today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the McCain-Feingold Act. The decision is 298 pages long, so happy…

Is Howard Dean trying to steal my idea? For some time, I have believed that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell might be able to offer himself as an alternative to Hillary Clinton — a sort of “anti-Hillary.” Ed Rendell shows no signs of evolving into this niche, but recent developments make me think Howard Dean might…

I am sorry to report that my very kind and wonderful blogfather Jeff is sick. Here’s his post: I really feel like just dying… I hate being sick. And I’m too hot and tired and achy to do anything. I’ll be back when I feel better, hopefully in a day or two if there’s a…

(Which is better than saying “I feel what you’re thinking is wrong!”) Glenn Reynolds dislikes the use of “feel” as a synonym for “think.” I feel the same way. Which is to say that I don’t like it either. Likes and dislikes are not a thinking thing; they are a feeling thing. In that previous…

Leave it to Dean and Rosemary Esmay to get another interesting debate going on homosexuality. This time, the topic is homosexuality and morality. I did not start this debate, and obviously, I am not going to end it. I wish, however, to explore some assumptions commonly made, because much of the discussion seems to proceed…

What do you do when no one will listen to you? I don’t know whether my blog is the right place for stuff like this, and I hope I don’t bore my readers too much by posting mundane, personal material, but I decided to anyway because I am so irritated by a complete lack of…

Everyone who gets email gets SPAM, but I don’t know how many of my readers get bogus Christmas emails like this: The Story of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” the Christmas Carol There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially…