Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Karl Rove has a word or two about the recent Al Gore bubble. “You know you got a problem if the answer is Al Gore.” The comments are quite instructive as well. A lot of whistling past the graveyard. H/T Irish Trojan in Tennessee via Instapundit Cross Posted at Power and Control

Kandahar in Afghanistan is named after Alexander the Great.

It’s not every day you see a fire hydrant like this: But there it was, staring at me in Ann Arbor on Friday night. Right now I’m in Rockford, Illinois (only overnight), soon to be on the road to Madison, Wisconsin. A picture from last night with M. Simon, taken in front of a the…

JD Johannes is asking for help. He has produced a pro Victory in Iraq movie and needs to sell 2,900 CDs of his movie in six weeks to give Hollywood a wake up call. People often complain about Hollywood’s leftward tilt when it comes to Iraq, but few do anything pro-active about it. I am…

Gateway Pundit has a story up about many of the groups lined up to protest the Republican convention. He quotes from a linked source. On Saturday, April 5th radical Trans and Queer people from the midwest and beyond will be gathering for a series of workshops about regarding the strategy for the RNC, queer/trans militant…

Here is something interesting Howard Dean, head of the Democrat Party, had to say a while back. “The real issue is this, Who would you rather have in charge of the defense of the United States of America, a group of people who never served a day overseas in their life, or a guy who…

What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are to arrive today. Why such inaction in the Senate? Why do the Senators sit and pass no laws? Because the barbarians are to arrive today. What laws can the Senators pass any more? When the barbarians come they will make the laws. Why…

Unbelievable as the above title may seem, I’m afraid it’s true. Reading that I was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sean Kinsell emailed me a link to an Amy Alkon post which discusses an unbelievable story. A local Ann Arbor hamburger restaurant is called “Quickie Burger” and their logo shows a not-even-scantily clad girl riding a…

Duke University is being sued by 38 Lacrosse players for damages and emotional distress due to the University’s involvement in the case. The charges include defamation of character. The University Hospital is also being sued. The Lacrosse players have a www site that Duke is asking the judge to take down, not because any information…

On Wednesday I listened to Rush Limbaugh devote two segments of his show to bashing primarily two people: Barack Obama and John McCain. Considering his longstanding antipathy to McCain, and his urging of Republicans to vote for Hillary, and considering that the polls show Obama is easier for McCain to beat, it strikes me that…

There are Muslims fighting against this brand of Islam. Muslims Against Sharia, where I have posting privileges, is one. I’m Jewish and that is well known to the group. I highly recommend a visit to their site. It is a fountain of wisdom and tolerance. I note that it has taken a while but, true…

I’ve been in the air and on the road all day, and only now have I been able to get online, for a few minutes of questionable Wifi time. Right now I’m visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is being hit by what seems like a small blizzard. Something I didn’t expect to see this time…

Dr. James Hal Cone is one of the leading lights behind the Black Liberation Theology that Obama’s Pastor Rev. Wright espouses. Here is some of what he believes: * “Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and…

There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because…

It’s probably not very wise of me to do this, but since Ace and all those nice people have been defending Hillary against her “lies,” I thought I should at least try to be fair, and take a crack at defending Obama against his “lies.” Glenn Reynolds links this from Hot Air: “Barack Obama has…

How many ways are there for me to say how sick to death I am of this, this sordid excuse for a campaign? Campaign, hell. It’s as if there’s a permanent national election, and I’ve been complaining about it for so long that I’ve forgotten when it started or when I started complaining about it.…

H/T Baldilocks

The Jews have the right idea. Never forget what happened in Germany. Never hold present day Germans (other than the haters) responsible for the sins of their ancestors. That is what is so toxic about Wright. Did he thank the dead of Gettysburg for their sacrifice on his behalf? Did he thank the Jews for…

Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our first lady – a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation – is a congenital liar. — William Safire, Jan. 1996 Apparently, this realization has faded. I was startled when earlier I saw Glenn’s link…

I hate it when I click on links and don’t find what I want. Plenty of times I click on the wrong link. Or a dead link. Or I’ll get those infuriating popups which sometimes hang my machine. But imagine if they made clicking on the wrong link a crime! Well, they have, or at…