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Archive for September, 2005
Sensitivity Police on Patrol
Sep 28th
Apparently, some young, wet-behind-the-ears law professor at the University of Iowa is deeply offended that the visitors locker room at the football stadium is painted pink. Read about it here at Baron’s Blog.
Why can’t the self-righteous, politically correct do-gooders just leave the athletic department alone? I remember back in 1991 when Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherril had a bull castrated in front of his players before a game against Texas (for you animal rights activists out there – the beast was going to be castrated anyway — coach Sherrill did it in front of his team to motivate them). A coach would have a hard time getting away with that today. How sad.
Let’s hope the University of Iowa does the right thing and tells this law professor to get back to teaching…..or else.
Social Justice
Sep 26th
Check out this Great Article about social justice from two prominent conservatives. That’s right, conservatives. Liberals don’t hold exclusive rights to social justice. In fact, I would argue that the left’s approach to social justice has been tried and proven to be a failure.
Steer Clear of “Flight Plan”
Sep 25th
You’ve probably seen the trailer for Jody Foster’s latest movie, “Flight Plan.” Before you spend your hard-earned $100 (including popcorn and Coke) to see this piece of Hollywood propaganda, you might want to check out Debbie Schlussel’s review.
Read the review here.
Hollywood has been putting out a lot of this *crap* lately. Is it any wonder that fewer and fewer people care to go to the movies anymore? Let’s hope they don’t mess up “The Chronicles of Narnia”.
Interesting Book
Sep 21st
Here’s a good book to get for your local school library — it might help balance some of the other stuff your kids might find there. The book is titled “Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed.”
It is the story of two boys who open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swingset. But they are disillusioned when they are forced to pay half their money in taxes, and serve broccoli with their lemonade.
It’s interesting to hear some in the mainstream media rail against this book but have nothing bad to say about such works as “Heather Has Two Mommies”; “It’s Just A Plant”; or “King and King.”
Stupid Quote of the Day
Sep 12th
“[Gasoline prices] are ridiculous. I had to take out a loan to fill up my minivan. It’s crazy,” –Katie Couric.
Ummm, Katie….. you make $15 million a year.
Some people just don’t have a clue. And Katie Couric is one of them.
The Blame Game
Sep 8th
This is part of a comment I left on James Wiser’s blog.
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I don’t know if ANYONE is really to blame for all that’s happened in New Orleans. I think it caught everyone off guard. At first, it seemed like N.O. had dodged a bullet. Then the levy broke on Tuesday, and we quickly realized how bad it really was. I think FEMA could have hit the ground running sooner, and the President could have arrived on the scene sooner — so they certainly don’t get a free pass. And neither do the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Lousiana. There’s a report today from the Red Cross saying that there WAS food and water available, but either the mayor or the governor didn’t want it sent to the Superdome for fear of a riot.
Mistakes were made and we should learn from them. But what we don’t need is another stupid investigation that will only lead to a bigger bureaucracy which will make it even more difficult to deal with the next crisis that comes along.
I just think there needs to be a bit of balance in all this. If you only listened to the New York Times, CNN, the mainstream media and the democrats in congress, you would come to the following conclusion:
President Bush used his hurricane machine to send Katrina to Louisiana. He then intentionally breached the levy because everyone knows he doesn’t care about black people. The aid was delayed because the administration is racist.
I’m glad we’ve got Fox News to provide a little bit of balance to all that.
Heartbreaking
Sep 2nd
It is just heartbreaking to see what’s happening in New Orleans and Mississippi. I can’t even imagine what those people are going through — to have your life just completely turned upside down. To lose everything and have no where to live. May God be merciful and may He intervene in a powerful way.
Last night my son let us know that he wants to donate his allowance for September to help the hurricane victims — he decided to do this completely on his own, we had not mentioned it (but he and I have been praying for the hurricane victims each night). My daughter decided to follow his example. One of our deacons at church suggested that we take a big chunk (if not all) of the money that’s in our building fund and use it to help out.
Jeff Slater
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