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My brother sent a link to this story about the U.S. Army running “fat-camps” for recruits. Either the Army’s being completely unrealistic or it’s juicing up it’s recruits with super drugs, but the ladies pictured above are well on their way to a TWO-MINUTE MILE. (Or possibly the caption writers don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.)
Looks like certain lefties are finally realizing that it doesn’t quite work when only one side high-mindedly believes there’s no such thing as “us” against “them.” If the other side is saying, it’s “you against us,” you’d damn well better pay attention. As any first-grader who’s gotten the snot kicked out of him can tell you, the rules of Sesame Street only work on Sesame Street. The sooner grownups — politicians especially — realize that, the better for all involved.
Of course, this lesson came the hard way–after a few needless deaths at the hands of “immigrants,” who really saw no reason to give up the barbarism of their home countries. “Immigrants” is code for hardcore Islamists who insist on Sharia law, subjugating women, honor killings and violence toward anyone who criticizes them, all of which were to be understood and tolerated under old-school multiculturalism.
But no more. “Instead of reflexively offering tolerance with the expectation that things would work out in the long run, she said, the government strategy should be ‘bringing our values into confrontation with people who think otherwise.'”
Note that this isn’t a reactionary party, some xenophobic group of knuckle-draggers. These are members of the left, who’ve belatedly realized that what was under attack wasn’t some vague notion of multiculturalism, but the very liberal ideals they supposedly valued: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, gender equality, etc.
The paper just released states: “The mistake we can never repeat is stifling criticism of cultures and religions for reasons of tolerance.” It includes attacks on “self-victimization” and the grown-up notions that punishment for broken laws must be severe enough to actually deter crime.
Goodbye moral relativism. And good riddance.
Palin’s actually run a few campaings and won a couple of elections. Um, you know, that, um, probably, you know, should count, um, for, you know, something, you know?
The main reason I go back to Louisiana so often throughout the year is that I have a 10-year-old son who lives there. Spending Christmas with him is not only fun, it’s educational. For example, this past weekend I learned that this particular video will make him laugh so hard he’ll almost wet himself, fall off the couch and suffocate. Watching him laugh so hard, I almost wet myself.
Don’t have much to say other than that I saw a bald eagle outside of New Orleans our first day in town (no, that’s not some kind of dirty joke) and today I ate my weight in pork and crawfish. Just felt like chucking up a post because they finally ran DSL out here to the boonies. Hell, my dad and his family now have a DVR. I don’t even have a DVR.
Dirty hippies:
Some fun facts about Rahm Emanuel:
1. He’s the first chief of staff to have nine fingers.*
2. He was a former ballet dancer.*
3. He shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
4. Can eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in one sitting.
5. In the 70s, he did tons of porn. (submitted by a colleague)
6. His porn name was Ram Manual. (submitted by another colleague)
7. His middle name is Sue. (submitted by yet another colleague)
8. Once arrested for chopping the heads off parking meters.
9. Once said to Tony Blair, “Don’t fuck this up.”*
10. Ate Chuck Norris for brunch.
*True, as far as I know.
(I’m recycling this from my old blog after gossip started flying that Rahmbo is the one who fingered Blago over in Chicago)
I’ve yet to see the real version of “Downfall.” And this is about the 600th remix I’ve seen of the film. But they always make me laugh. (Via Ace.)
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