A Poem for the Dems to Study
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
I set this poem to memory back in the 80's, but when I first heard it I was very young. So young that I associated it more with the Wizard of Oz than war. Dorothy, Toto, and the Lion fell asleep in the field of poppies, so the poem made perfect sense to me.
It was written by John McRae, a Canadian soldier and physician who who died in France in 1918, after serving four years on the western front.
Four years.
The poem will soon be 100 years old.
When young soldiers are sent into harm's way, they stand between us and our enemy, and they support a burden that only a veteran can know. When politicians vote to send young soldiers into harm's way, these politicians must stand beside them... supporting their mission... giving them encouragement and the tools they need... and defending their good name when it is slandered. To do less is unappreciative, irresponsible, and vulgar.
Today we find ourselves at war with something more insidious than a foreign army. We are at war with a cancer that has infected our world. It threatens everything we hold dear. Everything. Regardless of the reasons for invading Iraq, regardless of the current status of BinLaden... the war is... and the war is being fought in Iraq.
When a young soldier dies in this struggle, he dies for me. And I owe him for every normal day, for every word I am free to speak, and for every step and breath I take as a free man. Part of "keeping faith" with him is doing everything I can to make sure that he did not die in vain, and that his memory and the honor in his sacrifice are held high like a banner for all to see.
This is more important than our political differences. It is more important than an election.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
An Open Letter to Peter Heck
Dear Mr. Heck,
We at Malott's Blog would like to congratulate you on Thursdays edition of the Peter Heck Show. In one hour's time you managed to insult Illegal Immigrants, Ted Kennedy, and the entire nation of France. Yes, you had a good day.
However, we are a little concerned that you failed to recognize the French National Anthem. As a history teacher you should know that this was the song the French patriots sang in the movie Casablanca, showing their disdain for the Germans. If you watch that scene and fail to get a lump in your throat, then you're either terribly insensitive... or you're a Nazi.
We also thought you should recognize the French anthem because... Well... There's really no polite way to say this. Mr Heck, we know your grandfather. Your grandfather is a friend of ours. And your grandfather is of French descent.
This must come as a terrible shock. But before you rush out and buy a razor blade, know that even with this genealogical impediment, it is still possible for you to have a full and productive life. It isn't likely, but it's possible.
Keep up the great work. We at Malott's Blog continue to be impressed with your knowledge, your sophistication, and your amazing ability to pronounce foreign words.
For more information about Mr. Heck, got to peterheck.com.
Dear Mr. Heck,
We at Malott's Blog would like to congratulate you on Thursdays edition of the Peter Heck Show. In one hour's time you managed to insult Illegal Immigrants, Ted Kennedy, and the entire nation of France. Yes, you had a good day.
However, we are a little concerned that you failed to recognize the French National Anthem. As a history teacher you should know that this was the song the French patriots sang in the movie Casablanca, showing their disdain for the Germans. If you watch that scene and fail to get a lump in your throat, then you're either terribly insensitive... or you're a Nazi.
We also thought you should recognize the French anthem because... Well... There's really no polite way to say this. Mr Heck, we know your grandfather. Your grandfather is a friend of ours. And your grandfather is of French descent.
This must come as a terrible shock. But before you rush out and buy a razor blade, know that even with this genealogical impediment, it is still possible for you to have a full and productive life. It isn't likely, but it's possible.
Keep up the great work. We at Malott's Blog continue to be impressed with your knowledge, your sophistication, and your amazing ability to pronounce foreign words.
For more information about Mr. Heck, got to peterheck.com.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Don't Leave Home for Washington Without It
http://www.lindasog.com/mt/archives/2006/04/racecard_madnes.html
Casey vs Santorum
In Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey is leading incumbent Rick Santorum in the Senate race that will be decided in the fall. Casey is reported to be pro-life, but I could find nothing on his web site that confirms this.
Newsmax calls him pro-life but also reports that Senator Hillary Clinton headlined a fund-raiser for him this week and has contributed $10,000 to his campaign from her PAC.
Consider this:
1) Would a pro-abortion feminist like Hillary Clinton give money to a Democrat who she thought would vote to confirm a Republican-nominated judge who would overturn Roe vs Wade? (Maybe Hillary knows something Newsmax doesn't.)
2) If Casey is a pro-life, family-values guy, why would he choose the Democrat Party?
I keep looking for leaders to rise among the Democrats who will lead their party back to a semblance of honesty, common sense, and the values that have made this country great. But how many times have we been fooled?
My gut tells me that Bob Casey is a Democrat who has crafted a way to steal conservative votes from a Republican, and that if elected, will comport himself with the same duplicity that we in Indiana have witnessed on the part of Evan Bayh.
In Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey is leading incumbent Rick Santorum in the Senate race that will be decided in the fall. Casey is reported to be pro-life, but I could find nothing on his web site that confirms this.
Newsmax calls him pro-life but also reports that Senator Hillary Clinton headlined a fund-raiser for him this week and has contributed $10,000 to his campaign from her PAC.
Consider this:
1) Would a pro-abortion feminist like Hillary Clinton give money to a Democrat who she thought would vote to confirm a Republican-nominated judge who would overturn Roe vs Wade? (Maybe Hillary knows something Newsmax doesn't.)
2) If Casey is a pro-life, family-values guy, why would he choose the Democrat Party?
I keep looking for leaders to rise among the Democrats who will lead their party back to a semblance of honesty, common sense, and the values that have made this country great. But how many times have we been fooled?
My gut tells me that Bob Casey is a Democrat who has crafted a way to steal conservative votes from a Republican, and that if elected, will comport himself with the same duplicity that we in Indiana have witnessed on the part of Evan Bayh.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Frau Merkel
Jim Geraght writes for the Washington Times about the new Chancellor of Germany (Deutschland, as we say in Greentown) Angela Merkel:
After about five months in office Chancellor Merkel's style has gone from frumpy to feisty, and her rhetoric in office, from an American perspective, has been downright dreamy.
Regarding Iran's nuclear program, Mrs. Merkel has taken a much tougher line than her predecessor. She compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Adolf Hitler. After he threatened to wipe Israel off the map, Mrs. Merkel declared, "Iran has blatantly crossed the red line. I say it as a German chancellor. A president who questions Israel's right to exist, a president who denies the Holocaust, cannot expect to receive any tolerance from Germany."
Perhaps most strikingly, Mrs. Merkel ripped into a widespread and disingenuous perspective among German political elites, who loudly call for thorny international crises to be referred to the United Nations, knowing that in all likelihood the United Nations will do nothing. This is strong stuff for European politics, where a joke about President George W. Bush always gets a laugh and vapid pledges for "multilateralism" or "multipolarity" garner rote applause.
Mrs. Merkel isn't a one-note cheerleader for U.S. policies; she's criticized the Bush administration for the detention of al Qaeda at Guantanamo Bay and periodically made other criticisms of U.S. policies in Iraq. But even here she has a substantive distinction with (former Chancellor) Mr. Schroeder; Mrs. Merkel actually makes these arguments to Mr. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in face-to-face meetings; she doesn't use them as cheap applause lines before German audiences.
Now I don't expect that she is the second coming of Margaret Thatcher, but it won't take much for her to be a vast improvement over her predecessor, Judas Schroeder.
Jim Geraght writes for the Washington Times about the new Chancellor of Germany (Deutschland, as we say in Greentown) Angela Merkel:
After about five months in office Chancellor Merkel's style has gone from frumpy to feisty, and her rhetoric in office, from an American perspective, has been downright dreamy.
Regarding Iran's nuclear program, Mrs. Merkel has taken a much tougher line than her predecessor. She compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Adolf Hitler. After he threatened to wipe Israel off the map, Mrs. Merkel declared, "Iran has blatantly crossed the red line. I say it as a German chancellor. A president who questions Israel's right to exist, a president who denies the Holocaust, cannot expect to receive any tolerance from Germany."
Perhaps most strikingly, Mrs. Merkel ripped into a widespread and disingenuous perspective among German political elites, who loudly call for thorny international crises to be referred to the United Nations, knowing that in all likelihood the United Nations will do nothing. This is strong stuff for European politics, where a joke about President George W. Bush always gets a laugh and vapid pledges for "multilateralism" or "multipolarity" garner rote applause.
Mrs. Merkel isn't a one-note cheerleader for U.S. policies; she's criticized the Bush administration for the detention of al Qaeda at Guantanamo Bay and periodically made other criticisms of U.S. policies in Iraq. But even here she has a substantive distinction with (former Chancellor) Mr. Schroeder; Mrs. Merkel actually makes these arguments to Mr. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in face-to-face meetings; she doesn't use them as cheap applause lines before German audiences.
Now I don't expect that she is the second coming of Margaret Thatcher, but it won't take much for her to be a vast improvement over her predecessor, Judas Schroeder.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
History Channel vs Oliver Stone
I just finished watching the History Channel's version of the Kennedy assassination. The 3D graphics were pretty amazing, showing how the second shot traveled downward through Kennedy's neck into Connely's back. They even had Oswald's scorecards from when he qualified as a sharpshooter in the Marines. One of Oswald's target illustrations was a human torso at 200 yards where Oswald scored 49 out of a possible 50. Kennedy was only 88 yards away from Oswald when the third, lethal shot was fired.
The H.C. piece also discussed the Oliver Stone movie, "JFK."
Oliver Stone's hero in JFK, Jim Garrison, was described as a real crackpot... Not at all as Kevin Costner portrayed him. Garrison's key witness against Clay Shaw, one Perry Raymond Russo, flunked a lie detector test. The FBI examiner who administered the test was interviewed for the History Channel piece and said that Garrison's witness was obviously lying. He also said that when he reported this to Garrison, Garrison went ballistic.
But the power of film is an amazing thing. Most gullible Americans who watched JFK will believe that Clay Shaw was a CIA conspirator and that Jim Garrison was a hero. They will believe Oswald could not have acted alone for various reasons... reasons that were all addressed in the H.C. piece and shown to be baseless.
Oliver Stone has to know all this. So too, Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, and Tommy Lee Jones who starred in Stone's movie. The movie tells many lies, distorts known history, and slanders many innocent people. But that's Oliver Stone. And that's the great and noble Hollywood.
Anyway, I highly recommend this documentary.
I just finished watching the History Channel's version of the Kennedy assassination. The 3D graphics were pretty amazing, showing how the second shot traveled downward through Kennedy's neck into Connely's back. They even had Oswald's scorecards from when he qualified as a sharpshooter in the Marines. One of Oswald's target illustrations was a human torso at 200 yards where Oswald scored 49 out of a possible 50. Kennedy was only 88 yards away from Oswald when the third, lethal shot was fired.
The H.C. piece also discussed the Oliver Stone movie, "JFK."
Oliver Stone's hero in JFK, Jim Garrison, was described as a real crackpot... Not at all as Kevin Costner portrayed him. Garrison's key witness against Clay Shaw, one Perry Raymond Russo, flunked a lie detector test. The FBI examiner who administered the test was interviewed for the History Channel piece and said that Garrison's witness was obviously lying. He also said that when he reported this to Garrison, Garrison went ballistic.
But the power of film is an amazing thing. Most gullible Americans who watched JFK will believe that Clay Shaw was a CIA conspirator and that Jim Garrison was a hero. They will believe Oswald could not have acted alone for various reasons... reasons that were all addressed in the H.C. piece and shown to be baseless.
Oliver Stone has to know all this. So too, Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, and Tommy Lee Jones who starred in Stone's movie. The movie tells many lies, distorts known history, and slanders many innocent people. But that's Oliver Stone. And that's the great and noble Hollywood.
Anyway, I highly recommend this documentary.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Insulting Mexico
Someone named Charlie regularly posts comments on SkyePuppy's blog page. Charlie is very smart and I usually not only agree with him, but admire the way he states his arguments. But on the subject of a border fence he wrote, "Until we are ready to hermetically seal all borders, and the coastlines, I think a fence is just an insult to Mexicans and an ineffective weapon against terrorism."
I fail to see how a fence is an insult to Mexico or Mexicans. We have a process by which foreigners can apply to immigrate or simply work here. The people of Mexico are free to use this process like anyone else. The purpose and need for a fence can certainly be no mystery and cannot be taken personally as if it was an insult.
If anything, I am insulted by the attitude and actions of the Mexican government.
It's true that security comes into play on this issue, as well as cultural concerns. But I don't wish to continue having my country and my pocketbook used as a buffer to preserve the status quo among the rich Mexicans and their corrupt, uncaring, oil-rich government. How much money is sent back over the border each year to President Vicente Fox's country... money that could have been spent here for things like... health insurance and tuition.
Money sent across the border should be restricted to the families of documented workers only. The rest should be confiscated and used to beef-up the INS and Homeland Security. Maybe it could be used to build a fence.
When Mr Fox and his rich friends look at us he doesn't see the United States. He sees Suckerland.
I believe there should be protests... for reform, and in Mexico.
Someone named Charlie regularly posts comments on SkyePuppy's blog page. Charlie is very smart and I usually not only agree with him, but admire the way he states his arguments. But on the subject of a border fence he wrote, "Until we are ready to hermetically seal all borders, and the coastlines, I think a fence is just an insult to Mexicans and an ineffective weapon against terrorism."
I fail to see how a fence is an insult to Mexico or Mexicans. We have a process by which foreigners can apply to immigrate or simply work here. The people of Mexico are free to use this process like anyone else. The purpose and need for a fence can certainly be no mystery and cannot be taken personally as if it was an insult.
If anything, I am insulted by the attitude and actions of the Mexican government.
It's true that security comes into play on this issue, as well as cultural concerns. But I don't wish to continue having my country and my pocketbook used as a buffer to preserve the status quo among the rich Mexicans and their corrupt, uncaring, oil-rich government. How much money is sent back over the border each year to President Vicente Fox's country... money that could have been spent here for things like... health insurance and tuition.
Money sent across the border should be restricted to the families of documented workers only. The rest should be confiscated and used to beef-up the INS and Homeland Security. Maybe it could be used to build a fence.
When Mr Fox and his rich friends look at us he doesn't see the United States. He sees Suckerland.
I believe there should be protests... for reform, and in Mexico.
Friday, April 07, 2006
Overdocumented
From Hugh Hewitt's interview of Mark Steyn, Steyn says of the immigration comprimise:
I think my ideal compromise would be that all 300 million of us legal residents and citizens get to become undocumented, too, because I think the undocumented guys have a great deal. They're living in the shadows, so-called. They're not paying any taxes. If they have to produce I.D. for anything, they produce fake I.D. that gets accepted everywhere, they get their free health care and free schools. Personally, as a legal immigrant, I feel overdocumented. And I do think there is a danger that this particular issue can backfire very badly, and that it's essentially rewarding bad behavior without showing that that bad behavior will stop in the future.
http://radioblogger.com/#001522
Amnesty is the compromise and will only result in a need for future amnesties. There is supposed to be a wall involved in this legislation but when all is said and done the wall will probably be compromised away... along with, perhaps, the Republicans' majority in the House and Senate.
Yesterday I watched as the brave Senators announced their compromise. I heard both sides speak and I was struck by this thought:
The Democrats know how to lead. They lead in the wrong direction, but they know how to lead.
From Hugh Hewitt's interview of Mark Steyn, Steyn says of the immigration comprimise:
I think my ideal compromise would be that all 300 million of us legal residents and citizens get to become undocumented, too, because I think the undocumented guys have a great deal. They're living in the shadows, so-called. They're not paying any taxes. If they have to produce I.D. for anything, they produce fake I.D. that gets accepted everywhere, they get their free health care and free schools. Personally, as a legal immigrant, I feel overdocumented. And I do think there is a danger that this particular issue can backfire very badly, and that it's essentially rewarding bad behavior without showing that that bad behavior will stop in the future.
http://radioblogger.com/#001522
Amnesty is the compromise and will only result in a need for future amnesties. There is supposed to be a wall involved in this legislation but when all is said and done the wall will probably be compromised away... along with, perhaps, the Republicans' majority in the House and Senate.
Yesterday I watched as the brave Senators announced their compromise. I heard both sides speak and I was struck by this thought:
The Democrats know how to lead. They lead in the wrong direction, but they know how to lead.
Wanting
I went fiddling about... nosing about, and found something very special that Skye Puppy wrote awhile back. It is worth your time and you'll find it here:
http://thebreadblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/psalm-231.html
I went fiddling about... nosing about, and found something very special that Skye Puppy wrote awhile back. It is worth your time and you'll find it here:
http://thebreadblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/psalm-231.html
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Profiling Stupidity
Malott's Blog is guilty! ...Guilty, I tell you!
I obviously can't keep my annoying, liberal, African-American Congresswomen straight.
Thanks to Andrew's amazing research skills, I now know that it was Sheila Jackson Lee, shown here on the... well she's one of the two ladies shown here, who asked, when the pictures were coming back from Mars, "Will it go over to where the astronauts planted the flag?" I would have bet my left leg that it was Cynthia McKinney who said it, shown here in the red... or possibly the brown.
As you probably remember, it was Cynthia McKinney, shown here... beside the flag, who recently made headlines by striking a Capitol Hill Security guy with her cell phone.
Andrew, not pictured here, never fails to impress.
A Perfect Fit
I really didn't need another reason not to watch the CBS Evening News... but I'll acknowledge it. This move may boost ratings for a couple of weeks but it is definitely a step down in credibility for a news organization that had already neared the bottom of that particular ladder.
But if they wanted instant ratings why not just choose Britney Spears? Or, they could invite a different Hollywood star to read the news each night. If they could keep it secret, then people might tune in to see which star was anchoring on a particular night. Babs... Martin Sheen... Clooney... and they could throw in Selleck to give the illusion of fairness. Why they didn't ask me...
One Question:
Who elects this woman? Really! Can't they find someone in their district just as liberal but not as obnoxious and stupid? My guess is that it is the same folk that send another national joke, Teddy Kennedy, back to the Senate every six years.
Another question for a person good at research: When the Mars probe-rover thingie was sending back pictures from the red planet, there was a congresswoman who reportedly asked, "Will it go over to where the astronauts planted the flag?"
You see, I really want that person to be Cynthia McKinney... because it would explain so much. But don't tell me that it is if it wasn't, no matter how much I want it to be. Thanks so much.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Good Friday in America
Everybody scattered. Everybody ran when they arrested him. What had they been thinking? Why had they wasted three years of their lives following this man who obviously, based on the day's events, was just a man. They were frightened, disillusioned, and they felt like fools.
Only John, his best friend, attended the execution. The rest were in hiding, wondering if they would be next. They had been at their best when they were with this man, and they had tried to do everything right... And this was their reward?
They were depressed and all they could see was failure and death... They certainly didn't see Sunday coming.
Today there are so many of us in this country who try to do the right thing. We give at least 10% of our income to the Church, missions, and charities in the name of the man mentioned above. We sacrifice, serve, and work to make our communities, our country, and our world the best they can be. We pray for guidance and we pray for good things. We elect a leader who prays. And what do we get?
We get depressed. The world is a mess. Everywhere we look there are seemingly insurmountable problems. The faith of our grandparents which this country once celebrated is now suspect and rejected by so many. Evil surrounds and infects us. Where is our Sugar Abba?
Job, Joni Eareckson Tada, and the rest of us were not placed on this earth to have perfect, painless lives. That is an American aberration... A rich man's folly. We were placed here to glorify God. And whether our future is bright or filled with persecution and pain, we will fulfill His purpose for our lives... It may not be what we want, but it will be glorious.
We are the Bride of Christ. And our depression is directly proportional to the extent to which we've been unfaithful and have wed ourselves to this world. Our gloom is a measure of our distraction with possessions and dreams that are ours, not His. We neglect our joy and invite sadness by habitually looking back at a burning Sodom instead of fixing our eyes on the real world, the perfect world that is our inheritance.
Sunday is coming.
Be still my soul,
The wind and waves still know His voice,
Who ruled them while He dwelt below.
Everybody scattered. Everybody ran when they arrested him. What had they been thinking? Why had they wasted three years of their lives following this man who obviously, based on the day's events, was just a man. They were frightened, disillusioned, and they felt like fools.
Only John, his best friend, attended the execution. The rest were in hiding, wondering if they would be next. They had been at their best when they were with this man, and they had tried to do everything right... And this was their reward?
They were depressed and all they could see was failure and death... They certainly didn't see Sunday coming.
Today there are so many of us in this country who try to do the right thing. We give at least 10% of our income to the Church, missions, and charities in the name of the man mentioned above. We sacrifice, serve, and work to make our communities, our country, and our world the best they can be. We pray for guidance and we pray for good things. We elect a leader who prays. And what do we get?
We get depressed. The world is a mess. Everywhere we look there are seemingly insurmountable problems. The faith of our grandparents which this country once celebrated is now suspect and rejected by so many. Evil surrounds and infects us. Where is our Sugar Abba?
Job, Joni Eareckson Tada, and the rest of us were not placed on this earth to have perfect, painless lives. That is an American aberration... A rich man's folly. We were placed here to glorify God. And whether our future is bright or filled with persecution and pain, we will fulfill His purpose for our lives... It may not be what we want, but it will be glorious.
We are the Bride of Christ. And our depression is directly proportional to the extent to which we've been unfaithful and have wed ourselves to this world. Our gloom is a measure of our distraction with possessions and dreams that are ours, not His. We neglect our joy and invite sadness by habitually looking back at a burning Sodom instead of fixing our eyes on the real world, the perfect world that is our inheritance.
Sunday is coming.
Be still my soul,
The wind and waves still know His voice,
Who ruled them while He dwelt below.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Daylight Savings Time
I live in Indiana and for the first time in my memory we are trying on DST to see if we like it.
I hate it. As an early riser I find that my daylight hours have been shortened.
Later this month as I finish my two-mile walk down on the high school track at about 0500 or 0510 the light should just be coming up in the eastern sky. This year it will still be dark. And in early summer when I should be going to bed with the sun, I will be dealing with sunlight coming through my window. (Thanks Governor.) At 0530 I sometimes pull weeds in my garden before getting ready for work... but not this year. And saddest of all, there will be no morning devotions outside on the patio while the birds provide a soundtrack to the psalms. I'll be inside with the light on.
Daylight Savings Time encourages sloth... people sleeping in until 6, 7, maybe even 8AM. It encourages people to stay out later, driving up the price of gasoline, shopping, drinking, and chasing women.
For me they have it backwards. We should move our clocks ahead in October. The sun would get up at 0900 when I've already been at work for two hours. And friends, even in the dead of winter darkness should never come at 5PM.
Yes, I think we all know DST is destructive and evil. I may get used to it, but the first three days have been just terrible.
I live in Indiana and for the first time in my memory we are trying on DST to see if we like it.
I hate it. As an early riser I find that my daylight hours have been shortened.
Later this month as I finish my two-mile walk down on the high school track at about 0500 or 0510 the light should just be coming up in the eastern sky. This year it will still be dark. And in early summer when I should be going to bed with the sun, I will be dealing with sunlight coming through my window. (Thanks Governor.) At 0530 I sometimes pull weeds in my garden before getting ready for work... but not this year. And saddest of all, there will be no morning devotions outside on the patio while the birds provide a soundtrack to the psalms. I'll be inside with the light on.
Daylight Savings Time encourages sloth... people sleeping in until 6, 7, maybe even 8AM. It encourages people to stay out later, driving up the price of gasoline, shopping, drinking, and chasing women.
For me they have it backwards. We should move our clocks ahead in October. The sun would get up at 0900 when I've already been at work for two hours. And friends, even in the dead of winter darkness should never come at 5PM.
Yes, I think we all know DST is destructive and evil. I may get used to it, but the first three days have been just terrible.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Insecurity and Islam
Janice has a great piece that explains so much about Islam. She writes:
The muslim community has low self esteem. We all know the muslim faith is based on deeds, works and total obedience to the stringent laws in the koran. If allah commands it and I fail how can I ever be worthy to enter paradise? ...A muslims entire life is centered on gaining entrance to paradise. Everything I need to know in relation to ones life is based in the koran. How, where and when I pray, what I can wear, when I can have sex. You're even allowed to tell a lie, kill and take slaves. How's that for a moral compass? ...There is no saving grace, no forgiveness. You can't even have a personal relationship with the god of islam, it's blasphemy.
http://19jancan66.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-borders-waldenbooks-boycott.html
Janice has a great piece that explains so much about Islam. She writes:
The muslim community has low self esteem. We all know the muslim faith is based on deeds, works and total obedience to the stringent laws in the koran. If allah commands it and I fail how can I ever be worthy to enter paradise? ...A muslims entire life is centered on gaining entrance to paradise. Everything I need to know in relation to ones life is based in the koran. How, where and when I pray, what I can wear, when I can have sex. You're even allowed to tell a lie, kill and take slaves. How's that for a moral compass? ...There is no saving grace, no forgiveness. You can't even have a personal relationship with the god of islam, it's blasphemy.
http://19jancan66.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-borders-waldenbooks-boycott.html
Friday, March 31, 2006
Defining a Leader
Christina charts what she is looking for in a person who will lead this country. Excellent reading.
You'll find it here:
http://the-right-perspective.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-i-want-in-leader.html
Christina charts what she is looking for in a person who will lead this country. Excellent reading.
You'll find it here:
http://the-right-perspective.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-i-want-in-leader.html
Malott is French
It used to be Malotte, but I believe the "e" was dropped during the Great Ink Shortage of 1839, which also gave rise to the word "OK," a brief ban on Polish immigrants, and the phrase "brevity is the soul of wit." It was a tough time for pen pals and even prompted a government study involving a bodily function and snow, which manners preclude me from describing here.
You can always tell when it's a slow news week, or when the news is just too depressing to keep knocking around amongst your friends. Finding something interesting to write about is hard, (arduous, as we say in Greentown) especially for a lazy descendant of French immigrants who would rather be rioting or surrendering to someone. By the way, my first American ancestor came over with Lafayette to bravely fight in our Great Revolution. (I know this for a fact because my family hired an ancestry tracing company whose motto was, We'll tell you anything to get your money!)
My heart turns to gardening this time of year. I've already got plenty-o-peas in the ground and just completed the arduous task of planting my potato sets last evening. Am I tired? Oui! But hard work in the garden always causes me to drop a few pounds, which is important after a winter of eating all those crepes in heavy cream sauces.
But I tip my beret to Janice, AICS, Bryan, Peter, Christina, and of course the beloved SkyePuppy, just to mention a few of my haunts, who never seem to be at a loss for an issue and a well-turned phrase. And I must not forget Andrew, whose comments are always much longer than the post he is commenting on, but is always interesting, and a pleasure to read... and read... and read. Andrew displays amazing insight, for an uneducated and unemployed loom technician from Terre Haute.
With spring, I will do less blogging, more gardening, and more reading outside in my hammock. Perhaps I'll watch a Maurice Chevalier film. (pronounced feelm) On humid summer nights I will play my accordion on the patio. And as the sweet haunting melodies fill the night, and I hear the unmistakable sound of windows slamming shut all over the neighborhood... I will smile.
I am French. My name is Malott(e). And obviously, I'll post most anything.
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It used to be Malotte, but I believe the "e" was dropped during the Great Ink Shortage of 1839, which also gave rise to the word "OK," a brief ban on Polish immigrants, and the phrase "brevity is the soul of wit." It was a tough time for pen pals and even prompted a government study involving a bodily function and snow, which manners preclude me from describing here.
You can always tell when it's a slow news week, or when the news is just too depressing to keep knocking around amongst your friends. Finding something interesting to write about is hard, (arduous, as we say in Greentown) especially for a lazy descendant of French immigrants who would rather be rioting or surrendering to someone. By the way, my first American ancestor came over with Lafayette to bravely fight in our Great Revolution. (I know this for a fact because my family hired an ancestry tracing company whose motto was, We'll tell you anything to get your money!)
My heart turns to gardening this time of year. I've already got plenty-o-peas in the ground and just completed the arduous task of planting my potato sets last evening. Am I tired? Oui! But hard work in the garden always causes me to drop a few pounds, which is important after a winter of eating all those crepes in heavy cream sauces.
But I tip my beret to Janice, AICS, Bryan, Peter, Christina, and of course the beloved SkyePuppy, just to mention a few of my haunts, who never seem to be at a loss for an issue and a well-turned phrase. And I must not forget Andrew, whose comments are always much longer than the post he is commenting on, but is always interesting, and a pleasure to read... and read... and read. Andrew displays amazing insight, for an uneducated and unemployed loom technician from Terre Haute.
With spring, I will do less blogging, more gardening, and more reading outside in my hammock. Perhaps I'll watch a Maurice Chevalier film. (pronounced feelm) On humid summer nights I will play my accordion on the patio. And as the sweet haunting melodies fill the night, and I hear the unmistakable sound of windows slamming shut all over the neighborhood... I will smile.
I am French. My name is Malott(e). And obviously, I'll post most anything.
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Further Proof
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Residents of the neighborhood of Sunset Circle say they have been terrorized by a crazy cat named Lewis. Lewis for his part has been uniquely cited, personally issued a restraining order by the town's animal control officer.
"He looks like Felix the Cat and has six toes on each foot, each with a long claw," Janet Kettman, a neighbor said Monday. "They are formidable weapons."
The neighbors said those weapons, along with catlike stealth, have allowed Lewis to attack at least a half dozen people and ambush the Avon lady as she was getting out of her car.
Some of those who were bitten and scratched ended up seeking treatment at area hospitals.
Animal Control Officer Rachel Solveira placed a restraining order on him. It was the first time such an action was taken against a cat in Fairfield.
In effect, Lewis is under house arrest, forbidden to leave his home.
Solveira also arrested the cat's owner, Ruth Cisero, charging her with failing to comply with the restraining order and reckless endangerment.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060329/D8GL7P580.html
Only pure evil would attack the Avon lady.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Residents of the neighborhood of Sunset Circle say they have been terrorized by a crazy cat named Lewis. Lewis for his part has been uniquely cited, personally issued a restraining order by the town's animal control officer.
"He looks like Felix the Cat and has six toes on each foot, each with a long claw," Janet Kettman, a neighbor said Monday. "They are formidable weapons."
The neighbors said those weapons, along with catlike stealth, have allowed Lewis to attack at least a half dozen people and ambush the Avon lady as she was getting out of her car.
Some of those who were bitten and scratched ended up seeking treatment at area hospitals.
Animal Control Officer Rachel Solveira placed a restraining order on him. It was the first time such an action was taken against a cat in Fairfield.
In effect, Lewis is under house arrest, forbidden to leave his home.
Solveira also arrested the cat's owner, Ruth Cisero, charging her with failing to comply with the restraining order and reckless endangerment.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060329/D8GL7P580.html
Only pure evil would attack the Avon lady.
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