The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. – Ayn Rand
Too Good a Quote to Leave Until Tomorrow
Aside from the fact that I have a QotD for tomorrow that I’ve been sitting on for a while.
Thomas Sowell from his Uncommon Knowledge interview with Peter Robinson, Part 4 of 5
When people ask me why am I going to vote for McCain rather than Obama it’s because I prefer disaster to catastrophe.
To further quote Mr. Sowell: Oh, absolutely. Absolutely.
Quote of the Day
I have never in my life been so ready for an election season to be over and done with. I can hardly wait for the Messiah to be sworn in so unicorns will start farting rainbows on the front lawn of my gold house and I can run them over with my rocket car on the way to my governmentally-guaranteed middle class job. – Who else? Tam, of course!
Michael Ramirez Strikes Again!
Today Joe Biden once again made headline news by opening his mouth:
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Sunday guaranteed that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., will be tested by an international crisis within his first six months in power and he will need supporters to stand by him as he makes tough, and possibly unpopular, decisions.
“Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”
“I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate,” Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. “And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you – not financially to help him – we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right.”
As Spock would say, “Fascinating.”
Now, what other news was released today that has mostly flown under the American news media’s radar?
MoD releases UFO sighting files
Details of UFO sightings around the UK, including a number in Northern Ireland, have been released by the Ministry of Defence.
A total of 19 files covering sightings between 1986 and 1992 have been made available online.
Iran with nuclear weapons? Oh, please. Russia invading another ex-sattelite? Whoopde-do! Al Qaeda pulling off another major strike in the U.S? Yeah, like that’s going to happen.
No, it’s all blindingly apparent to me now.
This election is a test. If we puny, warlike humans can overcome our bigotry and elect Obama our President, then the Space Aliens will know that we’re civilized enough to reveal themselves to us! Yes, Obama isn’t a “lightworker,” he’s one of THEM sent here to TEST US!
Hey, it makes as much sense as anything that comes out of Biden’s mouth.
Well, it Qualifies as “Sports” I Guess. . .
Instapundit points to Amazon’s 50% off sale on “sports and outdoor equipment” today. Lots of running shoes, flashlights, binoculars, etc.
However on page 32, Item 765 seems. . . out of place, somehow.
(Click for item page.)
Seems a bit chilly for “outdoor apparel.”
Glenn emails:
I always thought of that as an outdoor sport . . . .
Now I know more about Glenn & Helen than perhaps I wanted to . . . . 😉
Quote of the Day
OBAMA RAISED $150 million last month. No word on how much came from Mickey Mouse. Or “Doodad Pro.” – Instapundit
Watch, Wallet, Gun. . .
And I thought the “Denny Crane for President” clip was the best!
But I believe this is better.
Stolen Shamelessly
from Fun Turns to Tragedy!!! and presented without further comment:
Ok, ONE comment: Generally that sledge-hammer is aimed at others first.
Quote of the Day
Has anyone actually seen Wayne LaPierre pull a trigger on any firearm?
A gunblogger who shall remain anonymous, asked of Ashley Varner at yesterday’s meet-n-greet/show-n-tell here at the Rendezvous.
“The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
That’s a quote from John Gilmore. I’m here to do my part.
It seems that last week’s Saturday Night Live took some shots at the economic crisis, and – quite pointedly – at a couple deeply involved in it, billionaires Herbert and Marion Sandler, and George Soros.
Apparently this didn’t go over too well with the rich and powerful. NBC has yanked the clip from Hulu.com, and is aggressively pursuing “copyright infringement” when it’s posted at YouTube.com.
So the internet is routing around it. For your entertainment, and in conjunction with the “fair use” statement at the bottom of this page, I present you the SNL skit as political commentary:
http://img.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v99/smallestminority/SNLBailoutSkit.flv
Just doing my part!
UPDATE: Apparently an “edited” version is back up at Hulu.com, but this one is the original uncensored clip!