Ogre's Politics & Views

July 15, 2005

Holy Crap Lions! Tours

Time for a little more on the lighter side for Friday.

If you've been reading blogs for awhile, you may have come across a post or two that mention the phrase, "Holy crap lions tours," especially on blogs written by members of the Bad Example Family. To be technically correct, this should read as the title of this post does, "Holy Crap Lions! Tours." If you want to know why, you haven't seen the video...you should watch the video.

It's completely safe for work, but you HAVE to have speakers. It really doesn't work without them (you will NOT get the effect) - if you don't have speakers, resist the temptation to follow that link until you do -- it will be worth the wait.

And in case you think you might have seen the video, but you're not sure, this picture should remind you:

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I have GOT to learn how to make those.

And if you want an illustration of some people who REALLY have too much time on your hands, there's a live action version of that cartoon. Gah.

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Mayor McCrory & Education

Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory is the perfect example of what is termed a "RINO" (Republican in Name Only). Each year he runs on the Republican ticket, and he gets the votes of the Republicans. Every year he votes and works for the Democrats, so he gets the votes of the Democrats. He has been mayor of Charlotte since 1995, and he is running again this year, basically unopposed.

As of the writing of this article, his web site does not have any information. However, I heard a clip of his announcement on the radio. He claims he's working to expand light rail (liberal plan), reduce crime (not possible with Democrats on the city council), and tell our children what is acceptable in a polite society (liberal plan).

Well, Mayor (who has absolutely no say or control regarding the schools, that's for the school board) McCrory -- you want to know what's wrong with our schools? How about them encouraging cheating and then insisting that nothing is wrong with it?

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July 14, 2005

ACLU Loves Terrorists

Ok, I changed my mind. Today, instead of just the one post for the ACLU Blogburst, it's a two-for-one special. I read another article and just decided I needed to point out more bad things that the ACLU is doing.

Here in North Carolina, the ACLU is demanding that terrorists be allowed to swear on the Queer-an in North Carolina courts, because they so despise the Bible. I've got a Remington 1100 they can swear on if they like.

Look, Freedom of Religion (NOT separation of church and state) has limits, just like the Freedom of Speech. The classic example of the limit on Freedom of Speech is yelling "Fire" in a crowded movie theater. You do not have the right to do that because it is dangerous. Same with libel and slander -- they damage or harm other people, so you simply do not have that right. I wish religion would be treated the same way, but certainly the ACLU wouldn't like that.

I could not form my own religion and base it upon cannibalism (although I'm quite sure the ACLU would support me...at least until I ate them). You can't form a religion that physically endangers people -- that is NOT freedom of religion.

Muslim law requires Muslims to kill Americans. WHY IS THIS TOLERATED? The Muslim religion wants YOU dead if you are not one of them, no matter where in the world you exist. This is a fact, no matter what you might hear people who claim to be of that religion.

We should not only not allow the Queer-ran into courtrooms, we should declare this "religion" to be what it is -- beyond freedom of religion and simply dangerous to Americans. But the ACLU loves them. That tells you a lot about what the ACLU thinks of Americans, doesn't it?

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ACLU Hates Freedom

This week the Stop the ACLU Blogburst has a couple of topics. Some of the blogburst members will be mentioning the unbelievable support for murderous child molesters (aka terrorists), while others will be blogging about Supreme Court nominees. I have chosen the latter topic, as it is an area I research a lot.

The ACLU is already complaining about President George W. Bush's pick for supreme court justice, and he hasn't even made a choice. He hasn't even leaked a list of names for them to attack, and they are already complaining. Unfortunately, this is likely having it's desired effect -- many good and qualified jurists are likely to refuse the nomination simply because they do not want to be vilified by the ACLU, Democrats, and Socialists.

Their press release of July 1, 2005 needs a little interpretation, so I'll have a go at it in the extended post:

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Celtic Quiz

Owlish claims he is a Hornbeam Tree. I like trees. Therefore, it seemed only logical to see what the silly quiz would have in store for me (sorry Smokey).

What do you know? I'm a tree, too:




You Are A Rowan Tree




You are full of charm and cheer. You light up a room.

And while you crave attention, you do it without ego.

You are an interesting mix of contradictions - and very unpredictable.

You are both dependent and independent, calm and restless.

You are passionate, emotional, gregarious, and (at times) unforgiving.


What is Your Celtic Horoscope?

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Kennedy vs. Santorum

It seems old Teddy Kennedy is off his medications again. Then again, maybe he's on his own medications. Ted is in a total fit of rage because Senator Rick Santorum dared to step out and tell the truth in print, and then actually stand by what he wrote (so far).

The words of the head loon and chief drunk of the Democrat Party:

His [Santorum's] outrageous and offensive comments -- which he had the indecency to repeat yesterday -- blamed the people of Boston for the depraved behavior of sick individuals who stole the innocence of children in the most horrible way imaginable.

In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, "What a Maroon."

Teddy is simply wrong about what Santorum said, and he's wrong about disputing what Santorum really did say! So, what, exactly, did Santorum say?

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Charlotte Observer Wets Itself

I don't understand. The Charlotte Observer is socialist. They have very, very socialist and collective views on what Charlotte and North Carolina should be. They are very seriously heavily anti-freedom. They support nearly every socialist and collectivist idea that exists and cheer relentlessly when those ideas are implemented. They also have their friends in power -- in the Charlotte City Council, the Mecklenburg County Council, in the State Legislature, and in the Governor's seat. They are overjoyed this year since all of those groups raised taxes. But they are very unhappy now.

The Observer whines and complains that there is a state agency that has a goal of "slowing the proliferation of annoying [state] rules." You see the N.C. Rules Review Commission exists to "make sure proposed rules comply with N.C. law," and that absolutely infuriates the Charlotte Observer.

The Observer does not like pesky things like Constitutions, procedures, or laws. They want committees, groups, commissions, and "authorities" to be able to make their own rules, even if those rules violate basic rights or any other law. The Observer complains that this commission "has rejected rules that state commissions spent years carefully drafting." In the mind of the Observer, is a commission spends years drafting rules, it doesn't matter what the law or the Constitution says.

Just keep that in mind when you're reading "news" stories -- usually just opinion pieces on pages other than the page labeled "opinion" -- in the Charlotte Observer. If you like freedom, they honestly hate you.

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July 13, 2005

The British Empire Strikes Back

The Alliance (remember The Alliance), this week asks:

How will the British retaliate for the London bombings?

Well now, I'm quite sure that actual, real residents of that place can answer this one better than I, but I'll take a shot anyway.

I like visuals:
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Oh wait. I think I mis-read the question. I thought it said, "What would YOU do to retaliate."

Maybe they could call the UN. After all, we all know how well that works.
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Perfect Society

Every week Lennie of Cross Blogging posts a question. It's a carnival similar to the Homespun Bloggers weekly question, but usually focused on something to do with real life instead of politics. He encourages everyone to join in answering the questions on their own blogs. So come on, if you've got that writer's block and need a little nudge, head on over, or just post on your blog your answer!

This week's question:

Read this article, then answer the following questions:
1. Why has our society become less loving, so selfish, so intolerant, so uncommitted to anything outside of individual gain?
2. Why are we so full of selfish ambition and vain conceit?
3. Is this “perfect” society a place where any of us would want to live?

My answer is in the extended entry:

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Opinons Wanted

I'm working on the next layout that will appear for this blog. I know that there are still about 20% of the readers of the blog that view using 800x600 settings on their monitor. I usually use 1280x1024. I know there are many blogs that simply do not fit on an 800x600 screen -- they are too wide and you have to scroll horizontally to see all the blog.

I hate having to make the blog fit in only 800x600 when there really is so much extra space out there. I'm seriously considering making 2 different designs, one for people with the 800x600 layout and one for people with larger screens. For you who use 800x600, do you care? Does it matter to you that you have to scroll horizontally on some blogs? Would you tend to visit a place less or do you avoid blogs that are too wide to fit on your screen? Do you just accept the fact that you are using a small screen and you expect to scroll horizontally often?

Thank you for your input.

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Mid-Week Laughs

VW Bug, over at One Happy Dog Speaks has a neat new site design and new home (mu.nu). I mention this because if you're not visiting there every Wednesday, you're missing the Humor for Dreaded Wednesday post series. If you're like the majority of us working class slaves slobs subjects proletariats people, Wednesday is the halfway point through the work week, so you might like a few laughs on your Wednesday.

I know I look forward to that post every week.

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Smoke and Go To Jail

Not yet? Certainly very soon. This article in Medical News Today -- a web publication from the UK with no actual names of real people associated with it, for what it's worth -- complains about the lack of ability for people to force others to stop smoking.

They cite a University study that mentions that local health department directors across North Carolina are unsure if they can ban smoking outdoors. Of course, they quickly moved to change the laws in North Carolina, despite the billion-dollar tobacco agreement that limits government from passing such laws, because there are "exceptions" to that "agreement." So very soon, if you smoke outdoors, you will go to jail.

Of course, they claim that these policies are important because "studies have proven that secondhand smoke can increase the likelihood of lung cancer, asthma attacks, heart disease and numerous other serious illnesses." Of course, I can find just as many studies that prove the opposite, but those, apparently, do not matter when you have an agenda.

Second-hand smoke may be unpleasant. It may make your clothes stink. Personally, I cannot stand it. However, it will not give you cancer. It's simply not true, no matter what the "health departments" and others may want you to believe. They are lying to you, because they want to control your life. And you will be punished if you do not conform to their idea of society.

Oh how I seriously yearn for freedom. The Free State Project looks better and better every day.

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July 12, 2005

THE Alliance

I hope that there are days in which new readers who have never seen these pages nor my writing appear and start reading. For those of you who are new and are seeing some strange and rather odd-seeming posts. These are often related to The Alliance. I described The Alliance a number of months ago, but since (I hope) there are new readers since then, a brief introduction seems in order:

From the Duties and Responsibilities Page:

The goal of the Alliance is to replace Instapundit as the biggest thing in the blogosphere by means of links, hits, and humor, thereby helping Alliance members evolve upward through the Ecosystem .

To help accomplish this, various members of the Alliance attempt to promote traffic and links to other members, through various exercises and blogrolls. Down the left side of this blog, you can see the now rather huge Alliance blogroll -- these are all other blogs that are participating.

In my opinion, one of the most fun things about being in the Alliance is the Alliance assignments. Twice weekly, on Wednesday & Friday nights, the home page of the Alliance is updated with new assignments. Once it is the "Filthy Lie," and the other day it is the "Precision Guided Humor." You can spot those posts of mine by looking for strange and obscure references to Evil Glennn (most of the time) and other silly answers to questions (occasionally at other times and in other posts, too!) -- usually there's a link somewhere back to the Alliance as well.

So, if you want to have some fun, join a fun group of bloggers, and have more subjects to write about (keeps that writer's block at bay pretty well), head on over to the Alliance and read about How To Join. If you have other questions, see the FAQ page.

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Homespun Blogger Symposium XXVIII

Time once again to offer the correct an answer for the weekly Homespun Blogger Symposium. This is a group of bloggers who simply aren't professional (there's professionals?), and they have a weekly question, linkfests, best-of posts, and even a radio program. If you're a non-profit blogger just blogging for the fun of it, check them out.

In the meantime, their question for this week:

This week saw terrorism raise it's ugly head in London killing more than 50 people, wounding over 700.

Based on this recent attack...do you feel that we're winning, losing, or holding our own in fighting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)?

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More Llamas

Now yesterday I planned on a little levity for this morning's post, and lo and behold, Harvey beat me to it. It seems he's becoming facinated with llamas as he discusses Cindy's post of llama birthing. I think Harvey's career plans appear to be moving more towards llamahood. So, for those who still haven't managed to stumble upon it, I provide you yet again with:

The llama song.

And the words, just because I can:


Here's a llama, there's a llama
and another little llama,
fuzzy llama, funny llama,
llama, llama, duck.

llama, llama, cheesecake llama,
tablet, brick, potato, llama,
llama, llama, mushroom, llama,
llama, llama, duck.

I was once a treehouse,
I lived in a cake.
But I never saw the way
the orange slayed the rake.
I was only three years dead,
but it told a tale,
and now listen, little child,
to the safety rail.


Did you ever see a llama,
kiss a llama on the llama,
llama's llama tastes of llama
llama, llama, duck.

Half a llama, twice the llama,
not a llama, famer, llama,
llama in a car, alarm a llama
llama duck.

Is that how it's told now?
Is it all so old?
Is it made of lemon juice?
Doorknob, ankle, cold

Now my song is getting thin,
I've run out of luck.
Time for me to retire now
and become a duck.



(repeat ad nauseum)

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Education Money

Is there any person, any agency, any company, any government "program" that has enough money? It certainly doesn't seem so. Two different, apparently unrelated new articles point out one of the absolute absurdities of government and government spending.

Article #1, horribly titled "Education Wins Again," absolutely celebrates a NC Supreme Court decision that all fines collected by government must go to the school systems. The author can barely contain his excitement that over $500 million of new money will be given to the school system. At the same time he lamented the quite obvious natural reaction of the legislature -- just shift the spending from one area of the budget to another, making quite literally no different in funding.

At the same time, Article #2 laments that the very same court decision says that the University of North Carolina system cannot keep the fines they collect, and instead must give them...to the schools. And to compound the utter stupidity, the school has been setting aside these collections since 2001 in anticipation of this decision, but they will adamantly fight having to pay the money.

Government is way to big and far too out of control. Nothing about this setup makes any sense. Since the government schools are now going to very suddenly get $500 million in new money, will the lottery disappear? That was supposed to only generate around $300 million for schools. Will the government schools get a sudden influx of over $800 million? How much of the $10 million that the University needs to give to the government will the government turn around and give back to them?

We need a new government. A Constitutional Republic would be nice. Anyone want to start one with me?

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July 11, 2005

Carnival, carnival!

A pile of carnival links for this week. If you're floundering around with nothing to do this evening, feel free to take a perusal of a pile of links to other people's opinions and just neat areas to play.

A relatively new carnival, the Carnival of Liberty, is up this week with just their second edition. If you like freedom and liberty, you can read lots about it (or the lack of it) there.

Tarheel Tavern #20 is up at Scrutiny Hooligans. He makes it an all-pirate theme, and does an absolutely excellent literary job here. An absolute must read!

For a litter little on the lighter side, take a peek at Carnival of Cats #68. Man, that's a lot of...cats.

More animals for fun viewing at the weekly Friday's Ark of Animals -- not just cats, either.

Another week of the Christian Views Symposium. Come on folks, join up and add your opinion to the pile. You don't have to be a professing Christian or anything like that. Feel free to disagree or just add your own silly opinion.

Another week of the Homespun Blogger Symposium, this week up to number XXVII.

More lighter fare can be found at the Carnival of Kids over at Iowa Geek.

Finally, the New Blog Showcase appears over at Bad Example -- read the newest entries into the Blogosphere!

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We Are Not Afraid

Found over at Combs Spouts Off (he found it at Dean Esmay), a link to We're Not Afraid. From the site:

Werenotafraid.com exists to give people a voice online to tell the world that they are not afraid, intimidated or cowed by the cowardly act of terrorism. Terrorism will not be effective against the British people, and it won't be effective anywhere else.

Lots of pictures, lots of messages. Prepare to spend some time reading and viewing.

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Senate Confirmation Battle

From The Relentless Pursuit of Wisdom and Liberty, I present the words of the leader of the Democrats in 1993, while performing his duties as a Senator:

Then-chairman Sen. Joseph Biden told Ginsburg, "You not only have a right to choose what you will answer and not answer, but in my view you should not answer a question of what your view will be on an issue that clearly is going to come before the court in 50 forms probably, over your tenure on the court."

Someone needs to get these words out there, on a HUGE poster, to be placed in the Senate "hearing" room. Then make 10 copies, all poster-sized, ten for each Democrat Senator (with or without a D after their name), and mail them to the Senators.

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$300 Felony

It used to be that a felony was a serious crime. Then again, it used to be that there were only laws against actual crimes. Of course, today that is not the case. Laws are now used as hammers to socially adjust you if you are different. There are so many laws that it is quite literally impossible to obey all of them, and just as impossible to enforce all of them -- so the law-enforcer is empowered to select which laws they want to enforce.

Felony:
1. One of several grave crimes, such as murder, rape, or burglary, punishable by a more stringent sentence than that given for a misdemeanor.
2. Any of several crimes in early English law that were punishable by forfeiture of land or goods and by possible loss of life or a bodily part.

I think the dictionary needs updating. Now, in North Carolina, thanks to Democrats, if someone steals $300 from a construction site, that's a felony.

That's right -- theft of a single power tool from a construction site can now be punished on the same level as rape and murder. Steal a nail gun, go to prison with a child molester. I wonder what's next -- execution for public urination? I think it's time to throw out all North Carolina's General Statues and start all over again.

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