Now that I have comments, I have a question for viewers of the site: what kind of gun do you think God carries? I used to think in my younger years that he would have some fancy high-tech semi-automatic, but, as I’ve grown older, I’ve moved more the opinion that he would carry a six shot revolver, probably a high caliber like a .44 magnum or .454 Casull. My thinking is it would have a chrome finish but not have a bunch of fancy extras (like the revolver in XXX; man, that gun kicked ass!). I tried to consult the Bible on this issue, but it barely ever references firearms in it.
Archive of entries posted on August 2002
Blog TV
Blogging is like the coolest thing on the internet now (at least according to people with blogs), but I missed out coming up with the idea. So, instead, I will just apply the idea to new mediums. First I’m going to try and figure how to fit blogging into television broadcast. Maybe it would be a channel with Glenn Reynolds sitting in front of the camera all day and occasionally saying something. Or maybe instead it would be a tv show that keeps telling you to watch other tv shows. Well whatever it is, when I finish the idea I need someone to send me millions of dollars.
IYAO
There Are Still Some Standards
In case one day you suddenly wondered if you can orchestrate a sex act in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, broadcast the results, and then still keep your jobs as a radio show host, the answer is no.
The slippery slope back towards Puritanism has begun.
Canadians Must Be For Slavery
Canadian gun registration laws are going to ruin a civil war reenactment that’s to take place near Toronto. Canada (our local Europe) would have forced the visiting Americans to pay a fee and register their muskets. Of course, the Americans were like, “Funk that!” and have decided not to attend rather than pay for their God-given right. In reality, though, hundreds of Americans with muskets could easily reenact whatever they want wherever they want in Canada.
Best Image Ever
John Hawkins has found a .jpg of one of the funniest images from the last season of the Simpsons. It was on a t-shirt Homer wore to Brazil (“How could you tell I’m an American?”) and should be the standard attire for all Americans going abroad.
Was the Word “Snarky” Invented Just to Describe Her?
Josh Chafetz at OxBlog has thoroughly ripped apart Maureen Dowd’s latest column, so much though that I almost feel sorry for her. Almost. I once tried reading one of her columns and that instantly removed all sympathy. Dowd bashing has become a conservative pastime; she’s like the Carrot-Top of the right-wing. So in answer to Chafetz’s question of why she hasn’t been fired, I bet it’s because she’s gained a huge readership who can’t wait to read her next column to see how horrible it is. It’s so bad it’s entertaining, like Plan Nine from Outerspace, Roadhouse, or about anything written in The Nation.
There Wouldn’t be Forest Fires If We Didn’t Have Forests
Bush wants to ease logging restrictions to stop wildfires. Just a couple days ago I was talking about the dangers of trees and I forgot all about their tendency to burn and kill people. Trees are the only living creature other than man that uses fire, and they always use it for evil. Why do I seem to be the only person noticing this and condemning trees? Sure, they’re nice when they’re tamed by by being turned into coffee tables and rifle butts, but, in the wild, them things are dangerous.
Think Positive Things About NASA
NASA has come out and assured everyone they can’t read minds. Why is it now, for the first time, I’m worried about NASA reading my mind. This reminds how I was never worried about layoffs at work until the boss started a meeting by saying, “I just want to assure you that no one is thinking of layoffs.”
Ding Dong, the Witch Isn’t Reelected
Cynthia McKinney lost the primary to… uh… well, to someone other than Cynthia Mckinney. I blame the Zionist Conspiracy and the Blogosphere for using their money and misinformation against her.
Anyone know how to make donations to those two groups?
Arming Pilots
Bruce Schneier has an argument against arming pilots in the latest issue of the Cyrpto-Gram Newsletter. Now, of course, I’m for arming pilots (hell, I’m for arming everyone… except for criminals, dumb children, and chimpanzees), but it’s nice to see a well thought out argument against arming pilots that isn’t laden with complete idiocy (e.g., one from Fritz Hollings). But I think all the issues Schneier points out, though important, can be overcome. Also, I think quickly implementing the “quintessentially American solution” is always better than endlessly carping about the problem and doing nothing (i.e., the quintessentially European solution).
Now I’m Going to Be All Self-Concious When Posting
Wow, I had more than three unique visitors today. Thanks to Geek With Guns for linking to my Brief History of the Gun and to Right Wing News for putting me as the site of the day.
Catch and Release
Some Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners are to be released, perhaps allowing them to fight against America once again. Can’t we at least put some tracking collars on them or tag their ears so we can know if we’re capturing the same combatants over nad over and maybe also track their mating and migration patterns? And when is it terrorists hunting season again, anyway?
Plant Dependency
Juan Non-Volokh points out how there is no empirical evidence that biodiversity is a matter of survival. I personally find our dependency on other lifeforms quite pathetic. We’re the human race, the greatest species in the universe, so why should we need bunch of other plants or animals around to survive; they should live and die by our whimsy. We should make technology that can take the place of plants in the food chain, machines that can produce food and oxygen from sunlight, water, and nutrients much more efficentiely than some stupid tree. And unlike the tree, it won’t block the sky or be a hazard to you if you run off the road.
Now don’t take me out of context and say I’m for eliminating all trees. I just think they can be relegated to some zoo or something so they can stay out of our way.
You Can’t Spell “Insanely Stupid” Without U.N.
The U.N. has yet again reinforced their credibility by electing Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi as chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. From the looks of the picture, he wore his wife’s Sunday best for the occasion.
In other news, the fox has been elected to chair the United Nations Commission on Henhouse Protection and I have been elected to chair the United Nations Commission on Not Beating Hippies.