Shameless Self-Promotion

I have decided to add to the left sidebar more quotes of people who said nice things about my site. I bet many people come here and don’t know if they like the site or not, but then they’ll see all the smart people who like my site and thus decide to like it too. Everyone wants to be smart.

Also, I noticed that Michael of the site 2blowhards.com has nominated me as one of the three funniest bloggers (brainy-redneck… I like that). This was a smart thing to do. The other two are Natalie Solent and my arch-nemesis, Scott Ott of Scrappleface. Damn you, Scott Ott!

Has anyone thought of making some official blogging awards, like the “Bloggies” or something? I think this is a good idea; I should get a Bloggie for coming up with it.

Kill Animals, Not Plants

A FoxNews.com report talks about how many vegetarians are coming back to eating meat. That seems about right, because that whole vegetarian thing never made sense anyway. What’s the difference between a vegetarian burger and a regular beef burger? Both are just processed vegetables, the former had the processing done by machines and the latter done naturally by a cow. And which one tastes better? Nature’s way of course. When a cow eats vegetables, it has this almost magical ability to sort out only the tasty parts of vegetables and then repackage it in the form of yummy meat. But those nature-hating vegetarians think they can outdo God’s way and thus are arrogant and evil.

And what’s with this complaint about how animals are treated on farms? Vegetables are treated even worse; they’re kept in one place their entire lives and not allowed any mobility at all. And plants never try to harm people, while animals, on the other hand, can be mean. Once, my dog bit me; she didn’t even give a reason. That’s just how animals are. Not once, though, have I been attacked by a house plant. So, obviously, it is much more moral to kill animals than plants.

New Fad in the Middle East

Despite all the expressed hatred towards America, many in the Middle East actually enjoy many parts of American culture; they drink Coca-Cola and eat at McDonalds just like civilized nations. It looks like another American cultural import has caught on, one called “rational thought.” The Sauds have now said they will allow the U.S. to use its bases for an attack on Iraq. They put the condition on it that the U.S. needs U.N. backing first and are still against a regime change, and thus we can not be certain whether this rational thought craze will actually takes roots in Middle Eastern societies or just be a temporary fad.

Custody Disputes are Always Hardest on the Disputed, But, in This Case, That’s a Good Thing

America seems to be in some sort of custody dispute with Pakistan over Rami Binalshibh (and what is up with this photo; is he like totally baked, or what?). Germany threatened to further complicate things by also calming custody, but they ended up backing down like a good European country. Anyway, maybe America and Pakistan can broker some deal between them where they share joint custody, America getting him most of the time to subject him to psychological torture, while Pakistan can get him every other weekend to beat him and pull his finger nails out and what not.

Somehow, though, I don’t think America will have as much trouble getting custody of a terrorist in Pakistan as they do little American girls in Saudi Arabia.

Warning to Criminals

I have just received my concealed weapons permit in the mail today, so let it be a warning to all criminals out there in Florida or in the states that reciprocate its permit (which I may visit at some point) that there is yet another armed citizen out there. Your next mugging could be your last!

Then again, how many violent criminals read blogs? Actually, if one started one, he might fill an interesting niche.

A Plea to God

Please, God, no more of this. 1,800 votes just suddenly found? Come on, what’s that about? For my sanity, I need this to be over. I’ve been a good Catholic. I’m nice to people. I feed the homeless and shelter the hungry. I’ve never killed a hobo. What else do You want from me? Do I have the wrong religion, because I’ll switch. I’ll even try that one where you get bitten by snakes; to be honest, I’ve sorta suspected that was the one true faith. And I’m sorry I asked Your son to hit Reno with a bus; that was out of line, and it won’t happen again. All I want is for McBride to have enough of a margin of victory that a recount isn’t triggered, okay? You see, I’m one of the good ones; I understand how voting problems are just Your way to cancel out the votes of stupid people. I won’t try and prevent it and instead will cherish it as great part of our democracy. So, is it now good between us? (or is that “Us”?)

Suicide Bombings Can Bring Peace

I always thought the Palestinians were some the dumbest people on earth to think that suicide bombings would bring them any better outcome than Israel dropping the beat down on them, but I’ve started to see how they can work towards the goal of peace. A bomb has exploded in a Gaza home killing a number of terrorists working on it; if there are a number of more suicide bombings like that, then I think there will be peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Mother of All Dumbasses

According to the Drudge Report, Iraq’s new strategy is to also threaten Israel. So, they already have the most powerful nation in the world gunning for them, so they decide to then pester the only other civilized nation out there who isn’t afraid of conflict? People make fun of a lot of the countries in the middle east because they haven’t made any advancements in like anything for the past few hundred years, but they do seem to be making headway on becoming the leaders on ways to commit suicide.

Benevolent America Talks to Other Countries

Bush, as part of his compassionate conservatism, told our reasons why we wanted a war with Iraq to the U.N. as if any other countries mattered in the decision. Some may think we set a bad precedent which will lead to other countries feeling they can give us their opinions on other things as well, but I think Bush had his heart in the right place. He explained things very carefully to them and talked to them almost like they were adults. Some of the things were probably scary for these other countries to hear, such as how Iraq has continued development of weapons of mass destruction, but I think many of the countries in attendance were mature enough to hear it. A good indication of that was how there were few incidents when milk and cookies were served afterwards. France whined it’s cookie didn’t have many chocolate chips in it, and then started crying when Germany said something to him, but, other than that, it was a relatively quiet affair. Talk of war, though, left most countries too stimulated for nap time.

Link of the Day

Eugene Volokh proves that C++ isn’t any better than C. To think I wasted all that time learning the class structure. He later updated with some dispute over whether (C++ < C) actually evaluates to true or false, but I tried it at work today and it was true. My apologies to anyone who doesn’t know anything about programming.

The Mind of a Terrorist

Richard Reid, the attempted shoe bomber, has revealed that his motivation was seeing Jews with guns in a mosque. This is important to hear, because, to defeat one’s enemy, you must understand how his mind works. So here is what we know so far:

Subject: Richard Reid
Status: Radical Muslim
Stimuli: Jews with guns
Initial Emotion: Anger
Final Reaction: “Must… blow-up… shoes!”

Hmm… interesting, but more data is needed. I say we subject him to a Presbyterian with a machete and a Hindu with a taser and watch what article of clothing he tries to explode.

Reno Must Be Stopped!

Oh, no, not again. It looks like McBride won the Democratic primary, but Reno is probably going to ask for a recount. I can’t take this. I need to know Reno is done for… now. I don’t care if Jeb will have a better chance against Reno; the risk is not worth it. Please, Jesus, I beg of you, end this election now. The surest way, and this is just a suggestion, is to hit Reno with a bus. There are a lot of buses out there, so no one will think it was you who did it if she perchance gets run over by one. I mean, if she got hit by a meteor, people might start thinking, “Hey, that doesn’t just happen by accident; I bet Jesus did it. Let’s get him!” but, with a bus, you’d get off scott free. I know contract killing is not your usual thing, but this is an extraordinary circumstance. You see, I have a house being finished here in Florida next month, and I can’t already start thinking about moving.