Witches, however, are now ok, as the US Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to allow Wiccans who served in the US military to have a pentacle emblem engraved on their government-issued tombstones, thus bringing to 39 the number of religious symbols which are officially authorized on veterans’ grave markers.
Other bizarre religious cult symbols, however, were rejected by the VA, and are shown below:
The decision regarding four more cult symbols is still pending, although personally I really hope these make the cut:
I’ll let you know if any of these get selected.
Archive of entries posted on 24th April 2007
Already Can’t Imagine What I’d Do Without It
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Hot Air turned one today; it’s certainly the blog I frequent the most now. If you don’t check out Hot Air every day (or more), you’re a loser!
State of the Frank Report
This is the part of the blog where I write about my day for those interested.
On the way to pick up groceries for my wife, my vehicle was rammed by another car and then I was abducted as a hood was thrown over my head. I guess that’s better than being abducted on the way home from the grocery store because who would know what would happen to the perishables.
When the hood was pulled off, I was bound to a chair in a darkroom. In front of me stood a man who looked in dire need of sleep and a razor. “I’m Jack Bauer with CTU.”
“I’m Guybrush Threepwood and I want to be a pirate,” I answered, not hiding my annoyance. “What the hell is this all about?”
“There was a terrorist attack on a nearby power plant.” He held up some pictures. “Recognize these people?”
I looked them over. They were quite terroristy looking. “Last time I was at a mosque, I was pretty drunk, so I probably won’t remember names. Twenty bucks says at least four of them are named ‘Mohammad,’ though.”
“Do you recognize her?” He held up another picture — apparently from surveillance cams at the power plant. It was of SarahK.
I quickly got over the shock. “I can’t expect me to keep track of every blond woman I’ve been around. Why exactly do you think I, John Q. Public, would have anything to do with any of this?”
“We know you are an accomplice of this woman. You had her eliminate the other terrorists to try and hide the evidence. Unfortunately for you, the bomb never went off and we know that NTM Publishing Corp. funded the…”
“Corp.?” I interrupted. “I own NTM Publishing Inc.”
The agent checked some documents. “Oh. Looks like we made a mistake.” He cut the rope. “You can go.”
“Don’t I get an apology?”
“We don’t have time, sir. There are terrorists attacks going on right now and–”
“So you’re telling my you have time to explain to me why you can’t apologize to me, but you don’t have time to actually apologize.”
He glared at me. “Fine… Sorry!”
“See; that wasn’t so hard. Can I get your insurance information? You did hit me earlier.”
It took a while to get all the information I needed, but after about an hour I let him go. Still, there was the question of why my wife was at a nuclear power plant with terrorists. When I get home, Lucy will have some splain’n to do.
Reid My Loser
Super Ultra Mega Hypocrisy!
- John Edwards talks about two Americas and the divide between the haves and the have-nots while building himself a house the size of Rhode Island and getting $400 beauty treatments he charges to his campaign.
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- Al Gore tells us to cut back on our electrical consumption to “save the world” while using as much electricity a day in his house as most African nations use all year.
- John Travolta also tells us to cut back on our consumption while owning jumbo jets for personal use.
- Sheryl Crow tells us to use only one square of toilet paper while dragging around an entire convoy for her personal use to each concert.
- Rosie O’Donnell used to crusade against guns while having her own children protected by armed body guards.
So what’s it with liberals and hypocrisy? And not just hypocrisy, but super-mega hypocrisy — like openly running a brothel while lecturing people on the problem of promiscuity type hypocrisy. Many people wonder how liberals can be such flaming hypocrites and lecturing other while not even taking a second to look at themselves. It very simple how they do it: They’re elitists.
See, whenever they say people should do something, they assume everyone understands that it’s implied that they mean “little, unimportant people.” When they see the public, they see themselves as something completely separate from the unwashed masses. Elitist liberals can’t comprehend why anyone would turn a critical eye to them when they are out to help and enlighten us. Why bite the hand that feeds you wisdom?
I think they should be treated separate from regular society too… in that they should all be locked up in a prison in Antarctica. Some think it’s wrong to lock up people for their viewpoints, but that’s not the case here. We’re locking them up for their viewpoints and being insufferable, arrogant pricks. They will also be washed by being sprayed with hoses. And maybe beaten. Would beating them be too harsh? I dunno; let’s beat them just to be on the safe side.
Now, do I have to fly to Antarctica and beat them myself or be accused of hypocrisy? If so, let’s just forget the whole idea.
Happy Armenian Genocide Day!
Okay. Maybe not happy.
On this day in 1915, 1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered, left to starve, or thrown out of their country.
It was almost as bad as Guantanamo Prison.
I was reading somewhere that no US President has ever actually used the “G” word. I couldn’t help but wonder why. Are we afraid to offend Turkey because they are an ally?
After all, we are allies with Germany and we openly acknowledge the Holocaust.
It’s just not right.
Anyway, to all our readers who are Armenian, we at IMAO would like to say that the slaughter of so many lives byt the then Ottoman Empire was horrible.
Yes, senseless slaughter is horrible. It’s controversial, but we at IMAO are taking a stand.
Pop-Pop
I’m going to be getting a CCW permit (one of the few liberties secure in Minnesota), and I’m looking for suggestions concerning the type of weapon I should try out/purchase. I think I would prefer an ankle holster. I would prefer something discrete, though capable of taking down a reasonably motivated assailant with one or two shots. It would be nice if it also was a decent target practice weapon. I would not anticipate any need to quickly load and re-load. I would like a rock solid safety mechanism, though not too difficult to disengage when needed. What is your opinion?
