Escape from Accountability
March 28, 2006
I’ve just posted a number of previous writings to my blog; go to the top and click on “Other Writings from my Brain”. A few years back, I wrote a piece entitled “The Essence of Liberalism”, and it included this phrase: “Modern-day liberalism, in a nutshell, is an escape from accountability”. Is that not exactly what we are seeing played out in the current debates regarding what to do with illegal aliens?
Of course it is. This issue is categorically not about racism. It is categorically not about immigration, even. It is about one matter, and one matter only: do we expect people to follow the duly-enacted laws of our nation, or do we not? Will we hold people accountable for this, or will we not? In short, do we believe in the rule of law, or do we not?
The House of Representatives passed common-sense legislation aimed at doing just this; the Senate, and the President, seem poised to spit in the face of the rule of law. What price will be paid if we move forward with an amnesty program (of course, Arlen the Wonder Senator says that this is “not an amnesty program”, but Arlen the Wonder Senator has forgotten that a rose by any other name…)? It’s pretty easy to know: we will say, and it won’t be the first time, that we really don’t seriously expect people to obey the laws of our nation. We will contribute to the further disrespect for the rule of law. This is what liberals seem to always do…and it’s always wrong.
A Pictoral Depiction of My NCAA Brackets
March 24, 2006
Boy, I started off so well…29-3 in the first round, picked a lot of upsets. 
Man, I was going to town. Still wasn’t too bad at all heading into the Sweet Sixteen…and then Duke went down, and Texas hit a last-second shot to beat the ‘Eers, and Gonzaga went to their throats against UCLA, and…well, perhaps a picture says it better than any other way of describing my brackets…
What? Enforce the Law? Say it Ain’t So!!!
March 24, 2006
Hugh Hewitt gives us this tip on the dangerous practice that Costa Mesa, California police are considering becoming engaged in: enforcing the law.
My Choice for NFL Commissioner
March 23, 2006
It’s really an easy call, if you think about it. We need a Commissioner to bring some fun back to the NFL, to make things a little zany again. I really, really think that this guy is a natural to succeed Paul Tagliabue!
How to Make a Cool Million off William Shatner
March 21, 2006
Threaten to broadcast this video all over creation if he doesn’t fork over some serious loot:
How to Handle a Woman, by William Shatner
Way to get in touch with your feminine side, Captain Kirk…
Bing and Eng Do the Beatles
March 21, 2006
Wow…in the dictionary, next to “cheesy”, is this video clip.
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
Osborne: A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
Schlossberg: Idols For Destruction
