Chew On These: Volume 4
A quick glance at what my kind of bloggers are saying across the web. Click on the hyperlinks to visit their sites and read the full articles -- they're all well worth it.
1. "After hearing of Louis Farrakhan's "trip to the mother ship that circles above the earth" where the inhabitants of the mother ship (?) told him that Bush breeched the levees purposefully to kill all the Blacks, I decided to do a bit of reading about the Nation of Islam . . . " Excerpt from "Nation of Islam and the Mother Ship" at Blonde Sagacity
2. "(Gay men and women) need to talk about marriage as a sacred institution and make clear that we do not just see this as a right to which we are entitled, but a privilege for which we are willing to work. That we understand the obligations of matrimony and are committed to living up to them just as heterosexual couples have done for millennia." Excerpt from "Getting Gay Marriage the Old Fashioned Way -- Earning It" at Gay Patriot
3. "The only way to substantially reduce CO2 emissions is to develop energy technologies that obsolesce fossil fuels. Those energy technologies are coming eventually. People who want those technologies to come sooner (whether to avoid global warming or get cleaner air to breathe or to lower total energy costs) ought to support accelerated development of nuclear and photovoltaic energy technologies." Excerpt from "Tony Blair Wants Technological Advances To Reduce CO2 Emissions" at Future Pundit
4. "Now, am I saying, "Don't worry, be happy?" Of course not. And I'm not saying we couldn't stand to cut a lot of fat from the federal budget. But the Krugmans of this world who run about in circles, screaming, "The sky is falling!" because of Katrina and the Iraq war are doing so without an empirical leg to stand on. The facts just don't support that conclusion, Chicken Little, because either a comparative or a time-series view of our national debt burden suffices to dispel the rising tide of panic you're doing your best to install in ignorant and inattentive voters." Excerpt from "Paranoia Will Destroy Ya" at Villainous Company
5. "Iraq is turning into a geopolitical disaster for al Qaeda, but the Western press is so wed to its story of American failure that it is not reporting the humiliation of our enemy. That is not surprising, since the anti-war Left continues to propagate the opposite story." Excerpt from "Our chance to humiliate al Qaeda in Iraq" at Tiger Hawk
6. "The recent hubbub about Iran's nuclear ambitions raises the hypothetical question: 'What would the situation be like in the region if Saddam was still in power in Iraq?' . . . I'm willing to be that Mr. Khan, the Pakistani scientist would be selling nuclear plans to people like Saddam and others. Libya still would be in possession of nuclear development equipment, and so on. How about the thought of a nuclear weapon capable Taliban for scary?" excerpt from "What if . . ." at Common Sense & Wonder
7. "In an 11th-hour breakthrough, North Korea reaffirmed some of the promises it made during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton, which it immediately violated, adding however that 'this time we really, really mean it.'" Excerpt from "North Korea Vows to Give Up Nukes, Lying" at Scrappleface
8. "Some people say they'll be voting with "yes" because they want to defy terrorism that is trying to stop the democratic progress while others say they'll be definitely voting with "no" because the draft isn't even close to their aspirations. The street is actually divided over this issue and other than saying that we're most likely to see a wider turnout than the January elections, nothing is predictable." Excerpt from "On Iraq's political scene . . ." at Iraq the Model
9. "A second myth is that the political process has abandoned the poor. Not so. Welfare reform was not punitive; it aimed mainly to counteract a self-defeating dependency. Other major programs for the non-elderly poor have not been similarly scaled back. Some have been repeatedly expanded, usually without much fanfare." Excerpt from "Poverty Chic" at Don Surbur
10. "There does seem to be a negative cycle at work in the young male population - the pursuit of sex, and the demands that women placed on men before they were allowed to have sex, used to be one of things that led young men to try to accomplish worthy things and generally establish a defined, serious, somewhat stoical masculine identity during their teens and twenties. But now that sex is so readily available, there's no reason for such an identity to develop - and once that happens, there aren't any male role models for the next generation of young men to follow, except for the Maxim-Emo extremes, and so the cycle continues and a defined, adult masculine identity slips further away." Excerpt from "Sex and the Single Guy" at The American Scene
ADDENDUM:
I have to admit that this op-ed by Chris Crain in the Washington Blade, a paper I ordinarily dismiss out of hand for its absurdly leftist slant, left me speechless. Crain is writing in response to the inordinate amount of obscene and vitriolic emails from readers sent to the Blade after a few op-eds by Jeff Gannon. Here's an excerpt:
"We gay Americans do not have the luxury of intolerance. When it comes to minorities, we are remarkably minor. Kinsey was nice enough to propagate the 10 percent myth, but subsequent surveys place us at even smaller numbers, well under half that amount. And about one-quarter of us — of us! — voted for the election and the re-election of George W. Bush . . . If we cannot tolerate the viewpoint of someone who tries to explain why one-quarter of us like and support the president, then how can we expect the 96 percent of Americans who are heterosexual to listen seriously to our demands for equality?"
Right on! It's about frickin' time the gay-left began to examine its own role in the recent social blow-backs against gay marriage, and even homosexuality in general. Do yourself a favor and read the entire article -- it's a revelation, especially considering that it's coming from the liberal end of the spectrum . . .
Comments
The Nation of Islam stuff was creepy and you'd think the MSM would dismiss someone like Farrakhan as the head of a wacky false religion.
Then again, the MSM loves it when dumbass movie stars prattle on about Scientology, which is about the same level on the believability scale as the Nation of Islam.
Say what you will about the "believeability" of the Latter Day Saints, but at least none of them have talked about invisible orbiting weapons platforms and alien ghosts...
Posted by: Scott | September 23, 2005 1:33 PM
I don't usually agree with your opinions, but I have to say that in posting the link to the second article, you've tapped into a potentially very vital argument that the queer community can use to its advantage while discussing the marriage equality issue. Bravo for that!
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Homocon sez:
Thanks for following the link to Gay Patriot's site. It was an excellent article which brought up a lot of interesting points, and the lively, informed debate that followed in the comments section was even better . . . .
Posted by: Your Uncle Bastard | September 26, 2005 1:18 PM