Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

Tonight I was researching various topics on paganism and ancient revivalism when I came across a Wikipedia article about a group of pagans in Greece who were trying to gain equal rights in the eyes of the Greek government. It seems that prior to 2006, all religions except Christianity, Judaism and Islam had been banned. An Athenian court seems to have overruled that.

The story regarding this can be found here (I may post a separate diary entry about this later).

When I read about their desire to be allowed to worship in the Parthenon, I looked it up on Wikipedia for clarification. The article listed pollution hazards and I found myself curious enough to read on. It seems that acid rain from the growth of Athens and the exhaust from cars has caused irreparable damage to the sculptures in the Parthenon.

Pollution is a bad thing, not only for the harm it does to ourselves and our environment but for the harm it does to our history. When historical landmarks and wonders of the ancient world are threatened by our pollution, isn’t it time to do something?

I see this and then I see conservatives calling for less restraints put on pollution control and I find it hard to believe that they could be so caviler and arrogant not to see the harm that is already happening. Is there nothing at all more important than grabbing for that extra dollar?

What Every American Should Know About Iraq

by David Michael Green

Some people think that anyone who disagrees with the American invasion and occupation of Iraq is either a bleeding-heart liberal appeaser, a George W. Bush hater, a blame America firster, an underminer of the troops, a traitor, or a geopolitical naif.

To those who see opponents of the war as fitting into one, several, or all of these categories, I say read this page. I will make no arguments herein, nor even commentary. I will twist no data nor spin any tales. I will even include some of the comments and arguments made by the administration and its supporters.
Instead of arguing against the war, I will try to offer a fairly complete account of the relevant facts one might wish to consider when evaluating America’s policy in Iraq. Especially for those who continually claim that they, more than others, have the best interests of the troops at heart – but actually for all citizens in a democracy – it is incumbent upon us to educate ourselves about this most important of national policies.

Those troops are being maimed and are dying on our behalf every day. The very least we can do is spend a brief amount of our time learning about this question so that we can decide whether their continued sacrifices are justified.

So, in that spirit – and as the Founders themselves said – “let Facts be submitted to a candid world”.

This is the best short summary I know of of US involvement in Iraq

RED DAVE

Published by the US Government for our troops, in 1942, this is a fascinating look backwards and forwards.

A Short Guide to Iraq

RED DAVE

Liberals never can understand the value of hard day’s work. They’re just lazy effette professors who want to keep their fingernails clean.

How do I know this? I read for myself, that’s how.

Liberals hate sweatshops. Everywhere they go, they call for no sweat in factories.

Really! They expect companies to employ people, but never ask the workers to break a sweat. Wimps!

I mean, if people don’t ever sweat in factories, then how will they ever lift big boxes? Will they have to have little boxes with doilies on them?

The socialist liberals with their Marxist love of the free market of laziness keep on demanding that companies like Hanes and The Gap hire only people who never break a sweat. No sweatshops! No sweatshops!

They also demand that no children be hired to make Americans good clothing with honest family values in them. Well, how are those kids ever going to learn the value of a good hard day of work unless we help them?

Do you know, I went to Bangladesh once, almost. I saw pictures of people in Bangladesh, anyway, and let me tell you that, although they’re all very poor, they’re also very happy. They love it. They wouldn’t trade their so-called lifestyle for our decadent society of mansions and jewelry and fancy cars and Hollywood liberals. No sir!

They want our money, which is why they’re happy to work for a nickel a day.

You know what burns me? The liberals insult those people. They call those people “exploited”, and try to take away their jobs by instituting some kind of minimum wage or something.

I am so sick of liberal wimps insulting workers that I’m going to go to Wal-Mart and go buy more shirts made in Indonesia, just to make them mad.

It’s a higher moral calling.

Orange Alert! Orange Alert! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Report to Stations! Orange Alert! Whoop!

What’s that you’re saying? “I don’t have a station to report to?” Nonsense! This is a War on Terror, people, which means your battle station is right here on the Home Front! Your job, people, is to find the terrorists in our midst. None of this namby-pamby liberal hand-wringing, now. It’s inexcusable in these dangerous times. YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR DOG are under direct attack by the communist terrorists, the homosexual foreigners, the marauding moonbats. So here’s what you need to do:

1. Get up on your feet, and to everyone you meet, say “Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello.”
2. Look for that squinty, shifty look in your neighbor’s eyes. Also look for brown skin and lack of crucifixion jewelry. Does your neighbor carry a liquid substance (explosive)? Do they fail to mow their lawn? Do they eat organic food?
3. If you encounter any of the above, call 1-800-FL-CHIPS and tell the good people at Frito-Lay about your neighbor’s involvement with terrorism. I’m sure they’ll appreciate your diligence and let the nice people at Homeland Security know right away.

Yes, friends, it’s up to you to stop the wave of terror that laps at our ankles, like a kiddie pool brimming with pee, like a dog that’s figured out you spilled mustard on your legs, like your boyfriend that one time, back in ‘93, when he tied you up and… at any rate, you know what I’m saying here: UNLESS YOU FREAK OUT and GET PARANOID, the terrorists win! So report on your neighbor today: call 1-800-FL-CHIPS and let the snack food industry know about the threat on your block.

Orange Alert! Now more than ever. United We Stand. Semper Fi. These Colors Don’t Run. Have You Forgotten?

You know, when I first heard that Mel Gibson had said, while being arrested recently in California, some “offensive things,” I was really really worried. I thought maybe the star of Lethal Action had said “Stem cell research is not such a bad thing” or “Gay? OK!” or “F**k, but those Buddhists really have a point there.” That would have been a level of career-destroying offensiveness, for sure.

But then I read the actual police report of Mel Gibson’s remarks while being arrested for driving after drinking the communion wine (what’s wrong with that? nothing but being RELIGIOUS!). Here’s all the nicest guy in Hollywood ever said:

“My Life Is Fucked” — Well, that’s all Jesus said, really. All our lives are “fucked,” until we accept Jesus as our personal savior!

“You Mother Fucker. I’m Going to Fuck You. You’re Going to Regret You Ever Did This to Me.” — Everybody knows these are lines from Mel Gibson’s latest film, A Trial of Faith, about a man whose wife leaves him for a chinchilla in a state with same-sex marriage, triggering a crisis of faith that involves a lot of swearing at God. But don’t worry — the movie shows in the end that God can handle being sworn at, and eventually forgives Gibson. In the meantime, come on, the Saucy Aussie was just rehearsing his lines!

“I Own Malibu” — OK, well maybe he does. That’s a good thing to know: he’s a property owner, a good upstanding citizen and all. A nice factual statement.

“I’m Going to Get Even With You” — said to the police officer, this makes sense. Mel Gibson, upright conservative Christian paragon that he is, is only telling the nice office that he’s not going to “get odd” with him tonight. No fag boy, that Mel Gibson! We all breathe a sigh of relief.

“Fucking Jews” — well, they do “that,” you know. That’s how they perpetuate their scheme to overtake all the world’s population and turn them into banking customers!

“Are You A Jew?” Good thing to know, because if so, there’s one more Jew who needs a nice New Testament sent to them as a thank you gift and chance at salvation!

“The Jews are Responsible for all the Wars in the World.” OK. So. Well. This looks really bad. At first glance. But when you consider that um, well, with the hypotenuse of the square of the Pythagorean Theorem in the second case, the smiggledy smaggle of the plumbum in green mainly takes the exclusionary clause in an unnecessarily literal manner. You know what I mean? See, no problem!

Thank you, Mel Gibson, for continuing to show the gracious goodness of Christian conservatism the whole world through. I am your number one fan, and you are my hero!

I am tired of all the obeisance (thank you, Mr. Dictionary!) given to the Statue of Liberty by Lieberal Americans. I mean, look: it’s just a statue, given to New York (hello!) by the French (hello!). The Statue of Liberty did not sign the Declaration of Independence. The Statue of Liberty was not a Founding Father. The Statue of Liberty did not die for you in Vietnam!

No. The Statue of Liberty is a Trojan Horse (thank you, Mr. History Book!) given to us to infiltrate our society and fill it with wrong thinking by those communards, the French baguette monkeys. Just look at Emma Lazarus’s poem inscribed upon its base:

Lady Liberty? Hah! We have been worshipping a French Communist Whore!

The communist New York Times is at it again.

In a “news” piece this morning that they evidently think is “funny,” the “reporters” at this left-wing moonbat operation revealed state secrets yet again. This time, they disclosed that Old MacDonald’s Petting Zoo, Amish Country Popcorn, the Mule Day Parade, Sweetwater Flea Market, Nix’s Check Cashing, The Mall At Sears, and Bean Fest have been placed on the Department of Homeland Security’s database of locations under threat of terrorist attack.

They think this is a joke. They think it’s funny. Well, revealing state secrets like this is not funny! They’ve gone and made it easy for the terrorists again, letting them know that we know what they know, you know? Now that they we’re on to their plot to blow up Nix’s Check Cashing, they’re going to move on to even more vulnerable targets, like the Jiffy Lube next door. There are kids in that Jiffy Lube! Kids whose fathers laid down their lives in battle, so the New Commie Times could laugh over their graves and mock the threat that looms over Bean Fest!

Brian Lehman, owner of Amish Country Popcorn, knows the score. He knows the threat. He has an explanation: “Maybe because popcorn explodes?” That’s right, Brian, that’s right! Popcorn explodes! And you can fit hundreds of little popcorn bomblets into one little jar! When it explodes, the glass in the jar turns into shrapnel, shooting out at sixty miles an hour, severing heads and slicing into arteries. That’s a weapon of mass destruction right there, Sambo!

So go ahead, “journalists.” Laugh. You just go right ahead and laugh. That’s what the terrorists want. Be We The People know that in this age of terror, not even the Amish popcorn is safe.

Cnews displays the latest in the “Iraqi Disaster” photos:

This just makes me sick. Yes, this man is mourning the deaths of his relatives in another so-called “senseless bombing” that the liberal media keeps harping on like it mattered, as if these were Americans who died. Well, they weren’t Americans, so why should Americans have to look at this photo?

Besides this, I am disgusted to the core by this man’s behavior. Having your family members killed is no excuse. “Mourning” is no excuse. What a bratty sort of behavior, to try to justify one’s behavior by bringing in deaths in the family. Clearly, no one taught this man some courtesy. So let me be the one. Fella, Ahmid, whatever your name is, you SHOULD GET A CLEAN SHAVE. Your 5 o’clock shadow tells us all that you just don’t care. Slovenly appearances like this simply open the door for improper behavior on the part of the youth of today. So shape up, stop your useless gesticulating, and GET A SHAVE! Then you can “mourn” in whatever over-the-top fashion that the liberal media cameramen pay you to engage in.

Pathetic!