joyfulchristian

Well, I've said it now

I told SarahK the other day that I hadn't been blogging much lately because politics is mostly what I care to blog about these days and there's only so many ways to say, "I can't believe one of these two losers is going to be President."  Then it occurred to me that I hadn't actually used these words.

I can't believe one of these two losers is going to be president.

There, now I've used those words.

Ted Stevens indicted

As this story points out, Conservatives, me included, aren't exactly upset. Ted Stevens is a blight on the conservative party. His constant porking has made a joke of us too long. I don't know if Stevens is guilty, though I suspect he is, but I sure hope this means we can finally be rid of him.

Judge allows 9-year old to change awful name

... unfortunately though, I believe New Zealand doesn't have the death penalty so her parents can't get what they truly deserve. Good Grief:

A judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

Judge Rob Murfitt said that the name embarrassed the nine-year-old and could expose her to teasing.

Fun news

The French have lost a bunch of Semtex. And detonators.

If you're attacked by a kangaroo

... make sure you're dog is nearby.

Very odd story.

How big is his head?

The Canadian Press: Obama pledges to focus on nuclear, bio and cyber threats if elected president

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama warned on Wednesday about the danger of "fighting the last war" as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president.

One goal of his administration would be to rid the world of nuclear weapons, he said in remarks he planned to deliver before a round-table discussion at Purdue University. Obama said adhering to non-proliferation treaties would put pressure on nations such as North Korea and Iran, the former of which has tested a nuclear weapon.

He wants to rid the world of nuclear weapons? What is this, Superman IV? (My goodness that was a horrible movie. Did you know that Superman has "repair the Great Wall of China" vision?)

For an encore, he'll buy the world a Coke and teach everyone to sing in perfect harmony!

This certainly explains a few things

McCain sees himself in Teddy Roosevelt mold - International Herald Tribune

"I count myself as a conservative Republican, yet I view it to a large degree in the Theodore Roosevelt mold," the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said, referring to Roosevelt's reputation for reform, environmentalism and tough foreign policy.

So what's the problem with this? Teddy Roosevelt was a lot of things, but a conservative he was not. He was a populist, plain and simple. That's pretty much what McCain seems to go for as well.

Curious

I just had to wade through 3 separate warning pages from my Google toolbar to get the The American Spectator website. Once I finally got through, it put up a big red warning bar at the top of the page.

One of the warnings had an "about" page that claimed that the site had been identified as a host of trojan software. Curiously, it said that the last known problem occurred on 4/5/08 and I KNOW I've been there since then with no problems.

In fact, I've never seen these warnings before for any site. It makes me wonder if someone else is scamming Google.