 August 8 For those of you who don't think that there are plenty of white Christian extremist/terrorists: http://www.religioustolerance.org/cr_ident.htm http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1229/p02s01-usju.html http://www.answers.com/topic/christian-terrorism http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0726-32.htm http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/default.asp http://www.meta-religion.com/Extremism/Articles/white_supremacy_in_the_90.htm Fact is terrorists come in all shapes, forms, and ideologies. Some are Muslims. Some are Christians. Some don't believe in a damn thing other than their own misguided, evil thoughts. *** I have just under three weeks to get ready for the start of the school year again. I have to revise some web pages for my classes. Do some golfing in between. Head out to the school to set up my room and do some inventory of books. Catch up on some more golfing. Buy my own back to school clothes. Yes, teacher have to buy new stuff, too. Especially when you're one of the last remaining males who still wears a tie every day. I have enough ties so that the students don't have to see the same one more than once in a term if I don't want them to. They notice stuff like that. *** Left this joke over at Mikey's post deleted: The Lone Ranger and Tonto stopped in the desert for the night. After they set up their tent, both men fell sound asleep. Some hours later, Tonto woke the Lone Ranger and said, "Kemo Sabe, look towards sky, what you see?" The Lone Ranger replied, "I see millions of stars." "What that tell you?" asked Tonto. The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then said, "Astronomically speaking, it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three in the morning. Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What's it tell you, Tonto?" Tonto was silent for a moment, then said, "Kemo Sabe, you dumber than buffalo shit. Someone stole tent." *** Nobody has been posting there or elsewhere lately. Either they are all caught up in the virtual world again or just not interested. Seems that since some people are no longer around that the brouhahas that they started just aren't brouhahas anymore. Yeah, ct is now charging for that Silhouette thing. And other sites are, too, it doesn't seem as if the whole VR worlds are really all that populated anymore. I would think that this might have something to do with the rise of bloggers on the Internet. Why pretend when you can do the say vociferous complaining on your own. And more people will pay attention or have the opportunity to see what you have to say than if you confine it to a single pay for play place. August 9 Jennifer Aniston gives an interview in "Vanity Fair" about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolee and who really gives a damn? We are diverted from the hard news and reality of the world far too easily by the fake news of a marriage failure and celebrity shenanigans. If Jennifer Aniston was so hell bent on speaking out about Brad, she should have done so before he started sleeping around. She should have been more like Jude Law's fiancˇ, Sienna Miller, and thrown the bum out on his ass. I'd have had more respect for Hillary Clinton if she has done the same to Bubba. *** I know this might piss off Kraken who is Native American, but I think the NCAA ruling about Indian names is one of those dumbass ideas. The NCAA says it will effectively ban any school bearing a mascot name referring to Native Americans. Thus, the Seminoles, Indians, Braves, Illini, and others will have to go and find new names. I suppose I could look at Shakespeare's line about a rose still being a rose. A football player from Florida State would still be a pretty good football player if he was a Seminole or not. Given that DisneyWorld is Florida based, however, I don't think the Florida State Mickeys would strike fear into the hearts of opposing linemen. Still, I think it's a dumbass move by the NCAA. This is an organization that allows the enslavement of athletes by their stupid rules. It condones slavery by not allowing college athletes to be paid anything other than scholarships. This ruling about Indian names in nothing more that a bunch of white guys trying to make them feel less guilty about their real agenda of slavery.
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