December 13, 2005
Muslim Riots
I'm sure by now most people have heard of the
"racial" (religious) riots in Austrailia. These are similar to the riots in France, but different in a couple notable ways.
As with the French riots, these appear to have been started by some muslims who attacked some non-muslims. However, as did not happen in France, the people of Austrailia, mostly drunk, fought back. As with most standard riots, this escalated with retaliation after retailiation.
It's notable that "arab youths" are getting in cars, driving to areas (not their own) and smashing things and fighting with police. All reports I can find about the responses to the muslims are attacks directly on the attackers -- or self-defense.
There are also rumors that the drunk Austrailians (and I certainly don't mean that in a bad way) are planning more coordinated responses and defenses to the attacks on their soil -- with text messages like "It's on again Sunday!"
Also very notable is the response from the Austrailian government -- various different people are supporting passing "tough new laws." I guess rioting and smashing cars and attacking police is not actually against the law in Austrialia already.
I can't say that's really unexpected from the country that has brought the world such fine table wines, including the sparkling wines, the most famous of which is "Perth Pink". This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is BEWARE!. This is not a wine for drinking -- this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.
Another good fighting wine is "Melbourne Old-and-Yellow", which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat. Quite the reverse is true of "Chateau Chunder", which is an Appelachian controle, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation -- a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends.
Real emetic fans will also go for a "Hobart Muddy", and a prize winning "Cuiver Reserve Chateau Bottled Nuit San Wogga Wogga", which has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.
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You are aware that according to the AP the violence was started by a group of neo nazis who rallied white youths. The muslims have retaliated. http://www.boston.com/news/world/australia/articles/2005/12/14/australia_moves_to_curb_racial_unrest/.
Posted by: Brian at December 14, 2005 08:58 PM (qe/Un)
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Actually, most of the reports I've read indicate that the rioting was started by some Lebanese Arabs.
And of course, the Boston Globe will call the white people confirmed neo-nazis, while the terrorists are "alleged people of Arab descent."
Posted by: Ogre at December 15, 2005 12:53 AM (uSCkp)
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The Boston Globe controls the AP? news to me. How many muslims do you know Ogre? I am half Irish, half Lebanese, and I promise not to go starting any more car fires.
Posted by: Brian at December 15, 2005 01:21 AM (qe/Un)
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I love the title of the post as well, "muslim riots." As though at any moment all billion muslims are prone to just act up. I like the bag on Boston too, very nice. I mean sure we are the most educated part of the nation......but then again we lean liberal, rendering our thoughts null and void.
Posted by: Brian at December 15, 2005 01:24 AM (qe/Un)
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So are you convinced that the Globe and AP are unbiased? Or is it that since you admit you are academic liberals that your opinion is more valid than anyone else in the world?
Posted by: Ogre at December 15, 2005 10:17 AM (uSCkp)
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I know that the Globe can be slanted from time to time but what your suggesting is that the AP created a story about some australian Neo Nazis and then it ran in every major publication in America. I feel like you want so bad for it to be another example of random muslim violence and I am simply going by the AP, who i trust. And Ogre, i read your blog every day, i think you make some good points. It doesnt matter to me where you are from or where you went to school, i just get tired of people saying that Boston doesnt matter because of the "academic liberal" stereotype.
Posted by: Brian at December 15, 2005 03:21 PM (qe/Un)
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I never said that Boston didn't matter. Certainly Boston does have a very liberal slant to, well, nearly everything. No, perhaps not as liberal as San Francisco and the 9th circuit court, but they are very liberal.
And no, I don't like the liberal ideology. I honestly believe that liberals are destructive to America and freedom. Liberal ideas makes slaves of people and kill them. The current big-government liberals, including those from MA, are opponent of freedom.
For a more detailed look at how the media is attempted to downplay the involvemnt of Muslims, check out this post:
http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2005/12/13/bbc-colour-blindness-on-cronulla-beach/
(Even though that article is specific to the BBC, the AP stories report the same way).
Posted by: Ogre at December 15, 2005 03:30 PM (/k+l4)
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no Boston matters but when the paper prints something that you disagree with it is lying and we cant be expected to know about the real world because were too busy raising taxes. You do know weve had 2 republican governers in a row right? Regardless of the opinions of another blog I am asking you do you believe that the AP fabricated the portion of the story about the neo nazis and if so why. I dont understand why the AP would be so concerned with this mysterious pro-muslim feeling you seem to think exists.
Posted by: Brian at December 15, 2005 04:32 PM (qe/Un)
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The sequence is wrong there -- it's more that when the paper prints something that is a lie, I disagree with it!
I also stopped complaining about MA taxes -- ever since NC raised it's taxes even higher and beyond what MA pays!
And you can be liberal, very liberal, and still put the letter R after your name. So by saying you've got a Republican governor does not mean that the state is not liberal, especially Boston.
I also never said that the AP fabricated anything. They are very careful to not completely make up things. However, they clearly made a very biased report. Things like "youths of Lebanese descent" to describe one group, but "radical, drunk, violent neo-nazis" to describe the other group.
Why couldn't they describe the Arabs, who were breaking windows and smashing cars as "violent?" Why weren't those who fought the police, "Australian youths?"
Because they don't want to "offend" Muslims, but they don't care about offending anyone else.
Posted by: Ogre at December 15, 2005 04:42 PM (/k+l4)
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Why would the AP care about offending muslims. That doesnt make any sense. Its not like they depend on a muslim reader base. Also, I doubt you would have complained if they had reversed the adjectives and it was a bunch of good christian white boys fighting with some rowdy terrorists. Wouldnt that have been the same bais? And besides that as long as the AP didnt fabricate anything than you must concede that it was a bunch of white guys who created this situation, rendering the title "muslim riots" incorrect.
Posted by: Brian at December 16, 2005 12:21 AM (qe/Un)
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Why do they care about offending muslims? Because they like muslims more than they like Americans.
If they had reversed the adjectives I would still call it very questionable reporting, but perhaps more accurate.
And no, all the news sources I have found and that I have read repeatedly say that the initial fighting was done by "youths of lebanese descent."
Posted by: Ogre at December 16, 2005 12:39 AM (uSCkp)
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How truthful are the media? Here's a bit of insight from
http://www.aim.org/press_release/4222_0_19_0_C/ :
Liberal journalist Danny Schechter, a participant in the conference, reports that Al-waleed, who is a member of the Saudi Royal Family and investor in the Fox News parent company News Corporation, gave an interview boasting that he had called Fox to complain about coverage of the "Muslim riots" in France. He said he "called as a viewer" and "convinced them to change" the coverage because "they were not Muslim riots but riots against poverty and inequality." And "they changed" the coverage, the Saudi reportedly said.
Another report on the comments, carried by the Dubai-based newspaper the Khaleej Times, says that Al-waleed personally called Rupert Murdoch to complain. The Saudi said, "After a short while, there was a change" in the coverage.
So, whoever has financial interest in the media controls the media. Orwell's 1984, anyone?
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Brian?
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"And besides that as long as the AP didnt fabricate anything"
Why is nobody saying that regarding the U.S. paying to get pro-America stories in Iraqi newspapers?
Back on topic.
The "riots" were started during a rally in support of "two young life guards were bashed sensless by an angry mob of fearless mujahadeens who wished to show the “skips” who was in charge “round these parts”.
source.
This kind of violence is spreading, and people are getting fed up with the apparent proclivity "muslim youths" seem to have for violence.
As long as the MSM uses PCspeak to dismiss this violence on the parts of "youths of middle eastern appearance" and vilify any semblance of defense on the parts of white's as the actions of "neo nazi's" this violence will continue to spread.
The "muslim youths" in OZ are making a serious mistake. OZ is NOT france and the Aussie's will NOT stand by and let riots ravage their country and cower inside everynight, hoping that the "authorities" will calm things down.....the Aussies WILL head out into the streets and FIGHT.
There are few things worse than tangling with an angry Aussie....unless it is a drunk, angry aussie.
Posted by: kender at December 16, 2005 01:28 AM (MorAN)
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"It's notable that "arab youths" are getting in cars, driving to areas (not their own) and smashing things and fighting with police."
At least they are smarter than the dinks in the U.S. that destroy their own areas when they riot.
Posted by: kender at December 16, 2005 01:31 AM (MorAN)
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Wow. Awesome links, AOW, awesome, thank you!
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Evolutionary Humanism
Have you ever read about
Evolutionary Humanism? Before you stop reading and run away screaming, realize this isn't really a post about evolution and intelligent design! The post linked to above's full title is "The Intrinsic Evil of Evolutionary Humanism." That's a bit more accurate.
Read that report if you get a moment. It's not too long, and it's well-written. It describes the decline of civilization through the 20th century, and I think it's pretty darn accurate. Yes, it will make you uncomfortable if you don't think that there's an absolute truth, or even if you don't like people talking about "morals" because you have none.
It describes how communism helped to destroy and eliminate a hundred million living people. It then helps describe where all those people who support those ideas which caused those deaths have gone (they didn't just disappear, you know).
It then gets really bad and talks about controlling the human population. Take a look, it might make you think a little.
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I can agree with some of those things. Some things are miss quoted or misleading but most are scary.
I have always believed that Christanity is dead for the most part and religion will fall into decline until some event (World War III, Global Disaster or Virus) will come along and people will go into another "Dark Age" that will result in another religions creation.
Besides religion is designed to bring hope, morals, and purpose for life, not to be absolute and rigid. That is why it is called faith not fact. In order for religion to become effective it must be practiced and taught starting at home. The morals people want should be taught in school and also by parents in order to be learned.
I will admit I am not the most religious person as I do not go to church, but my still instilled in me good morals and values. I still carry and see them through everyday.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at December 13, 2005 03:41 PM (/k+l4)
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Religion in the US has been declining rapidly since the 1960s. There are explosions of religion in other places in the world, like Africa. It could be claimed that this is in response to AIDS in Africa, as you point out.
And what's interesting about morals and religion -- if you have morals, they have to come from SOME sort of religion.
That's what the linked report is really pointing to -- that when you remove all religion and all absolute truth, civilization declines.
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 03:46 PM (/k+l4)
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I don't know about the religion being a must for good morals and values since my entire family is far from religious. Some went to church when younger, some now off and on.
Think of this, Neanderthals had some form of religion similar to Hellenistic or Chinese, but what if the religion came form a persons morals and values instead of the other way. Look at the Bible and how different the two creation stories are. How about the New and Old Testaments differences and what the world was going through at the time.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at December 13, 2005 03:54 PM (/k+l4)
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Well the idea of good morals has to have a base in religion -- otherwise the question of WHY is that moral a good thing?
Even heading back into history, how can something be defined as "good?" It can be "good" for me to murder people in cold blood and take their money -- after all, I'd benefit, right? So when you ask why that is wrong, you get into absolute truth -- which some people cannot stand.
Even if you don't show religion, somehow people know what is right and wrong -- even if they won't admit it.
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 04:00 PM (/k+l4)
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I think it interesting that when I have conversations with people and they tell me that they have morals outside of a religious structure they often tell me.."I believe we should treat others the way we want to be treated." Not realizing that that saying comes straight from the Bible. I get the impression that their moral sensibilities are just left over bits of their estranged religious beliefs.
About the article, some of those quotes were taken out of context. In fact, many of those quoted agree that the population control people are out of control and were trying to make a point. I will agree that Malthusians who would like to see people die to save the planet from humans are behind many of the "social movements" in recent years
Posted by: Mindflame at December 13, 2005 04:47 PM (kJZEb)
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That's the point I was alluding to, Mindflame -- it's all got to start somewhere!
And yes, the last portion of that article did seem to get a little far fetched...but not too far, if you ask me...
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 04:59 PM (/k+l4)
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I think it was stretching alittle to far for my tastes. The article seems to be saterical in nature in some ways. So, the misquotes could just be for a quick jab.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at December 13, 2005 05:32 PM (/k+l4)
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I don't have the context of who wrote that article or anything else about it, so I can't say if it was compeletely serious or entirely satirical...
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 05:56 PM (/k+l4)
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Cybercrime Treaty
In case you missed it, Senator Lugar, clearly a big fan of world government, has tried to slip
a treaty through the Senate that would literally give legal law-enforcement authority over US citizens to foreign governments -- ANY foreign government who signed the treaty.
This treaty is being sold as a treaty to help with cyber crime including child pr0n. I guess "it's for the children" still gets support. Of course, that's not what the treaty would actually do. As James Plummer notes, the treaty would obligate the US to investigate US citizens for breaking laws of other countries.
So, if China were to sign on to the treaty and a US citizen did something that would be illegal in China and used a computer to do it, China could demand that person be arrested and extradited to China. How quickly do you think Chinese dissidents and political refugees in the US would be targeted?
In addition, if you were to make a blog post that said, "Hitler was a nice guy," France could demand your extradition so they could fine and jail you -- and the US would be obligated to do so.
Yes, it's very clear that this would violate nearly every single right that US citizens are guaranteed by the Constitution, but that's just and old, outdated, historical document that was written by slave owners and has no purpose today -- or at least that's what Luger and supporters of this treaty think.
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Has Lugar gone Dem? This seems like the kind of wild haired brain child of one of the barking moonbats in Congress.
This line really stands out: "Though the treaty is replete with mutual assistance in electronic surveillance, not one of the articles mention privacy."
Posted by: William Teach at December 13, 2005 01:45 PM (AkiXU)
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 02:02 PM (/k+l4)
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WTF?? This didn't go through did it Ogre? I'll check back later to see.
Posted by: Raven at December 13, 2005 03:29 PM (hTevQ)
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It hasn't passed...yet...
A couple of people have put holds on it to prevent automatic passage or slipping it into another bill under the cover of night.
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NC Speed Cameras
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new report has been issued that claims that automated, remote "speed cameras" are a success.
Of course, that's success in the eyes of the government -- which means that it adds power and cash to the government and removes rights and freedoms from the people. So yes, measured that way, they are a total success.
The so-called safety benefits that are NOT measured by this report is the effect of NOT pulling someone over and stopping them from speeding. In other words, if someone is going 140 mph in a 45-zone, they will get a nice little ticket in the mail -- but perhaps only AFTER crashing into the innocent person.
If there were an officer there to physically STOP the person from speeding, then that would truly increase safety. But the Democrats in the NC Legislature are not interested in actual safety -- only in getting and spending more money -- so this program meets their needs perfectly.
If we truly wanted to stop speeding, we could do it in one day: just increase the fines. If you knew that if you were caught speeding that there would be a $1000 fine PLUS $100 for each mile-per-hour over the speed limit you were going, 95% of all speeding would stop in a minute.
But again, there is NO interest in stopping speeding. Speeding laws now primarily exist to collect revenue. And that's sad.
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I know what you mean. It would be great if speeding fines were increased. I have always said and wished for that nation wide. Virginia is the only state that effectively stops speeders because it actually has police on the roads and will not hesitate to fine you. Also their prices are pretty high. I wonder what happened to NC, I thought VA and NC were trying to be known for the safetest roads in the US. I guess VA stayed and NC left.
Must...quit...typing...unable...to...spell...words...my...head...Arggh!
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at December 13, 2005 12:15 PM (/k+l4)
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Heh.
NC and SC both changed the primary purpose of speeding to be revenue generation. They seriously, honestly, do not really care about safety -- they simply want money. They know that if the fines are raised that more people will actually obey the law and the total revenue income stream will be reduced. It really is a horrible situation, but that also really is what government has become.
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 12:19 PM (/k+l4)
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I know it is a shame, but I do not know how long it will continue until something happens to stop it.
The main problem is not enough people know about it, or willing to learn about it.
The local nooze channels will not cover it leaving the largley unwatched PBS to cover it.
It appears the government has us in the noose and we are pulling the leaver.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at December 13, 2005 12:26 PM (/k+l4)
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It will continue until the people rise up and stop it. Don't look for that to happen any time soon, especially here in North Carolina.
Projects like the Free State Project are the best hope for freedom today.
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 12:33 PM (/k+l4)
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Remember, all traffic fines in North Carolina go directly into the government-run education system. If no other reason, that's a good one to not get caught speeding.
Posted by: Lockjaw the Ogre at December 13, 2005 01:01 PM (mAhn3)
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I do not mind people speeding on the highways, what bugs me is speeding around town excessively. They should jack the fines way up for that. Most of the "fine" is court costs. People go in and get a prayer for judgement, and only pay the court costs. Boo hiss! You get caught speeding, you get fined a ton, no prayers for judgement, and your insurance company gets notified.
Posted by: William Teach at December 13, 2005 01:49 PM (AkiXU)
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Lockjaw, now there's an advertising campaign:
"Don't speed, your money will support government edukation."
And Teach, if we did that, people would stop speeding -- and we simply cannot have that! If people actually stopped speeding, you'd have to pay more taxes...
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 01:59 PM (/k+l4)
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Yup. But they will always find new and creative ways to tax us. I am sure that somehow, despite having no children, I will be forced to pay taxes for the 11,000 wake county students who have to relocate to different schools.
Posted by: William Teach at December 13, 2005 03:25 PM (IRsCk)
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And at $8,000 per student, I'd like to thank you, on behalf of the state of North Carolina, for volunteering to adopt a government school student for the year. Your new tax bill will be in the mail shortly.
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 03:29 PM (/k+l4)
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"They know that if the fines are raised that more people will actually obey the law and the total revenue income stream will be reduced."
Interesting how that works, isn't it? Does that work with income taxes too?
Posted by: Echo Zoe at December 13, 2005 07:05 PM (K+h36)
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Every single time it's tried

Welcome to social engineering at it's finest.
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December 12, 2005
NC A'int Florida.
In Florida, there's not much question these days when there's a shooting on a person's personal property (except in Riviera Beach, where no one can actually own property). But in North Carolina, when trespassing burglars are shot, the shooter could be charged with attempted murder. See more
details here.
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Interviews
Know what I hate most about job interviews? Not knowing, well, anything.
Did it go well? Poorly? Did you say all the right things or all the wrong things?
You just have NO idea.
But you do know worrying about it afterwards really won't have any effect, will it?
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Ya, if you don't get the job you will have no way of knowing whether you almost got it or if you are a laughing stock.
Posted by: Mindflame at December 12, 2005 10:35 PM (kJZEb)
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Well heck, by that point, I usually don't care, because at least you know SOMETHING...
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 10:54 PM (uSCkp)
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I have found that if you don't get the job, you can go back to those that interviewed you and ask them about your interview in a respectful way. That way, you know what it was about you that they really didn't like . . . Good luck!
Posted by: oddybobo at December 13, 2005 01:45 PM (6Gm0j)
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Good luck there brother. hope this comes through for you. One thing I can help with is I conduct many many interviews and I have done mock interviews for friends. If youÂ’re interested let me know.
Posted by: Michael at December 13, 2005 01:59 PM (JUnMB)
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Oddy, that works? I figure most people would be too scared of being sued to actually give any reasons for not hiring someone...maybe I'll try that.
And Michael, thanks for the offer, I appreciate it. What's funny is that I've been on the decision-making end many times, too, and it seems to only help somewhat when it's that job that you really, really want, you know?
Posted by: Ogre at December 13, 2005 02:01 PM (/k+l4)
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You can always call them just to say you are re-expressing your interest in the position.
That leaves the ball in their court and they will usually let you know if you are still in the running or not. The waiting part is the worst.
Good luck
Posted by: Tomslick at December 14, 2005 02:04 PM (xNjHI)
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Thanks. I did ask when decisions would be made so I'd have an idea when to start reminding them...
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Carnival, carnival!
This week I'd like to introduce a brand-new carnival! Yes, I know there's carnivals sprouting up like weeds, and no, I have no idea how many there are. I just know this is a new, interesting carnival, and I thought some of my readers might be interested. The carnival is the
Carnival of German-American Relations.
The carnival is "a carnival to help the peoples of two great countries better understand each other." Lots of posts there, some in English, some in German. They provide links to translators, so you can read the German posts in English (more or less) if you like. Head on over and take a peek!
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Danke Sehr Meine Freunde
Thank you my friend.
GM
Posted by: GM Roper at December 12, 2005 09:13 PM (RBjnG)
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Thank you for the promotion. It is very much appreciated.
Posted by: Joerg at December 12, 2005 09:35 PM (XaZ/g)
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Absolutely! It looks like it will be a good, neat, useful carnival!
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Riviera Beach, FL
As
more details come to light in this eminent domain case in Florida, this situation continues to look worse and worse.
A few people sat down and looked at the "study" that declared the area "blighted." Keep in mind -- the ONLY reason for any of these areas to be declared blighted is so the mayor can take it and sell it to developers so he can profit. Many of the areas listed as blighted are nowhere near blighted.
In fact, some areas of the report list empty lots where there are houses. There are parts where ANY mobile home is automatically listed as blighted, without any reason given other than the fact that they are trailers. There are no documented high crime rates or high rates of fires.
Some buildings are listed as "functionally obsolete." That means that someone, somewhere, believes that one building could be replaced by another building that might generate more revenue -- a definition that could literally be applied to ANY building.
more...
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Did you notice the ONLY part of Riveria they are taking is waterfront? (Posting this at Bou's comment section as well)
Posted by: vw bug at December 12, 2005 06:14 PM (SCN6v)
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Yes -- where the land value is the greatest, of course.
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 06:36 PM (/k+l4)
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And the truly blighted are not waterfront. Those will remain.
Sickening, it truly is.
Posted by: Bou at December 12, 2005 09:27 PM (iHxT3)
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I just can't believe this is progessing with so much support.
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 10:33 PM (uSCkp)
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I live in a crummy old trailor park in Riviera Beach. the city has done a very good job of presenting their plan to the people here and we are looking forward to its implementation. The redevelopment has brought many amenities to a neighborhood that had no stores or businesses even. We say butt out.
Posted by: Claire W. Solt, PhD at March 06, 2006 04:23 PM (pYX37)
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You have every right to do what you want with YOUR property. My problem with you is that you want to determine what *I* can do with *MY* property -- and that's completely and totally wrong.
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Melting Pot vs. Salad
Here's just another example of anti-Americanism that's snuck into the government-run monopolistic education system. I'm sure it's not new news to those on the "inside" of education, but I hadn't heard of it before.
It used to be that America was The Great Melting Pot. The idea was that there was a unique American culture. This American culture was a great culture -- this was one of the primary reasons that people came to this country -- to join in with freedom, capitalism, and rugged individualism.
As people came to the country, they learned how this culture worked. They worked hard to learn the English language and to assimilate into the culture so they could effectively participate and work together and be a part of this superior culture.
Now I'm told this is all different. Apparently in education circles, including the horrible government-run system, there is no longer any melting pot. America now is supposed to be considered a "tossed salad."
Instead of joining in and becoming part of the unique, superior culture, immigrants are supposed to transplant their own culture and NOT adjust at all to America.
They are expected to bring their own traditions and culture (like macho drunk driving) and not only not assimilate, but to reject the American culture as inferior to their own, thereby creating a large group of different cultures that are specifically NOT American.
This was tried most recently in France. How'd that work out for them?
Importing various different cultures with ZERO assimilation is simply a recipe for total disaster. Cultures clash -- they ALWAYS have, and they always will. By teaching people that diversity is good, just for diversity's sake are plain wrong.
This forced diversity brings us things like saying it's a good experience for students to be in classrooms with convicted sex offenders (as is the case in Charlotte-Mecklenburg skills). This "tossed salad" brings us dangerous gangs (like MS-13) that are accepted as a different, diverse group of "undocumented workers."
This new "enlightenment" of mandated diversity provides us with pedophiles accepted as "alternative." It has brought us generations of welfare families that demand and expect everything to be given to them.
The tossed salad has wilted and grown moldy. It is nothing more than a potful of smelly garbage. Unfortunately, I think it may be too late for America to regain it's superior culture.
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Have you ever seen a salad that was in the fridge too long? It turns into a big gooey mess. Have you ever seen when a melting pot sits too long? It turns into a hardened cohesive lump of material.
Keep that in mind when thinking of how you would like your country to be? Wilted, runny and disgusting or Hard, unified and strong.
Posted by: Contagion at December 12, 2005 01:55 PM (Q5WxB)
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 01:58 PM (/k+l4)
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Sigh. I'll have to make sure I teach my kids it is the melting pot...
Posted by: vw bug at December 12, 2005 04:15 PM (SCN6v)
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You're going to, because the government isn't.
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 04:26 PM (/k+l4)
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One more arguement for homeschooling.....
Posted by: Kari at December 12, 2005 05:48 PM (/HZs0)
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Most certainly, Kari -- a strong argument!
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 05:56 PM (/k+l4)
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hee hee hee, he said "tossed salad" hee hee hee
Posted by: Machelle at December 12, 2005 06:23 PM (ZAyoW)
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You tossed your what, Machelle?
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 06:37 PM (/k+l4)
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I think that has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of. Naturally, people from other cultures, new to America are going to stick together and try to help one another, just as our ancestors did. And it's not a bad thing to celebrate some of the things from their native country. If you think about our traditional holiday meals, you'll realize that a lot of us still celebrate our ancestral heritage with food.
To become a true American you MUST adopt American traditions, ideals and values. You must learn the American language and our history. It is absolutely wrong to discourage imigrants from doing these things. It isolates them, and prevents them from ever feeling that they really belong, or are even wanted here.
There is no reason new imigrants can't become true Americans and still celebrate the good and meaninful things about their heritage.
Posted by: Patty-Jo at December 12, 2005 07:39 PM (tIPJZ)
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Exactly right, Patty-Jo -- but that IS the opposite that is being taught in schools. This is the current result of diversity being more important than, well, anything else in social engineering, I mean, education.
Posted by: Ogre at December 12, 2005 07:47 PM (/k+l4)
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Can you tell me what a "true American" is? Cherokee? Mohegan? British?
Posted by: M D R at January 03, 2006 09:48 PM (7smj9)
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A "true American" is not defined by their historical origins.
Posted by: Ogre at January 03, 2006 10:02 PM (s2+Ck)
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This is a really dumb comment. First of all who ever said America is the USA??? Let's not forget that there is a Northern and Asouthern Part to the continent. Second, all these imigrants are the one creatiating lots of revenue for this country and making it interesting. They are a economical, political and social force and many politiciand rely on their votes. Third, Since when are "Americans" native of this country to begin??. Lastly,I can see that our unity creates a sense of xenophobia. " American people" have never truly had the sense of union that Latinos, Indians, Chinesse ect have installed in their culture. Therefore, you fear because Amrica had always been told to be superior than others. Yet,Without those minorities and imigrants "America" is invisible.
Posted by: Dayanna at March 05, 2006 07:22 PM (Ffvoi)
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Ummm...yeah, you're right -- that was a dumb comment. The "A" in USA stands for "America."
Posted by: Ogre at March 05, 2006 09:04 PM (CyQ4M)
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Eminent Domain - NC
Jim Black, the Democrat "leader" of the NC State House, who is holding on to his job by a thread because of FBI investigations, and who is fighting members of his own party who want to
remove him, has
formed a commission to "investigate" whether the state should change it's laws regarding eminent domain.
The committee is "headed up" by Reps. Bruce Goforth, D-Buncombe, and Wilma Sherrill, R-Buncombe. If you believe that sentence, you're not very familiar with the way North Carolina government works.
Sherrill is a Republican and wants a constitutional amendment "that would prohibit the taking of private property "by governments in the name of economic development." Sorry, but she's a Republican, so that idea is DOA.
The committee will meet, the committee will spend tons of money, and they committee will decide. Jim Black has already determined the outcome of the committee -- you see, if you disagree with his outcome, you wouldn't have made it on the committee as Democrat.
That's how the Democrats in North Carolina government work. So don't look for any protections against eminent domain in North Carolina.
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M:i:III Trailer
As promised earlier this weekend, here's a link to the first trailer for Mission Impossible III. The movie won't be released until 5-5-06 (why not 5-5-05? Wrong day, I guess), but take a peek and see what's coming:
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I wonder if there will be lots of psychiatric talk, people shooting water pistols, and sonogram machines?
Posted by: William Teach at December 13, 2005 01:42 PM (AkiXU)
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Well, Tom Cruise IS in it...
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December 11, 2005
Smoke = Unemployed
One company in Ohio, who has stores in a lot of states, has told it's employees that if they smoke,
they will be fired. Now I completely support a company's right to hire they people they want -- MUCH more than they have the freedom today.
For example, non-discrimination laws and equal protection laws should only apply to government, NOT to private companies. Many people will support this company because they don't like smoking. What I really wonder about is where this could lead.
If the company can not hire or fire someone because their smoking makes their health insurance more expensive, who else can they fire or hire based on medical conditions? Can they fire gays because they have a higher degree of health risk? What about single people? Can they fire pregnant people because they are more expensive?
Me, I'm for the free market. If it's your business, you hire and fire any damn person you please, and I don't really care why. But then, that's me.
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War on Christmas
I know that some claim that the ACLU and atheists are not on a crusade against Christmas. Well, I can claim that the Miami Dolphins are the best football team this year, but that doesn't make it true.
In California, one city allowed Hawaiian prayers and Feliz Navidad, but not a T-shirt that had the hated words "Jesus Christ" on them. Why? Because the organized didn't know what "Feliz Navidad" meant.
In Australia, saying "Merry Christmas" 10 times in one week was considered offensive and hatred.
So yes, clearly, without any doubt, those who oppose Christianity are doing all they can to remove it. It's not about public money, it's not about government, it's not even about freedom of religion -- it IS an orchestrated, loosely coordinated campaign to remove the Christian religion.
And you wonder why the ACLU and islam terrorists are related -- they both have the same goal.
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New Neighbor #37
Welcome back to this week's New Neighbor feature. For those who haven't seen it before, this is the place where each Sunday I select one blog from the giant blogroll of Evangelicals (found over on the right side), view it, and introduce it here. This week:
The subtitle continues with "...expression, speech, and religion. Hey ACLU! That means I can pray if I want to!" Nice. It's hard to add to that sentiment, isn't it?
Freedom of... has been around for some unknown period of time. I don't see a link showing anything from the past on the main page (but then again, how many people really browse a blog's archives?). The counter has been in place since January, 2005, and I found a few old posts via the categories link, so the blog is at least near a year old.
The blog author is a family man with lots of responsibilities, so the blog looks to get updated at least a few times a week. There's news updates with some opinion, and Bible verses of "the day."
There's also a big pile of photo albums, including a squishy new little baby.
He's also got a whole category called ACLU watch, and posts that help illustrate the ACLU and it's real purposes.
The blog layout looks pretty standard, but it's clear and easy to read. So if you've got some time this afternoon, why not head on over and have a read? You might find a new blog that you like.
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Random Thought
I was just opening my spam postal mail (to shred all documents with my name and address) and noticed one had a return address of:
Administrative Office
Record of Entitlement
Isn't that a presidential-level cabinet post? Don't we have a federal department of entitlement?
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federal department of enlightenment? i totally want to work there.
Posted by: Dizzy at December 11, 2005 06:18 AM (h+2bT)
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I'm sorry, you are not entitled to know whether we have a national office of entitlement.
Posted by: kender at December 11, 2005 07:44 AM (2Z/36)
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Oh, that's even scarier, Dizzy! The federal government telling us what enlightenment is? Ack!
And Kender, as long as I'm entitled to some of your cash (as I am), I don't really care if I know where it came from, right?
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M:i:III
Are you interested in the Mission Impossible III movie? It's just under 6 months from release, in case you were wondering: 05.05.2006 is the projected release date.
If you are interested, be sure to stay tuned here -- I've signed up with the insider webmaster program, so as the latest news is released, you will read it here first (or on one of the other hundreds of insider sites...)
The latest news is that the first trailer will be released at 12:01 am PST on Monday, December 12, 2005. I'll have a link to that clip here on Monday morning!
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NC Transportation Issues
Just great. The "Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Solutions to North Carolina's Urban Transportation Needs" ... geez, I can't even get past that title. Do we really need a Blue Ribbon commission to study ANYTHING? If this isn't the poster child for absolute, total government waste, I don't know what is. What a total load of crap.
Anyway, this "group" spent 21 months to study the "transportation situation across the state." It finally released it's report. Of course, knowing government as I do in North Carolina, I could have saved 21 months and billions of dollars and provided you their solution before they were even formed: More money. Gee, what do you know:
State DOT planners have said the state faces a shortfall of nearly $30 billion in transportation funding over the next 25 years.
The committee also suggested NOT stealing money from the highway trust fund. Gee, what rocket scientists. The general assembly has voted to TAKE over $10 BILLION dollars from the highway trust fund and give it away to businesses and people in the form of cash and welfare.
That money was collected from gas & vehicle taxes, but was NOT used for roads. And more of that money is being used to build "light rail" -- again shortchanging the road system.
This is how the Democrats function. The elected Democrats in North Carolina DO NOT WANT ROADS. It doesn't matter what they say, just look at what they do -- and the Democrats in the General Assembly all voted EVERY YEAR to take that money AWAY from roads.
If you want roads built and repaired in North Carolina, one of the very few things government SHOULD be doing, you will have to get rid of the Democrats in Raleigh.
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I wish there were more trains and busses in my area. There used to be trains but they took them down. I don't believe that government is the answer to all or even most problems but public transit is very helpful in so instances
Posted by: Mindflame at December 10, 2005 03:34 PM (kJZEb)
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So-called "public" transportation is bad because it removes choice and freedom from those who have to pay for it who do not benefit.
For example, when they finish building this multi-billion dollar train system into Charlotte, I will pay huge piles of money to build it, and huge piles of money to fund it, but it will not benefit me at all.
Roads, on the other hand, benefit everyone.
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I pay taxes. I want light rail. If we are ever to achieve energy independence in this country, we have to start putting some money into alternative energy and public transit. It is forward thinking. Everyone, including you, will benefit, whether you choose to take public transit or not. Roads encourage energy wastefulness.
Posted by: lponeill at December 11, 2005 05:58 PM (hT4+I)
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I pay taxes. I want a new house. Why can't government buy me one?
No, there are NO benefits to me, or any others who cannot use public transportion. Public transportation only benefits those who use it. It does zero to save energy or increase usage of alternative energy.
I'm all for energy independence and alternative energy uses! Public transportation advances neither.
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December 09, 2005
LLamas and Cats
Know what you almost never see in a picture together? Llamas and cats. I wonder why that is...

(Linked the Friday Ark #64).
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This really has nothing to do with Llamas and cats; but it does have to do with Firefox.
Okay, for you Firefox 1.5 folks who have a learning curve edge: How come the two most recent posts that I just added will not show up if I start up Firefox and go to my blogsite?
If I look at it via IE it shows up, if I go to a site where I have used the trackback function and go backwards, it shows up; but if I go from the bookmarked function, Zipp and Nada. So, What is the Solution?
Posted by: TF Stern at December 09, 2005 10:22 PM (dz3wA)
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This is one of the domest, er dumbest things I've ever seen.
Posted by: Contagion at December 09, 2005 11:45 PM (e8b4J)
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TF, I looked, and it was the same through both browsers -- so the only thing I can think of is that the page is being cached in Firefox?
Contagion? Are you trying to imply that the Domers work with llamas? I think I would know about that...or would I?
Posted by: Ogre at December 10, 2005 02:51 AM (uSCkp)
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"Blue56! Hut! Hut! HIKE!"
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Code Pink's "Warning."
I was reading about Code Pink's "warning flyer" that they were promoting over at
Raven's place and at
Michelle Malkin's. I'm not quite sure what everyone is so up in arms about.
After all, the document (aptly named "WarToyFlyer.pdf") looks pretty good to me. Of course, when I tried to access it, I got some errors about the .pdf not being configured correctly or something. They listed 5 "Great Ideas & Actions" for War Toys, and another section about War Toys.
Tell me if you see anything wrong with their ideas (ALL quotes really are direct quotes from their flyer):
more...
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Oh Hell Yeah! the Boy and I are going to run out and buy some war toys so we can play "Kill the Insurgent" in my living room! Yes!
Posted by: oddybobo at December 09, 2005 05:00 PM (gDqPh)
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That's what we need more of! Insurgent toys!!!
Posted by: Ogre at December 09, 2005 05:57 PM (/k+l4)
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Do they have little Cindy Sheehan dolls yet? We could buy some of them... a whole army even. Then, buy some war toys, and... and... give those war toys to a little army of non-pacifist Ann Coulter dolls (like the one here
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2005/12/who_is_stupider.html )
... and...
I'm liking this Code Pink Freakshow more and more. The possibilities are endless.
Posted by: The MaryHunter at December 10, 2005 02:55 AM (SRaIZ)
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Idiots. I am so glad now that I bought GI Joe [with multiple weapon packs] for my grandson's Christmas present.
Posted by: pam at December 10, 2005 12:48 PM (l6NIn)
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I am glad you posted this. I am now convinced to look for a few boxes of pink clay pidgeons to go with my sons new shotgun this Christmas.
Posted by: Tomslick at December 10, 2005 01:24 PM (xNjHI)
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Oh, pink clay pigeons! Nice touch!
And Pam, do they even make GI Joe WITHOUT multiple weapon packs?
Posted by: Ogre at December 10, 2005 09:41 PM (uSCkp)
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Jaguar
I'm sure
Machelle knows all about this, but today is the first time I heard this quote:
"The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive."
That was said by Sir William Lyons, founder of Jaguar Cars. That statement says so much more than his philosophy on automobiles.
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My grandfather drove a Jaguar, and I've always thought that they were the most beautiful of all cars. I've wanted to lease one, but the monthly payment is close to $400. I'd be giving up on a lot of beer. I just can't bring myself to do it.
Posted by: Stevin at December 10, 2005 12:17 AM (LfL8N)
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I've never driven one. I might buy someone a 6-pack if they'd let me drive one for a little while...
Posted by: Ogre at December 10, 2005 02:59 AM (uSCkp)
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I suppose that would explain why some people name their cars, unlike a toaster for example.
Posted by: Patty-Jo at December 10, 2005 09:13 AM (tIPJZ)
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You don't name your toaster? What's wrong with you? Mine is named Phil.
Phil the toaster.
Next thing you'll tell me is that people don't name their garage door, either!
Posted by: Ogre at December 10, 2005 12:08 PM (uSCkp)
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My garage door is named "Schleppy".
Posted by: Stevin at December 12, 2005 06:01 PM (LfL8N)
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Why do I get the feeling he earned that name?
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