I've cut back on my blogreading, in order to spend more time enjoying what non-bloggers quaintly refer to as 'life'. But I have managed to check in with my favorites from time-to-time. Here's a few picks of the bunch:
The Thinklings have one of their massive thread convos going, this one on Young vs. Old Earth theories.
Evangelical Outpost points up another of Zell Miller's soon to be sorely missed bits of wisdom: "Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a prisoner with underwear on his head than over the video of a young American with no head at all?"
Lastly, be sure to check out Texas Barbies, which I was lucky enough to find through Fire Ant Gazette. Here are just a couple:
Plano BarbieThis princess Barbie is only sold at Willowbend Mall. She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade handbags, a Lexus SUV, a long-haired foreign lapdog named Honey, and a cookie-cutter dream house with a saguaro cactus in front. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic ex-husband Ken comes with a Porsche.
Denton Barbie
This doll is made of actual tofu. She has long straight brown hair, archless feet, hairy armpits, no makeup, and Birkenstocks with white socks. She prefers that you call her "Willow." She does not want or need a Ken doll, but if you purchase two Austin Barbies and the optional Subaru wagon, you get a rainbow flag sticker free.
Ummm...if that's what passes for a bit of wisdom, I don't think I'll be missing good ol Zell.
There are plenty of excellent answers to this moronic question, but I think the best is: Berg wasn't beheaded in my name.
Posted by: The Liberal Media at mai 24, 2004 07:45 PMLiberal Media-
It doesn't seem nearly so simple to me. Zell Miller is pointing out something much more moronic -- the hyper-individualism of the liberals in the West who feel no sort of loyalty, sadness or kinship for one of their own when he's killed. Who think that the rest of the world is also made up entirely of of equally effete rights-respecters who can be reasoned with, and thus should be chatted with rather than fought. (Please be sure to understand that I'm not calling YOU moronic or ascribing the above notions to you.)
Yes, a bad thing was done in your name. But a murderous atrocity was also committed against your name. It can't be had both ways -- either we're a collective 'name', or we aren't.
And what happened to Nick Berg, and by extension to your name, was much worse than anything I've seen proven so far about the prisons. If actual unjust deaths have occured, then I'll agree there's more of an equivalence. Even then it won't be full, because I wouldn't disgrace Brg's memory by equating him with civilian-killing 'militia' terrorists. . .
Posted by: Discoshaman at mai 25, 2004 01:27 AMI'm not trying to have it both ways; what I meant by "in my name" was "by my government, which is attempting to spread the values of my society". That's not quite the same as my connection to Berg, who was a fellow American but a private citizen.
But that aside, the reason I'm more outraged by Abu Ghraib is that, to put it bluntly, our mission of spreading those values is not drastically weakened by Berg's death - in fact, we know all along that it would be met with that kind of brutality, and worse. But the damage done by the torture at Abu Ghraib is incalculable.
Not sure who you mean when referring to the terrorists in the last line. I sincerely hope it's Berg's killers, not the prisoners, since while some were undoubtedly guilty of terrorism, others undoubtedly weren't.
Posted by: The Liberal Media at mai 26, 2004 07:05 PM