Merrick: “I AM NOT AN ANIMAL!” me: “So you said, yes.” Merrick: “I AM A HUMAN BEING!” me: “Right. No argument from me.” Merrick: “I AM NOT AN ANIMAL.” me: Merrick: me: Merrick: “I AM A HUMAN BEI –” me: “– Okay, now you’re just pissing me off, handsome.”
July 25, 2005
July 25, 2005
Has anyone else ever had that dream where Gene Wilder shows up in your bedroom in his Wonka hat and suit and warns you to submit to the will of Allah or else suffer the sword, then—to punctuate his point—slices off the head of a doped up Oompa Loompa and holds it aloft while his little friend Charlie hums “I Want It Now” and videotapes the whole thing…?
Or am I just reading too much WorldNetDaily before bed…?
July 25, 2005
Convinced that cracking down on embedded al Qaeda terror cells could get “a little too messy,” Jersey lawmakers concentrate on the REAL terrorists: people who smoke in their cars
From the AP: Ashtrays have been disappearing in cars like fins on Cadillacs, and so could smoking while driving in New Jersey, under a measure introduced in the Legislature. Although the measure faces long odds, it still has smokers incensed and arguing it’s a Big Brother intrusion that threatens to take away one of the few places they can enjoy their habit. “The day a politician wants to tell me
July 25, 2005
Kennedy on Roberts
From the WSJ (subscribers only, so I’ll quote at length): In his two years on the appeals bench, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has authored about 40 opinions, but it’s a one-and-a-half page dissent that has Ted Kennedy fulminating. The Senator from Massachusetts is outraged about a Commerce Clause case called Rancho Viejo v. Norton, which, in the Kennedy legal interpretation, threatens “Social Security, Medicare, the minimum wage” and the
July 25, 2005
3 steps for understanding cognitive dissonance
1. First, re-read my original post on “Why Rhetoric Matters”. 2. Then, go here and read how that post is packaged and presented by a guardian of the “reality-based community.” Pay particular attention to how the author alters my terminology and, in a stunning display of intelletual ineptitude, manages to miss the entire thrust of the argument. 3. Return here, scratch head / weep for the country, and discuss. ****