War

I once protested war. "War is unhealthy for children and other living things." So went a poster that I had on my dorm wall during the Viet Nam war. And it's true. But so are tyranical dictatorships. So are terrorists with nuclear explosives. Or with chemical weapons. Or with smallpox. Or anthrac. As anti-war protestors, we generalized our personal philosophy of human relationships to society at large. If I'm completely peaceful, the idea goes, and simply refuse to fight a la Gandhi, then other people a) are less likely to attack me and b) if they do attack me will be on the moral low-ground and will eventually lose. But the whole thing falls apart when you bring certain other factors into the picture, namely, evil, psychopathic bullys who don't care if they are on the "moral high ground" or not. People who beat you up to get what you have and laugh when you cry. Allowing a bully to beat me up on principle is one thing (although, I actually always thought self-defense was ok), but what about when they attack your children, your friends. What about a bully who lives next door and terrorizes the neighborhood. When you find out he is making bombs and stockpiling shotgun shells, don't you think it's ok to send in the swat team? (Assuming all the negotiations have failed and he keeps claiming to have no weapons) Do you need to wait until he kills someone? In the atmosphere of todays liberal justice system, you might, but common sense says take him out before he hurts more people. And there you have Sadaaaam, the beast of Bagdad. If we wait until he uses nuclear weapons, or anthrax, or poison gas against us, it'll be too late. We have to do what is hard and unpleasant and go to war now. But, don't worry, you can still hold your nose in the air and prat on about how war is evil, and how children will die (ever hear about Sadaam's prisons for the children of people who spoke against him?) And after our military destroys him, you will still have the moral high ground in your own self-righteous little mind. You can enjoy the benefits of not having the bully, and you can still sneer at the military who have protected you.

But, I say, take the bastard out. The sooner the better.

Templates

My html template exploded. I made a few simple, innocent changes, like to the background color, and it all went to hell. Strange. Then when I tried to find the original in the templates directory...nowhere to be found. So I shifted to this plain template for a bit. I'll play with this one until it explodes, too, then I'll try something else.

Clone Boner

I finally heard the woman speak at the news conference. I think she's not telling the truth. Cultist scum.

Sundry Items on Friday

If you were going before the news media to announce a world-shaking event, in this case a cloned human, wouldn't you brush your teeth first? (That link will be relevant for only a couple of days, by the way.) Now, does the fact that she has an ugly smile mean this is real or faked? I suspect it's fake, but I'd have to actually hear her voice to know for sure.

There's so much to write about that it's hard for me to write about any of it. hmmm...

Here's a good take on the myth of an objective news media. I really don't think it's a conscious conspiracy of leftists. I think the bastards are just so arrogant and full of themselves that they really believe themselves to be simply reporting the truth when they present leftist views as the news. After all, their hyper-important friends all believe the same thing.

No time for much more just now. One of these days... I'm gonna write about Holosync, the nature of Reality and consciousness as a fifth dimension, some thoughts I have about dissociative personalities, and our Paleolithic dietary needs. Among other things. Right now I really need to go pee.

High Cholesterol

It's not the cause of heart disease. Check this out. Just today another study found that exposure to viral infection increases chances of CHD. It's damage to artery walls that's probably the big culprit. We need cholesterol in our blood stream. In fact, very low cholesterol is associated with increased death as much as very high (say 280 and above) blood cholesterol. Low fat diets can lead to depression (I know). The big proponent of low fat diets (you know, Whatshisname) commited suicide a few years back. Also look here for more dietary advice. More on the Paleolithic diet later. (Hint: Meat. yum, yum.)