What my friends are saying — Part 3
I’m picking up here where parts 1 and 2 left off:
Ocean Guy sees a big war coming, and has just the right thing to say about our continued refusal to face that reality:
The trouble is that the cessation of hostilities on one side does not equal peace. Blinded by an incredible myopia which keeps them from seeing the enemy before us, let alone understand them, we continue to hope we can eventually give them enough to make them friendly. We haven’t’ yet learned that money can’t buy you love.
Robert, writing at Seraphic Secret, has a beautiful post about Passover. It is true, as my nephew so eloquently said, that Passover is about freedom (it is, after all, the story of the first slave revolt), but it is also about the attempt to destroy a people, and the need to remember that effort to repel similar efforts that are still being made.
Not all Jewish interest groups are created equal. Soccer Dad has a fascinating post about an organization that entirely slipped under my radar: it’s called J-Street, and is setting itself up as the liberal Jewish answer to AIPAC. Just so you know where it’s coming from, George Soros was originally affiliated it, but withdrew, not because he agreed with its goals, but because he was afraid that his notoriety would reveal its real goals. Ick.
I well and truly dislike the Star Wars movies, especially the most recent ones. When the very first one came out, I was in high school, I loved the simple swashbuckling quality it had, but each successive movie was more of a turn off. I could never figure out why, other than that I found them boring. The more recent ones I found boring and stupid, especially the last, which had Anakin turning into a mass murderer because he was afraid of child birth. It doesn’t get dumber than that. Ymarsakar may have given me just one more reason to dislike these Lucas films, and that’s the subliminal liberal morality that permeates them.
“You had me at the phrase ‘Humpty Dumpty.'” Okay, what I mean is that ShrinkWrapped, by opening a post about Barack Obama’s use of language with a reference to Humpty Dumpty’s belief that he controls words’ meaning, instantly had me cheering for the post. It’s a great post and you should definitely read it. I think the post will resonate with all of you, since we’ve had some healthy debates here about what Obama actually says, versus what his accolytes think he means, or should mean.
Obama’s fiscal idiocies and Communist financial leanings are becoming increasingly worrisome. David, at Principalities and Powers, has a good summary about the real Obama, especially the economic one, who is starting to show up as more and more people peer behind the curtain.
America is, blessedly, a truly ecumenical land. With exceptions, of course, most Americans of faith are able to recognize the faith of others, and celebrate it without feeling threatened. Thomas’ post about the Pope’s visit is a perfect example of this ability to rejoice in another’s faith.
Speaking of the Pope, Patrick exposes Newsweak’s babbling idiocy when it comes to reporting on the music that the White House played to celebrate his visit. After reading Patrick’s words, I went around singing Amazing Grace just because I was free to do so!
In the turnabout is fair play category, Zomblog has a delightful photoessay about Marine Vets who staged a protest at Code Pink’s recruitment center. Did I mention how much I like Marines?
When I first read William Katz’s post about what was being taught in Korean schools, I misread it and thought he was talking about North, not South, Korean schools. Once I read it correctly, it went from being a banal news story to one that was frightening. Katz takes that appropriate fear and reminds us to be very, very wary of what’s going on in American public schools. Toss out the Zinn and in with the Bennett.
Zabrina celebrates the freedom of speech that we take so completely for granted here in America. As Brigitte Bardot is being harassed by her own government for voicing her feelings about the rise of Islam in France, and as Turkey debates whether its law making it a criminal act to insult “Turkishness” (whatever the heck that is), we are so blessed — and Zabrina knows it.
When challenged, Carter throws up his hands and says “I was just talking.” The News Walk exposes just how disingenuous that statement is in Carter’s case. (And, of course, it will be equally disingenuous and dangerous when Pres. Obama does the same thing with Iran and North Korea and Syria, etc.).
My children are blessed with two grandmothers. (Sadly, one grandfather died before they were born, and one not too long after.) At the Wide Awake Cafe, Laura has an illustrated post remembering her own grandmothers. It was a lovely read.
Th-th-th-hat’s all, folks! To those of you whom I didn’t catch in this grab bag, my apologies. You know that if you’re in my blogroll, I love what you do, and I can almost certainly promise that I’ll catch you next time.
