Evan Sayet: Discriminate Thought vs. Indiscriminate Thought

The problem is that discriminate thought is rational thought. Whereas indiscriminate thought requires the thinker to suspend or ignore things they know to be true for the sake of not being discriminatory.

When the Media Gets it Right

This is the kind of media editorializing that we need more of:

In a time when so many are more apt to believe the bad guys than the good guys — and make no doubt about it, the cops are the good guys — it’s good to see someone in the media stand up and say [...]

Remember Me

Tissue alert.

RIP Charlotte Winters: Last Female WWI Veteran Passes Away

There are only 5 remaining veterans left from WWI. I didn’t realize there were so few left. Too soon there will be none, and with them all the memories and living history from so long ago.

Let’s Make Muslim Prisoners Wear Yarmulkas and Christian Crosses

We shouldn’t (and DON’T) torture Muslim prisoners. But that doesn’t mean we should bend over backwards to accomodate them and make them feel (more comfortable than) at home.

I Don’t Understand Liberals and Progressives in this Country

We’re fighting a very real enemy of the United States over in Iraq. And we’re simultaneously helping a people and a country who desperately needed it.

What’s the Definition of Irony?

Illegals are coming to the U.S. mostly because of the availability of jobs. One of the ways to combat this is to decrease the number of employers willing to risk hiring illegal workers. And how do you do this? Lock up and heavily fine as many of them as you can.

Military Not Ready to Make Nice with Senator Clinton

You know how else Hillary might have gone about becoming comfortable with military policy and culture? She could have enlisted at anytime during her very wide window of opportunity, and learned first hand.

John and Elizabeth Edwards: Grace and Courage

If my wife were to fall ill today — God forbid — I’d continue to work, too. But that’s because we still have a mortgage and we would need my medical insurance.

Let’s Play “Guess the Missing Word”

It’s a bad idea to give home loans (and credit cards) to illegals, because when they default, you have no recourse for recouping your loss other than to pass those losses onto your “better-documented” customers.

VFTW: Sanjaya Malakar

A popular Web site, Vote for the Worst, might actually succeed in getting this no-talent-ass-clown voted through as the next American Idol.

Disc Golf: Amateur World Doubles Championship

The PDGA Amateur Disc Golf World Doubles Championships are this weekend in Wimberley, TX (about 45 miles SW of Austin) at the Circle R Ranch.

Are Dems Losing Control of Their Own Party?

As far as schadenfreude goes, this is pretty good stuff. I think a lot of Americans are starting to realize since the 2006 elections that Yes, things could be worse.

SXSW is Finally Over

Thank God
The freaks and the geeks and the self-appointed “hippsters” have all gone home — or back to their day job at Flipnotics “online coffeeshop and clothing boutique”.
Why do I hate SXSW? Well, Karmalized — who loves SXSW and actually works the show as a volunteer — hits a big reason right on the nose:
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