Stuff about me.
We have the evening news cast on right now. They just reported a story about the space shuttle. Tuesday, during the launch, a window cover fell off the shuttle and damaged thermal tiles near the tail.
The local news cast reported that cover was held on by tape and that officials did not yet know why the cover fell off.
Something tells me that it fell off because it was held on by tape!
Yesterday terrorists attacked London by bombing a bus and subway trains. Before the smoke had cleared, the blame-America-first crowd was…well, blaming America. Hugh Hewitt posted a transcription of Al Franken’s interview with Pat Oliphant. Here is a sample of the exchange:
Franken: Or have we made things worse…
Oliphant: Or have they gone in the wrong direction…
Franken: Right
Well, it is time to review exactly what al Qaeda is demanding from the U.S. Back in November of 2002, bin Laden wrote an open letter to the U.S. Here are his demands:
(1) The first thing that we are calling you to is Islam.
(2) The second thing we call you to, is to stop your oppression, lies, immorality and debauchery that has spread among you.
(i) You are the nation who, rather than ruling by the Shariah of Allah in its Constitution and Laws, choose to invent your own laws as you will and desire.
(3) What we call you to thirdly is to take an honest stance with yourselves – and I doubt you will do so – to discover that you are a nation without principles or manners, and that the values and principles to you are something which you merely demand from others, not that which you yourself must adhere to.
(4) We also advise you to stop supporting Israel, and to end your support of the Indians in Kashmir, the Russians against the Chechens and to also cease supporting the Manila Government against the Muslims in Southern Philippines.
(5) We also advise you to pack your luggage and get out of our lands. We desire for your goodness, guidance, and righteousness, so do not force us to send you back as cargo in coffins.
(6) Sixthly, we call upon you to end your support of the corrupt leaders in our countries. Do not interfere in our politics and method of education. Leave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington.
(7) We also call you to deal with us and interact with us on the basis of mutual interests and benefits, rather than the policies of sub dual, theft and occupation, and not to continue your policy of supporting the Jews because this will result in more disasters for you.
If you fail to respond to all these conditions, then prepare for fight with the Islamic Nation.
According to Osama bin Laden himself, al Qaeda is fighting to spread Islam. They demand we abandon our constitution and accept Islam. Isn’t it amazing that Franken and Oliphant are suspicious of President Bush’s motives and at the same time don’t believe bin Laden when he says he hates Western culture?
Bin Laden wrote over two years ago how he hates our lifestyle and culture, and the Franken-phants thinks we are the problem. I’d like to know when the Franken-phants are going to give up their western culture and start facing east and pray?
Male circumcision cuts AIDS risk
Male circumcision reduces the risk that men will contract HIV through intercourse with infected women by about 70 percent, according to a study reported in The Wall Street Journal.
After discovering the dramatic results, French and South African researchers halted the study about nine months in order to offer the uncircumcised men the opportunity to undergo the procedure, the newspaper reported.
This may explain why heterosexual AIDS is so rampant in Africa yet rare in the U.S.
We came back from Las Cruces a couple of days ago. I needed to finish a paper for school and we both thought a couple days of vacation from taking a vacation would be good.
Las Cruces was HOT! I did get to golf (and I use the term loosely) a couple of times. I should really practice and play more often. Maybe I could hit a ball that way.
| You Are 89% American |
 You’re as American as red meat and shooting ranges.Tough and independent, you think big. You love everything about the US, wrong or right. And anyone who criticizes your home better not do it in front of you! |
we’re on our way to Las Cruces. This is no temperature for a vacation.
Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colorado (a suburb just east of Denver) has had a reputation for a gang problem for years. Last night the danger peaked in a shooting in the mall.
One person was shot and killed and two people were wounded after an argument escalated at the mall Tuesday night.
Police were able to immediately apprehend the suspects and recover the weapons suspected in the shootings.
I pray for the victims of the violence, that the family of the woman who was killed will be comforted in their grief and those wounded will recover.
The business owners in the mall will have a tough time coming up. Who wants to go to a mall where people get shot? Yeah, the mall will struggle on for years while sales drop. Still, if you were a business owner, would you open a store there? More importantly would you shop there?
We can’t have people shooting others in public spaces with impunity and expect to remain a civilized society. These thugs didn’t care who they shot. One of their victims was a woman in her 50s or 60s who got caught in the crossfire.
It’s time for Aurora to get tough on gangs again.
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Hillary Duff and Heather Locklear star in The Perfect Man. Hillary Duff plays Holly, the daughter of a single mother, Jean (Locklear). Jean is desperate to find a good man. When she dates, she has high expectations for a lasting relationship and gets heart broken when the boyfriend leaves. Jean moves her and her daughters to a new town after each relationship where the pattern starts over.
Holly decides she is tired of moving when they settle in Brooklyn. She comes up with a plan to invent a secret admirer for her mother who is the perfect man so that Jean will be happy and they won’t have to move again. Holly gets lessons from her friend’s uncle and restaurant owner Ben played by Chris Noth in how the perfect man would treat a woman.
Meanwhile, Holly meets a boy at school and experiences her first love.
The show stealing performance was from Mike O’Malley playing Lenny – an overly enthusiastic but inept suitor for Jean. His idea of romance was a Styx concert, one of the funniest scenes in the movie.
I was expecting a “chic flick� with an over-the-top romantic dating movie. It even has the obligatory girls-dancing scene. However, the movie was well acted and not overplayed. Movies like this have a tendency indulge in the teenage angst and focus on the tears of the characters. The Perfect Man managed to avoid that pitfall for the most part. The scenes of conflict between Holly and Jean were kept brief and not overly emotional which served to subtly emphasize the characters’ problems. Even the girls-dancing scene was mercifully short.
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The biggest distraction in the movie came from the gay bartender at Ben’s restaurant. While some of his scenes were funny, the character did not have any impact on the plot and was irrelevant to the story. It seems the only reason he was in the movie at all was to provide a gay character. If not for his scenes where he comments on wanting to be with other men, the movie probably would have received a “G� rating.
This movie about women dating does have more to offer than a mere rehash of Mermaids or Sleepless in Seattle. The comedy is well done with good timing and the drama is not overplayed which offers a sense of realism.
3 stars (out of four)
Cowboy