Radical Libertarian

"The Passing Away of Andrea Dworkin?"

2005-04-10T22:18:00.000-05:00

From the "Could it Be?" Department:

"The Passing Away of Andrea Dworkin"

The rumor has it that Andrea Dworkin, arch-misandrist and feminazi, died the other night.

I have yet to confirm this from a reputable source.

Normally, I don't rejoice over the death of anyone. However, certain piggish types of wastes of oxygen deserve it. Hitlers, Pol Pots, Stalins ... I rejoiced with Khomeni, and Uday and Husay.

And with the carnage feminism has wreaked upon humanity, I'll include feminazi scum like Andrea Dworkin among it, especially when you read that page and "people" such as there are ragging on Pope John Paul II, who had more honor and decency in his morning whizz than Adrea Dworkin had in her whole life, in toto.

So - I hope it's true, and if so, Ding-dong, The Witch Is Dead!

The minute I get reputable confirmation, rather than rumors, I'm popping the Champagne.

Paul Reyes, Terry Sciavo, and Dredd Scott

2005-03-26T12:47:00.000-05:00

The Resident Token Liberal writes:

Wait - I'm getting a dream sequence - I feel time slipping back ... back... back...

"America Agrees: Government Should Butt Out of Scott Case

March 25, 1857

by Robert Paul Reyes

America is a patchwork quilt of free and slave states, we disagree on everything from taxes to territories. But our polarized nation agrees on one thing: We are outraged at the government's overbearing intrusion in the Dredd Scott case. Eighty-two percent of respondents to a poll said Congress and the president should stay out of the Scott matter, an astonishing consensus in today's culture wars environment. Congress views everything through the prism of political expediency, would you want this 'Hallowed Body' to make a decision regarding the life and freedom of your spouse, mother or child? Does anyone really believe that ethically-challenged Republican leader Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, who is on political life support, is acting in the best interests of Dredd Scott? As the all-Scott news outlets breathlessly report every new development from the White House, the courthouse, the Capitol and the Supreme Court, Americans steadfastly have held the view that the government should stay the hell out of this tragic case.

There is a clear consensus that the government should stay out of the Scott dilemma, who then should decide if Scott is free or a slave? Well, the Supreme Court, have ruled that Dredd Scott is a slave based on 'clear and convincing' evidence that if reflects the rights or property as defined in the Constitution.

In other words, the courts have ruled that it's clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Founders expressed the view, that property is property, and once owed a person is a slave regardless of where they travel or live.

Mr. Scott has been in a limbo on his slave status for far too long -- it's time for this poor man to be put back in chains. This case has been litigated to death -- it's time to put an end to this judicial merry-go-round. At this point there can be no happy ending.

In other words, Paul, just because a judge says something is legal - it don't mean it's right. Liberals would be wise to remember that a confusion of the two never goes unpunished.

La. Court OKs Amendment Protecting Marriage

2005-01-19T13:35:00.000-05:00

Click Here for full story. Of course, it's on Yahoo, so click quick.

Well, one more victory against the enemies of God and Man.

Just an observation, but it doesn't take a whole lot of study or a great leap of intuitive thought to see that the vaunted Liberal respect for democracy and populism means diddly and squat when they get voted down.

No - don't question the "Religion of Peace"

2005-01-19T11:35:00.000-05:00

From Fox news, we have the following story: "Form Pits Texas Christians Against Muslims".

Apparently an athletic association has dared to ask the tough question of : "The Koran clearly tells you not to mix with (and even eliminate) the infidels. Christians and Jews fall into this category. Why do you wish to join an organization whose membership is basically in total disagreement with your religious beliefs?"

Of course, the feigned outrage on the part of the political correctoids is palpable. Never mind that their silence was deafening when an unconstitutional religious test was placed on Justice Clarence Thomas during his confimation hearings, when a liberal senator asked him if his religious beliefs would make his loyalty first to Rome and not to the US. Such a question was never asked of John Kerry - but then again, "Faithful Catholic" isn't a term you'd use to describe JFK II, eh? Sure, it's okay to have religious beliefs. It's just Christians aren't allowed to let them be a guiding principle in their life.

Imagine. Claim to be a Christian and walk the walk, and you're a hypocrite. Fail to walk the walk and you're a helluva guy. Hm.

Never mind that last Friday, a Christian Family was murdered in New Jersey by Muslims offended that he didn't believe what they did, and dared express that.

I'll tell you what - where I come from, the only reason someone gets "offended" at a question is because the answer reflects badly on the questionee. If your beliefs aren't something to be ashamed of, why be afraid to answer questions about them?

Things to make ya go "Hmmmmmmmm...."

Dead Baby Found In Freezer - No Homicide charges for mother

2005-01-18T15:25:00.000-05:00

CBC Manitoba

It has been noted that this appeared - and then disappeared.

No. No coverup at the Lace Curtain, though. But the link is a Google Cache Link.

Anyways, I'll reprint it here:

Web Posted | Jan 14 2005 07:52 AM CST
CBC News

Woman charged after baby found in freezer

WINNIPEG - A 40-year-old Winnipeg woman is facing several charges after the remains of a baby were found in her freezer.

In the spring of 2003, the woman's ex-husband discovered the remains of a baby boy when a power outage forced him to clean out the freezer, which the woman allegedly gave him in their break-up.

Staff Sgt. Boyd Campbell says forensic tests show the baby was alive when it was born, but no cause of death could be determined.

The woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessities of life, concealing a dead body, and neglecting to seek assistance with childbirth. Homicide charges were not laid.

"We gathered all the evidence that we had relative to it, and we consulted with the Crown, and the Crown attorney felt that these charges were the most appropriate ones," says Campbell.

Campbell says it took nearly two years to lay charges because of the extensive investigation involved in the case.

"It took us a significant period of time to put all the pieces together. It was initiated by the homicide division and subsequently turned over to the child abuse unit," he says.

"There were a lot of interviews that needed to be conducted, and again, some forensic examination that required analysis to be done that took a period of time."

Campbell says forensic testing showed the infant had been in the freezer for one to three years.

Ah, a mother's love...

Death For Scott Peterson

2004-12-13T16:58:00.000-05:00

Yahoo! News - Jury Recommends Execution for Peterson

Well, can we go back and revisit the sentences for Susan Smith and Andrea Yates?

Yeah - I'm going to get someone offering up apologetics for those two monsters.

Now don't get me wrong - I think Mr. Peterson is also a monster, and deserves to die - but that's "as well" as Mrs. Yates and Ms. Smith. Both of which, I believe, will eventually be eligible for parole.

Looks like having two X chromosomes is more and more becoming a license to kill.

There's an idea - Jane Bond, XX7: License to Kill.

Happy Holidays?

2004-12-07T06:17:00.000-05:00

I had an interesting encounter at Wal-Mart the other day. Up early, I decided I needed breakfat, so I went to get bacon and other assorted trimmings. Checked out by some post-teen Britney Spears wanabees, she chirped at me - "Happy Holidays!"

Ah, the Gonzster was in a mood, so I asked, "Really? Which Holidays?"

Blank look, "Huh?"

"Which Holidays?" I replied, "You said, `Hapy Holidays' so I wonder which ones?"

"Well," she replies, "You know, like, THE Holidays. The Winter Holidys." There. She was back in her world.

"No I don't." She looked at me strangely, "Saturnalia? Feast of St. Michael?"

"Well, like, you know, Channukah (Seriously - she pronounced it "CHAN-u-kah!)"

I looked at her badge, "Tiffany - are you Jewish?"

"Well, no."

I nodded. "Neither am I. So why does one non-Jew offer to another non-Jew wishes for a Happy Hannukah?

Again, a look, but now confused, "Uh..."

"Silly, isn't it?" She nodded. "I mean, I'm Catholic - I say Merry Christmas. It's what I know, and what I mean. If I knew someone was a Jew, it might be apropriate for me to wish them the greetings of their own season. Happy Holidays, though, is meaningless. See what I mean?"

"Um ... I think so..."

"Good. And Tiffany? Merry Christmas."

"Uh - yeah. Um... Merry Christmas to you too, sir."

I think I may have seen the light of dawning comprehension.

So - Merry Christmas. If you are Jewish, may your Holiday, Hannukah, be a happy one as well. If you are Pagan, have a happy Yule, or Saturnalia, or whatever it is you are celebrating.

Kwaanza? Hmph. Have a Happy, Fake, Made-Up Marxist Celebration as well. Christmas in Blackface. With a Menorah. Gott ein himmel, go to great lengths to set yourself outside of mainstream culture so you can bitch about how marginalized you have made yourself. Losers.

And if you are some Godless ACLU type, show a little intellectual honesty and class by going to work and not celebrating anything you don't believe in, you damn Hypocritical Scrooges.

And of course, they whine.

2004-12-05T11:18:00.000-05:00

NY BMV Enforcing the law - Film at 11

So what we have is a criminal, in this country illegally (much like a spy or terrorist) who is being a parasite off of a system designed to protect law-abiding legal aliens and citizens, who is found out, arrested, and deported - as she should have been.

So?

Well, the liberals are in a perfect snit about this, and I especially like the quote "Since September 11th, immigrant advocates have warned that local government agencies may be asked to help enforce immigration laws, something they say would discourage undocumented residents from turning to police, hospitals, schools and other government agencies for help."

Again - So? Excuse me - Illegal alien. Say it again with feeling "ILLEGAL Alien." We have a class of CRIMINALS who is afraid to go to the law for fear they will be found out and get their just desserts. This is as it should be. If we have a murderer who is afraid to go to the hospital from a gunshot wound they suffered during the commission of a crime, and they die, so what? If we have a mother who has kidnapped a child, afraid to go on welfare for fear she will be busted and the child returned to the lawful custody of his or her father, so what? And if we have illiegal aliens afraid to go get Driver's licences for fear they will be busted, and given the old heave ho, so what? That's what "Outlaw" means. Outside the law.

Far as I can see, it's a prime example of the system working as it should. Bravo. Let's extend this worthy program to the remaining forty-nine states.

'Shelter' for Divorced Dads

2004-12-03T14:26:00.000-05:00

Yahoo! News - 'Shelter' for Divorced Dads

Well, two things I'm pissed off about on this story - first, the word Shelter is in quotes, and second it's in the "Oddly Enough" section.

Other than that, it's high time.

Texas Governor Blocks Woman's Execution

2004-12-02T09:00:00.000-05:00

Texas Governor Blocks Woman's Execution

Hmmm. Susan Smith. Andrea Yates. And now, Frances Newton.

Would, I wonder, similar consideration have been given if the offender was a man? Let a man murder his children, his family, especially for insurance, and what sentence would *HE* get?

Things to make ya go hmmmm.

Someone tell me something...

2004-11-14T13:58:00.000-05:00

How come it is that Scott Peterson could be convicted of mudering the fetus his wife carried, and yet if she had walked into an Abortionarium and partially delivered it, had a hole punched in its skull, and its brains sucked out, she could walk away from it?

And yeah, I said fetus. Either it's a baby or it's a thing. Legally, as it stands, it's a thing.

The Passing of a Terrorist

2004-11-12T18:59:00.000-05:00

So, Yassar Arafat is finally Dead.

I feel like dancing; if you come here looking for something thoughful about it, forget it. He's gone. And good riddance. No person did so much to create the terrorist problem today, and when I think about the bllod on his hands, and contemplate that God is Just, I shudder for his fate.

I'm frankly disgusted at the pouring out of sympathy and the flying of flags at half mast; and kudos to our President for sending a Deputy Undersecretary of State as the token nod for his funeral. Palestinians take note: You have been dissed. And you deserve it.

In the words of the Bard, the good that men do is oft interred with their bones; while the evil they do lives on after them.

I'm afraid it will be true in the case of this morally reprehensible, miserable excuse for a piece of human debris.

"We made a mistake in judgment"

2004-09-20T14:40:00.000-05:00

I have to confess to being a bit disturbed by today’s developments in the whole Rathergate fiasco. I got bored with it sometime last week for a while. I mean, Jesus H, it’s all we heard. Yes, it’s no news that Dan Rather is a looney left wing hack, who spins every story on how to best place the Democrats in a good light and paint the Republicans as villains. I even didn’t blog much because that was the only thing being covered. But today’s news bothers me on a visceral level.

Lets take a look – we have a Partisan Democrat – Bill Burkett – with a personal axe to grind against George Bush, no less. He comes up with some questionable documents. He passes these to Max Cleland at Kerry Central. Later these wind up in the hands of Dan “Rather Biased” and the Sixty Minutes team.

We need to pause here. Danny-Boy has a long history of animus to Republicans, being a spin artist for Democrats, and fund raising for the Democrats. He too, is cut from the same Partisan Democrat cloth as Bill Burkett. So Mr. Blather, rather than vetting them, as he would if they impugned Kerry, is so eager to run them and smear Bush that he slaps them on Sixty Minutes II, where they are questioned within mere hours by Bloggers.

Bloggers.

Like myself. Rank, freaking amateurs sniff this out where professional journalists do not. We’re not talking a local news team here, folks. We’re not talking about the Bugtussle Tribune. This is Sixty-Freaking-Minutes, for Chrissake. C-B-Freaking-S. Not even WWW oriented Journalists like Mike LaSalle or Matt Drudge. This is like me scooping the Wall Street Journal, for crying out loud.

You know, I can hardly even begin to list the questions this begs.

Max Cleland had these for how long? How come he didn’t vet them? How come he and Kerry’s Campaign sat on them? How come when CBS said something about it (And don’t tell me they didn’t come to the Kerry Campaign for a reaction!) he wasn’t there saying, “Um, we’ve had these and sat on them because we thought they were bogus.”

I mean, they have had them – so they’re either dumber than CBS, or were planning to sit on them until the 11th hour and release them their damn selves.

This just stinks of election tampering, and with the complicit silence of Kerry and the DNC. The only thing which prevents me from thinking that the Network Media isn’t the Official House Organ of the DNC is that Kerry’s operatives kept silent rather than deliver marching orders to hold on to these till Hallowe’en. Yeah, there’s an October Surprise fo’ yo ass. But I’ll tell you what – they are about a frog’s pubic hair from being the unofficial house organ of the DNC, and I wouldn’t be shocked to learn if they (ahem) “suggested” holding on to this for a month or so. Bears watching, at least.

At the very least, I have lost all faith in CBS, and NBC and ABC aren’t all that far behind. I can only hope that people put them all under a microscope and hold them accountable during the remaining six weeks before the election. At least ABC and NBC.

CBS, so far as I am concerned, is on double secret probation and hasn’t done their penance yet. I trust them for sod all right now.

2004-09-18T07:27:00.000-05:00

Well, isn't that wonderful Nothing like Kerry's Goons in the "Party of Sensitivity" making a little girl cry.

So where is it?

2004-09-15T10:48:00.000-05:00

It seems to me sometimes that the old saying "Can't see the forest for the trees" is one of the most profound utterances ever made. Case in point, all the hubbub surrounding the expose of forged documents so eagerly reported on by Dan "Rather Biased" on CBS.

Okay - here's the question for you. What's missing?

We have all kinds of commentary, both public and professional on the story. But there is something missing here, something you would have expected to hear if someone like Walter Cronkite or David Brinkly had been schnookered by such a blatant fraud. Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?

One word. Suprise.

You would think that it would suprise the hell out of people that a mega-news organization, and someone of Dan Rather's experience would be suckered by this. But nobody is suprised. Nobody. There is not one peep of "Oh, my God. Who would have thunk?"

I mean, look here. People aren't even suprised they got busted. Hell of a commentary on the state of the allegedly "fictional boogeyman" of "Liberal Media Bias." Even the Liberals are so stuned that they aren't even going through the usual pretense of being "shocked and appalled" at one of their own being caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

Chew on that for a spell and see what that tells you.

2004-09-13T22:25:00.000-05:00

THAT'S What I'm Talking About!!!!

He's BAAAAAAACK!

2004-09-13T11:34:00.000-05:00

So, from the "John Kerry Shoots Himself in the Foot - AGAIN" Department:

Could the man be any stupider?

Now, the Democrats in Congress very quietly backed away from the soi disant "assault weapons ban" because they saw extending it as politically stupid.

So what does "JFK" do?

Goes after Bush on it.

Who the hell is running that campaign, anyway? Sometimes I think they are throwing the game on purpose. Wake up, folks. You have the far left in your pocket. They will vote against Bush, well, because he is Bush. Hello? Clinton won by portraying himself as a MODERATE.

HELLO?!?!?! McFLY?!?!?!?!

Absolutely amazing.

Clinton Junior?

2004-09-09T18:37:00.000-05:00

It's deja vu all over again.

I see a candidate hammering away at The Economy, Health Care, and ominously asking if we want four more years of this.

Is it 1992 - or 2004? I'm not sure.

Oh yeah. The candidate in question has all the personality of a bowl of stale oatmeal. That would be John Kerry. John F. Kerry, or the "New JFK."

Forget it, Johnny. Not only are you no John Kennedy - you're no Bill Clinton either. Clinton had the Charisma to pull of something that tranparent. You, sir, do not.

Muslims drift, not run, towards Kerry

2004-09-07T14:17:00.000-05:00

From Yahoo, again.

Well, if that isn't as good as an endorsement of Bush, I don't know what is.

Vladimir Putin for President!

2004-09-07T13:40:00.000-05:00

From Yahoo News, I am treated to a breath of fresh air and plain speaking; shame on us that it had to come from a Russian. Of course, maybe now the Russians are seeing why George Bush did what he did; though I take no joy in them learning their lesson.

"Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?" Putin was quoted on Tuesday by Britain's Guardian newspaper as saying.

"You find it possible to set some limitations in your dealings with these bastards, so why should we talk to people who are child-killers?" said Putin, who spoke to foreign journalists and academics late on Monday.

Oh yeah, baby.

This is the kind of no-nonsense, no bullshit response that will, I predict, wind up in Al Quaeda all but casing operations in Russia, and giving the Russians a wide berth in years to come.

It's pretty unsuprising that cheese eating appeasement-monkeys like the French are the ones whining that it's the "get-tough policies" causing this, when such get tough policies are going to be the ones which end it in a big hurry.

For far too long there has been way too much in trying to "understand" terrorists, and make excuses for them. Putin, however, is pulling no punches, and it's high time someone, somewhere, called a spade a spade. This is the murder of children. This isn't accidental. You don't take explosives or guns into a school full of kids, and "accidentally" kill them. It's the intentional waging of war against children by grown men, and it's cowardly, reprehensible, and an atrocity on the level of the Holocaust.

You don't get pushed to this. This is the conscious embracing of evil, and anyone who would engage in even weak apologetics for behavior like this is unfit to be numbered among the human race - let alone those who would actually perpetuate it.

"Just imagine that people who shoot children in the back came to power anywhere on our planet. Just ask yourself that, and you will have no more questions about our policy in Chechnya," Putin said.

Yeah. What he said. Good words, Vlad.

Random Musings

2004-09-06T22:13:00.000-05:00

Well, I’m back from my long hiatus, and after several months of looking around, I’m relieved to know that some things never change. Of course, this also depresses me, not so much, however, because I never really expected any change.

Today is the traditional start of “The Campaign.” I have to confess to mixed feelings on this, as a Libertarian, I’m not optimistic about our chances of winning, nor am I particularly thrilled with the LP’s candidate. Mr. Badnarik is a decent and good man, but like most of the Party faithful, he has a Foreign Policy blind spot. One of these days the party will grow up, and realize that if we want to be isolationist, we have to colonize Mars to do it. Wake up, fellow Libertarians. We got attacked. We did not initiate aggression. We are at war, and our enemies wear turbans and bow to Mecca.

In a larger sense, though, I’m more of a libertarian than a Libertarian, please note the change in case between the two. While I’m non-aggressive, I’m not a pacifist. I believe that if there is a clear and present danger, you don’t give them the sporting first shot, nor do you wait for them to come and hunt you down.

On my more cynical days, I might tend more towards the viewpoint that government is at least an unavoidable evil if not a necessary one. It’s not that I mind government per se, I mind busybodies who can’t leave peaceable people, who are minding their own business and keeping their hands to themselves, alone. Unfortunately, the government seems to attract such people into their employ like manure attracts flies.

I’m free-market, but not capitalist. There’s a proper opposition between government and big business or corporations. While some Libertarians may argue that it is just and proper that an employer be able to do things that would get the government sued for civil rights violations, I disagree. While I don’t use drugs, I think mandatory drug tests are an abomination in 90 plus percent of all cases. I don’t care who sponsors them. I really don’t care if the guy at McDonalds who is bagging my food is a pothead. He doesn’t need that many brains. The guy who works on my brakes, maybe. The pilot of my plane, yes. My open heart surgeon, absolutely. The janitor?

Give me a break. Either it’s a big “Nunya Bidnez” all the way around, or it ain’t. I work for Joe. Joe writes me a check. That’s it. Joe doesn’t own me. Joe can regulate my parking in his parking lot, run me through a metal detector as I enter and leave his building, and tell me what I can have in my office. When I am at home, on my time, it’s a different story. It’s proper for Joe to have a say in how I look, and how I speak when I represent his company. When I’m on my own time, Joe is just another schmuck. It’s no more his business in what I do, what church I attend, what beer I drink, or what books I read than it is my next door neighbor’s. Employment is not a property right. If I won’t let the government do it, it’s because it’s wrong for one human being to have that say over another’s private life. If it’s wrong for Uncle Sam, it is wrong for Joe. Period.

I used to be a devout Republican, but I felt, and still feel more than a little betrayed by the “Contract with America.” It didn’t make government smaller. It didn’t balance the budget. I still have the same, and even more, Federal Busybodies poking their nose in my life. All the things they promised were wind – and if I hear one more Republican Apologist talking about how “The only thing the agenda promised was to bring it up on the floor of Congress” I don’t know what I will do. That contract was presented as an agenda of convictions. If you have convictions, you keep championing them, year after year, session after session. That’s what Ronald Reagan did. Even when he got stymied and gridlocked, he kept hammering away at it – even when it was obvious he was tilting at windmills, he still tried.

This crap about “Well, we brought it up, and it got voted down, so back to political business as usual” is just that – crap. It’s weaselspeak. Even after a dozen years, it still disgusts me.

And the Democrats are no better; but the hugest gaping hole the Democrats have is a lack of a moral compass. And if nothing else, the hypocrisies of the Republican Party are at least finite.

I don’t know, sometimes. Dear God, but almost anyone else but John Kerry. That’s the stuff which nightmares are wrought of.

A religion of peace?!?!?! HAH!

2004-09-05T13:03:00.000-05:00

Even after a couple of days, I'm utterly shocked at the carnage and photos of that school in Russia, which as you may recall, was taken over by Islamic terrorists - well, I suppose it's redundant, but - and a thousand children held hostage under threat of death.

That's right. Children. These are they same Muslim rat bastards who like to detonate bombs, and put their own children's bodies near the blast zone, and try to make political hay by blaming the Israelis.

I have waited long for denunciations from the Muslim world for this utter and barbaric atrocity, but thus far we have heard nothing but deafening silence from them. Fine. So be it. You know, far as I am concerned this now makes their children legitimate targets.

They've set up these rules. They have sown the wind, so they can shut the hell up if they wind up reaping the whirlwind. I officially no longer give a damn about Muslim children.

Whither the Mean Spirited Right-wingers?

2004-09-05T09:47:00.000-05:00

Since it has been announced recently that Ol' Slick Willie Clinton is going to be having heart surgery soon, I've scoured the news and the airwaves for all the expected right wing sentiment of wishes for a speedy succumbing to his medical problems.

Thus far, zilch. The meanest thing I have heard is comments that all that McDonald's is finally catching up to him.

Seems I remember left-wingers hoping for Clarence Thomas to fall victim to the black tendency towards higher rates of heart disease, chortling at Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston's Alzheimer's Disease, and much glee over Rudy Guiliani's prostate cancer. And we're not talking from fringe leftists, we're talking mainstream folks. But from the Right - no attacks. Wishes for a speedy recovery.

Hm. Which side of the political spectrum is it that often gets rubricized as "mean-spirited?"

Uh huh. Yeahsureyabetcha.

Same old, same old

2004-09-03T15:42:00.000-05:00

Once again, I've had to sit by and watch another man stupidly self destruct.

It seems that cupcake is, in all likelihood, having an affair. All the signs are there. She goes out alone, before he comes home, and comes home all dolled up; she is hiding her cell phone bill - hell, why am I reciting the litany to you all? You know the drill as well as me. Sorry.

Anyway

Cupcake has been cold, short, distant, and snotty; nagging, refusing to be mollified or pleased, and hyper-critical of everything. So I says to him, "Tom,(not real name) she's trying to push your buttons. Don't lose your temper. And don't move out."

Yeah, Gonz. I know. Don't worry. I know what I am doing. I've got me under control. Yeah. I know what my priorities are.

Tuesday, Tom comes home. Cupcake isn't home. She has left two matchbooks from a local motel around. He calls there and asks for her. No such registered. So he asks for the room of the guy he thinks she is fooling around with. He is registered. His room is rung. He hears her voice in the background.

Can you say set up and played for a sucker? Can you say "Wanted to be discovered?" I knew you could.

Tom goes berserk. He goes to the garage, smashes her car to bits with a baseball bat, pisses on her clothes in her closet, loads up his truck, and leaves; worse yet, he writes a incoherent note cussing her up one side and down the other, and doesn't pick his kid up from football practice.
Guess what? You bet. Wednesday morning, Cupcake gets a restraining order and police report on him. He calls that afternoon. I found this out when I went to get him out of jail yesterday where he has been arrested for - Guess What? - violating a restraining order.

*sigh*

Will we ever learn not to roll over and play dead on command when the buttons get pushed?

Victory in Colorado

2004-09-02T10:38:00.000-05:00

It looks like Kate Farber has decided that she isn't going to testify (Read: Purjure) herself in her attempt to squeeze cash from Kobe Bryant, so the trial is off. Kobe had to make some statement as a condition of them dropping the charges, so that's meaningless; and the judge wouldn't let the prosecutors drop the case without prejudice.

But, she's still got the civil case open. Well, one out of two ain't bad. It's a good thing Kobe was rich, or he'd be in a lot of trouble right now. But then again, if he wasn't rich, this gold-digging little skank would never havedone this, would she?

Well, It's been a while

2004-09-02T10:30:00.000-05:00

I'm not going to explain or apologize, but feces occurs, as they say.

We'll be keeping things up regularly now.

So it's a free country, eh?

2004-01-26T12:18:00.000-05:00

I don't know if I'm annoyed or amused when I hear (again) the often repeated interjection "It's a free country!"

Is it? Let's take a look.

Let us say I come into some undeveloped property that I own.

First off - whoa? Do I own it? I see by Indiana's laws I am a "tenant" of that property. Hmm.

What are the basic requirements for life? Food? Water? Warmth? Shelter?

Can I build on that property? Not without a "Mother May I" from da gubbmint.

How about clear it? Nope, again, I have to ask permission - I don't have a right to do so (For the uninformed, a "right" requires no permission to exercise. Kind of like your right to peacably assemble with the proper permit.)

Drill a well? Again, not without my "Mother May I" from da gubbmint.

Plant enough food and/or raise enough livestock to feed myself? Not unless I'm zoned and have a permit.

Make my own clothes? Welll, yes - so long as my production doesn't exceed a certain volume. Then I'm engaging in industrial activity. Need zoning and permits then. (Note that this volume is lower than the average family needs.)

Heat my domicile as I see fit? Well, I can't install certain furnaces in certain conditions, have to buy fuel from a registered dealer .... Hmmmm.

Huh. So, unless I get the official okey dokey, and pay my fees, I'm really not allowed to provide the basic necessities of life for myself, to be self-sufficient, am I?

Free country? How's that again?

Gwyneth Paltrow can Bite my Butt!!!!!!!!!!

2004-01-21T10:27:00.000-05:00

So Gwyneth Paltrow thinks America is over patriotic and has too many guns, so she'll be raising her child overseas.

Wah, wah, wah.

Once again, a Hollywood Limousine Leftist proclaims their intent not to have a thing to do with Amerika except to continue to make money here. Just once, I wish one of these flannel-mouthed asswipes would have the courage of their convictions to put their money where their sanctimony is. But you better believe when it comes to signing another million-dollar movie deal and claiming her tax shelters that Gwyneth won't be overseas, but keeping her gravy-train here in America.

Now I'm not about to start the love-it-or-leave-it nonsense, but dammit, if you say you are going to leave it, by Jiminy, GO! Ya hear me, BABS?! Renounce your citizenship, withdraw your money, liquidate your assets, quit posturing, and get the hell out. Stop babbling and pretending you mean what you say.

So what do you say, Gwyneth? Do you mean it, or is it just words?

Yeah. Thought so.

Let's Get Claire's!

2004-01-19T20:21:00.000-05:00

Operation Claire's commences!

My Letter:

To the Management of Claire’s;

As a father of girls (and a young man) and the uncle of many nieces, I have spent much money in your stores. I come to you tonight having returned merchandise totaling over $90, which was to be gifts for my Niece’s birthday, and notifying you that you will never again receive a plug nickel of my money until you remove the filth that is David and Goliath t-shirts from your shelves. And you come to your senses by this weekend, my last valuable shopping day, and I might spend my money again

I would be willing to wager that if anyone were to display such shirts that had girl-bashing incitements to violence and degradation on them, and ask you to carry them in your stores, you would recoil like a vampire faced with garlic and a crucifix. How you can in conscience display such garbage and claim to love your sons is frankly baffling to me.

As if this wasn’t bad enough, this company also produces t-shirts which are blatantly racist in nature, and example of which is here at http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/new/lines/images/thumbs/1469.gif. I am sure, once I get finished plastering this all over the internet, you will be receiving many other letters from other sources questioning your judgement in carrying this offensive, sexist, misandrist, and racist product line.

Finally, as an internet columnist featured at Men’s News Daily, I will be joining Glenn Sacks in his campaign against this trash; I promise that not a day will pass without it being mentioned prominently in my column or on my internationally linked Blog. It remains to be seen, based on your decision, whether Claire’s will be mentioned as a friend of decency, or as a partner who is aiding and abetting the purveyors of violence, smut, hatred, and racism.

Sincerely;

Peter S. Jensen

<- EXAMPLE OF D&G's RACISM!!!!!!!

Where's Your Letter?

New Rape ID Law?

2004-01-19T05:36:00.000-05:00

Well the forces of censorship and political correctness are at it again. Ever since Katelyn Kristine Faber was fingered as the accuser of Kobe Bryant, the thought police have been all over themselves with histronics talking about how "horrible" it is.

I'll tell you, I have a real problem with this whole case. It stinks. It stinks the way her mental problems and history of accusing ex-boyfriends of "abuse" are irrelevant. I have a problem with the fact that she had sex with at least 2 other guys between the alleged rape and reporting it. The whole list of things that don't add up gets staggering after a while, little things that just one or two alone wouldn't be a big deal, but just add up into a big question mark.

But the biggest problem I have is the whole drumhead aspect of modern sexual politics. Anonymous accusations are tools not of modern courts of law, but instead of witch-hunts and inquisitions. And attempts to curtail the freedom of the press, or the right of the accused to confront their accuser makes my skin crawl. Don't think so? Well, maybe you'll sing a different tune if it is you, your brother, or your son who is the next target.

Golf Claps for Michelle Wie

2004-01-16T14:23:00.000-05:00

Michelle Wie, 14 year old prodigy, is for some reason getting people all aflutter at the PGA.

Now, I don’t play golf. I tried a few times, and soon figured out I could just as easily drink beer without having to pay a green fee or rent golf clubs. Don’t really have a thrill for the game, and so I doubt I could shoot the score she is shooting. Can’t draw as well as my 12 year old nephew either. Thus, in anticipation of the usual and perennially illogical questions, “So?”

From what I have seen she has to beat her last round by 6 strokes to make the “cut.” While it’s amazing to have a 14 year old play nearly as well as adults, the operative word is still “nearly.” Annika was “nearly.” See a pattern yet?

I mention this because one of my favorite feministas was gloating about Miss Wie’s performance, being one breath away from being cut, last night. I wish I had a photo of her face when I mildly suggested that now that women have come of age, perhaps we should eliminate separate men’s and women’s leagues. Sure solve the Title IX problem, now, wouldn’t it?

I’d report what she said, but I did the tune-out maneuver when she started droning on and on about “opportunity” and similar crap buzzwords. I only came back to earth when she mentioned that the WNBA was doing fine…

Huh?

Whazzat?

“Jen,” I said, “the only reason the WNBA isn’t in receivership is because it is being artificially propped up. The only people you ever see at WNBA games are families. Them and the feminists and lesbians – but I repeat myself.” She started to butt in, but I continued, “Just hold on a second – attendance is crap. They don’t hardly show the games on TV, and when they do, ratings suck. Face it – except for the Women’s Soccer team of a few years back, nobody gives a fuck about women’s sports.”

The response was predictable. ”Which just goes to show sexism is alive and well.” she sniffed.

Here I just dropped my bomb, “No, Jen, it’s because they play like girls.”

The ranting and raving that followed aside, those are essentially the facts. Women don’t excel at sports because most of those sports have been designed by men, to test men’s athleticism. Thus, when they play them, they … duh … play like girls. And they suck.

Why do you think it is that there are no women in the NBA, the NFL, the major leagues? Why do you think that instinctively women have their own leagues?

Jumping Jimmy Christmas. I’ll be impressed when women start competing with men as a matter of course and stop shooting from the red tees. Not when one prodigy does it.

WTF? How's this again?

2004-01-15T06:11:00.000-05:00

Okay, George Bush has asked for one and a half Billion (Yes, Billion) to save marriage.

You know, it physically hurt to write that, because the illogic is staggering. Any idiot who takes the time to connect the dots can see that the decline of marriage began when the government decided to tinker with it, to make it more fair, and to fix it to begin with. Now, if we just have some money and fiddle with it some more, it will become all better?

Ye Gods and little fishies. Has someone spiked my coffee with decaf or something? Am I the only one who sees this? George, lad, have you become a Democrat? Throw some cash at it and watch it go away? I mean, come ON. We'd get more use out of that money by taping it together and rolling it up on the toilet paper holder.

I am utterly speechless. I wouldn't even know where to begin. The mind boggles.

Already I have a Franchise open!

2004-01-13T21:19:00.000-05:00

Mike LaSalle over at Men's News Daily has graciously decided to let me go ahead and have a blog over there, at his site.

I've been trying to think of what to do with it, and I think I have come up with it.

While there will probably be no small amount of crossover, I think I'm going to keep both sites open. I'll use the MND Bar and Grill for issues germaine more to Men's Activism, and reserve this site for rejected articles that I still think are worth reading, plus things that I want to make clear (or I am not sure) are not endorsed in any way by Mike and MND. On top of that, there's probably going to be a lot of off-topic stuff I'll still want to rant about, which just wouldn't make sense on his site.

Thanks for the soapbox, Mike!

Random Philosophy and a Cuppa Joe

2004-01-13T06:20:00.000-05:00

So here I am, minding my own damn business, finishing the cup of coffee I am having at lunch. Wonderful thing, coffee. People will say anything to you over a cup of coffee. Next to having a bar between you, it’s the next best thing for starting a conversation.

I take the bill and pull out my credit card to get ready to go pay the damage, and the waiter comes by, says, “I’ll take care of that for you, sir.” and scurries off. Sometimes I don’t quite know what to make of being called “sir.” I think it’s a sign of age and mature wisdom when people with facial hair take to calling you sir. In any event, politeness is welcome. I’ll start being worried when people with crow’s feet around their eyes start calling me sir, or “Old-Timer.”

The young man, Mark, came back with a silly grin on his face, and as I signed the ticket, adding a good solid twenty percent to the tip, he thanked me and said, “Mind if I ask you something?” I nodded okay, and he continued, “You wouldn’t happen to be the Pete Jensen who is a curmudgeon and computer geek from Southern Indiana, would you?” Hmm. Wonder if the fact that my bank card had my name, my shirt said “Apple,” and the little café was in Southern Indiana had anything to do with it?

I nodded, “That would be me. Been surfing the net, have we?” He laughed and said he’d enjoyed reading what I had written, and a host of embarrassing things I won’t repeat. After topping off my coffee, and making some small talk, he then asked, “So who’s on our side? Who’s going to help bail us out of this mess?”

Mark, I have to confess, I weenied out, there. I’ll excuse myself partially by saying I had to get back to work, but I have to say you caught me unawares, and my “Good question” answer was no answer to you at all. So if you’re still reading here, let me go ahead and give your question the answer that it deserves, to wit:

Not a blessed person. We got our butts collectively into this mess, and we are going to have to pull them out on our own. We men gave ground, played the game of appeasement, and got our butts kicked all by our lonesome, and unless we’re willing to put in the blood, toil, tears, and sweat to undo it, we might as well settle the yoke comfortable around our necks. And I can’t speak for you, but “willing slave” is not in my character.

Yow. Cold and harsh is what that is, isn’t it? It’s some hard words. Question is, Mark, are you ready to hear more? You ready to face up to the ugly truth, and settle yourself in for a long haul?

Too damn many people, be they Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or whatever your political persuasion are looking for the devastating and romantic endgame, the magic bullet, and the quick fix. You cannot hardly find a social evil that hasn’t come about but some schmuck stood there with a wad of bubblegum and baling-wire and said, “Here we go! ALL better now!” and then stood there so proud of himself and with the dopiest look on his face. I won’t even chant the litany for you. Open your eyes and look around. Short term thinking by a bunch of political hacks and crooks whose biggest worry was getting re-elected next year has forged us, in the words of Charles Dickens, “a ponderous chain.”

All of the great “ISMs” of our time –Femin-ISM, Race-ISM, Social-ISM, and such have had ample time to set down roots, and become firmly grown into our cultural landscape. To think that we are going to be able to extract them with the wave of a magic wand is wishful thinking at it’s worst. You want to clear the land? Bring axes, saws, a backhoe, and pack yourself a man’s lunch, and think of this as the summer job for the summertime of your life. At least. And recognize that you are doing this not for you, but in the hope that someday your sons can plant this forty acres. Anyone who tries to tell you different is quite plainly blowing smoke up your ass and selling you a bill of goods.

You can’t trust the politicians. The politicians are the often spoken of “establishment” and their interest lies in maintaining their power. And I don’t care how to the left they are, they are conservative in the classic sense as their sole interest lies in maintaining the status quo. If their interests lie with yours, be secure in the knowledge that it is incidental and temporary. They are unprincipled SOB’s, and the minute the political wind shifts, they arte off in the opposite direction, and will claim they have ALWAYS felt that way.

By extension, you can’t place your faith in the political parties or the process. The Republicrats have a monopoly and stranglehold on the political arena, and they are not about to give it up. Your best bet is to rock the boat and vote against the incumbent to keep them from getting too comfortable and doing more damage. You cannot trust the State. The state does what is good for itself, and you aren’t a name, but a social security number. Don’t play their game, and don’t fall into their traps. They are like vampires – once invited in, they never leave, and can return at will.

The courts, especially the family courts, are so corrupt and hopeless that I think it’s only a matter of time before we’re going to have to start decorating lamp-posts with anything in a black robe, or carrying a briefcase. If you go into court thinking that justice, right and wrong, or fair are relevant, you are callow indeed. Courts don’t arrive at a fair settlement, a court is there to decide a winner, and a loser. You have to determine before you go in which you want to be, and I am afraid that if you go in with any intent but to slay your enemies, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of their women, you might as well accept the settlement offered. Justice is for the wealthy, and Mark, you and me can’t buy enough.

You can’t trust the police, or any of their cousins. I don’t think I need to elaborate on this. They will not care. And for some reason, “I was only doing my job and following orders” didn’t fly at Nuremburg when the SS offered it, but is now the standard answer. Go figure. You tell me where they disappeared to. They day some man in blue appears on a man’s doorstep and says “They’ve issued a warrant for you, and I’m tired of being a part of the problem, so I am giving you a heads up and am going to report I couldn’t find you” will be the day I start believing in the old crap about how “Officer Friendly is there to HELP you!”

You can’t trust women, or any other collective demographic group. They have their own worries, their own concerns, and their own axes to grind, and no matter how well-meaning they may be or profess to be, they will never be able to empathize with you. Your interests will come second on their list, and if your interests are at cross purposes with theirs, you are going to become a target.

You can’t trust the institution of marriage. Ronald Reagan put the first blow to the stake in it’s heart in 1969 when he signed the first no-fault divorce law. It’s only been gasping and wheezing since then, and is beyond resurrection. Walk away, let it die, create your own marriage and family if you must with a pre-nuptial agreement and binding arbitration. If you have a religious bent, find someone who shares your views. Don’t place your trust in a state designed contract. It serves only the state.

You can, however, trust yourself. And that is where it has to start. Take a personal inventory and find out what you, Mark, want from life and move from there. Don’t let others lay obligations and guilt trips on you. You’re going to have the group-thinkers like Karen DeCostner and Tom Sylvester try to tell you that “If you were a real man…” Ignore them. For that matter, ignore Pete Jensen. Listen to Mark, and let Mark speak the truth to you. Chances are, if you find yourself arguing with what you hear deep down inside, you are just trying to bullshit yourself.

Move from there. Identify your friends and identify your enemies. Knowing who they are, where they are, and what they are doing is half the battle. As you go through life and speak, and think for yourself, when your enemies start taking potshots at you, rejoice. As a friend of mine likes to say, “You only draw flak if you are over the target.”

Mark, I well imagine you asked me that question with the idea in mind of “How can I escape the crap men go through these days? I want a family, dammit.” And it’s a good question, and one I’m not going to insult with a pat answer. It’s a minefield out there. First decide if the risk/reward ratio is worth it. If you decide to wade in, take your mine detector, and move carefully.

Do not, under any circumstance jump for the first set of Double-Ds that comes along and talks the talk. Talking the talk is cheap and easy. Does she have a string of broken hearts, broken marriages or broken relationships behind her? Danger, Will Robinson, Danger! Is she a child of divorce, brought up by a single mother who is more than likely bitter and damaged goods? Is she a single mother, and more than likely bitter and damaged goods herself? Does she have a history of contraceptive abortions? Is she neurotic, and controlling? Does she try to change you into her vision of being civilized? You have a mother, or have had one. That job was filled long ago.

Hint and a half for you, my man.

In addition to your mine detector, hone your bullshit detector. Women telling you what it means to be a man are spouting bullshit. People who sniff, “I’m not going to argue with you anymore” are spouting it; they have their minds made up, and don’t want to be confused with facts. People who claim to know the “One true way” and offer to sell you the secret for three easy payments of $29.95 are selling you a load of dung. Watch out for those who in one fashion or another are saying, “Pay no attention to what is behind the curtain!” are people who you need to cold-cock before you run. Watch out for people who start shrieking that you are a communist, Nazi, or whatever. They are projecting, if you understand psychology. They see in you a reflection of their own selves – since it is the only motivation they know, it’s the first thing that pops into their heads.

Don’t fall into the same thinking traps as your enemies. Don’t fall for the idea that “critical thinking” means to criticize everything as a knee jerk reaction. Hell, even a blind squirrel finds a nut on occasion, and it’s possible for even a feminist to spout a nugget of truth here and there – but that doesn’t mean that anything else they might say is right. The Thought-Nazis will be readily apparent when they start spewing venom and fire against everyone who has an opinion not lock-step with their own. You don’t have to say anything then, just point out that they walk, look, and quack like a duck. Make a stand, and don’t surrender the field. And don’t try to define what being a woman is for a woman – let her define it for herself, and if, when you weigh it, measure it, and find it wanting against what you want in a woman, give her a “No thank you” and walk away. No haggling. No bartering. No negotiation.

Last point, my friend, is no apologies and no regrets. Sharing the same air with human refuse doesn’t obligate you to them in the least; you owe them neither the spittle off of your lips nor the boils on your behind. Choose your friends and battles wisely, and when you find yourself in a bad scene, walk away without comment, and shake the dust off of your shoes. You win by winning, not by playing by someone else’s definition of their rules or what they see as fair play – that is between you and the Man Upstairs, if your inclinations lie that way. It’s like landing a plane. A good landing is where you walk away. A great landing is where you can use the damn plane again. Your ultimate test is being able to look yourself in the mirror of a morning and not drop your eyes, and to take your last breath with a smile of contentment for a life well lived.

Thanks for the coffee, Mark.

Will Appeasement Work This Time?

2004-01-12T19:42:00.000-05:00

Israeli Prime Minister Sharon is talking about pulling out of West Bank and Gaza Strip settlements in as early as six months to try to stay on the road to peace.

While I'm not optimistic on the prospect of appeasement policies working now any more then they worked in the Sudetenland in the 30's, it just goes to show what I have benn saying for years. Israel is doing everything possible to live in peace and be left alone. Watch Yassar Arafat and his cronies find another excuse to engage in murder and terrorism. You can take it to the bank. Until every last Jew lies dead, they won't be happy.

Of course, the anti-semetic racists will continue to accuse the Jews of "Zionism." Yeahsureyabetcha.

Believe in Blue!

2004-01-12T19:35:00.000-05:00

I do not think that I have ever seen such a stunning, and at times frightening, performance as I saw yesterday with Peyton Manning's dismemberment of the Kansas City Chiefs. The fact that this man can come out two weeks running, in the playoffs, against two teams like Denver and KC and deliver back-to-back performances of machine like precision; it sends chills down the spine. Much is made of the fact that there were no punts in the game yesterday, but there were also no punts by the Indianapolis Colts in the preceeding week.

Two weeks in the playoffs. Without punting once. My God. The mind boggles.

If Peyton Manning and the Colts can maintain this intensity for the next game, the New England Patriots are in for a very, very hard time of it, indeed.

Where are the real men?

2004-01-11T12:25:00.000-05:00

Sick of hearing it. Next time I hear someone yelping about “real manhood” I’m about half ready to pull out my trusty two-by-four and commence to opening up a size-ten can of whoopass. Bloody twits wouldn’t know a real man if they got their ankles chewed to the bone by one.

Have you ever noticed, gents, how when someone starts talking about how “A real man would” it’s generally followed by you giving something? Rights, money, surrendering your career, your integrity, or your soul? Belly up to the bar, men, it’s time to shed some more of that expendable Y-chromosome blood. Bend over. Here it comes again.

Bah.

Okay, let’s talk about the “Real Man.” The real man of myth keeps those rugged good looks, square jaw, and five O’clock shadow. He grays gracefully, has those solid abs, and dresses to the nines. He never, ever, smells of sweat. He of course does this without being a “Metrosexual.”

The real man is ambition and has purpose, but somehow always finds a way to put his family first. But he keeps his well-paying job and moves ahead despite an insistence on going home early, passing on overtime (mandatory or not), and not working weekends.

Even if it is in a job he hates, and is killing him by inches, the Real Man keeps a stiff upper lip and puts his nose to the grindstone because they Need The Money. He never does anything risky like change careers, apply for the job he always wanted to do, or go into business for himself. To do that would be Selfish and put his needs ahead of the Good Of The Family. Things might become tight for a while, and that might stress her out.

The real man’s woman doesn’t have to work, does so only if she wants to, and keeps her money. His money is “ours” and her money is “hers.”

Even if the missus doesn’t work, the real man comes home and commences with the housework, working side by side with his wife until it is all done. He never forgets to throw his socks straight into the hamper, and if you would go into the bathroom you would swear he sat to pee.

Mrs. Realman is not a baby machine! She has her 2.2 children, and the decision to have any more or less is hers, and hers alone, because it’s her body. The real man knows his place to stand by and support her, whatever her decision. And if she leaves him, he sucks it up, because he obviously failed to be a real man. As penance he pays any child support she requests, and butts out of “interfering” with her choices on how to raise the children, backing her to the hilt. And if it turns out that Mr. Realman is not the father of the children, he sucks it up there too, even if Mrs. Exrealman takes up with the children’s natural father, and his child support and alimony is supporting both of them.

The real man is sensitive. After a hard day of brokering deals, being responsible for millions of dollars of goods and/or equipment, he lets Her talk first, because the neighborhood gossip and the same soap opera she talks with her girlfriends all the time is much more important than anything he might have to say. His day, after all, is only that of the draft horse putting a roof over the family’s head and paying the bills.

The real man is a sexual dynamo. He is ready at a moments notice to service his real woman’s needs. He is not premature. He is never impotent. He’s not too tired, or stressed. Even if the real woman has become so fat that they can only have sex in one or two positions, he’s like a rutting goat, as he sees her inner beauty only. Look at another woman? Perish the thought! He of course understands that she likes to look, but would never regard that as disrespect because it’s different. Ever sensitive though, he never allows her to feel pressured into sex, because his needs, being mere male needs, are selfish, animal, and base.

When that promotion is offered which means almost a doubling of salary, Mr. Realman is careful about it! Mrs. Realman might not want to move, because she’d be away from friends who she feuds with on and off, and a mother she never goes to see but talks on the phone with for two hours a night even though they live a few scant blocks away. Somehow he finds away to land that extra green without making Mrs. Realman leave her comfort zone.

The real man never expresses annoyance, irritation, or God Forbid, anger. Such things disturb and scare the missus because he’s so big and strong and might hurt her. As a woman, her kind has been the victim of men for millennia, and even though she’s always been treated like a princess by all the men in her life, he doesn’t want to become an Insensitive Boor™.

When something upsets Mrs. Realman, Mr. Realman dashes for the phone booth, changes into his tights and cape, and Does Something. Since making a mess or engaging in a confrontation would upset Mrs. Realman further, and give Mrs. Noseybitch next door fodder for the gossip-mill, Mr. Realman uses his He-Man Super Powers with Mountain Fresh Scent™ to make everything right. Huzzah! Once more he saves the day!

Our Real Man is the paragon of Chivalry. He is always deferential to the Woman because, well, because she’s the woman. He does this even when, nay, especially when she is wrong, and doesn’t let a snarl of “I can open my own door, I’m not helpless!” deter him from doing it the next time, because she might change her mind, or that occasion might be “different.”

Despite a hundred and two degree temperature and spitting blood, the Real Man doesn’t complain, and still does the dishes because his missus has a cut on her finger and it stings. To complain would be whining and the Real Man is NEVER a whiner! Despite a case of the trots that leaves him running to the john every ten minutes, he gets up and makes his own tea and crackers because, as we all know, men are such babies.

He always asks for directions, even when he knows the route, because Mrs. Realman is out of her comfort zone, off the route she takes, and they are therefore lost.

The Real Man never turns off Oprah, but pulls up a seat and watches it with his missus, manfully choking back a tear. He has that delicate balance down to a science, of getting those red rimmed eyes and the faintest hint of a lip quiver, but never actually cries about anything. That would be sissified. He also never watches sports or news which might bore or upset the missus.

Ever the romantic, the Real man always manages to Find A Way to bring the missus a dozen long stemmed roses because He Loves Her. He does this spontaneously, but no less than once every two weeks. Even if the flower shop is half an hour out of the way, he still manages to go there without leaving early and Losing His Job but never gets home late and makes her worry. Despite bills being tight, new glasses for the son, new braces for the daughter, the variable rate going up on the mortgage, utility rates rising, and repairing the engine on Her Car, he manages to find the sixty to a hundred simoleans to do this.

A Real Man understands that traditionally women have been silenced, and therefore refrains for even mentioning something which might challenge her dearly held opinions, because such things are obviously personal attacks on her. Whatever she says, it is met with a smile and a grave nod, as if it were an utterance by God.

Daily he exercises from his portfolio of He-Man Super Powers with Mountain Fresh Scent™ the abilities of telepathy to know what is wrong with her (Because if he loved her he’d know!) and clairvoyance to omnisciently know every petty chore that needs to be done, and does them without asking. After all, she constantly beams these things to him so he’s been told a hundred times. Honestly. Men! Any idiot can see that the blender he never uses is leaking!

And finally, when the feces has hit the fan, he proudly straps on his gun and dons his uniform to go be splattered on the landscape of some god-forsaken beach, desert, or jungle somewhere, to save civilization from the Baby Eating Foreign Devils. He’s the first to run into a burning building to haul out kittens, brave the dangers of the highway accident, and right all wrongs with manful use of his He-Man Super Powers with Mountain Fresh Scent™.

And for all this, the Real woman does….

(sound of crickets)

Anyone? Hello? Beuller? Beuller?

Cleans the house? No, that’d be to turn her into a drudge.

Makes dinner? No, that’s patriarchal and oppressive.

Bears his children? No, she’s not a brood mare.

Manages the household finance? Oh, what was I thinking? Does she have to do everything?

Shops? No, because if she has to go to the store, he’s coming too. Unless of course she’s spending her hard earned money (or her half of his) for something nice for her because she never has anything for herself. But that’s different.

Hey, I know! She’s pleasant and loving and …no, wait. She’d have to repress her true self, and that’s *HIS* job.

Gives up her career to – wait, that’s not right either.

She stays loyal and faithful to him? No, there I go again. Expecting women to just trudge along in the old “Stand By Your Man” routine even when he doesn’t meet her needs and she feels unfulfilled, and isn’t swooning with romantic feelings 24-7? Hmph. I must remember though, that men stray because they are pigs, and women stray because men are pigs.

Takes care of the kids? Well, duh! That’s *ALWAYS* been the chore of women, EVERYONE knows that NO MAN has EVER changed a diaper, took kids to school, doctor’s appointments, practices, sleepovers. Jeez, might as well have married a babysitter!

Keep herself fit, sexy, and attractive? YOU ANIMAL! Even if she does, she does it for herself, and not for you, you sex-obsessed PIG!!!

Refrains from correcting or berating him in pub – EXCUSE ME?!?! Are we living in a fascist state now where she’s got to watch her mouth, and play June Cleaver to his Ward all the time?

Well, it doesn’t matter. The Real Man does all this without expecting anything for it, because that’s what a real man would do. So, guys, join up today! Become a Real Man™ and dedicate yourself to serving femininity, because otherwise you’ll be a Meninist™, and you don’t want to get stuck with that label, do you? WHOTTA DEAL!!!!

Hm. How’s this again?

On second thought, maybe the next time some whiney female pundit asks “Where are the Real Men at?” I’ll answer “Hanging out with the Real Women. And if they aren’t hanging out with you, you obviously aren’t one of those, are ya, toots?”

Much Ado About Illegal Aliens

2004-01-11T08:21:00.000-05:00

Okay, let's first be honest. GWB is concerned about illegal aliens because Hispanics tend to vote for him, unlike other minorities. This isn't to say the Dumbocrats are any better, long ago I postulated the "Gonzo Challenge" to black Americans and asked them to vote, just once, Republican, and if the Democrats didn't drop them like a hot potato, then they were really their friends.

It amazes me, though, that this hasn't been shifted to address the real issues, and cause for illegal immigration, which leads me to believe the Democrats are no more interested in it than the Republicans. The average illegal alien, even though earning below average wages and living in below average housing is still better off than they were in their home country. If I had that same offer in Canada or someplace, watch me go. If I was making $55 an hour, and living in a 4 bedrooom townhouse in Canada, in a well patrolled area, I wouldn't particularly care if everyone aroiund me had 8 bedroom houses and was making $100 an hour. And the jobs are here. The image of illegal aliens on welfare is frankly a shibboleth. They are working. And this is what pisses people off, because Americans aren't.

There's the motivation to come north. What is missing is the enablement of American business. It's already illegal to hire an undocumented worker. If you have changed jobs anytime since Reagan was President, you too have had to fill out the form, show ID, show your SS card, and all that. This is supposed to be a safeguard. It is illegal to hire, and illegal for them to work as it is. Trouble is, this law is winked at on all sides. All a business has to do is try to stay off the radar and maintain a paper trail of plausible deniability, however flimsy, and they will never be fined or even charged. "Ooopsy! Well, we have photocopies, and our ass is covered. Honest mistake. We'll do better next time, we promise!"

Yeah, right.

First, if you want any real reform, laws must be enforced. I don't give a rat's ass how strongly a law is worded or how draconian the penalties are spelled out, if there is never investigation, arrest, or prosecution it is so much toilet paper. We only have to look at laws on perjury for that; prosecutors only use it when they are cheesed off and need a club to beat someone with. File a false report, and it's only if you make them look bad that they will do more than "Ho hum. To much time to investigate. Too hard to prosecute. Other fish to fry. Thanks for playing."

Along with this is the penalties have to be sufficient to dter this. If you fine me a thousand dollars for hiring an illegal alien, and it saves me $10,000, well, it makes sense for me to break the law anyway. The risk-reward ratio is too low. Hell, at those rates I can save the money for the fine in about a month. After that, if I'm busted, I'm still ahead of the game. Add to that, I now have a club to use on the "undocumented" - do as I say, or I turn you in. All I can lose is a thousand bucks, which I have already saved and with change. Can you say "Wage Slave?" I knew you could.

On top of that, illegals will work for much less than an American who typically spends their wages on such trivial things as food, mortgages, utilities, and such. Migrant aliens have lower expenses because they do not invest in establishing roots. An "All utilities paid" deal where they can move in a hours notice is not all that uncommon. Lower wages mean higher profits, and Gonzo's #1 rule is to always follow the money.

In the spirit of an old American Tradition like placing a tax on controlled substances, I'd propose this - Any employer caught paying less then minimum wage, or prevailing wage, to an undocumented, will be required to pay back wages, plus interest, plus be liable for a civil suit. There's a class action that no self-respecting shyster will be able to turn down. Raise the cost of illegal labor so that there is no benefit to hiring them, and in fact, raises the risk-reward ratio; plus enforcement of the law will deter it all by itself.

But that is probably too easy.

Rape of the Sabine Men

2004-01-11T06:49:00.000-05:00

Dr. DAVID E. REISER has posted his latest article at MND, titled, "We Are the Men's Movement! Aren't We?"

Typical of his style, his reasoning is excellent, and his writing moving and persuasive. I'm struck, though, that at the end of his article he states that "not all feminists are the enemy." Doc, I have to disagree, and disagree profoundly. You might write Mr. Weisel or his heirs and ask them who the "Good Nazis" were. You might say that "Not all women are the enemy" and I would agree with you,but there's something fundamentally wrong with the character of any person who would be willing to associate their name with as poisonous and hateful a philosophy as "feminism."

A tale is told about the Rape of the Sabine Women, where the women of the Sabine nation are carried off to Rome and married by force. Their menfolk go to collect them, and they are about to fight, when the women rush forth between the two armies, holding their children and begging not to be rescued. Dave, all I can say is that speaking nice to your rapists won't make them think any better of you.