Yeah, Right

“Under orders from our supreme ruler, Usama bin Laden, we announce our complete surrender and ask for mercy from our triumphant conquerors,” said an unnamed spokesman on a prerecorded audio statement released on al-Jazeera and CNN. “We are defenseless in the face of the Democrats’ aggressive pull-out schedule — Allah be praised.”

This post from Scrappleface would be a whole lot funnier if it weren't so darn indicative of the way the Democrats think. Of course the real cynic in me thinks that's giving the Dems far too much credit. The real cynic thinks they care nothing at all about the war, lives lost, etc. They care only about getting that power completely back into their own hands...


It's funny, because wehre I live, the entire state is run by the Democartic party. Local politicians have an arrogance about them that you really should experience sometime. It will make you ill. I'm originally from another state run by Republicans, and, though I was not interested in local politics while growing up there, I imagine they behave much the same way.

Seriously...A Man Thought of This

Read on the wrapper of a feminine hygiene product: "Have a Happy Period" And, in French, too: "Bonne et heureuse semaine".

C'mon people. Do we have to write anything on the wrapper at all? And if you think yes, why in the world would you write that?

Sponge Worthy

Now, Elaine will not have to be so particular.

"What Do You Know of the Latest Tragedy?"

That was my dad's question when I finally reached him this morning. (He was referring to the attack on my nephew) Its accuracy struck me. The events that cause all the members of my family to get in touch basically involve tragedy. Though I would never describe us as a close family, we do know how to rally in an emergency. We do know how to do that.

It is heartbreaking to me that the very means God has given us to experience his love and grace, the family, has become so injured in our culture. My own family of origin is certainly not in the worst shape, but it does suffer serious wounds.

Knowing what I know now, it is gutwrenching to know that the people whom I love dearly suffer so much. I know. I have been there.

A few of my favorite things...

After a truly horrific 36 hours or so, it was really nice to go out to a "joint" with friends. (Our nook of Hawaii is particularly odd in its contrasts. You can have a $150-$200 dinner in a place where they have to remind customers "no tank tops after 5PM" and "please wear shoes".) I feel so incredibly blessed by the good friends God has seen fit to give us; and am particularly grateful for them at times like these, when tragedy has struck my family and I am so far away.

Praise to the Lord, He is worthy of praise

A sigh of relief was breathed by family yesterday afternoon. My nephew was taken off the ventilator and was doing much better.

He is doing even better today. I got to talk briefly to him and give him our family's love. He is sitting up for short times, and is conscious (though loopy from the morhpine).

God has spared this one of His children, and for that, there is an occasionally functional family spread across this nation that is ever so grateful.

Random Violence

What a strange phrase to coin. It is the surest sign of our need to explain the unexplainable. As if naming something absurd, somehow makes it less absurd.

In any case, the absurdity of random violence has hit home today. My nephew was stabbed seven times in the back last night. He is on a ventilator and that's about all I know right now. Apparently there was a robbery near where he was with the two girls in his car, and the criminals dragged my nephew and the girls out of the car and attacked them with knives. The girls' faces are slashed up, I'm told.

Again, as in the case of the atrocities at Virginia Tech, there is but one explanation, and it is best said here:

“the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick” (Jeremiah 17:9). We need new hearts (Ezekiel 11:19, John 3:3). We need Jesus.

Field Trip Day

One of the perks of having a friend in the Navy was realized yesterday when we got to tour the USS Ronald Reagan. It is an aircraft carrier, and the newest one on the sea. What an incredible experience. It adds a whole new meaning to the word "awesome". I know I feel a lot safer knowing there are a few of these out there, patrolling.

Liberalism is Developmentally Inappropriate for Adults

I tend to think of the relationships of ideas, in pictures. This causes me to "take the scenic route" when discussing topics, but often makes for an interesting experience (or so I think). All this is to explain how I arrived at the statement above, and it provides a nice example, as well.

I was dusting and it came to me--the reason I get so frustrated with the politically liberal way of thinking. It is not merely naive, it's childish. And, therefore, developmentally inapproriate for adults.
Most children would like there to be peace and flowers, puppies and ponies, cookies and milk all around. But as adults, we are bound by the reality that there are a limited amount of resources and an unlimited amount of draws on them. As adults, we must thoughtfully make decisions based on this reality. No one likes this reality, but a reality it is, nonetheless.
Children, on the other hand can make choices outside of reality. They can make blanket statements like "Everyone should have cookies every night." And Actually, wouldn't we all like to have that in the world?

National Embarrassment

I have been embarrased by this woman since she became Speaker of the House. Everything about her screams "Don't let women in positions of power!!" I don't happen to agree with that sentiment as a general rule, however, I do think it is much more difficult for women to lead in a diginified and honorable manner. Sadly, Nancy Pelosi is completely a case in point.

Hers is an air of arrogance and self-righteousness. She looks like she will break into "Na-Nee-Na-Nee-Na-Na!" at any moment. It's just embarrassing on all counts.

With a little bit of luck she will go away. Seems she may have committed a felony when she took her unauthorized field trip to Syria.

The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, "without authority of the United States," to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government's behavior on any "disputes or controversies with the United States."

Read the whole explanation here.

UPDATE: PalmTreePundit points out that Ms. Pelosi is a HAIR PUSHER!!! The photo above is proof of this crime against humanity. According to my husband's grandmother, this is an offense of highest degree for a woman. Grandma says it indicates self-importance. (Teresa Heinz-Kerry is also a hair pusher.)

The War that Can't Be Named

In their infinite wisdom, the democrats in the House Armed Services Committee have banned use of the phrase "Global War on Terror".

The “global war on terror,” a phrase first used by President Bush shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S., should not be used, according to the memo. Also banned is the phrase the “long war,” which military officials began using last year as a way of acknowledging that military operations against terrorist states and organizations would not be wrapped up in a few years.

What if we compromise and call it "Sheila"?

The whole thing is here.

Civics 201

The week of March 14 was Civics 101. This is defintiely Civics 201. I am still trying to convince the state legislature that the UN Council on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a bad idea. You MUST read this thing. The whole treaty is, of course, a good sized paperback book. An abbreviated version can be found here.

Consider these (and no, this is not a joke):

Right to Freedom of Expression: This right shall include the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through any other media of the child's choice.

Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion: The state would only need to respect a parent's "rights and duties...to provide direction to the child in the exercise of his or her right." Thus, a child could join a cult and prevent the parent from interfering with his or her "right" to do so.

Right to Freedom of Association: A child could determine who his or her friends are against their parents' wishes. (Can you say "online predator"?)

Right to Privacy: A child could not be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence. This could include a right to abortion or sexual activity.

Right to Mass Media(Yes, a right to Mass Media): This right would ensure the child has access to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources.

In order to enforce these "rights" a child would simply have to call a social worker to report their parents for violating their rights. If this treaty becomes binding, the government would have the power to intervene in a child's life "for the best interest of the child." Currently, the government can intervene in this fashion only by going to court and proving that parents have been abusive or have neglected their children. This means that whenever the UN-dominated social services system thought that your parental choices were not the best, the government would have the power to override your choices and protect your child from you.
The ability to homeschool one's children would become not a right, but a UN-supervised activity that could be overturned if social services personnel believed that it would be "best" for your child to receive another form of education. Moreover, children would be required to be taught in a religiously "tolerant manner". (The American Bar Association, which supports the treaty, has already opined that teaching children that Jesus is the only way to God violates the spirit and meaning of the UNCRC.) Ah, yep. It would become illegal to teach you rchildren your Christian faith.

These are not idle speculations, but the proven result of the UN's own interpretation of the treaty as they have reviewed other nations' compliance with the treaty's provisions.

(hat tip:HSLDA)

If you haven't had enough, more information about the concerns with the U.N. Convention of the Rights of the Child are found here.