From Doug Ross’ Journal:

I was born in a small town as sung by the Obama family.

 http://response39.blogspot.com/ Same pithy posts. Same Day by Day cartoons.

This will be my last posting here, unless something breaks over there.

Clinton Misspoke About Bosnia Trip, Campaign Says

Clinton Misspoke About Bosnia Trip, Campaign Says - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog

I know I blogged before about the back and forth competition between New York and New Jersey, but reality is worse than fiction here!

Paterson Admits Past Cocaine Use | The New York Observer

Glenn Reynolds from Instapundit blogged about “Steel Beach” by John Varley. He extracted an interesting quote that included

“There’s something else,” he went on. “We know there are aliens out there. We know interstellar travel is possible. The next time we meet aliens they could be even worse than the Invaders. They might want to exterminate us, rather than just evict us. I think we ought to keep some fighting skills alive in case we meet some disagreeable critters we can fight.”

Brenda sat up, wide-eyed. “You’re a Heinleiner!” she said.

It was MacDonald’s turn to shrug. “I don’t attend services, but I agree with a lot of what they say.”

I have loved reading Heinlein’s books - more than once in several cases. I got a good chuckle out of this quote. I’ll have to get Varley’s book.

I didn’t know Heinleiners held services…

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I’ve transferred some of my old posts (about 100+) to the Blogger site. I cannot easily move the rest of them, so will likely leave them here.

It’s not that I dislike Blogsome. I just found several features of Blogger to be easier to deal with.

Go on over there and check out the site. 

One paragraph from it struck me in particular:

Were my rabbi to gloat that America got its just desserts on 9/11, or to claim that the US government invented AIDS as an instrument of genocide, or to urge his congregants to sing “God Damn America” instead of “God Bless America,” I would know about it straightaway, even if I hadn’t actually been in the sanctuary when he spoke. The news would spread rapidly through the congregation, and in short order one of two things would happen: Either the rabbi would be gone, or I and scores of others would walk out, unwilling to remain in a house of worship that tolerated such poisonous teachings. I have no doubt that the same would be true for millions of worshipers in countless houses of worship nationwide.

What went through my mind while reading this was that Black Liberation Theology appears to have common cause with many of the radical Muslim imams who cheered when the U.S. was attacked on 9/11 (and every other time as well).

What dismays me about this is to watch how blindly the members of Wright’s and other Black Liberation preachers’ congregations accept their preachings as gospel. Have they no idea what would happen to them if the radical Muslims prevailed in this war of conquest they conduct? As followers of Jesus, they would be Dhimmi in the Muslim caliphate - second class citizens.

Why on earth would they share common cause with those who would seek to re-enslave them?

It’s still a question of Wright and wrong - The Boston Globe

New Jersey has long been the bastard cousin of its neighbor to the north, and the details of the affair involving former Governor Jim McGreevey, his ex-wife Dina Matos and campaign aide Theodore Pederson are the bridge-and-tunnel equivalent of political scandal.

Now, we are reminded by this post from James Kirchick that McGreavey’s transgressions included hiring one of his playmates to a government job.

But Jim McGreevey was forced to resign for no other reason than that he was a corrupt politician.

Of course, New York’s new governor, David Paterson, has also provided a “job reference” of sorts for one of his more recent conquests.

The 53-year-old Paterson admitted he was involved with numerous women “several years ago” - including one who later worked in Spitzer’s office and whom Paterson has “inherited” as part of his staff.

Sources later identified her as Lila Kirton, 49, whom Spitzer brought over from his attorney general’s staff when he became governor last year. She is now community affairs director for the Office of Inter-Governmental Affairs.
Paterson insisted that he never supervised the woman and never used state funds for any of his trysts, some of which took place at the Days Inn at Broadway and W. 94th St.

and

Diane Dixon, a Brooklyn native who won medals in the 4x400-meter relay at the 1984 games in Los Angeles and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, claimed that Paterson had assisted in helping her secure a Department of Education job in Crown Heights.

Geez, enough already. I’m beginning to think that there ought to be a law requiring politicians to wear chastity belts and keep away from viagra or cialis.

I bet that’ll never pass.

Pajamas Media: The McGreevey Scandal Wasn’t (Just) About Sex

O’Mentum

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Sociology traces its roots to phrenology and alchemy.

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