We have a new member of the family now. Last Friday, Heidi went to pick up Tinkerbell (so named by Donovan), our new little kitten. She's only 8 weeks old and she's a firecracker, let me tell you. It has been a long time since I've had a kitten in my household; Ebony was a year old when I adopted her. Kittens are so funny, and they really demonstrate that curious quality of all cats. She jumps around and attacks just about everything. She meows and meows and meows all the time. She has a very strong purr, which I got to hear for the first time on Saturday. She's very small and very soft, with mostly black fur with white hairs everywhere, a large patch of white on her chest and belly, a white streak right down the middle of her nose, and white socks on her feet. She was apparently the runt of the litter but doesn't look the worse for wear. Heidi and I have already discovered that she likes to sleep on our pillows with us. She sleeps right next to my head, and she sleep ON Heidi (for whatever reason). Dash and Ebony don't like her much yet, and the feeling is mutual ( and Donovan went to pick up TinkerbellTink is quite a little hisser and spitter.) Well, I say Dash doesn't like her, but he likes everyone. He sniffs her when we bring her out and just wants to know what the deal is. Connor and Katie haven't seen her yet so we'll see how that goes.
I am officially removing my endorsement from Fred Thompson. I really like him, but I don't think his heart is really in this whole affair. His recent cancellation of a campaign appearance in New Hampshire sealed the deal for me. I think he got pushed into the race more than he went in on his own. I think he'd be a good president, and he might still be, but he really has to put in some effort and show he's serious. Until that happens, I can't go further with him. I don't really know who I like more now. Since my other realistic choices are Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, neither of whom really stand out for me because they seem so similar, I don't really know who I'm going for. I really like Mike Huckabee, but I don't know if he has a realistic chance. I do NOT like Ron Paul (notice I'm not linking to him...go find him your darn self); he's far too isolationist and libertarian for my tastes. In fact, a recent Rockwood comic depicted his followers as zombies, and I don't know if I can disagree. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I do know this, though; I'm going to vote Republican in the next election regardless of who is nominated, because the worst Republican is still better than anyone the Democrat Party is fielding.
Some notable news items today...lots of food for thought, as follows:
You go, Dr. Gray! Tell the world! I mean, the guy is 78 years old, which matches up with the amount of reliable contextual data cited in most global warming studies, so I'll take his word over the other experts, I think.
Corporate executives are overpaid and don't provide the value-per-dollar to their companies? Say it isn't so! Next you'll try to tell me the sun rises in the east and the Pope is Catholic.
Need more proof that socialized healthcare, such as Hillary and her fellow Democrats are proposing, is not a good idea? Try this link.
Muslims aren't doing themselves any favors these days. I find it difficult to believe that we will not end up in total, open warfare with them, if they can't come to their senses and crack down on extremists within their religion. If it comes down to us or them...well, I know which way I'm going to choose. In the case of the guy in this article, I have no problem with him posting whatever he likes online; millions do just that every day and probably just as many hate the United States (even if they're Americans, unfortunately). However, since he obviously seeks my death, the death of my loved ones, and the death of my country, I have no compunction about saying that if someone prematurely speeds his way to "martyrdom," I'm fine with that. (By the way, it was terribly painful to link to the New York Times, but unfortunately, it must sometimes be done.)
You're an idiot. Period. I never had my chest massaged during a dental visit. Maybe next he'll argue that he had too many Twinkies and it affected his judgment, or that McDonald's should have put a warning label on the female patients' chests.
There are two things that must be stopped in the world today, and stopped soon. Radicalism in religion (as outlined above in Islam, but I would argue against any religious radicalism, including Christianity) is the first. Pedophilia is the other. If you really want to argue for the death penalty, consider pedophiles as a prime example. They're probably the only class of criminal other than murderers who deserve it. There are no excuses for it. There are no defenses for it. Worse, there is no excuse for humanity's lack of action in this area. It is the worst example of human apathy and complacency that we as a species have not stood up universally to end this, forever.
My last item: more on American "free speech." If I have to accept people disrespecting the United States and the President, and I have to accept people burning the American flag, if I have to have myself lumped in with every racist white-supremacist simply because I'm white, and if I have to endure eternal scrutiny of every word I say, then by all that is holy, the minorities can accept a simple Halloween display, regardless of "racial sensitivity." If I have to listen to you and shut up about it, then you can wise up and deal with it when someone else does something harmless, moron. Just another example that there really ARE only two kinds of people in the world: good people and trash. (In fact, I've noticed that lots of my posts point toward that very idea...I'll have to talk about that one some other time.)
Hope everyone has a great day. Thanks for reading along.
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