Roundup: Shriveling Weeds and Catching Horses

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After considerable time spent telling us that the attack on Times Square was not necessarily the work of Islamist terrorism and could very well be the work of a homegrown terrorist, someone mad at the healthcare bill, ad nauseum they have finally managed to arrest someone who is, wait for it... an Islamist terrorist. Gee, that I could have never forseen. Not of course that I could find the word Muslim or Islamist in either of two NP articles I read, but I'll take any bet going about the motives. BCF

Returning again to the quest for bigfoot, also known as a conservative women who's accomplishments and toughness feminists will respect. Yes, you guessed it, the sighting turned out to be another oddly shaped tree trunk, or rather a woman who is being forced by a man (and consenting to participate in a cringing display of lap dog subservience) to bully other women. Was that a little unclear? Let's reword it. Senator Nancy Ruth, in what I might otherwise expect feminists to call a strong vindication of the belief that women can be just as tough in the world of politics as men, told some activists to "Shut the **** up" and stop pushing the abortion funding in foreign aid question because it had just turned into a political football. In other words she was putting into practice this stirring observation,

"I think women have been told too often to be quiet, be good and then you'll get what you want, I guess my argument is when have women ever made progress and got what they want by keeping quiet?" (NP)

Except of course that this was said in opposition to the Senator by one of the attending Liberals in a room that was apparently gob-smacked by hearing a woman use such language. So why is said Liberal telling the conservative woman to be quiet and good because it is so henious that she told liberal women to be quiet and good (actually more like telling them not to be idiots). And this bullying was apparently at the behest of the really evil Stephen Harper, not the action of an independent woman. Can't you just see the PMO memo, "Use f word here"? Not to defend swearing of course (use that language in my comment section and I'll censor you faster than you can blink) or to advocate for radical feminists and/or Nancy Ruth who seems to be no true conservative (read anthem change here) and probably a first rate pest, but do we not sense a little, I don't know, double standard, irony maybe? Business as usual, again.

Disabilities I feel perfectly happy discriminating against, especially in employment. Alcoholism and drug use. Don't tell the BCHRT. Then again, considering the "crops" grown in B.C., this may be necessary to ensure employment for a large portion of the population....

Objectifying women as sex objects and baby making machines? Enter British welfare system.

It didn’t take long for people to work out the sums. Our neighbour has a 20-year-old daughter who babysits for us. When I suggested to her mother that she should get a full-time job with children, she disagreed. She desperately wants her to get pregnant. If she trains as a nursery assistant she would have a disposable income of less than £61 a week. If she has two babies she could “earn” £131 a week with accommodation thrown in. (TO)

And then they pour vast amounts of money into analyzing things like why we have so much unwed motherhood and social breakdown. Now I am all into helping moms stay at home with their children, but making marriage and jobs financially worthless and counterproductive? No wonder they are heading towards bankruptcy.

But you know that Brit-Bashing these days is starting to feel more and more like picking on the disabled kid at school. Except that the Brits should know better. So they give a 61 year old a criminal record for having a fruit cutting swiss army knife in his car. Yikes. Even when my brother, used to country life where going out without a knife is fairly similar to going out without your underwear on, accidently took a knife to Parliament Hill they only took it away temporarily. We didn't bother to ask for the caps back (You know, the boom-boom gunpowder kind). (WK)

Then we have children banned from dissecting animals for fear that they will turn the scalpels on each other (Bigger fear, this ban is based on a legitimate fear and makes sense). Swimming goggles are also banned for safety reasons. Two year old has cheese sandwich taken away because it wasn't healthy enough. Children have to wear heart rate monitors that beep when they get angry. Oh sorry, mine just went off. Try putting that on me and I'll smack you a good one. Try that on for size. And I am writing this while watching The Island (Chronic multitasking I know, is that illegal too?) it is horrific what is happening. Btw, for any new readers who didn't notice when I said so before or ignored me, watch the movie!

Britian is also busily engaged in protecting public safety in another way. Making sure that saying homosexuality is a sin is illegal and arresting pastors who mention the matter. Then again, inquiring minds want to know, why wasn't he arrested for preaching against drunkenness. We know that alcoholism is a disability, isn't that illegal? (DM)

Suggesting that the Pope open an abortion clinic, launch a line of Benedict condoms, sing a duet with the Queen, bless a gay marriage, and apologize for the Spanish Armada (Before the Brits apologized for beating the Armada I guess) is a government document on the other hand. Yes I'm sure they are sorry. That it got press. There was no need to be so blatantly obvious about what they are up to.

According to the fount of wisdom, the Lynch Mob Preceptor J Lynch herself, the House of Commons Committee that was investigating Section 13 is no longer doing so and the cause is now languishing in, somewhere. This is striking a damaging blow to my views on media and popular influence on politics. If basically every journalist of every stripe is against a law and still can't get it repealed, what can? On a related note, I heard the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, the one who campaigned on getting rid of the Human Rights Commission speak at the Manning Conference. Now this was probably the most anti-HRC room full ever collected in this nation. Ezra Levant himself was present, shaking hands, and even appeared in a couple PowerPoints by other speakers. Talking about getting rid of the HRC probably would have gotten a standing ovation. However in his speech he never seemed to get around to the subject, hard as he was milking every other issue for brownie points. We shall see what he does if he gets elected. If he doesn't do away with the HRC you heard it here first. (Ex)

Snapshot of my life, younger brother just walked into the room and informed all and sundry that frozen bananas defrosted in the microwave are yucky. All readers take warning.