Hither and thither 3/19/10

Well, let's see how you all are at "subtle." Today marks the date, twenty-one years ago, on which this didn't happen:

• And relatedly, my dear and only, precious, irreplaceable gift-from God wife sent me a number of good cartoons. Here's one we chuckled at:

• Well well well. President The One says that he will not campaign for any Dem who doesn't vote for putting your healthcare under government control. Odd; he says that like it'd be a bad thing. Given the recent elections he's "helped," I would think this would make opposition well-nigh irresistible.
• President The One's approval ratings continue to sink gently.
• Will it surprise you to learn that he approves a plan to reward lawbreakers with citizenship? Of course not. Natural Dem constituency.
• But that is just part of The Obama Way: reward those who threaten and harm us, alienate our friends. I remarked on this long ago. Take the president's approach to Israel as an example.Obama flatters our enemies, gaining nothing; and harshly attacks, condemns and criticizes our ally, Israel. It is increasingly alarming.
• But then, Democrat administrations have often been "iffy" (at best) "friends" to Israel. Raising the bafflement of overwhelming American Jewish support for Democrats. I can seldom bear to listen long to Dennis Prager; too many first-person singular pronouns per second. But he shared once how, in his never-ending exploration of himself, he once "broke kosher," just to see if it was really his conviction. And he said that was far easier to do than was his first Republican vote — it's that ingrained among many Jewish voters, according to Prager.
• One last and sober Obamanote. In a hard-hitting essay for the Washington Times, Jeffrey T. Kuhner says:

Mr. Obama is imposing a leftist revolution. Since coming to office, he has behaved without any constitutional restraints. The power of the federal government has exploded. He has de facto nationalized key sectors of American life - the big banks, financial institutions, the automakers, large tracts of energy-rich land from Montana to New Mexico. ...The most troubling aspect of the Obamacare debate, however, is ...the lengths to which the Democrats are willing to go to achieve their progressive, anti-capitalist agenda. ...Mr. Obama is willing to devour his presidency, his party's congressional majority and - most disturbing - our democratic institutional safeguards to enact it. He is a reckless ideologue who is willing to sacrifice the country's stability in pursuit of a socialist utopia. The Slaughter Solution is a poisoned chalice. By drinking from it, the Democrats would not only commit political suicide. They would guarantee that any bill signed by Mr. Obama is illegitimate, illegal and blatantly unconstitutional. It would be worse than a strategic blunder; it would be a crime - a moral crime against the American people and a direct abrogation of the Constitution and our very democracy. It would open Mr. Obama, as well as key congressional leaders such as Mrs. Pelosi, to impeachment. The Slaughter Solution would replace the rule of law with arbitrary one-party rule. It violates the entire basis of our constitutional government - meeting the threshold of "high crimes and misdemeanors." If it's enacted, Republicans should campaign for the November elections not only on repealing Obamacare, but on removing Mr. Obama and his gang of leftist thugs from office. It is time Americans drew a line in the sand. Mr. Obama crosses it at his peril.

• Mm. Says here that women prefer metrosexual Johnny Depp types to masculine Sean Connery types. Something tells me my readers on the distaff side of the equation will want to weigh in on that one.
• QED.

• Logos is having its March madness, in case you want to participate. I've voted!
• When political correctness goes absolutely nuts, you get things like this: official apology issued for offending a member of the Jedi religion, by asking him to lower his hood. No, I am not kidding. In fact, with some 390,000 members, it is the fourth-largest "belief" in Britain. What I don't understand is why he didn't just wave his hand and say, "The hood is no big deal, I can leave it up"?
• Hulk... er, that is, Invisible Hulk smash?

• Dang! Why can't Senator Tom "I Play Hardball" Coburn be my senator? I'm stuck with Boxer and Feinstein. Grr.
• ...aaand now comes a trailer for Terminator...from Pixar.
• DAOD points us to an article indicating (—by Science!) that faithful men tend to have a higher IQ (and vice-versa). Before you get too excited and put it in your church bulletin, you should note: (A) it's all about evolution; and both (B) conservatives and (C) religious people also test out with lower IQs.
• Do IQ tests factor in Proverbs 1:7? I'm thinking no.
• This week's Romans 1:22 Award goes to the very-deserving David Attenborough. Here we see Attenborough denying the nose on his own face. Count the "ifs" and "could haves," and note the teleological language. Can't stop the signal.
• Courtesy of reader Justin Durst, Jr. — Death Star Melons!

• Reader Pastor John sent me this. If I am hearing him right, Randy Alcorn believes in the resurrection of the body... of our pets.
• Maybe not this one, though.

• I don't know this is true; but I do suspect it.

• For you who feel this blog is too cat-friendly (from this site - but be warned of bad language):

• Then there's all this: