Hither and thither 9/24/10

Well, friends, here's what I've found time to serve up for you. Enjoy!

• Wow! Did you hear about Sarah Palin talking to a whites-only group of GOP legislators, and calling their political opponents "the other side," speaking divisively, and whipping them to go out and proselytize their people? Of course you didn't. Never happened. But boy, if it had, you'd sure be bearing about it, wouldn't you? About how divisive she is, what a racist, what a negative, polarizing figure?
• On the other hand, President Obama did meet with a blacks-only group of legislators, and he did exactly that. Think the MSM will be upset? Yeah, me neither.
• Oopsie: speaking to another racist group, the president indicates... well, several things. One is that he's delusional about history in general, and about Nancy Pelosi in particular. But my focus is that President Obama evidently feels that the Preamble to the Declaration is too long... by three words. Guess which three?
• Oh my: ba-dum bum:

• Ever hear of paraprosdokians? It means a statement that starts out one way, but ends in an unforeseen way. Here is a pretty good list of them. Some of my favorites: "Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience"; "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"; "I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure."
• Though some have tried to paint it as strictly about money, turns out the Tea Party movement cares about life, too. Four RINOs bumped off in the nomination so far have been staunch pro-aborts, all replaced by staunch pro-lifers.
• Mourning in America ad. Excellent concept — though I'm not in love with the punch line. I don't really want a government that cares more about me. I want one that protects my countries and my rights as defined in the Constitution, and then leaves me the Gehenna alone.
• Those old enough to remember the brilliant Contract with America from the eighties, crafted and pursued by Newt Gingrich, will correctly connect it to the GOP's new Pledge to America. Hope they mean it. (More here: the Dems are trotting out the usual lies and irrelevancies, now that they have a target. Letting us keep our money and reining in exploding statism is always a bad thing, to the Dems. Are voters any smarter? We'll see.)
• To counter the GOP agenda, the Dems quickly offered... well, nothing. Not even "thanks for the target." But I think we all know what the agenda is.
• Meanwhile, turns out the 0-admin makes misleading (or meaningless) claims about "green" jobs they've created. Surprised? Oh, wait... you read this blog. Never mind.
• Our Trogdor throws down on Steven Hawking, and it ain't pretty for the doc.
• In the town of Delusionville, there is a corner with only one resident, who has that particular tract of land all to hisself.
• Confused? Perhaps this will help:

• Not so much? Sorry.
• Reader/meteorologist Gil Sebenste found a self-described "eco-fascist" who, Gil says, will not be getting a Christmas card from him this year. At least glance it over; chilling stuff.
• Very cool Lego SF creations.
• Last week, Berry Davis found a flight we might all want to be on. This week, Kerry Garrett found a cruiser's voyage none of us would want to be on.
• Um, no.

• March towards military draft update: no less than a lieutenant general gave a chilling preview into the future of a military re-crafted to force approval of individuals who embrace perverted sexual desires. Eat too much? Out. Pursue perverted sexual desires for members of your own sex? In! Just like skin-color! Folks who agree with God out loud will no longer be welcome. Picture the shape of that military.
• I'm wondering whether my birthday-buddy Mike Riccardi had this for his annual celebratory meal. Looks good to me.
• Canine spirituality of a sort, for our dog-lovers.  (Jango has at least learned which words mean "You can eat now.") It's true, you'll never see a cat doing this. Though our family did have a really terrific cat, who would always come for prayers.
• Now, for a very special subset of my readers:

• And finally, in case you still have time left over this weekend, thanks to Julie Garrett you can find out what you ought to know about grammar. 
• Well okay, finally-finally: