Random Musings

It's amazing how much you can miss something that has only been a part of your life for a couple of years. But that's how I felt about losing my DSL for the last two weeks. Trying to surf online with a 56K modem was so frustrating, I barely spent anytime online.

So another teacher has been accused of having sex with a student. As bad as it is, it could be worse. He could have been home-schooled.

The teacher, Wendie Schweikert is accused of having a sex with an 11-year-old boy. Unreal.

Well it's nice to see the American Idol voters are back to their old tricks. While I agree that Bobby "Copacabana" Bennett was awful, I was surprised at the other three who were voted off. If it were up to me, I'd have offed Brenna Gethers, Kevin Covais and Melissa McGhee.

My prediction for the final four (in no particular order): Ace Young, Chris Daughtry, Katherine McPhee and either Lisa Tucker or Paris Bennett.

Although my favorite is Taylor Hicks.

So what else did I miss?

I see that Al Gore is taking the Jimmah Carter route to oblivion. What kind of crack is Gore smoking? It's one thing to disagree with the President's policies, but to tell the Saudi's that the U.S. government committed "terrible abuses" against Arabs after 9/11?

Maybe I'm jaded. But to me, that's treason. I have no problem saying what he said to the folks back home. But to say that to the country from where 9/11 murderers lived and were supported? That would make Benedict Arnold look patriotic.

Al Gore and Jimmah: The Pride of the Democrats!

Whatever happened to the freedom of speech excuse liberals use when someone criticizes Christianity? What about the freedom of Speech excuse they use whenever some idiot holds up a "Bush=Hitler" banner? I know they're still out there. But why have they kept silent regarding the anti-Mohammed cartoons?

And now, the University of Illinois, far from a right-wing establishment, has decided to punish the students at the Daily Illini (the school newspaper) for publishing these cartoons. The paper's editor-in-chief, Acton Gordon, and its editorial editor, have been suspended. The school has removed the editorial with the cartoons from it's website as well.

Oh, but look for the return of the "Piss Christ" display any old time now.

I wonder if the Fighting Illini will change their team flag to all white.

Here's a great comment from James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal, regarding a man who pleaded no contest to a sodomy charge involving a sheep. Apparently, the man says he should not have to register as a sex offender.

Taranto's take: "Kinda reminds us of that movie, 'Brokebaaaack Mountain.'"

It's nice to see that Harvard fired President Lawrence Summers. I mean, get real. Harvard should be ashamed of itself for keeping a man like Summers on their payroll for so long. His ideology just doesn't fit with the "Harvard Class".

That's right. He was a Centrist in a leftists world.

His biggest flaw, you ask?

He was honest. And in any debate between honesty and liberalism, honesty will always lose. Liberalism cares not for the facts. Liberalism cares just for the results, regardless of truth. Men like Lawrence Summers epitimize all that's right about higher education. Schools like Harvard epitimize all that's wrong with liberalism.

I would not be surprised to see Cornel West be given the post. There's nothing quite like having an anti-Semetic, anti-American and anti-educational race baiter lead one of the formerly finest institutions in America.

I wonder who he'd appoint as Dean. Cindy Sheehan, perhaps? Al Sharpton? You know, I always wondered, where did "Weird" Al get his clergy certification?

Okay, as you know, I support President Bush. But even I have to wonder what the hell he's thinking. There may be absolutely nothing problematic about the UAE deal, but c'mon, even I see the political blunder here. And I had a stroke!

This may be the most damaging P.R. in his 6 years in office. And that does say something. Something real bad.

From the sad news department, legendary funnyman Don Knotts died Friday from pulmonary and respiratory complications, in Los Angeles. He was always one of my favorites growing up and I long ago forgave him for his portrayal of Mr. Furley. But anyone who did not enjoy him on the Andy Griffith Show, or who didn't bust a gut laughing at such gems as "The Reluctant Astronaut" and "The Incredible Mr. Limpet", simply is unpleasable.

Goodbye Roy Fleming. I hope you touched down safely.