This pudu seems to think that the way to accomplish your goals in life is to get right up in people’s faces.

Maybe some Democrats could learn a thing or two from pudus.

By an almost 2-to-1 margin.

This
idea is not only impractical, discriminatory, and thuddingly empty, but also completely ignorant of — not to mention disrespectful to — this nation’s history.

At
the time of the revolution, for example, viele Amerikaner kamen aus Deutschland,
also war Deutsch fast unsere nationale Sprache.  But it would have
been stupid and short-sighted to make German the official language, as anyone can see in retrospect.

The idea that a language unifies or defines a culture is based on a bizarrely narrow, uninformed, and misplaced sense of what makes a culture worth having.  And America’s culture is profoundly defined and shaped for the better by people who came here speaking — and continued to speak for generations — languages from all over the world.  And you don’t even need to speak someone’s language to communicate or understand.  Interpersonal communication is perhaps 90% non-verbal.

You can even hear tone of voice just in reading, sometimes even through languages whose words you can barely parse.

Les mots Thomas Jefferson ont choisi d’encadrer
la d

Now that I’ve seen these two new TV ads,
and realized that they really will influence the thinking of millions
of drooling idiots, I have decided to take a position on global warming
which is every bit as clear-headed:

Multinational oil companies, despite the claims of Al Gore and his legion of activists and liberal media types, simply do not exist.

Oh,
sure, you hear all the time about “thousands” of “leading scientists”
from “all over the world” who have concluded that oil companies are not
only “real,” but the result of human activity.

But common sense (defined as what I
personally want to believe) tells us this simply isn’t true.  And
frankly, I’m tired of extremists using junk science and emotional
appeals to push a political agenda, particularly one that might make me
wonder if I am responsible for my own impact on the world.

And even if multinational oil companies really do exist, does that mean they’re the direct result of human activity?  Of course not.

It’s
a well-documented fact that oil companies have spontaneously increased
and decreased in number throughout our planet’s history, dating back to
the dinosaurs (as the Sinclair
logo so aptly demonstrates).  This is an entirely natural occurence. 
For alarmists to claim that the historically-recent surge in the
existence of mulitnational oil companies is somehow related to human activity defies logic, reason, and of course my common
sense.

Besides, industrial civilization, because humans exist in nature, is itself entirely natural.  Therefore, even if multinational oil companies were produced by human activity, they would be entirely natural, and therefore good for the environment.

But let’s not forget (in precisely the manner in which
climate change discussions are usually held) that the historical record
is entirely hypothetical, and secondary (even if contradictory) to the
main premise, which is:

Multinational companies simply do not exist.  Therefore, Al Gore is a self-promoting scoundrel.

That is all.  Please continue to breathe carbon dioxide in massive quantities.  This is entirely natural.

Always worth a visit.  Currently could use some help.

The Champions League Final against Barcelona.  Wheee!

We didn’t have a lot of championships in Cleveland — like, um, none — so when any team I cheer for gets close, I revert to small childhood.  (Gods help me if LeBron and four guys in matching shirts beat the Pistons.)

I will not be reachable between 11:30 and 2 pm PDT.

That is all. 

PS – click on the link to see Ronaldinho auditioning for a job pouring drinks on the Love Boat.  (At least until UEFA changes it and ruins the fun.)

UPDATE: At the last minute, I found a Barcelona supporter to watch the game with.  Couldn’t have been more fun.  The Arses lost their first shot at a European title, 2-1, which was more than a fair result, given that Arsenal’s early 1-0 lead was the result of two horrific calls by the ref.  The game could easily have been 3-0, so things worked out for the best.

And I get the dark satisfaction of cheering for yet another team that blows a lead near the end of a big game. 

Meravell