Algore....

....And "A Convenient Lie"

So if the cause is good enough, it's now okay to lie? President Bush is constantly denounced as a liar for presenting evidence the he (as well as the CIA, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and most intelligence agencies worldwide) believed to be true but for Al Gore, who believes in the righteousness of his cause, is praised for a movie in which he admits to having an "over-representation of factual presentations..." in order to scare people into worrying about global warming.

Now Back With More to Come...

I should get a substantial post up sometime this week.

Meanwhile, this weekend I received a contribution solicitation from the Democratic National Committee with one of those surveys that are nothing more than a come-on for money. So I filled out the survey and added a few answers of my own that they had not offered such as suggesting vouchers as a possible solution to our schools' performance and that we should not get out of Iraq until 2010 (the latest the DNC apparently thinks we have any business there is 2007). I'm sending back to them in their postage-paid envelope without my own stamp (which they suggested in order to "help save [them] much-needed funds").

I sincerely hope that by responding the DNC will be encouraged to send me more solicitations in the future - the more postage they spend on sending envelopes back and forth the better!

The Blind Leading the Blind....

....isn't always a bad thing. This happened near my hometown and highlights the type of character we need more of.

The Houston Chronicle has more. Apparently, it's not even the first time he's saved her life.

Socialists are Soooo Progressive...

The latest socialist bigotry comes from London Mayor Ken Livingstone. The mayor recently compared a Jewish journalist to a Nazi prison guard and this week told two Jewish brothers to "go back (to their own country) and see if they can do better under the ayatollahs". The two are developers that are working on facilities for the London 2012 Olympics and were actually born in India to Iraqi Jewish parents.

Currently Reading....

....several books:

"Conquests and Cultures" by Thomas Sowell
"The Road to Serfdom" by F.A. Hayek
"Underground London" by Stephen Smith
"The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam" by Bat Ye'or
and
"The Arab-Israeli Wars" by Chaim Herzog

I've read several books by Thomas Sowell and if you want to learn about anything from the effects of the Roman conquest of Britain to basic economics to worldwide application of affirmative action programs, his are some of the most thoroughly researched and well-written books I've ever read. I highly recommend them.