Looking at these stories I can’t help but think of this poem: Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild– Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. Kipling 1899 What [...]
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The Guardian and the Times take up the White Man’s Burden
Posted: April 2, 2011 in Afghanistan war, cultureTags: islam, islamic violence, religion, terry jones
Last time I looked Maureen O’Hara and Olivia de Havilland were still alive
Posted: March 24, 2011 in cultureTags: culture, Elizabeth Taylor, Maureen O'Hara, movies, nostalgia, Olivia de Havilland
Only a very ignorant person can call Liz Taylor the last star of Hollywood’s Golden Era while O’Hara and de Havilland are still around. Oh and I think considering Taylor was sleeping with her husband I think its classless to be interviewing Debbie Reynolds on Taylor.
Obama Secretly Funds Radical Anti-Gay Hate Group…
Posted: March 17, 2011 in culture, internet/free speech, primaries 2012Tags: gay marriage, islam, newt gingrich, obama administration, state department
…at least that would be the headline at Think Progress if they were 1. Consistent 2. Not multicultural cowards, and 3. Covering this story: “America is not showing its power it’s showing appeasement, they are laughing all the way to the bank” Nonie Darwish Personally I’ve got no problem with the fixing the Egyptian sewer [...]
This is the moment when I do something stupid…
Posted: March 16, 2011 in culture, internet/free speechTags: culture wars, feminism, little miss attila, robert stacy mccain
…and jump into the argument between two of the people I am most fond of on the net. I’ve already talked about what I think of and owe Stacy McCain and There is no person in bloggerdom whose company I enjoy more than Little Miss Attila, but this is getting ridiculous. Stacy put out 4000 [...]



