Quote Of The Day

"Congress could pass a statute limiting federal court jurisdiction to individuals not subject to trial before a military tribunal. Any legislator who votes "nay" on a such a bill will be voting to give foreign terrorists the same legal rights as U.S. citizens -- and more legal rights than members of the U.S. military are entitled to." --Ann Coulter

Separation Of Who And What?

Liberals are all about the separation of church and state... that is, until they see fit to interfere in church matters. Then of course, the church is being "somewhat childish" for expecting to be allowed to dictate what it will and will not do.

"Cheh said she hopes the Catholic Church will reconsider its stance. 'Are they really going to harm people because they have a philosophical disagreement with us on one issue?" Cheh asked. "I hope, in the silver light of day, when this passes, because it will pass, they will not really act on this threat.'"

I hope they DO act on this threat. If collaborating with the city on charity work requires Catholic Charities to adhere to anti-discrimination protocols that would compromise their principles, then Catholic Charities is completely within their rights to cease such collaborations.

While council members like to point out how many people will be affected by the Catholic Charities pull-out (while simultaneously poo-pooing the number of charities they are involved in... being a liberal must really be a mind-bending experience), they forget to place any blame on themselves. It is the council members who are refusing to add an amendment to the legislation that would exempt religious institutions from adopting protocols that they would find anathema.

If there is to be a separation of church and state, the Statists must remember that it is a two-way street. You stay out of our business and we won't tell you how to run yours.

Quote Of The Day

"America needs conservatives more than it needs Republicans."

I recommend reading the whole column.
(from HotAir.com)

What Are They, Vampires?

A handful of students at Penn State have complained about this t-shirt, saying that the design connotes a Christian cross and is offensive. The designer of the t-shirt says that the vertical blue stripe is meant to copy the vertical blue stripe on the Penn State Nittany Lions' football helmets, and the words Penn State that intersect the line are in that position because "...normally wording goes right across the chest. That's truly the reason why we did it."

One student even admits that "at first glance, you don't necessarily think that's what it looks like, but when you look at it more, it does look like a cross," proving that if you're not immediately offended by something you should try, try again until you find some sort of symbolism in what you are viewing.

This is the ridiculous state of affairs today. As I said in my post title: What are they, vampires? How else could one explain such a frenzied reaction to the sight of a cross? As Stephanie Bennis, one of the designers of the shirt said, "It's just sad to see that in this day and age, the most offensive thing on a shirt can be what people see as a religious symbol... are we going to ban lowercase t's in the alphabet? Where do you draw the line?"

The "separation of church and state" was not intended to protect members of the public from seeing *gasp* religious symbols. It was intended to keep the state out of the affairs of the church. To prevent state-sponsored discrimination against religious sects-- one of the problems that led so many people to flee Europe for America.

I Heart Mark Steyn

Not in a creepy-stalker-crush kinda way (although he certainly is handsome), but in a he's-my-favorite-columnist kinda way. So I'm linking to his Oct. 23 OC Register column.

Proof Again That Gun Bans Are Worthless

When you criminalize gun ownership, only criminals will have guns.
This article from The Times (of London) Online is not actually about gun bans, technically. It's about the girls who allow themselves to be used as second class members of gangs. However it's plainly stated that one of their "duties" is to get guns to and from crime scenes. In a country with a firearms ban, how can this be? (Doesn't take a rocket scientist...)

North Dakota Cuts Taxes, Sees Increase In Employment

Coincidence? The reason the stimulus was pushed so strongly was, we were told, that American jobs must be created right away. However, here we are in October and the only state in the union to see an increase in jobs is the state of North Dakota.