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May 11, 2007
As you may have noticed ...
I dropped out for about a week.
I threw myself into painting, gardening, reading, writing some fiction and generally turned off the 'puter.
When it came to my attention that almost two thirds of Democrats are certifiably insane I needed some space.
I won't argue the insanity. It's a Leftist tarbaby I won't engage.
But I won't give up either my values or my country. So my enemy isn't just the Islamists that even have ostensible feminists giving them kudos for being real fashion police, it is the alternate reality of spoiled children who WANT THE PONY RIGHT NOW AND IF I DON'T GET IT IT PROVES YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A MEANY.
What I needed to do was find again that "fire in the belly" that allows me to see the absolute suicide mentality of the idiots who are poo-pooing the latest foiled jihadist plot and not give in to the despair engendered by so-called "fellow Americans" who bad-mouth (at best) everything that makes America unique and whose talking points are eerily echoed by America's sworn enemies.
The temptation to say "screw all this" and to retreat to filling the bird feeder and scrap-booking family pics is great. It's the temptation of turning off the overload.
But it seems a good deal of the country has already done that, even as a glimmer of hope comes, surprisingly, by way of France.
I will not contribute to the Islamist cause of a new world Caliphate.
So no apologies, no equivocations and no quarter given.
I'm back.
Posted by Darleen at May 11, 2007 06:55 PM
Comments
Hi Darleen --
Sorry, but I have to call you on a misrepresentation here:
"ostensible feminists giving them kudos for being real fashion police"
You're linking to a post in which the writer talks about female police officers being some of those who arrest other women for not being sufficiently covered. She then goes on to say:
"It’s always depressing to see women promoting the oppression of other women"
I would hardly call that "kudos".
Still... good post overall. You just misfired a bit on that line. :)
Posted by: Stephen Rider at May 12, 2007 02:46 PM
You did, however, forget to take a well-deserved swipt at Amanda "Having never accused anyone directly of anything, I have no idea what I’m supposed to apologize for" Marcotte.
So I'll do it for you. :)
Amanda Marcotte is a child molester.
Please note: Whether the previous statement is true or not, I am, by her own standard, not directly accusing her of anything, and thus have nothing to apologize for.
Posted by: Stephen Rider at May 12, 2007 03:05 PM
Welcome back; I'm sure you'll be better than ever after the short blogbreak.
Posted by: Jamila Akil at May 13, 2007 09:39 PM
Glad to hear it. That you're back again.
Posted by: Carl W. Goss at May 15, 2007 12:14 PM
Glad you're writing fiction. I bet it's a crime story. I'm finishing Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down. Check it out!
Posted by: Carl W. Goss at May 15, 2007 12:17 PM