Carpentology

Open Apology to Freedom Terrorists

I understand the many people have different ideologies. I can respect that. What I cannot respect is when people with different ideologies expect you to respect their beliefs, but treat yours as dirt. Respect is a two way street.

Spotted on Not a Desparate Housewife:

“For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an issue. On the one hand, right thinking Americans will harbor the stupidity of the actions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day massacre.
I humbly offer my opinion here:

I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and sacrificed the blood of our youth, it was in the defense of Muslims(Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait, etc.).

I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.

I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Islamic Arabs.

I am sorry that most Arabs and Muslims have to live in squalor under savage dictatorships.

I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.

I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools, mosques, and government-controlled media.

I am sorry that Yasir Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and high-jacked the Palestinian “cause.”

I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.

I am sorry that the USA has to step in and be the biggest financial supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs blame the USA for all their problems.

I am sorry that our own left wing, our media, and our own brainwashed masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal elements of our society, like radical professors, CNN and the NY TIMES).

I am sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the”food for oil” money so they could get rich while the common folk suffered.

I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide bombers upon their death.
I am sorry that those same bombers are brainwashed into thinking they will receive 72 virgins in “paradise.”

I am sorry that the homicide bombers think pregnant women, babies, children, the elderly and other non-combatant civilians are legitimate targets.

I am sorry that our troops die to free more Arabs from the gang raperooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents of their own making.

I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other group.

I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.

I am sorry we don’t drop a few dozen Daisy cutters on Fallujah.

I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient “Holy Site.”

I am sorry they didn’t apologize for driving a jet into the World Trade Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church — one of our Holy Sites.

I am sorry they didn’t apologize for flight 93 and 175, the USS Cole,the embassy bombings, the murders and beheadings of Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl, etc…etc!

I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village in Africa.

America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do. We hang out our dirty laundry for the entire world to see. We move on. That’s one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don’t hide this stuff like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.

Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we were like–so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners. Sure, it was wrong! Sure, it dramatically hurts our cause, but until captured, we were trying to kill those same prisoners. Now we’re supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated? Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own people killed, mutilated and burned among a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujahans.

If you want an apology from this American, you’re going to have a long wait! You have a better chance of finding those seventy-two virgins!

Not so Lazy Sunday Afternoon

On top of recovering from a our first long night out in a very, very, very long time, we went to church, had a barbecue, and I had my softball game.

Close to Home

I am enjoying being closer to our family. My sister had a professional conference this morning, so she decided to come down a day early and leave on Saturday. RJ and Tony have been beside themselves with excitement.

Video

I made a cute little video snippet of the boys dancing. I took it off of my FTP server and moved it to an HTTP server so Windows Media Player could play it straight from the link. Click here to watch the video (2.1M)

What is a Hoosier, anyways?

Indiana is supposed to start daylight saving time next April, but the government is involved, and U.S. Department of Transportation must decide whether the state will be in the Central or Eastern time zone or some combination of the two. They are actually having hearings on this subject, because people cannot make up their mind.

Is Indiana trying to be difficult? Do you think you are better than the rest of us?

Just move to Central Time because the Eastern Time Zone does not want you until (a) you can make up your mind and (b) you can tell us what a Hoosier is.