Joan Baez and lots of other Vietnam protesting types seem to be coming out in Texas. I find their attitudes and insights both unique and amazing. I was reading the Buzz on the National Review’s website and I found Baez to not be as inflammetory as I thought she would be but, just as misguided.
In this exerpt I find her naive and a little blind….

I then asked Baez what she thinks the U.S. and international community could do to ensure a peaceful transition if and when the U.S. leaves Iraq:

“There’s no way to ensure a peaceful transition. There’s already been so much chaos and unnecessary violence. Much of that has been created by us. But there was already this disgusting level of chaos and violence with Saddam Hussein.”

“We’ve just made ourselves so loathsome that whatever happens I think will be better. We have antagonized the world so much. I mean, I travel a lot. When I’m in places like Italy I memorize the Italian translation and I say, ‘I ask for your forgiveness for what my president is doing to the world. And they stand, they get up and give a standing ovation, because someone finally does get it. That’s how they see it. Granted, that is my public. But that public is pretty broad.”

The nations of the world wouldn’t keep bringing their problems to us if we were so loathsome. We are still viewed as the great rescuers of the world, not that I think that is really our job. I think Baez’s audience is not part of the worldwide mainstream. While everyone may not be thrilled with Iraq they are happy we, and not them, are dealing with it.

It is probably not a shock to any of my friends that I feel the UN is a waste of money and time. I now have further proof of that and the many reasons I like John Bolton. I was reading the Jerusalem Post (and no I don’t have time to read much else;) and there is an article on PA banners.

How is this helping the world or even the region? These are inflamatory and partial actions taken by the UN. And I will be honest, if you are going to be partial I prefer it is toward my side. But frankly, UN dues are paid by all nations and the UN is supposed to be for all. I say the US should pull out of the UN and send me some of my tax money back;).

Oh by the way, I do have other more serious reasons to leave the UN, but more on that later.

So I am putting around the Jerusalem Post’s website trying to keep up on the “Disengagement” and them I see it…. An ad for Mormon singles. Seriously, I know these are ads done by Google but come on. As a Rebublican Christian I know I am in a minority group of readers. But is there this large Mormon population reading the Post? I thought I would just share my shock and amazement with you all.

I was reading the online Jerusalem Post today to catch up with all that is going on in Gaza. I never get time to read it on a consistant basis but that may have something to do with all the rugrats and the newborn;). So I was reading on what is going on with the pullout in Gaza and Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stupidity somehow amazes me. No if it is stupity, piggishness, or naivety I am not sure.

I must say that I can’t believe that, while Israel is struggling with its own citizens over this he is asking for more. It reminds me of something I am trying to teach NerdBug. When he gets something he has asked for or a treat, if he asks immediately for more(before he has even enjoyed the first thing, that is wrong. It is rude and makes people not want to give you things. I also don’t know if Abbas thinks hell has frozen or what but, to think Israel is (or should) give up Jerusalem. He can choose the reason he wants for why that won’t happen. A)security, b)The significance in Judaism or C) the tourist dollars that are so important to the Israeli economy. He also should realize that if Sharon gives much more(and it may already be to late) Netenyahu will take over and the Palestinian Authority will get nill.

My rant for tonight, off to feed the Nerdling, again;)!

Well, for all of our 5 readers who thought that we had abandoned our blog…we haven’t. We have just been very busy having a baby. When thinking about this post Nerdad and I realized we have never really talked about our family. So here is a little introduction. If the nicknames seem to be following anyone’s pattern we are taking a page out of Instapundit’s book;). Our eldest child NerdBug is a 4 year old boy who is full of engery. We then have a beautiful 2 year old girl, NerdPie. Then comes our newest edition who hasn’t really gotten his own nickname, Nerdling(possibly to be renamed in the future;). He was born July 29th, a full 9lbs 1oz, head full of hair(never before seen in this family), and a tooth(just never before seen). And yess you all read right…a tooth. At immediate birth it was just a large white bump on the gums but it completely came through before I left the hospital. He, like our other kids, is completely adorable. We will now be posting at least a little more regularly so check back often!

Robert Redford says in an article that the Bush administration has many Watergate similarities. A)We all know that the media jumps on anything remotely Bush bashing and B)Redford claims that the media is just celebrity and not news focused. He has to hope that or they wouldn’t be listening to his ridiculous suggestions.

I have found yet anoth enlightening jewel from the corner. This alos explains why the Scientologist always have to recruit from the outside and never grow from within;).

RISKY BUSINESS [K. J. Lopez]
Okay, now I’m on the Cruise Must Be Stopped kick; from today’s Page Six:

Abort-happy folks

THE new religion embraced by former Catholic schoolgirl Katie Holmes — unlike her original faith — actually encourages abortion. As The Post’s Philip Recchia has re ported, the Church of Scientology assigned Tom Cruise’s fiancée a full-time handler, Jessica Rodriguez, 29, who is a member of the sect’s elite corps, the Sea Organization. Like all Sea Org members, Rodriguez is discouraged by the sect from ever giving birth. And if she does get pregnant, chances are she’ll have an abortion. A former high-ranking Sea Org member now tells Recchia: “It is estimated that there have been some 1,500 abortions carried out by women in the Sea Organization since the implementation of a rule in the late ’80s that members could not remain in the organization if they decided to have children. And if members who have been in the Sea Organization for, say, 10 years do decide to have kids, they are dismissed with no more than $1,000” in severance. Our source’s ex-wife was also a Sea Org, and she was pressured by the church into having an abortion.

Katie, come home!

I found this article in the Strange News section on My Way on this 13lb newborn. Being 8 months pregnant I hurt for this woman. I have never had a child over 9lbs and I feel huge! I did find it shocking that less than 1% of all newborns weigh more than 11lbs at birth.

Basically how it sits is this…. One man accuses another of being a Nazi and then provides researched documentation. Then the accused Nazi sues his accuser for libel. This is all in Zagreb. You can read the Jerusalem post article here. How is this being tolerated in a court to begin with. How can it be libel if there is proof(whether or not it is true)? There would be no proof of intent. Yet another person with unbelievable chutzpah. We all know what chutzpah is right? A great example is killing your parents and then throwing yourself on the mercy of the court as an orphan.

I just couldn’t come up with a better title that Jonah Goldberg at the Corner. Then I found the article in the Jerusalem Post:
A would-be female suicide bomber who planned to blow up at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Monday, the same hospital where she received treatment for burns this past year, was caught at the Erez crossing wearing explosives stitched to her underwear. She said she wanted to kill up to 40 or 50 people, including as many youngsters as possible.

Call me heartless(you wouldn’t be the first). Lock the Palestinians out!!! When you have a group that tries to destroy your country it is a declaration of war. At that point you must conquer and destroy. To steal a phrase from Colin Powell, “Overwhelming force” is appropriate here. None of this touchy feely, try to help them destroy you junk.