In a Nutshell

Given the fact that I've been on vacation for the last week, I wanted to share a few tidbits of this week's thoughts instead of writing a seperate post for each idea.

Republicans John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and John Warner have come out declaring that the Geneva Convention rules governing prisoners of war should apply to captured terrorists. Thomas Sowell said it best, "If you go into a boxing ring with an opponent who has agreed to the same set of rules for the fight that you do, you should follow those rules. If a guy attacks you in a dark alley from behind, you fight him anyway you have to in order to save yourself". Mark my words, all three of these men will take a shot at the Presidency in 2008. Lets hope the grab the middle ground strategy does not work in 2008.

The San Diego City Council this week held a hearing to try and block Wal-Mart from developing Superstores in the county. Why are Democrats so against Wal-Mart? John Kerry said it was "symptomatic of everything that is wrong with America". Wal-Mart is the biggest job creator in this country's history. It also accounted for "13% of America's productivity gains in the second half of the 1990's", according to a recent article by George Will. Not to mention that it saves shoppers over $200 billion a year. Perhaps the reason they hate Wal-Mart is because it's more effective than their massive government dependency programs...

The Pope is in the hotseat this week after quoting an Emperor from the 14th century who said, "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached". Islam's response to this: WORLDWIDE violent protests, firebombing of Christian (not just Catholic) churches, calls for the Popes execution, and a 66 year old nun shot dead in Somalia. Apparently, Islam is as morally corrupt, degenerate, violent, and evil in the 21st century as it was in the 14th...

Ted Turner was quoted in the media as saying the "Iraq War is the dumbest move in history", putting it right up there with the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Nazi invasion of Russia. Absent from the list of "dumb moves" was Jane Fonda's posing for a picture on top of an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American pilots in Vietnam. Go figure...