Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • But dude, he had sex with children*

    Found the list of signatees to the Roman Polanski get out of jail free petition. It includes a bunch of folks I never heard of, but now I can’t watch any movie by Guillermo del Toro, Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, or Woody Allen. I guess I’ll give away or burn my copy of Pan’s Labyrinth but… Continue reading

  • Have they gone entirely mad???

    Via RobertaX: an ad campaign in London warning women to not hold onto guns for their menfolk. What gets me is their front page: “Know when to say no. Picking up a gun or a knife always makes a situation worse never better.” I dunno, I can think of a whole bunch of situations where… Continue reading

  • I didn't want to go there, but…..

    With so many things happening in the world–socialism failing miserably in Europe (good thing); Obama punting on Afghanistan (bad); health care bill hopefully dying (good); I hate to write about Roman Polanski, but kind of feel the need to put something out there. The guy is an admitted pedophile–he admitted to and was convicted of… Continue reading

  • From an unexpected source–something that makes sense

    Via The Chronicle of Higher Education comes E.D. Hirsch Jr.’s article entitled “How Schools Fail Democracy”. He states in part… More than 40 years ago, the historian Richard Hofstadter observed that it was unsound to assume that the individual development of every child must coincide, through a kind of established harmony, with the development of… Continue reading

  • Try it and lose it at the elbow….

    Not what you’re thinking, but in NY, health care workers have been mandated by law to get the H1N1 vaccine shot. Now that it’s available and they are having to get them, some of the workers are…. peeved. And I don’t blame them a bit. Mandated shots and then what’s next?? You can bet that… Continue reading

  • Thank you Dr. Helen

    Via Insty: Dr. Helen relates her experience at the local Earth Fare (an organic-type grocery store) where the checker and bagger both go off on a “All Men are Pigs” rant. What is most interesting about this is that they are just repeating something, as if by rote. When challenged by Dr. Helen, they backtrack… Continue reading

  • FINALLY! Someone taking some responsibility for their actions!!

    I saw this via Gateway Pundit…. A drunk guy was turned away from a Veterans of Foreign Wars post and, being a pissed-off drunk guy, he decided to burn the flag outside the post. So the guys inside, taking umbrage at this act, decided that he had three choices: he could be turned over to… Continue reading

  • Jefferson Airplane Meets Star Trek

    For your evening’s psychedelia…. via Chas Clifton at Hardscrabble Creek. Continue reading

  • Indoctrination in our Schools

    Via Bookworm Room and The Breda Fallacy, respectively. I have to admit that until last year, the thought of having kids was furthest from my mind. I’ve changed on that, but if do have them, incidents like this will definitely have me home schooling. Bookworm Room links: Via Michelle MalkinVia NoisyRoom.netAnother Noisyroom.net (this one floored… Continue reading

  • Roland Burris–Cog in the Machine or just a Tool?

    Listened to Don Wade and Roma on WLS this morning. I have to admit they usually drive me nuts but this morning they had Senator Roland Burris on so I thought I’d give a listen. He said that he is absolutely not running for the Senate again (citing no time for fundraising because he’s so… Continue reading