All Clear! Fire in the Hole!!!

I won’t rehash. Many of you know that this past weekend, there was a gathering.

Eating, Drinking, and Being Merry, was the order of the day.

As far as to the said activities, I’ll only elaborate about the launcher. To say I was skeptical when it was brought out is an understatement. Puzzled as to where we would be able to use it, is more in line to my thinking. We were in a residential neighborhood. I am not an advocate of wanton destruction of private property. I didn’t want to be party to anything illegal. I don’t need any out of state warrants issued against me; I have enough problems as it is. So when we started launching the rubber bombs, I took cover for a moment. I could not resist the temptation. It was calling to me, “Everybody’s doing it. It’ll make you feel good.” Not only did it feel good, it was like an addiction. I had to have more. More little bombs, more difficult targets, more distance. That became my goal…distance. I was the first to clear the street. I was like Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy saying: “The Day is Mine!”

I think the best moments were when the Team (read: Me, the Viking, and Hillary’s Friend) was on the front lawn. We were rocketing shots over the house at first. But I think the point was to see the actual range of the launcher. I say that we reached distance of over a football field and a half. It was too much fun. So thanks to the Pisans by Camp David for hosting us.

…and now for something completely different…. Some of the current topics that my buds HHJ and Skinny have been stumping about. This is not me trying to pick a fight, but we just may have some disagreements. Get out the Box.

Chuck has clearly misjudged what Ameri-Corps is. And to that point he possibly wanted to illustrate the difference between his organisation and Ameri-Corps. Or maybe, just maybe his point was to get himself noticed. Why do people write to newspapers, magazines, or for that matter BLOGS. I would say ego. I like to think that I have something to say. It may not be coherent, or even smart, but now I have the ability. As far as Chuck goes, he would know the seamy underside of what drives people. He was in prison. That is a kind of animal I don’t know. I can’t speak to what drives most people to do what they do, but money is it for many. For me, I like to think I have a moral certainty that guides what I do. And I have made some serious mistakes when it comes to judgment and actions. I very well could have ended up locked up at one point in my life, and who knows what or where I’d be. I think I’ll give Chuck the benefit of the doubt on this one and believe, he was not trying to be self-serving. Ameri-Corps may not have been the best target, but now it’s out there.

The other thing is with Crazy Pat. Now I have read the statement/prayer, about the Supreme Court justices. From my reading he has not indicated that any of those people should die. They however should consider retirement. The spin on this story is incredible. It is stunning how the (brace yourselves) liberal media has seized upon this and twisted it. I am not an advocate of Pat’s or his ilk. But this was unjustified. Do I agree with the statement/prayer? In some places yes, other spots no. Do I want religious zealots on the bench? No. Do I want extreme leftists or extremists on the right on the bench? No. Surprised? Yes I tend to be a conservative. I am a Christian. But I think extremism in most cases is not good. I am against most “…isms.” It clouds your vision of the whole picture/problem/whatever. There are enough stupid people in the world. I don’t want to add to the number. The point is that the media likes to take shots at Christians, and we somehow seem to be too willing to step up and bend over. That my friends, is turning the wrong cheek. I won’t chastise Pat for his views. Nor will I lend them a ton of credence either. Personally, I blame the media blamers.

Like I said earlier, I am not trying to start a fight amongst friends. We have some differences of opinion, and that is fine with me. Unless we were talking about New Coke vs. Original Formula Coke. In that argument, there is no room for debate. Now where did I put my hand sanitizer…

NP:U2- Wide Awake in America: A Sort of Homecoming
- posted by TundraBoy @ 12:35 PM