So, how should Big Mo’s name be spelled? We’ve all seen lots of variations in various articles in many places.
Each time Libya appears in the news, scores of newspaper editors go bananas. Once possessed of faculties that could detect a breaking story as readily as a dangling participle, these poor souls are now reduced to a jabbering stupor, as though they had gazed into the tentacled maw of Cthulhu himself.
Blame it on the name of the country’s head of state, Colonel Gaddafi. Wait, no, that’s Kaddafi. Or maybe it’s Qadhafi. Tell you what, we’ll just call him by his first name, which is, er … hoo boy.
Homeboy can’t seem to make up his own mind, either.
Libya’s Brother Leader lets a hundred flowers bloom. The banner at the top of his official website spells it, “AL Gathafi.” But if you go deeper into the site, you’ll see it variously rendered as “Al Qaddafi,” “Algathafi,” and “Al-Gathafi.”
It just gets more and more confusing, until…
This is the point where most editors give up and run a story on Justin Bieber instead.
On a related note, the years are starting to take their toll on our erstwhile protagonist. At one time, he was quite the handsome young colonel, with a Tom Jones-like look.
Lately, he’s looking more like a washed-up Ron Jeremy’s older uncle.
Or a South American tinpot dictator.
Sarge: Perhaps some study on your part on these links would broaden your perspective: http://yourdaddy.net/2010/09/09/peaceful-islam-muslims-burn-church-in-serbia/ http://www.kosovo.net/default3.html from the above, very extensive historical article: After the Second World War, As a result of unbelievable demographic explosion Albanian population in Kosovo doubled by 1971. The official Yugoslav census for that year shows 916,168 Albanians living in Kosovo, while Serb and Montenegrin population… Read more »
TIM: I’m here to claim Friday morning’s LOGICAL FIRST!!!
Another 100 goes unheralded. For shame, for shame. Caint leave yall alone for a minute.
I ended up typing with Chisos on my lap. She’s so light I have to force myself to remember she’s there.
Good night, all.
#118 Mharper
Well, if I don’t want to stare at that weed-covered mountain the rest of my life, someone has to start somewhere. I’ve nicknamed it “Mirkwood” because when the weeds cover it, it reminds me of the dark forest of LOTR fame.
The portion of the Defense of Marriage Act on which the administration just opined defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman for the purposes of federal law. So if a state court declares that in Massachusetts men can marry each other, its edict does not require the federal government to provide spousal benefits under Social Security… Read more »
mharper #120;
Yup, almost. You have my permission to stay on my case regarding my bedtime.
We got a new puppy today. The only reason I agreed to getting one from a litter by the sister of a friend’s dog is that the dog will be small. She’s a doxin/chihuahua mix and terribly cute. Mrs. Darren’s creative mind went to work and since Adhara is named after a star and Sade is name after dirt (sāde… Read more »
And Darren, it’s past your new bedtime!
#117 Darren
Well stated, and I agree.
TT — I’ve got a *small* pile of dirt at my back fence, out of sight behind the garage. And I don’t expect to move it and use it in my remaining lifetime. I think I had a plan when I put it there to start with, but I guess that was 10 years ago… I really admire your energy… Read more »
My position on Muslims I think is shared among most here. Let them believe and practice what they may. That said, the cultures which they have created by and large are incompatible with the freedoms we enjoy in this blessed land. Sharia law is the antithesis of individual freedom embraced by Christians who recognize God, not government, as the source… Read more »
#115 Mharper The dirt came from the excavation for the foundation for the dome home. Our lot is just a tad shy of 1 full acre. The new house sits almost right in the middle of the lot. Half of our back yard holds the excavated dirt. That means I have about 1/4 acre of dirt piled about 6 feet… Read more »
#69 TT
There’s a bunch more readin’ and catchin’ up to do, and I may not get caught up tonight, so — in case no one else has asked:
Where did your “huge mound of dirt in the back yard” come from? Presumably not a natural feature of the landscape…
It stunned me to hear Michael Medved say on his radio show (1070 AM, KNTH, 2-5 pm) that the US is lucky to have stable neighbor countries on both its borders that are doing well. Gorblimey, how clueless can he be up there in Seattle? _He_ has a stable neighbor country, down here, we don’t.
What i am saying is that a good deal of the rehtoric, particularly that which tends to drive us toward the conclusion that inflicting mass casualties on muslims in general, is overblown and actually does damage towards our chances of victory without a third world war. Crappy sentence construction: What I am saying is that a good deal of the… Read more »
You’re really reaching now, dude.
Tryingv to make Milosovik look like a victim is proof that your particular line of reasoning towards muslims is overblown and ill informed.
Try as you may Sarge, you cannot name a case in modern history where Christian clerics and recognized Christian leaders have advocated genocide upon non-believers, or universally stood by when their peers have done so. One might come close when one examines the violence of several decades between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. Listen– I am not saying that… Read more »
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Aw come on. Tommy Lee Jones hasn’t gotten that ugly, has he? His politics are despicable, but he played a helluva Capt. Call in Lonesome Dove.
He used to ride polo ponies around here and seemed like a nice enough guy.
Re: last Gaddafi pic:
Is he related to Tommy Lee Jones?
#106,
Understood completely. I work in the field. Like any commodity, trading price is disproportionately driven by emotion rather than logic.
#107,
I completely share your frustration with the situation. Politically we get nothing but lip service on a critical issue. As usual.
104 Dude Thanks for reminding me about that great site. I haven’t used it much since I left the freight business and got back in to moving a cheap (for now) commodity. I’m aware of our lessening dependence on ME oil, but as you know my frustration has more to do with self sufficiency in the the commodity that runs… Read more »
Dooooooodesickle#42: Oil is basically a fungible product; it is globally traded and consumed. ANY DISRUPTION creates an imbalance in the supply/demand continuum. A decrease in the global supply of oil will cause an increase in the global price.
Try as you may Sarge, you cannot name a case in modern history where Christian clerics and recognized Christian leaders have advocated genocide upon non-believers, or universally stood by when their peers have done so.
As a follow up to #96, it’s probably important to bear this data in mind when considering the effects of turmoil in the middle east on oil and gasoline prices. As you can see, the two largest sources of oil imported into the US are NOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Even so, I still find it unacceptable that we are… Read more »
If that was any kind of defense at all, he never would have been convicted. Are you saying there has never been a “railroading” in a court case, are you saying that Israel even gets in the same neighborhood of getting a fair shake in the UN??? Israel gets hammered every time they respond to rocket attacks from Gaza; why… Read more »
Sarge: Take a look HERE for a different perspective. The principal of this site lived in Lebanon and did not have the luxury of living in a protected expat compound. The other guy, Walid Shoebat was a palestenian terrorist who converted to Christianity; I trust what they have to say. The next time Brigitte Gabriel or Walid Shoebat come to… Read more »
Hey Tex Mo– Talk to bonecrusher will ya? He thinks he knows more about how muslims act than a guy who lives there does. and no. Slobodon Milosovik was not responding to muslim violence when he perpetrated the genocide that he was convicted of in War Crimes trials. If that was any kind of defense at all, he never would… Read more »
Sarge: I have not been avoiding you, I have been away from the computin iron. An enormous difference between the violence in the predominantly Catholic countries and the violence at the hands of the moooooslims. . . .the violence i the Catholic countries is NOT done in the name of the pope or Catholocism or The Messiah or whatever, the… Read more »
And now we are turning food into fuel and raising the price of tacos and chicken feed and third worlders are starving. Sheesh
#96,
Amen. And we’ve been yammered at the whole time about alternative energy. The rainbow farting unicorn is long in the tooth.
Because it would take ten years for any new oil to get to the customers.
At least that’s what they’ve been telling us for the past 30 or 40 years.
Since the first oil embargo in the 70’s we have lived through the Peanut Farmer, The Great Communicator, Two Bushes (with The Philanderer in between), and any number of worthless Senators and Congressmen.
We’re still sitting here greatly dependent on foreign sources of oil.
It’s a #*!~%,”/€ outrage.
#88 texanukian
Kadafy’s condition upgraded to “alive”?
…….can’t think and comment coherently…
….anymore….
…Mrs. TexMo put on a belly dancing workout video….
…must supervise 🙂
#82 texmo
The United States has increased its alert level from “Would you people please keep it down” to “Stop, or we’ll apply economic sanctions”. Three more escalation levels remain: “Stop, or we’ll apply more economic sanctions”, “Move over, we’re coming through”, and “Don’t make us go all 1945 on you”.
#82 texmo
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Don’t miss it. It’s the last one.
We’ll have the “hole” story with live coverage at six.
I am not really concerned about the Muslim Brotherhood or Arab/Muslim hegemony arising our of these uprisings in Africa and the Middle East. I see these uprisings borne out of a desire by ordinary people to live FREE. I do not see these people willing to topple one form of dictator just to turn around and accept a theocratic dictator… Read more »
Quadaffi not commenting.
Per Drudge an unconfirmed rumor that Gadaffi shot.
#81 Texmo
From your lips to God’s ears.
So says the guy who’s main topics of conversation are dope smokin, butt wissin, and birfers.
Cats, birds or liberals. I can appreciate the unique beauty of each.
I just don’t want to live with one. 🙂
What happened to the joke that was supposed to be in #82?
…And to lighten things up a bit. The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even”A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea… Read more »
Tedtam wrote I just wish that they were truly free to practice whatever faith they want. I think that would solve a lot of the problem. Unfortunately, there’s a sword waiting for those who go apostate. There is a college of mine who is a fellow expat from one of our other US offices. He is Moroccan by birth, but… Read more »
I know generalization is risky, but in general predominantly Muslim areas tend to have more violence. Arabic areas are obvious, but this is also the case in the Caucasus (Chechens), Persia, the ‘Stans (start with Pakistan and head north several hundred miles. I don’t know if there’s a common thread through the cultures of these areas that would cause them… Read more »
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