Friday, May 05, 2006
Friday afternoon linkfest
...wherein I say a little about a lot.
Chan hits the nail right on the head, re: the Moussaoui sentence:
To reiterate, we have done far worse than kill him. We have made him a non-entity, a living ghost who will quickly fade out of the the public’s memory. And then he will die, as the presiding judge said, quoting T.S.Eliot, “with a whimper.â€?
I can think of no better fate for him.
Amen.
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Disease isn’t caused by global warming; it’s caused by environmentalism! Now there’s a healthy point of view.
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The WTC memorial? Completely out of control. That’s billion with a B, people. Yikes.
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Via The J-Walk Blog, an addictive stats page: StateMaster. Who doesn’t need to know which state has the highest number of steel roller coasters per capita?
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The California legislature is apparently really, really bored. Don’t they have a state to run or something? OTOH, the state is probably better off with these goofballs distracted from doing any real harm.
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Maybe the single most annoying thing about pregnancy and having an infant (’cause it only gets worse, oh yes) is the way that it makes you public property. I never got hassled by a barista, but I’m really uncomfortable with drawing attention, and everybody looks at the pregnant woman/cute little baby/wild-ass toddler. It weirds me out to suddenly be a target of random small talk again, especially when I’d just finally gotten used to not making random small talk.
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Will Saletan on the soda wars:
The reason I expected the companies to lose this round is that it’s easy to wage moral crusades when the only freedoms in the way are those of children. Americans have long been driven by two deep longings. The first is to be left alone. The second is to tell other people what to do. On most moral issues—abortion, porn, video games, alcohol, tobacco, guns—the easiest way out is to inflict our piety on minors. All the righteous satisfaction, none of the libertarian backlash. Great taste, less filling.
That sums up a large chunk of our cultural “issues,” doesn’t it?
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And now Sadie’s gone quiet, so I’m off to find out what she’s up to. Have a great weekend!