Veepstakes...

Obama'll be in biiiiig trouble if he picks Nunn as V.P.. A number of the Talking Heads suggest that he'd be a good choice. The thing is, he's HATED by Gays and for good reason. He was well known in Washington as being one of the biggest Homophobes and activist about it. I Know when I lived in DC my Partner(who was a Bureau head) would hear of yet another Gay person that Nunn had gotten fired. He felt it was his duty to "clean out Washington". Whenever he heard of someone being Gay, he'd get them fired, usually by having their Security Clearances pulled. Amusingly, many times these weren't Gay folks but just Hets He had heard were. If you fought back, the "Dirty Tricks" dept came to your house...
Many congressmen are Phobes. Few made it Personal as Nunn did. He enjoyed destroying lives.
So What? You might ask. Pissing off Gays is like Pissing off the Scandinavian Americans. They aren't the Majority in an Election. Well, certainly for Obama, his "New Politics" brand will take a terminal hit. There's nothing like scapegoating a smaller group to please a larger one that says "Old Politics"...
Truth,
Pat

Redbeard Gives and Takes....

The storms we've had lately certainly have been good in general. While we're still way below our Rainfall totals for the yr, it does help. Unfortunately, like many gifts, they're two-edged....
Other than the Flooding,the crops cane get damaged. Not just the obviously drowned. Many crops are from regions with intermittent rainfall and have Evolved to deal with it. One method is to suck up as much water as the plant can and store it in it's tissues. This increased internal pressure often bursts the skins of any fruit nearing ripeness. Those cracks then let in bacteria. Fermenting Figs, Tomatoes and watermelons aren't "winey" at all;>....
The Tendersweet(a yellow fleshed standard watermelon) are a total loss, as is all present Tomatoes. Only the early ripening figs are, so if things dry a bit in the next couple weeks it'll be fine....
Truth,
Pat

List gone....

One of my lists doesn't exist anymore. It's focus was the treatment of non-Book folk in Islamic countries AND the attempts of Islamic extremists to push their Beleifs about non-Book folk in Western countries. After all, the average Christian couldn't care less if some polytheist gets their store trashed...they follow false gods anyway. Considering the Islamophila of some outlets, I wouldn't be surprised that all it would take is the fear that one of Allah's Chosen might complain and so deleted it...
Oh well.
here's the post anyway....

Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Puppy Postcard Has British Muslims Seething


British Muslims are outraged that a puppy was used in a recent police ad.
The Daily Mail reported:


A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims.

Tayside Police's new non-emergency phone number has prompted complaints from members of the Islamic community.

The choice of image on the Tayside Police cards - a black dog sitting in a police officer's hat - has now been raised with Chief Constable John Vine.

The advert has upset Muslims because dogs are considered ritually unclean and has sparked such anger that some shopkeepers in Dundee have refused to display the advert.

Dundee councillor Mohammed Asif said: 'My concern was that it's not welcomed by all communities, with the dog on the cards.
Countdown before the British police appease the radical Muslims and yank the ad-
3... 2... 1...

Luckly America isn't as far gone outside of the Bay Area as Europe....
Truth,
Pat