Posted on 02/19/2006 2:33:27 PM PST by KCRW
In an otherwise grim week -- at least on unimportant peripheral matters like Iranian nukes -- three things cheered me up. The first was the decision of Iran's bakers to rename Danish pastries "Roses of the Prophet Muhammed pastries.'' Has a ring to it, don't you think? If they're looking for a slogan, how about "Iranian pastry: There's nothing flakier. Except our president."
The second cheery sight was the destruction of a McDonald's in Lahore by the usual excitable young lads from the religion of pieces. Apparently the lively Pakistanis had burned every single Danish target in the city -- one early Victor Borge LP left behind by the last British governor -- and had been obliged to diversify. So they dragged Ronald McDonald out of the joint, torched him in the street and danced around his flaming remains shouting "Death to America! Death to Britain! Death to Tony Blair!"
I'm not sure I even get that. Ronald and Tony seem kind of similar from a distance but even on the all-infidels-look-alike-to-me-especially-when-they're-alight thesis you'd think they weren't that easily confused.
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"We feel there is nothing to gain on the side of freedom of expression and much to lose on the side of hurting feelings." Not exactly Voltaire, is it? "I disagree strongly with what you say but I will fight to the death for your right to say it as long as it doesn't hurt anybody's feelings." Maybe it could be Canada's new national motto.
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Or perhaps it would just be easier to change the term ''free press'' to the ''Roses of the Prophet Muhammed press.''
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Neber a fair fight>
Steyn has an intellect and a sense of humor. Lib's have neither.
Mark Steyn is my hero. So much that it's my new tagline!
good find!
Do the Islamo-dumbos not know that Ronald McDonald has super powers, that his 3-D plasticated Icon is not to be trampled upon and otherwise insulted with impunity? When Ray Kroc speaks, his words are as the Sybil of Cumae's. Yes, we have no porkburgers today:
"Who's round and jolly and full of fun?
Who looks like a great big Hamburger Bun?
Who's got a job that's simply a breeze--
No-one but the Prophet McCheese." (Interpolation added)
Has anyone else seen a tastefully rendered drawing, all chiarascuro, entitled "Birth of the Prophet"? In well-crafted imitation of a Rembrandt etching, it shows Allah as an All-powerful Old Man with White Whiskers (APOMWWW) in squatting position, excreting Mohammed into a risen pile of camel dung, where His Reverence will no doubt proclaim a Fatweh (sp?) to the the effect that, "When Allah has to go, He has to go."
Not much compared to Serrano et.al. but... it'll do. Here's a question: If "agnostic" connotes an open-minded spiritual quest, whereas "atheist" defines one of pure materialist/secularist belief, what would we call one who does not merely "disbelieve" in God, but who hates the very idea of a Divine Creator? They're everywhere, but due to linguistic oversight, no-one has ever characterized their Hate God faith. It's not Nihilism, not Satanism, not mere Marxist "opiate" claptrap. We'll have to work on it.
If Kennedy had any sense of shame at all I'd say this one would leave a mark. Since he doesn't....
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This statue gives me the creeps.
Another good one! Thanks.
Kind of a limp-wristed chef there, isn't it?
Yup. And his thumb worries me.
I love how his writing wraps around and keeps up the themes. He's great.
BTTT
The creeps is right! I never much cared for Ronald, but this guy would cause anyone to riot.
Whaddya expect? He's French.
Muhammed Road Apples????
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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