http://unclebob.blogsome.com Uncle Bob's ruminations on politics and other issues. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:31:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the recent peace rally in DC, Jane Fonda blamed the US for the genocides of Pol Pot and Uncle Ho. At the rally, one of Bill O’Reilley’s producers asked Ms. Fonda what she thought about the three million people who were killed after the US pulled out of South Viet ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2007/02/12/jane-fonda-our-fault/ Hillary’s new spin on why she voted for the war. In his response to the state of the union speech, Jim Webb said the President was “reckless” by taking us to war with Iraq. I told a friend of mine that I thought this was disingenuous. Though Webb himself ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2007/01/28/war-weasels/ Farting, cheating, stealing, murdering, and screwing on every accommodating surface. I don’t understand the attraction. My wife has become a fan of Grey’s Anatomy. I’ve watched a few of the shows, and find it to be based on 8 year-old humor. Where is the intellectual stimulation of “House”? ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/greys-anatomy/ It is utterly absurd, in my humble opinion, that a 15 year old girl needs her parent’s consent to buy aspirin, but can get birth control for free and be guaranteed that her parents will not be notified.  It is equally absurd that parents are not notified when their under-age ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/18/on-parental-consent/ When I was in 8th grade, a new kid came to our school.  He had been kicked out of his last school in a "tougher" part of the district, so he was an instant hero.  A real "hood".  He would greet you for the first time by giving you a ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/17/the-locker-room/ In the United State marriage is a legal institution which provides a few benefits for the two people entering into that relationship.  Spouses inherit their mate’s estate by default, and there are tax benefits to that inheritance. Spouses have power of attorney over each other by default. Couples pay a slightly lower ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/on-gay-marriage/ Should unborn children be protected?  Or should parents have the right to abort them?  Aborting a pregnancy is a choice.  However, that choice is usually subsequent to, and therefore ought to be subject to, the choice to conceive that pregnancy in the first place.  We know what causes pregnancy nowadays.  ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/10/04/on-abortion/ Imagine there’s no Israel.It’s easy if you try.Imagine no Great Satan.We’ve blown them all sky high. Imagine desolationin the whole Western Hemisphere… YouHoooo.  You may say I’m a dreamer.BUT I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE!And if some day you don’t join usWe’ll find you with our guns.   http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ahmadinajad-lennon-imagine/ There is a difference between people who lob un-aimable rockets loaded with 50,000 ball bearings in the general direction of civilians irrespective of military objectives, and people who inadvertently kill civilians who happen to live next to where the rockets were launched.  The Israelis were not commiting acts of terror, ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/08/18/moral-equivalence-or-the-jihadi-swarm/ Dear Senator Durbin: I wanted to talk with you about the two soldiers who were captured, and apparently tortured and mutilated in Iraq.  I heard that you said that this is a reminder of the price we pay for our failed policies in Iraq.  Senator Durbin, which failed policies are you ... http://unclebob.blogsome.com/2006/06/21/dear-senator-durbin/