One last post for the night...be sure and check out Stupid is as stupid writes over at parallax adjustment. This part really cracks me up:

"First of all, some Nimrod the Magnificent brings a .22 to a bar with his buddies? Please, spare me! What macho, beer quaffing stud-muffin wants to be caught dead with a girlie gun? Give this guy a bit of credit, will ya? He's most likely carrying the latest and greatest Kimber Pro Carry II 1911 in .45 Auto. He's got all the gadgets and doowikedies on it. Beveled frame, ambi-safety and mag release, Wilson Combat Mags, and Trijicon night sights."

But seriously, he points out lots of ignorance and bias in a Virginia-Pilot article. Good stuff.

I have been told by a breeder that the genetic predispositon of a pit is to be friendly to humans and unfriendly to other animals. When I run into pits (during the course of my job) who are free to roam, well-fed, well-cleaned, and obviously cared for, they are friendly. The ones who are chained to a tree when they are 3 months old and left there to slowly go more insane year by year are not. Neither are the ones whose owners take time out every day to poke at them with a broomstick in order to "teach them to be a good guard dog." Yeah.

Chows just aren't friendly, but at least they aren't crazy like Dalmatians.

There Are No Barbarians At the Gates

"What I want is to never be necessary. I devoutly hope to never see true violence, and I have so far managed to avoid even bar fights. I want to be the absolute last line of defense for me and mine, behind every person my tax money has hired to keep my community safe. But no amount of wanting will mean that I am not that last line of defense, and I need, I deserve, I demand the right to be that last line. This is the final remaining vestige of the barbarian impulse, the warrior spirit, that I posess."

tnx to GeekWithA.45

I don't usually post about things like this because I consider it outside the scope of this blog or my own knowledge, but this is really ticking me off. In the remote chance that you have stumbled through here and have not heard about this yet, please go read it. Some "cameramen" are getting suspiciously complete coverage of terrorist activity in Iraq. Also check out this at Little Green Footballs.

It seems to me to be the Peter Parker method. Remember how he got such good photos of Spiderman?

Update: More here.

Mudville Gazette link tnx to BLACKFIVE

Bob Dole was the guest on today's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She constantly kept trying to get his stand on certain controversial current issues, which he rightly refused to answer because he has not held an official position in several years and does not know enough about what's going on, as he said, "I don't have the facts." At one point he left Ms. Gross almost speechless because of his refusal to answer and his reference to her questioning tactics as "gotcha journalism." He also commented on John Kerry's use of his military service during the recent presidential campaign. You can listen to the show online right here: NPR : Bob Dole: 'One Soldier's Story'