Leslie's Omnibus: Drive-Bys

Enough is enough. Do you really want a guy who:

1) knows more about whether or not your tonsils should come out than your physician does; and,
2) knows more about the state of your heart and the kind of treatment you should have than your physician does;

in charge of your health care? Do you?
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And while we're on the subject of President Chicken Little showing his ass, he speaks with authority on something he wasn't even there to witness.

Suzette's point here is well taken -- sometimes it's a good thing to just shut your mouth.

But here's the elephant in the room everybody else is dancing around: Why in the name of all that's holy didn't Henry Louis Gates, Jr. thank the police for coming to make sure that all was okay and that no one was breaking into his house and that both his property and his person were safe, instead of acting like the anti-white racist that he certainly is and crying, "The nasty ol' white poh-leese is agin' me becuz I'ze a black man livin' in a white man's world!"

He should be thanking his lucky stars he has a neighbor who cares enough to call the police when he or she thinks a neighbor's house is being broken into. And he should be really thankful that the police showed up promptly to what they had every reason to believe was a break-in in progress.

You can bet your sweet ass the boys in blue won't be so quick to respond to that address in the future, no matter what the danger to the occupant or his property.

And Chicken Little should keep his nose out if it. Period. (Well, unless he wants to acknowledge that the boys in blue were just doing their jobs and his friend is indeed a racist asshole. In that case... nah. It'll never happen.)
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As a happy carnivore, I have just one question: How do I get the government to stick a warning label on vegans? They're a danger to themselves, let alone to the rest of the population.
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Got a kid in sports? Please, please, please have them read this open letter from former White Sox pitcher Jim Parque. Then discuss it together, because -- believe me -- there's a whole lot there to discuss.
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Oooh! Garlic Chicken with Bacon & Brie? Yummy!
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Ear Worm of the Day:

The Angry Young Man
Music and Lyrics, Billy Joel

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

Give a moment or two to the angry young man,
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood,
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good.
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
I once believed in causes too,
I had my pointless point of view,
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.

And there's always a place for the angry young man,
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes,
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
But his honor is pure and his courage as well,
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell-
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.

(synthesizer solo)

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.