Quick Hitts

There, three articles in a row to tide you over while I ignore this site for a week. I’m heading to Atlanta, along with my twin daughters, to spend a long weekend at DragonCon. (You can see pictures from last years dragon con here.) I’ll be spending most of my time in [...]

A listener responding to the Healthy Kids episode of the Quick Hitts podcast mentioned kids getting eaten by bears. This inspired me to Google “Eaten By A Bear.” Here are a few amusing links I found.
eHow has instructions on how to avoid it.
This one is worth a click just for [...]

New Quick Hitts Podcast: If I Were In Charge
Anyone intrested in politics has had a fantasy of what they would do if they were president. This is mine.

Cheye Calvo and his wife Trinity Tomsic lived in a nice suburban house with two black Labs. One of the reasons they chose their house was for the big back yard where the dogs could run.
They were relaxing in their home when armed thugs broke into their homes and shot their dogs. [...]

The Smoker’s Club has a great page that outlines exactly how nicotine nannies work. Check it out.

Chomsky has penned yet another analysis of the world situation, and as always, he betrays a deep ignorance of just about everything. Before continuing, please read it here.
Back so soon? Let’s review.
He’s upset that India isn’t getting the same flack as Iran over their nuclear program. Somehow, in all his study of geopolitics, he managed [...]

In this article a fundy evangelist expresses the fear that Atheists are coming after his children. There’s no place on the site to add a comment, so I’ll do it here.
You think we want to convert your kids to atheism? Are you that afraid of us? Well, guess what, Sparky . [...]

Muslims are taking time out from murdering their daughters and raping women for reading the bible to attack one of our most cherished principles: Free Speech.
In 2006 Mark Steyn published an article pointing out that while civilized people are breeding at less than the replacement rate, fundy Muslims are breeding like hamsters. His conclusion: [...]

What’s the best thing to do if you think rainbows are caused by polution in the air and water?
Why, put a video on YouTube, of course.

It’s a Conspiracy, I tell you.
A Conspiracy!
Found here.

When Elvis was alive there were only a few professional Elvis impersonators. A few years after his death there were hundreds, then thousands. The old joke was that if the trend continued, by the turn of the century we would all be Elvis.
Old jokes never die. They often become reborn as [...]

Mace Hutchison, 16, evidently fell off a bridge. As he laid there with a broken back, the cops tazed him nineteen times. Nineteen!
What are the odds they’ll be punished for thier assualt? Pretty slim. Hell, they might even get an award!
Too bad he didn’t have a car, [...]

The idea of letting your kids run around the neighborhood and be kids has fallen out of fashion. Parents are expected to helicopter over their larvae every waking minute. They’re expected to have them participate in games where no one keeps score and everyone gets a trophy.
Those kids are now coming [...]