Because people like booze, freedom, and sex.

Yup. I think they do. And not only can a servile womb fail to breed free men—it isn't very likely to breed truly effective servile ones, either.

When I was young and feisty, I used to dream of going to Afghanistan—during the Taliban's reign, of course—with my Glock in a small-of-the-back holster, and taking off my shirt and bra. And then mowing down, quite deliberately, those who cast the first-through-thirtieth stones. (I have an extended magazine for that particular sidearm.)

Of course, no radical Islamist deserves to see my boobs—even as his dying image.

The beautiful thing is that nothing so grandiose will be necessary: the culture will decay from the inside, out. And now it's their own women who are stripping for the webcams. Game, set, and match.

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The National Review guys against the WSJ. On immigration, no less. Be still, my beating heart.

I must admit: the more I find out about the bill currently on the table, the less I like it. Would someone leak the damned text online?—all 1000 pages of it? Come to think of it, that should be done with all bills these days. Otherwise, you know: we might conclude that our legislators have something to hide.

I'd hate to see things go that way.

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. . . I've heard in quite a while: get science fiction writers to think like terrorists.

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that grilling was so important to the Great Old Ones?

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"It turns out that Ritalin is the missing link: the Prozac made me sleepy in the afternoons. But if I have a little Ritalin in the morning, and then a bit more with lunch, I can get some work done."

"So you're getting into the Judy Garland lifestyle."

"Hey! It's not like I'm waking up and doing a line every day . . . . no offense."

"Now that was low."

I love L.A.

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You know the ones I'm talking about: they aren't posts, but rather very large pieces of something-or-other that will definitely leave these young men with loops in their earlobes.

I know they all think they'll be fine with loops in their ears, and I understand that the Beagle look is popular in African tribal society.

And yet I still suspect the whole thing is a plot by some plastic surgeons' guild.

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That is, the war between the MSM and the current administration—which the administration is losing, despite the fact that it's prevailing in the larger War on Terror (including the War in Iraq).

If one simply takes the administration at its word about our intentions and long-term goals in this war, then in fact, we're doing quite well in Iraq. It only looks bad because the Left swore we were going to veer hard-right, but we went straight instead. The passengers thought we'd lost control of the vehicle, when in fact that was the intended route all along.

Maddening, I know.

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Fred is (probably) in.

But don't count Tommy out just yet: according to Hackbarth, he'll always have Iowa.

UPDATE: Great minds think alike.

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He's just too busy to debate Bjorn Lomborg.

Fine. Then how about he debates 15-year-old Kristen Byrnes, who spent months debunking his convenient (and profitable) movie?

What a busy, busy man. Run, Al. Run.

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Glenn suggests mandatory shop and mandatory home ec. For both sexes.

Yes. Faster, please.

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. . . has its own website now, by the way. There's a nice trailer for the film right there on the home page.

I've been excited about this film for the couple of years I've been seeing segments of it at the Liberty Film Festival (which is here in L.A. every fall, courtesy of the folks who created the Libertas blog, Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty).

Meanwhile, On the Fence Films is promoting not just Indoctrinate U, but some of their other offerings. A few of these—Dead Meat, in particular—shine the spotlight on how care is rationed under the Canadian healthcare system. I've been thinking that any of these might be good companion pieces to Michael Moore's Sicko. (Yes: I have a standing offer with my lefty friends to watch any of the documentaries they want me to see—as long as I can also show the DVD of my choice on the same night. What I will not do is rent one of Moore's movies myself, thereby putting money in his pocket.)

On the Fence, by the way, now has a blog on its home page.

Documentaries may or may not be fine art (I think they are) but I really feel that center-right filmmaking is about to tackle narrative movies, and in fact that there is a sort of renaissance brewing among classical liberals who are bored with the far-left stances of many writers, producers, filmmakers, painters, sculptors, and performance artists.

It isn't as if art were incompatible with Western Civilization, so it's no surprise that there's more interest in creating art among those who defend its values, now that some of the traditional gatekeepers have been taken off-duty.

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Annie Jacobsen, has a blog now.

Bookmark it.

And, for a good summary of that now-infamous test run, see Malkin's digest on the OIG report. The conclusion: Jacobsen was just being hysterical.. Because—you know how chicks get.

Okay. Just kidding. They concede that the whole thing might have presented a little bit of a problem, in terms of how Air Marshalls, the FBI, and the OHS have dealt with it. A small problem, mind you.

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And at first it makes me sad, because the first time I read it I skipped the video of souped-up VW bugs, but this time I watched it, and thought about my first bug, a '65, and how it was stolen by a stranger—and right after I'd converted it to 12-volt, dammit. And my second one, too: a '69, that my brother gave me, but my mother stole (and she also took the first gun I ever owned [a S&W Chief's Special] the nasty 70-year-old thief—I only hang out with her these days because of her cute, pretty, smart pit bull).

But there are three notable things about Iowahawk, these days: (1) he makes me want to read Garage Magazine, which is a terrible thing, because this in turn leads me to those Big Newsstands that have almost everything while I poke around looking for it. And then I buy a bunch of magazines, and have you looked at the price of cool alternative print media these days?

Yet I'm obviously going to the wrong ones, because I still haven't seen Garage—which I get the feeling neither John Dianna nor Primedia (God bless all of their commercial, quality-be-damned little hearts) had anything to do with.

(2) He has the most scintillating right-hand sidebar in blogger history, because under the heading "blurbs" there lies a series of quotes about his blog and his persona that are almost as creative as the stuff he writes himself.

(3) If Tammy Bruce ain't reading his blog, she should be: after all, she likes hot chicks and hot cars (that's my inference, since she drives at hot car, and she once posed for a picture with me . . .).

My life's mission is now to be published on Iowahawk's sidebar. Not to see one of my crime novels in hardcover. Not to reach the best-seller list with either of them, or with my memoir. I must write something about Iowahawk that is almost as funny as something he would write himself. And, unfortunately, I ain't the funny person in this household.

So here's my first volley:

Iowahawk's the kind of guy you'd want to run into in that alternate universe. You know: the one in which no one is married, and the bars stay open all night.

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Via Insty, a fascinating look at the Cuban health-care system from The New York Times. The Times maintains that Cuban authorities may look the other way if copies of Sicko are smuggled onto the island: I'm not so sure. After all, the average person may find it distasteful to see the level of care available to the elite. We've all seen the pictures of the clinics that are for regular people, right?

Glenn has the money quote:

Having practiced medicine in both Cuba and the United States, Dr. Cordova has an unusual perspective for comparison.

“Actually there are three systems,” Dr. Cordova said, because Cuba has two: one is for party officials and foreigners like those Mr. Moore brought to Havana. “It is as good as this one here, with all the resources, the best doctors, the best medicines, and nobody pays a cent,” he said.

But for the 11 million ordinary Cubans, hospitals are often ill equipped and patients “have to bring their own food, soap, sheets — they have to bring everything.” And up to 20,000 Cuban doctors may be working in Venezuela, creating a shortage in Cuba.

[. . .]

Until he had to have emergency surgery last year, Fidel Castro — who turned 80 this year — was considered a model of vibrant long life in Cuba. But it was only last week that he acknowledged in an open letter that his initial surgery by Cuban doctors had been botched. He did not confirm, however, that a specialist had been flown in from Spain last December to help set things right.

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MeMe Roth vs. the folks at Reason.

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I've got to try the Thai Peanut Burger. Like, now: never mind that if I light the grill up at this hour we'll be hit by a plague of insects on the balcony that will make Egypt's tribulations look lightweight by comparison.

But seriously—doesn't it sound yummy? And don't tell my you've never had Thai-style spices, beef, and peanut sauce in the same dish. You've had beef satay, haven't you? I suspect it's the same idea, but with a different texture.

Okay: as soon as it's light outside, I'm firing up the charcoal. (Yes, charcoal: it takse a little more time than cooking with gas or propane, but I really feel that the flavor is superior. Plus, it pollutes more, and therefore irritates hard-core environmentalists. What's not to like?)

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at Blogging Away Debt. And this, so far as I can tell, without any involvement in DA. Whatever works!

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. . . from BRD, over at Protein Wisdom:

It is on the occasion of Memorial Day that we should perhaps not only consider the innumerable sacrifices made for us around the world and throughout the history of this country, or even the values that so many people gave their lives defending, but rather that we have the exceptional honor and privilege of growing up in such a spectacularly unique society that over and over again gives birth to so many people of such noble and heroic character that time and time again they step to the forefront to defend their nation. It isnÂ’t necessarily the brave pilot who should attract our attention, but the huge number of people who could have much more easily shifted the burden to others, yet chose to take it upon themselves.

Read the whole thing.

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I'm doing some grilling this evening, prepping the Saturn so I can sell it this week, and figuring out how to drum up some business. So light blogging will continue until it stops.

But the Anchoress has a lovely Memorial Day roundup you won't want to miss.

If you believe in God, say a prayer for the men and women of the Armed Forces today. If not, please send good vibes and boycott the MSM. Thanks.

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. . . debates Iowahawk on how The View might become watchable. I wouldn't know, since I've never watched that show. (Of course, I don't even watch good television, so what the fuck do I know?)

Two of the funniest guys in the blogosphere, in one post!

Missing: Ace. But one cannot have everything. At least, that's what they tell me.

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