The Holy Book of Terror

I read an interesting opinion piece by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times. It basely asked, where was the “Muslin Martin Luther King?” He also asks, “How could it be that Danish cartoons of Muhammad led to mass violent protests, while unspeakable violence by Muslims against Muslims in Iraq every day evokes about as much reaction in the Muslim world as the weather report?” It should be also noted, that although Mr Friedman only wrote about Iraq, this Muslin on Muslin violence happens throughout the Muslin world.

Well Mr Friedman, I have an answer for you. According to Muslin Holy book, which is the actual words of Allah, not the inspired word but the actual word and is not subject to interpretation, violence against those who do not believe correctly, that is as you do, is permitted. By the way, I don’t equate Allah with the Christian God but with a darker and evil deity. You must also remember that the areas that Islam rules was not converted by reason, but by the use of the sword.

So you see there will not be a “Muslin Martin Luther King.”

Iraq, the end game

Here is the way I think that Iraq will end up. Iraq will revert to the pre-British arrangement. Three regions or maybe countries, Kurdish, Sunni and Shia. The Sunnis will get the short end of the stick. Many Sunnis will be slaughtered by the Shia. I don’t think that there is anything that the US is willing to do that will change the eventual outcome.

Love is ...

Today in the Comics. The Garfield strip.

Jon says,

“Love is Weird.”

“It just sort of sneaks up on you when you least expect it.”

“Sort of like a chili dog in an Elevator.”

How to shovel snow

when you are out of shape. Shovel snow a few shovel fulls then look at the beauty of nature for a while. Repeat for about 20 min then go inside to watch TV for 30 min or so. Spend several hours shoveling, standing and then watching TV inside. After awhile remembering that the snow will still be there tomorrow. Go inside and rest up for tomorrow.

I was able to get the inch or so of ice chipped off of my front sidewalk and steps and on the drive where there is a ten degree slope before the Saturday night’s three inch snow. Now I’ve got the snow removed from the front walk and driveway slope. I live on a corner lot with city sidewalk on the front and side and I am starting to get the ice and snow off of it. However it will probably take a day or two to get it all removed. That’s OK, what else do I have to do?

Life is boring

or at least I am boring. Not much going on here. I had a cold for a couple of weeks around Christmas. Because I should not take decongestants, I have some codeine cough syrup that I use to dry up the nose. That stuff causes my “Getup and go” to be gone. It’s a good thing I’m retired cause I can laze around all day.

Anyway there does not seem to be much to blog about. Well, I could rant and rave about political things (like what W, I mean King George, is up to) but then I would seem like a grumpy old man which I am not.

Oh, another good thing about being retired, I didn’t have to get out and drive during the ice storm.