Thursday, August 17, 2006
Severed? Divided?
A couple of disturbing stories from this part of the world.
First, right here in my part of Spokane, some young Satanist types are 'severing' cats. When I heard the local news-reader talking about "severed cats", my first thought was that the phrase was just ungrammatical. You can sever a head or a leg, but you can't sever the entire critter. Nope, the phrase was accurate and unavoidable. Some (presumably) young dickheads are surgically cutting cats in half, then propping up the back half in the street. They are in fact severing cats. I was talking a few days ago about unthinkable vs thinkable .... now this truly strikes me as unthinkable.
Second, the spirit of Kristallnacht is alive and well in Tacoma:
Rebecca and Keith Yale had recently put up Israeli and American flags in their yard, when the conflict between Israel and Lebanon escalated.
Tacoma police said the lawn was burned in the shape of a cross, about 1 foot wide and 2 feet long.
The Yales have both the American and Israeli flags flying outside their home.
Just after 9 p.m. Monday, Rebecca Yale heard glass breaking and discovered the rock. Then she saw flames and at first thought the house was on fire.
"Then I ran outside and saw the cross and thought, 'wow,' I felt like I was transported back in time," she said.
Incidentally, Tacoma is where Fort Lewis is based; I've previously mentioned that Fort Lewis seems to be a breeding ground for enemy saboteurs within the Army.
Are we really a "divided" or "partisan" nation as the commentators like to say? I think not. I think we are a "severed" nation. The head is absent (or might as well be) and the horrible anti-Semitic rear end is in control of the media and the culture. ¶ 6:20 AM
First, right here in my part of Spokane, some young Satanist types are 'severing' cats. When I heard the local news-reader talking about "severed cats", my first thought was that the phrase was just ungrammatical. You can sever a head or a leg, but you can't sever the entire critter. Nope, the phrase was accurate and unavoidable. Some (presumably) young dickheads are surgically cutting cats in half, then propping up the back half in the street. They are in fact severing cats. I was talking a few days ago about unthinkable vs thinkable .... now this truly strikes me as unthinkable.
Second, the spirit of Kristallnacht is alive and well in Tacoma:
Rebecca and Keith Yale had recently put up Israeli and American flags in their yard, when the conflict between Israel and Lebanon escalated.
Tacoma police said the lawn was burned in the shape of a cross, about 1 foot wide and 2 feet long.
The Yales have both the American and Israeli flags flying outside their home.
Just after 9 p.m. Monday, Rebecca Yale heard glass breaking and discovered the rock. Then she saw flames and at first thought the house was on fire.
"Then I ran outside and saw the cross and thought, 'wow,' I felt like I was transported back in time," she said.
Incidentally, Tacoma is where Fort Lewis is based; I've previously mentioned that Fort Lewis seems to be a breeding ground for enemy saboteurs within the Army.
Are we really a "divided" or "partisan" nation as the commentators like to say? I think not. I think we are a "severed" nation. The head is absent (or might as well be) and the horrible anti-Semitic rear end is in control of the media and the culture. ¶ 6:20 AM
