Merry Stoopid, Charlie Brown!

Just in case you're just as sick of the OBAMA 1S A SEKR1T MUSL1M!!1!! meme as I am, make sure you're not throwing up in the direction of a friend when you look at this link.

Russell Wiseman is not only someone who has one of the most inaccurate surnames ever, but he also seems to be suffering from a terminal case of what can best be termed "Grinning Jerkface Syndrome". Normally, I wouldn't make a snap judgment based on physical appearance, but in his case I'll make an exception.

Some anniversaries should never be forgotten

This is a relatively short link that doesn't go into brutal detail about one of the most infamous events in American - and for that matter, world - history, but this collection of reminiscences about Pearl Harbor contained a particularly striking comment:

To some, the service has taken on great poignancy given the fact that U.S. troops are risking their lives in the more recent conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan. Last week, President Barack Obama issued orders to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

"It's the same thing all over again," said 89-year-old Richard Laubert, of Phoenix, Ore., who was a pharmacist mate at the Naval hospital at the time of the attack. "I just thought when we were doing the war that would be it for the rest of time. But it seems like we just never solve anything."

I'm hoping (beyond all evidence to the contrary, unfortunately) that Mr. Laubert's words end up being anything but bitterly ironic in the near future.