Why Daddy Is a Pinhead

It turns out that here in Madison we have an “author” who has gotten some national attention for his work. When I heard about his first book, I didn’t realize that he lived here in Madison, although I might have guessed that. That’s because I heard the title from Rush Limbaugh and it was called Why Mommy is a Democrat.

Of course it’s a children’s book and he made the papers again today by announcing that he has written a follow up called Why Daddy is a Democrat. In the article, they gave a sample line from Mommy:

“Democrats make sure everyone always has enough to eat, just like Mommy does.”

The “author’ is a fellow by the name of Jeremy Zilber. As far as his real vocation is concerned, the article points out that he, “most recently had temporary teaching assignments at UW-Madison and Lawrence University in Appleton.” So in other words he is an unemployed, over-degreed slacker, right up there with Kevin Barrett, our 9/11 nutcase.

Zilber says that as far as what his critics say, he is most bothered by those who call it propaganda. But he says “I think the book will encourage children to want to learn more about politics." And in fact he may have something there. Let’s look at the sample line from Mommy. When a child reads the line that says Democrats make sure everybody has enough to eat, a question will pop into the child’s mind. That question will be “So who are the evil doers that are trying to keep people hungry?” And with a minimal amount or research that child will learn that it is Republicans who take time out from torturing kittens and puppies to make sure that, somewhere, a child will go to bed hungry. See? He learned it on his own. Zilber’s not telling them WHAT to think, merely HOW to think. Isn’t that what good teachers do?

So I’m thinking maybe I’ve got this guy all wrong. To determine the truth, I did a little snooping and found out where this Zilber lives. Then I went by his house and rifled through his trash where I found a draft copy of his yet to be published, Why Daddy is a Democrat. I’m sure he won’t mind my sharing a few quotes with you. And it appears that he is continuing with the practice of not mentioning Republicans by name so that little Johnny can find this stuff out on his own.

“Democrats believe in free money, like the checks Daddy gets from the Department of Workforce Development. There are other kinds of people who get money by murdering people, exploiting minorities and defiling the Earth. They are not Democrats.”

“Democrats love ALL the children. Then there are those other people who fornicate with sheep and then eat their offspring. They are not Democrats.”

“Democrats are a lot like your dog, Buster. They wag their tails and lick your face and they will always love you. But that Rottweiler down the street who mangled your ankle last year? He is not a Democrat. He’s not even an Independent who will caucus with the Democrats.”

“Remember when your Uncle Bunky taught you how to play ‘Hide the meat puppet’? Well I hope I don’t have to point out that Uncle Bunky is not a Democrat. If you become a Democrat, he will stay away and leave you alone”


So it looks like I owe Professor Zilber an apology. He is merely providing the tools for the sifting and winnowing that they will be asked to do when they are adults.

A Crock

This Miss New Jersey blackmail story is absurd. Photos that do not show her naked, nor drinking under age, nor doing anything else particularly offensive, are supposedly sent with the threat that they will be revealed unless she resigns? Unless this is being done by Miss First Runner Up (who will of course assume those duties should Miss New Jersey, for whatever reason, be unable to fulfil her obligations as Miss New Jersey...) I think it is Miss New Jersey herself who is doing this. Think about it. She just did not one, but two segments on the Today show this morning. She was there to release the photos, supposedly in order to "quell the uproar." I think the truth is she felt she didn't get enough mileage out of the original story. She is now the ONLY state title holder who is known to millions of people and regularly being featured on national television. When asked why she was revealing them now she replied, "I want to end this ... It’s time to reveal them." Yep, that it'll end it for sure. Oh and by the way, she thinks those photos were taken from a web site on which she had posted them. But they were meant to be private, because it was password protected.

Perspective

Just in case you are as outraged by the President's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence as the liberals seem to be, here is something to keep in mind for perspective. Bill Clinton commuted the sentences of 21 individuals convicted of drug dealing. The cases were mostly cocaine with a few heroin, PCP and meth violations. He negated 400 YEARS in prison sentences and commuted one death sentence to life in prison. But of course that's nothing next to a conviction for remebering things differently than Tim Russert.

Veep

I wish Hillary would just go ahead and name Bill Richardson as her runnig mate now. I do believe it is a done deal. In fact, if it starts to get down to the wire in her race with Obama, watch for her to name Richardson as her Veep before the convention. She'd prefer to do it after getting the nomination, but if it looks like that's in danger she'll throw the Hail Mary.

Foreign vs Domestic

The left has been complaining about the President’s NSA wiretapping program ever since they first found out about it. It was instituted to try and catch terrorists but you’d think it was out there tracking down anybody who doesn’t watch Fox News. Now there are issues here that would justify a debate or serious discussion on the matter. But one of the left’s favorite tactics is to slap a label on the issue that not only defines the program in their terms; it usually does so in a way that negates your argument. Think “Pro-choice.” I mean who’s not for freedom of choice? In this case the label is “domestic warrantless wiretapping.” It may be a mouthful, but it gets in all their misleading points. Every article you read by a lefty will, at least, use “domestic.” The reason is because only domestic wiretapping without a warrant is illegal. So what defines “domestic?”

If we were talking about trade, we’d all agree that if I sold something to somebody in the US that would be domestic trade. But if I sell it to somebody in another country, that would be foreign trade. But since only foreign eavesdropping is allowed, all communication involving just one person in the US is domestic. From there they are only a half step away from suggesting that the FBI is listening to you in the confessional. And now that they have established the vernacular, they no longer explain or point out that one of the callers must be on foreign soil. They have now turned foreign into domestic before your very eyes. Neat trick.

Male Victim Syndrome

It seems that there is only one group of Americans who can be criticized, lampooned or bashed without consequence. That would be white, Christian, males of course. Being the largest minority (yes we are a minority) means that there are no PC considerations with which to bother. Apparently it is not possible to offend us. The columnist Leonard Pitts wrote a piece that essentially said we have such an advantage that it’s virtually impossible for us to garner any sympathy no matter what the offense.

While I don’t agree with Pitts, I think there are many who do. And there is enough awareness on that point that men themselves will often remain silent rather than air a legitimate gripe. You will never hear a man point out the huge difference between how Father’s Day is treated as compared to Mother’s Day. It would just sound too petty.

But last week I was visiting a big city. I was sitting around the hotel room watching daytime TV when a show called Cheaters came on. I had heard about but never seen it. So I watched two episodes with a constant wince. It involves a suspicious spouse or boy/girl friend who suspects they are being cheated on. They contact the sleazy host who then proceeds to sic a group of high tech private investigators on the suspected cheater. After they gather enough evidence, the host, offended mate and a camera crew descend on the cheater for a confrontation that is sure to include fireworks. They actually caught one couple in bed. It is beyond tacky.

But I did notice one thing about it. They had all kinds of couples. And when the woman was the doing the confronting, without fail, she attacked the man. That seems perfectly normal. After all he had betrayed her trust. But when the man was doing the confronting, he also attacked the man! Then they had the final couple. They were two lesbians and sure enough one of them was secretly seeing a guy on the side. So of course the other lesbian also attacked the man. Considering that the man was a bigger and tougher opponent in each case, I think there's someting to this.

Ironic Turn of Events

A short blurb in the papers that most people probably missed contained an extremely ironic aspect. It seems that the Chinese communists have had a policy in place since 1989 that says you are not supposed to even make reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre of that same year. But apparently an ad appeared in one of their newspapers that paid tribute to the "..mothers of June 4 victims." When the authorities saw the ad, they launched an investigation as to how this was slipped past the censors. They discovered that the particular government censor who missed it was quite young. And since any mention of the event had been banned all these years, she had never heard of it. I guess you re-write history at your own peril.