Catch up time, I suppose!

Last Sunday. What the hell did I do last Sunday? Got up early. Went to church for the first hour (and SWMBO gave a really nice compliment about my singing hymn 142). Came home. After that my mind is totally blank about Sunday. Damn Getting Old Anyway!

Monday I did get out to the property and cut a bit of wood. Pushed over some more trees working on the side yard I want. Was nice but NOT warm up there. I’ve either lost my skill at sharpening my chainsaw blade or the damn thing is getting so old it refuses to hold an edge.

Today, Wednesday, was a pretty normal Wednesday. I hung around the house doing things cause it’s just too expensive for me to get out to the property everyday now. Damn, still got dishes to do. Better get on that or SWMBO will be eating her morning cereal from a plate.

A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves. Absolutely No Profiling! Pause a moment, reflect back: These events are actual events from history. They really happened! Do you remember?< ?xml:namespace prefix = o />

1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a:
Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40.

2.. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

4. During the 1980’s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

No, I really don’t see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President’s security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages of 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.

As the writer of the award winning story ’Forrest Gump’ so aptly put it, ’Stupid is as stupid does.’