Savant Kim Peek Dead at 58

Saturday, savant Kim Peek also known as the real “rain man” died of a heart attack Saturday.

Jack Interrogates Santa

Its Christmas time and I am busy with work and all of the rest of the stuff that goes along with this time of year, like watching Its A Wonderful Life.

Thoughts About Modern Fatherhood

Fatherhood is sacred, as is motherhood, but in different respects. The father figure is one of the main ingredients of the glue that holds a family unit together. The father is supposed to be a leader, a guardian and a man that can occupy the emotions of both strength and love at the same time.

Sadly, fatherhood has become something of a minor role in some parts of society. Men, it seems, are thought to be sperm donors. The role of the father as we knew it has become archaic and old fashion, in a society where old fashion ways are bad and progression is the only good. And a good amount of men seem to not want to own up to their duties as fathers.

In Hollywood, fathers are bumbling idiotic figures, that always seem to be at the mercy of their children and at the other end of a much smarter and more sophisticated wife. In some cases the Hollywood father is too controlling and too demanding of his children, they never give him the ability to be both a wise loving father and a father that has a firm grasp on his household.

Society has cultivated this image of the father, in a world where instead of correcting our societal errors we tend to just make a U-turn and call that a solution. I say this in respect to the role of women in this country. A role, that to our own disgrace, did not give women the same rights as men. But that doesn’t mean that women can replace the role of the father. Certain people in society seem to want to push the idea that women don’t need men in any capacity, aside for their sperm. But the roles of men and women in respect to parenting are different. I will never deny that there are men out there that are equivalent to the scum that one might scrape off the bathroom floor. They exist and I will get to them further into this piece. I say this not to diminish women in any way, shape or form, I only say it to make the point that we must not lessen the role of the male father figure in society in the name of equality, effectively making the role of mother and father both irrelevant. I fear that if we continue down this road, much of the good traditions that we carry on from the past will get thrown out because they are connected, solely by time, to the bad traditions.

President Barack Obama, to his credit, seems to agree with this premise. He has said since the beginning of his presidency that he believes that fathers need to play a large role in the place of the American family.

Unfortunately, liberal policies have put the father in the position that we are in now. Abortion has become sort of an insurance policy for men looking to have a night of pleasure. They need not worry about getting a woman pregnant, they can always have an abortion. Yet that shows a total lack of respect for the woman and her feelings.

Taking away the emphasis on commitment and marriage before sexual intercourse has destroyed the family unit. Now men and women don’t see the need to get married before moving in with each other, and they don’t see the need to get married before they have sexual relations with each other. If a woman gets pregnant this puts the couple in an odd position. Some couples end up getting married, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but when it doesn’t it is not a pretty sight. When the parents don’t get married the mother generally takes care of the child. How many times have you heard the term “single father?” I should say hardly ever.

Single mothers are becoming norm and the only answer that the left has to this problem is to say that the mother can take it, she is a strong woman. But I think that there should be no shame if a single mother wants to say that it is hard and that she cannot take it. And if the woman does go there the only answer that the left then has is to bring the government into the problem. A problem that could have been avoided if only two people had been responsible and taken into account the consequences of their actions.

And to address the bathroom scum that I referred to earlier in the article. To the “men” that treat women and children like that, I have very little respect for you. When I say that fatherhood is sacred I really do mean it. There is nothing that is good about being a single mother, and if you think for one second that you should just turn and walk away, for any reason, you are sadly mistaken. This includes a child’s mother that wants nothing to do with you. I know single mothers and I know their children, and the strongest emotion that I have for any “father” that decides to put zero effort into raising their child, that they helped create, is contempt. If I were in your shoes there would be nothing, not time or space, not anything, that would keep me from having a daily loving relationship with my child! My heart breaks for the child that grows up not knowing you, not learning from you and not having you there for them. My heart also breaks for the woman left alone. I can only hope that one day you see the mistake that you’ve made. And for the women that want to push the father away, if he is making an effort give him a chance.

When it comes to children they grow up fast. You don’t want to miss a minute of it. I’ve learned all of this from watching my niece grow up. Its only been a year and a half and watching her grow and turn into a person has opened my eyes to what it might feel like to be a father. There is nothing like the embrace of a child. There is nothing like feeling needed by a child. If there is one thing that I hope and pray that I can accomplish in my time here on this earth, it is to become a father.

Climate Change Fairy Tale

LOL! Alan Grayson ROTFL!

A lot was said about today about Sen. Alan Grayson’s STFU comment on Hardball with Chris Mathews. Mathews stays true to his “old media” self  and Grayson comes off as if he just got out of an intense flame war on a forum. If you don’t know what STFU means, even after watching the video, search for one of those dictionaries that helps parents decipher their child’s text messages and it will be there.

In all seriousness, I’m not to troubled by the whole STFU remark, only because I don’t really expect very much out of Grayson. His remark about Bush 41 seems to have been stagnating in his head for about a month, he was just waiting for a TV appearance that he could unload the burden of such a lame joke, supposing it was funny, guess he thought Hardball was that place. There’s this thing called news cycles and I’m pretty sure that one has passed Mr. Grayson.

More Climate Change Stuff

I saw this video of Hugh Hewitt’s blog, its a video of Czech President Vaclav Klaus and his commentary on global warming and European politics.

Also, I ran across this website yesterday. It is Climate-X-change.net. Its pretty funny how the ulterior motive that climate skeptics have been talking about is so clearly visible. Its a site that claims to be all about global climate change, but in all actuality its about furthering the gay agenda, furthering PETA’s agenda and anti-capitalism. Don’t believe me? Go look at the links. There’s no ulterior motive at all.

Rex Murphy on Climategate

I don’t know who this guy is, but he has a good point.

Zo Rant

Good video, found on Viral Footage.

Life After Climategate

After Climategate things are different, a message that doesn’t seem to resonate with climate change believers. In their mind it never happened.

The Nation’s Christopher Hayes writes of climate change “there are some distressing signs about the drift of public opinion on the issue.” One might think that given everything that has happened in regard to Climategate that story would be a centerpiece of this article. And if you‘re expecting it, don‘t hold your breath.

The premise of the article revolves around polling data that shows that many peoples concerns over “climate change” or “global warming” are declining. Though, as of now, the article points out that a majority people support cap-and-trade legislation. This presents us with a question, in the midst of declining belief in climate change among Americans, will this legislation pass?

Allow me to digress. I brought up the Climategate issue for a reason. Everything from here on out that is muttered about global warming or human caused catastrophic global climate change must be looked at through a skeptical lens, as it should have to begin with. We must take into account the developments that have come to light. I hate to tell people this, but these emails have greatly discredited anything that you say about climate change, global warming, and climate science all together. So anytime someone say’s “look right here, its in this book!” or “some scientist said this” it seems a bit pointless, because when your scientists lie and your books are based on their science, you loose credibility.

That said, in Hayes’ article he seems to be bit skeptical over the messaging campaign that democrats and activists have taken. He say’s “capping of carbon has been sold, both by Democratic lawmakers and progressive activists–that is, as a bill that seems to have nothing to do with catastrophic climate change.” He then points out that they are selling this as a job creation tool.

This brings us to a point that Hayes made earlier in the article, one that I’ve heard from other people in the past, people aren’t thinking about climate change, they are thinking about jobs. Now, while I agree with the idea that people want jobs, it seems laughable to think that cap-and-trade will do anything to help spur job creation. Hayes doesn’t disagree with the premise that the legislation will create jobs, “cap and trade will create strong incentives for innovation in an economy that badly needs them and will begin re-engineering the fossil fuel economy in a way that will surely create net job benefits.”

When will people wake up from this dream? Putting a cap on production is supposed to open up more jobs? I’m sorry, but I have a hard time believing that anything that caps production will result in anything but job loss and higher prices for the consumer.

And the very fact that Hayes can even write this last part, addressing climate change skeptics, troubles me:

It’s maddening that a well-funded industry of contrarians continues to wage a monstrous campaign of deceit, that the simple facts have to be fought for every day. But they do. “Climate change is happening,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at a recent briefing. “I don’t think that’s anything that is, quite frankly, among most people, in dispute anymore.”

If only it were so. You cannot pass a climate bill without talking about the climate. So starting with Copenhagen, the large, unwieldy coalition committed to making sure we don’t do catastrophic damage to our fellow humans around the globe needs to make sure we put climate back at the center of the climate debate.

“A monstrous campaign of deceit”! He can’t be talking about his own people, can he? Of course not! A well-funded campaign of deceit is exactly what skeptics are up against. The truth is that if the climate “scientists” don’t get the results that they want and need, they will loose funding. Seems like a pretty good reason to get people afraid and a good reason to change/hide data.

Hayes fails to adequately address the issue of Climategate within this article. And that seems to be the move that many believers are willing to take. If we just ignore it, it will all go away. I’m sorry to break it to you, but this is not going away, and if they want to ever regain prominence and respect they must address this issue.

Barbara Boxer Angry About Climategate?

Barbara Boxer is pretty angry about the Climategate, but for other reasons, “You call it ‘Climategate’; I call it ‘E-mail-theft-gate,” she said at a committee meeting. This according to Michael O’Brien of the Hill’s blog briefing room.

She is, however, going to look at the emails. “Whatever it is, the main issue is, Are we facing global warming or are we not? I’m looking at these e-mails, that, even though they were stolen, are now out in the public.”

But you see, that is what we’ve been saying all along! That is a question that you would have otherwise thrown out at horse feces, because there is “scientific consensus.” Oh wise one that is called Barbara Boxer, we just want some answers ma’am. Before you and all of the governments around the world go off spending our money on a lie, we ask that you look at all of the evidence and make an educated decision, that is all.