O Canada! O Mormons!

I normally do not, as a rule, link to, Canadians very much. I think that it tends to encourage their silly aspirations towards real nationhood (when they aren't committing the ultimate act of treason to Western Civilization by giving back land to the friggin' Indians. Wait a minute. Those Indians hunt whales. Hmmmm. Euro-Imperialism. Whaling Tradition. Euro-Imperialism...Ah, ferrgidaboutit. Give me Iceland and I get both!).

For awhile I even extended this ban to bloggers from states that border Canada. It was in a moment such as that when I took Mark Shea off the list (that and he was getting boring at the time, which, for an apologist, is pretty good. Scott Hahn is boring all the time, when he isn't being downright laughable. And, No, I am not on Dale Vree's roster of contributors). I got over my strict anti-Canadianism, sort of, but never restored him. I was going to, but then he took a dip into the dull, and I just left him off. I still read him here and there, and I have a feeling that he is a pretty good guy, the sort of fellow you could sit down with and have a beer and an interesting conversation.

But Washington is not quite Canada, and we are here to talk about Canada.

The reason I mention this is that people have probably been wondering why I don't link to Kathy Shaidle, who is almost as snide and mean as I am. I generally like her, even when she is wrong, which is more often than she thinks (must be the short days and long nights of the Canadian winter).

However, she has outdone herself with this post.

I find, among many gems, is that she also finds Bill Dohanue a "pain in the ass", that she, like me, really does not worry about people digging up mean things she has written and waving them around (oooh. oooooooh. Keilholtz wants to invade Canada and clear cut Alberta. ooooooh. He thinks whaling and smoking are good things and sodomy is bad. ooooooooh).

And she writes this stunning bit of prose:

Guys, I've written of Justin Trudeau that "there's never an avalanche around when you need one." I've called Arabs "violent retards" repeatedly. I've opined that the Amish have contributed nothing to Western Civilization aside from the occasional pie. (Add your favourite quote here.)

I would disagree with her broad brushstrokes on the Arabs. If she meant "Mohammedans", which would include non-Arabs such as Cat Stephens, I would be right on board there. And she is absolutely right about the Amish.

If she writes another post like this one, I may have to link to her permanently.

Speaking of vitriol, let me say this about that...

Mormons. There are some very nice Mormons out there. Civil. Polite. Probably won't cut your throat to steal your wallet (although there was the original September 11, where, back in 1857, some Mormon cutthroats behaved very badly. Have I mentioned in this space the amazing similarities between Mormonism and Mohammedanism?). However, I won't do business with 'em, and I won't vote for 'em. Period.

I have a few general voting rules: vote against Babs Boxer, Babs Lee, Hell, anyone named Barbara, against Feinstein, and against Hilary Clinton, which is why I endorse Barack Obama for the Democratic primary.

However, with Mitt Romney in the race, I will go on the record and say that you could put together a Lee/Clinton ticket and I would vote for it if Romney were the opposition.

The other day, when he was announcing his official entry, he was emphasizing his belief in God. Wouldn't you have loved to have been there to ask, "which god, Mitt? The one on Kolob or the god who made him? Or is this your future self, when you shall have a universe of your own, which you and your 72 virgin wives shall live in forever? Oh, you would rather not think about The Pearl of Great Price? Pity. I would like to discuss it, Mitt. I would like the American people to know what a whack-job cult you belong to. You know, David Koresh would have been a better president than one of you Deseret folks!"

The only cultists worse would be Scientologists and JW's.

But a Mormon could pave the way. The Protties have already broken the ice for evil ideas in politics. Let's keep the Mormons at bay. Or at Utah. With a wall around it. Works for me.

Posted by erik at February 14, 2007 9:43 PM