Canyon, wars & B-HO

The Canyon

We walked much of the south rim of the Grand Canyon over a two day visit. To anyone with an inquiring mind, the thought of a river creating the canyon is laughable. So scientists have come up with a new theory called up-lift. Yes, while the river was down cutting the “experts” tell us earth itself was up-lifting.

When the Park Ranger finished her talk we walked away politely. It was only on the way home I asked the three kids in the group if they believed the ranger. They all said they did. Then I asked, given all of the rivers in the world, many more powerful than the Colorado, why is there only one Grand Canyon? No good answer.

Of course the Park Ranger would have been fired had she said, “You know, we have no clue how this thing got here. All of our scientific theories are inadequate to explain this phenomenon. Perhaps the hand of God played a role. That’d explain it.”

The long war

I did some light reading on the trip. Anyone who doesn’t think we (we as in the West) have been at war with militant Islam since about the 6th century ought to pick up William Weir’s “50 battles that changed the world.”

About half are of battles in Weir’s book involve Christian/Muslim conflict. We are probably engaged in a battle today that historians will reflect upon as one that changed the world. What’s at stake? A moderation, modernization and democratization of the Middle East or the beginning of a new-world wide caliphate.

Indiana Primary

The Democrats are going to try to dissuade Republicans from voting in the Dem primary here in IN. I plan to vote for the Shrillda Beast in the May 6th IN Dem Primary. I will have a camera ready if any of the Dems try to “dissuade” me.

I’ve noted on this page before that throwing the Dem party into chaos is just an added benefit of my vote for the Beast.

The real purpose of my vote will be to scuttle B-HO’s bid for the presidency. Anyone who sits and listens to hate filled, bigoted, anti-American preacher for 20 years, then claims he didn’t know anything about the preacher’s G-D America attitude is a liar or a dope. Same with B-HO’s mischaracterization of John McCain’s 100 years in Iraq remark. B-HO is a liar or a dope when he says John McCain supports a 100 year war in Iraq.

Do we see a pattern emerging? So which is it B-HO, liar or dope?