Shippensburg University red-lighted for free speech violations.

See the Free Speech Widget on the sidebar for Shippensburg University. Does Ship believe in political free speech for everyone or just those who agree with the University?

Oh, come on. What do you think the answer is going to be?

A Duran Duran song for K-Lo at NRO

This morning was somewhat musical "Down on The Corner" at National Review.com

Derb rewrote a Hank Williams song and Andrew Stuttaford referenced an old Pink Floyd title.

I thought of this as a quick joke because K-Lo is a Duran Duran nut, but it turned into an entire song.

If you like this, feel free to copy it, but please link here and give credit to The Carnivorous Duck.

"Rio '07"
Dedicated to the Queen of Conservative Cool, Kathryn Jean Lopez

Movin' 'cross the river, now you're headin' for paradise.
Border agents hobbled? Si, that's very nice.
With a lift from the left and a boost from the right,
You're ready to go get wet.
You know you're treated special; your amnesty will get through yet.

Her name is Rio and she's flowing through the sand,
She used to be a border, dividing different lands.
And when you've crossed, they'll give you everything they can.
Oh, si. Oh, si. Jose, just cross that Rio Grande.

I-C-E won't chase you and border guards will flee,
Bush and Sutton's actions make it all too plain to see.
Anchor babies and ER rooms; everything for free.
You know that's how the pols think your life should be.

Hey now (dios mio!) Mira! Run that border agent down!
In a weekend or two, your lawyers will sue
As if the victim was you, was you, was you!!!!

Hey, take your chance 'cause Bush is on your side.
I wanna know something, just what is he thinking?
I'm telling you something, we know what they're thinking.

Her name is Rio and she's flowing through the sand.
She used to be a border, dividing different lands.
And when you've crossed, they'll give you everything they can.
Oh, si. Oh, si. Jose, just cross that Rio Grande.

Her name is Rio Grande; she's running through the sand.
She used to be a border between two different lands.
Oh Rio, Rio, see them rushing across the land.
To get their handouts, taken from the common man.

(Bonus stanza)
Her name is Rio, necissito comprehende
If you get across, the perks are never-ending
And if they dare to try to send you home,
They'll end up doing time just like Ramos and Compean.

Copyright 2007 The Carnivorous Duck. All rights reserved.

Alarm Clocks Are Melting the Planet!

Following Rev. Al's lead on banning the light bulb for the unwashed masses, I think we should outlaw the electric alarm clock. They are a criminal extravagence when 4 polar bears drowned in one month a while back (proving that they're all dying because of global warming).

Look at all the electricity we waste when we could be using wind up clocks for the same purpose. As soon as Al Gore invests in a wind-up clock company, he'll start pushing for bans on clocks...
just like he pushes for cap and trade on "carbon" when he started and is still a principal in a company that makes tons of money on thios "carbon trading."

Oh, and Bush is no longer in the oil business, but he started a war just for his friends to make money. No rational person can think anything different, right? But it's perfectly fine for Gore to make money on a policy he's pushing that would limit your and my ability to freely live our lives the way we want. But then again, we're just the unwashed masses and we don't matter to people like Gore. We're here to obey our "betters."

The Night the Lights Went Out In... Everywhere

That's right, your betters have decided you shouldn't be allowed to use your nice, bright incandescent light bulbs. You should use pale, flickering fluorescents instead, because incandescents are causing GLOBAL WARMING!!!!

Did you know that Naval candidates in flight school are FORBIDDEN to study with fluorescent lights because they damage your vision? Something tells me Gore and his family would be allowed to use incandescents because "their ocular health is important for getting the word out that incandescent bulbs are killing the earth and everything on it." No hypocrisy there, of course.

LED lights could also replace incandescents. The one I have for my bike doesn't give a very good spectrum of light... it just leaves you feeling that some light is missing. Mine's a cheapy, so expensive ones might be better, of course.

Here's an opinion pieceon World Net Daily. Farah mentions some things without documentation (i.e., that Phillips is campaigning for this change also, possibly because fluorescents are more profitable than incandescents--and I'd like to see mention of public or private records showing this).
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54815


Here's an NPR piece that mentions Gore asking Congress to ban the light bulb
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9072304

Alec Baldwin On The Global Catastrophe Of Global Cooling

I was in Cleveland these past few days for a quiet holiday period. I flew out of town on Sunday, April 8th. 32 degrees in Cleveland. On April 8th. People walking around in winter coats. This is undeniable proof that Man-Made Global Cooling is going to kill us if we don't immediately get rid of everyone who I disagree with politcally.

There is no spring in the East right now. No April flowers in April for the first time since 1877.
All around us are signs of global climate change. And this new Congress's response is to send Nancy Pelosi to Syria to speak for the Israeli Prime Minister. If you don't think there is a link between the weather and Iraq, you are wrong.

A Manhattan Project-esque assault on US energy policy is what is required now. Our country must lead the way in global energy strategies that will, somehow, convince countries like China not to spend decades to come burning trillions of tons of fossil fuels to grow their economies in the way we did. It is the most important work we can do now, on par with "fighting terrorism."

But this crowd will do nothing to begin that process. All they will do is ignore the meaning of the mid-term election and sprint in the direction of prolonging this war. Their goal, obviously, to pass this mess on to their unfortunate successors in '08.

Nancy has it all right. Time is up. And this is not a loss for Americans and their brave fighting men and women. This is Rumsfeld's War. And like McNamara before him, he will carry that burden on his shoulders long into our country's history. And if we have to put words in other leaders' mouths to force them into peace talks, then that's what we have to do, just like parents have to trick children into eating their peas.

A lot of talk about what the Dems should do now that they are at the wheel. Two people this Congress should not let up on. Rice, obviously. Can't let the opportunity slip away to persecute Rice for not trying to bring Syria and Isreali to the peace table. The other is Olmert.

This Congress needs to send a strong signal, and that is that obedience is important in politics. (Did Olmert really think that we could forgive him for not taking Nancy's lead in the talk for peace?) Olmert needs to go to the shed. For a very long time. Gotta get his mind, right. And when he comes out, ask him, "Are you going to obey Nancy? Are you going to obey your betters? Or aren't you?"

Thank God for Nancy.

Nancy Pelosi Tells Adolf Hilter That Churchill Is Committed to "Peace In Our Time"

Nancy Pelosi to Adolf Hitler:

"I have just spoken with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and he has told me he is ready to open peace talks with you to avoidwar in our time. He pledges that they will not fight you onthe beaches, he will not fight you on the landing fields,he will not fight you in the hills... or in the streets. He willnever give up relying on peace talks."