Carnival of the Vanities #5

Written by Laurence Simon
Published October 22, 2002
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  • Jim at The Philosoblog - A Quick Gun Ownership Argument: A simple but straightforward postulation on gun ownership and privilege vs. freedom.

  • Charles Hill of Dustbury - When No One Wants You: Women can smell desperation like dogs can smell fear.

  • Stefan "Shark" Sharansky - Sharansky Peace Prize: Who won, and who should have won for truly creating an opportunity for peace. Did they ever get the name of the Chinese guy who stood in front of the tank column during the Tiennamen Square Massacre? It probably didn't take long to hose him out of the tank treads, but I figure it's worth a prize.

  • Alex of Heretical Ideas - Oil, Not Just For Cars, You Know: Alex reminds us that we need oil for other things. I had a high school physics teacher who kept saying that "The dumbest thing you could do to oil is burn it." He drove a gas-guzzler.

  • Madeleine Kane - Bush Don't Want No Arms Inspections: Another brilliant song parody. Is she the Weird Al of the Blogosphere?

  • Toren Smith of Safety Valve - Bizarre Search Hits of the Week: This meme continues to demonstrate not only that people across the world look for some pretty stupid and weird things, but they tend to end up in the most bizarre places looking for answers... like blogs.

  • Tom Paine of Silent Running - A TALE OF TWO AUSTRALIANS: Clive James versus Germaine Greer with regards to the Bali Bombing. He points out some important must-reads for those wanting to load up on ammunition against the Idiotarian America-Hating Left.

  • Fred's Fragments From Floyd - Strange Farmer of Erehwon : Dipping deep in the past, Fred tells a little tale about a farmer sharing his memories. Perhaps, just perhaps, maybe it applies to all of this happy vanity?

  • Tim's Road To Surfdom - Guns and Government: Tim takes the position that attitudes towards government dictate attitudes towards guns and then takes a look at America and Australia. To figure out the Texas attitude, just take a look at Waco... the government *is* tyrannical.

  • Glenn Frazier - The Annihilation Game: Glenn demonstrates how two arguments can mutually annihilate each other. Me, I like the word annihilate, and it's good to be the moral cowboy.

  • Dodd Harris - Allies We Can Do Without: Dodd takes a look at the downside to open forums - wackos who post enemies lists and other inane garbage. Good core concept, but some bad barnacles latching on. I wonder if Little Green Footballs has the same problems in a way?

  • South Knox Bubba - Leveling the playing field: When it comes to trying to make the software industry competitive, we shouldn't leave it in the hands of "public servants" who are only fit to ask "Do you want fries with that?"

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    #1 — October 22, 2002 @ 21:09PM — Eric Olsen

    Very nice annotation ye olde Amish dude (how's that for conflating various European and post-European tongues? Hey, that sounds like fun) Biggy: get well soon. It's always more fun to jump off the wagon and then lie in wait for the driver.

    This is a great series!!

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