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Congratulations to Illinois baby Bubba Ludwig. No, it’s not his birthday. In fact, Baby Bubba is only ten months old. Nevertheless, father Howard Ludwig wishes to ensure his son is well prepared for life in the big bad world. He’s just bought little Bubba his first gun license, complete with Bubba’s toothless grinning face and a squiggle representing his signature.

Not to be outdone, Grandpa Ludwig has presented Bubba with his first gun.

Illinois State Police, who authorized the permit, say it was all strictly according to the law. Apparently, there is no minimum age limit for obtaining a gun license in Illinois, which incidentally is reputed to have some of the strictest gun laws in the country.

Heaven help us all.

America – you deserved Columbine, and Red Lake, and Virginia Tech, and all the other sordid school shootings and massacres regularly occurring just so you can fantasize about your macho image and your John Wayne persona. Sadly, all the youngsters slaughtered while you pursue your putrid ideals do not deserve it, but you don’t care because you are just sick.

Howard Ludwig says baby Bubba won’t get his hands on the gun Grandpa Ludwig gave him, until he’s fourteen.

Let me see, Eric Harris was eighteen and Dylan Klebold, seventeen. Jeffrey Weisse was seventeen. Seung-Hui Cho was a mere twenty-three.

Fourteen is such a responsible age.

Howard Ludwig told the Chicago-Sun Times:

“I’m glad he was able to get his FOID card. It makes an adorable addition to his baby book.”

Mister Ludwig, forgive me for saying so, but I consider you an ass-hole.

Filed under: Games kiddies play

Condoleeza Rice’s recent visit to Russia has ended in failure. It’s not surprising when you consider that nothing Rice has done since her promotion to Secretary of State has ended any other way. In fact, the same could be said for the whole administration, including the president. Most American presidents, on leaving office, leave a legacy of sorts. Apart from play the role of a modern Emperor Nero, what has George W Bush or his administration achieved in two terms?

Rice’s visit to Russia, billed as a “diplomatic visit”, was more of a farce. ‘Diplomacy’ is not in her dictionary. If she was puzzled by Putin’s apparent coldness towards her country, when she informed him the U.S. intends to pursue the sighting of its missiles in Poland and Czechoslovakia, she might consider this:

Imagine if the boot were on the other foot and Russia had formed an alliance with Canada. Consider a situation where Canada agreed to deploy Russian missiles on its border with the U.S.. The Russian foreign secretary makes a “diplomatic visit” to the American president and tells him the Russian missiles “are nothing to worry about.”

How would the American people expect their president to respond?

Filed under: Diplomacy of aggression

“Never speak ill of the dead, pharmacy ” is a philosophy of deceit. If someone was disreputable in life, here then death can never change that. Jerry Falwell was a millstone around the neck of America, order dragging it ever backwards into the dark ages.

Much will be said and written of this man over the next weeks, most of it crass, shallow and deceitful in its uttering, by those with most to gain from such dishonest eulogy. Some Republican nominees for the presidency have already begun.

I will not waste my time writing more on the passing of this man, except to say that I hope he gets the Heaven he deserves.

Filed under: Dead hypocrites