{"id":15037,"date":"2009-06-16T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T06:41:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:41:16","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 16 June 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/thefix\/eye-on-2012\/ensign-to-acknowledge-extramar.html\">The Fix &#8211; Ensign Acknowledges Extramarital Affair<\/a> &#8211; Ah, family values &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/16\/nyregion\/16bigcity.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=print\">Big City &#8211; A Manhattan Mother\u2019s Battle Against Junk Food Puts a School on Edge &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; Um, concern about the healthy eating of your children, and even the kids around them, is laudable.  But, in the words of William Shatner, &#8220;Get a life!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-6121-Oklahoma-Crime-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Oklahoma-Highway-Patrol-finally-releases-video-of-trooper-attack-on-paramedic\">Oklahoma Highway Patrol finally releases video of trooper attack on paramedic<\/a> &#8211; Crikey.  With great power comes great responsibility &#8230; and this is precisely why the great power that the police have requires an <b>enforcement<\/b> of that responsibility.  Reed and Malloy would be appalled.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simplefeed.consumerreports.org\/rsrc\/link\/auto\/new_voice_for_tomtom_gps_homer_simpson__966027054?f=79043330-01de-11de-3025-003048605010\">New voice for TomTom GPS: Homer Simpson<\/a> &#8211; I like personalizing my GPS &#8212; but I&#8217;m not sure I want a &#8220;recognizeable&#8221; voice.  Seems like the jokes would get very stale, very quickly.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/06\/video-game-pundits.html\">Video Game Pundits<\/a> &#8211; This quote should be cut out and taped onto every fridge in the nation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/fRNnqP6eLvo\/jon-voight-bring-an-end-t_b_216405.html\">Jim Watkins: Jon Voight: &#8220;Bring An End&#8221; To This Dangerous Rhetoric: Jim Watkins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/06\/near-universal-agreement.html\">Americans Unite Across Party And Ideology: Andrew Sullivan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/EGdHFxjjsho\/state-dept-spoke-to-twitt_n_216414.html\">State Dept. Spoke To Twitter About Keeping Iran Online: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/politics\/~3\/a6bWTOpKAGE\/cnbcs-burnett-compares-ef_n_216434.html\">CNBC&#8217;s Erin Burnett Compares EFCA to Ahmadinejad: The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivethirtyeight.com\/2009\/06\/if-he-did-it.html\">If He Did It: noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/jezebel\/full\/~3\/6r0hjkqrAJc\/fairy-tale-heroines-return-to-dark-roots-in-modern-setting\">Fairy Tale Heroines Return To Dark Roots In Modern Setting [Disneyland]<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ll note that comic books have been hot and heavy on this theme over the last 5-7 years. &#8220;Legends&#8221; comes to mind, among others.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.touringplans.com\/2009\/06\/16\/disney-world-online-adr-system-live-for-public\/\">Disney World Online ADR System Live For Public<\/a> &#8211; Man, I wish this had been rolled out just a few months earlier &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/consumerist\/full\/~3\/sHhbJS9TVMY\/fda-stop-using-zicam-nasal-gel-its-associated-with-loss-of-sense-of-smell\">FDA: Stop Using Zicam Nasal Gel, It&#8217;s Associated With Loss Of Sense Of Smell [Recalls]: Meg Marco<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/what-will-focus-family-look-future\">What Will Focus on the Family Look Like in the Future?: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/oneutah\/Gkug\/~3\/mK2yyTYhOIs\/\">Why Does the Party of NO Hate America?<\/a> &#8211; Well, always nice to see proof that It&#8217;s All About Politics, not principle.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/06\/090616122106.htm\">Same-sex Behavior Seen In Nearly All Animals, Review Finds<\/a> &#8211; Nature!  It&#8217;s so Unnatural!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sciencedaily.com\/~r\/sciencedaily\/~3\/vD8SkiQic0o\/090616122108.htm\">Providing Health Insurance For US Children Would Be Cheaper Than Expected,  Study Says<\/a> &#8211; But &#8230; but &#8230; SOCIALISM! !! !!!!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/thisisnthappiness\/~3\/4OZEsDevKD8\/124648385\">NewsToday<\/a> &#8211; Heh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. The Fix &#8211; Ensign Acknowledges Extramarital Affair &#8211; Ah, family values &#8230; Big City &#8211; A Manhattan Mother\u2019s Battle Against Junk Food Puts a School on Edge &#8211; NYTimes.com &#8211; Um, concern about the healthy eating of your children, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/16\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-16-june-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 16 June 2009&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[263,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23418,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/03\/responsibility-vs-opportunity.html","url_meta":{"origin":15037,"position":0},"title":"Responsibility vs Opportunity","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 3-Nov-11 9:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting article looking at differences between conservatives and liberals in the area of causes of wealth and poverty. In short, conservatives tend to blame (or reward) personal choices as the cause of success or failure in society -- the poor are poor because they are lazy and make bad\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30326,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/24\/how-much-responsibility-does-it-take-to-not-be-part-of-the-horrid-47.html","url_meta":{"origin":15037,"position":1},"title":"How much responsibility does it take to not be part of the Horrid 47%?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 24-Sep-12 5:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Wherein the authors do some math to determine how much\u00a0a minimum wage worker will need to work in order to earn enough to pay federal income taxes and thus become (in Mitt's eyes) a contributing part of society and, thus, probably a Republican. 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Now, there\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Geopolitical Brouhaha&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"Torches and Pitchforks","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/angry-mob-300x199.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30313,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/23\/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15037,"position":4},"title":"With great power comes great responsibility","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 23-Sep-12 12:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorry, while I have great appreciation for the difficulty of the work that we ask our police to do, I find it exceedingly difficult to believe that a competent police officer faced with a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheel chair, no matter what he was waving around (a pen,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49981,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/04\/on-christian-rights-and-responsibilities.html","url_meta":{"origin":15037,"position":5},"title":"On Christian Rights and Responsibilities","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 4-Apr-15 4:34am","format":false,"excerpt":"I find this essay fascinating; the author is far more conflicted about gay relationships than I am, certainly, but the conclusion he reaches is, to my mind, a critical one.'Perhaps now is the time for Christians to focus more on our responsibilities than our rights. 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