Love thy neighbor

Here is a phenomenal illustration of the way words can be twisted. Please read this essay from The American Thinker.

Excerpt:
My neighbor seems like a nice guy but suffers from muddled thinking.

The other day he came over to see me and said he was overextended financially, had maxed out all his credit cards, and wanted to know if I could lend him some money. I told him that I usually didn't lend money to non-family members but asked how much he needed. When he said a "few thousand" I immediately told him no...

Read the rest here.

Occupy THIS

I haven't heard much from the Occupy Whatever crowd lately. Rumor has it they're re-grouping their energy (now that winter is over) and planning on occupying whatever shortly, with protests planned all over the country.

Some time last year someone sent me this. I never got around to posting it, which is a shame since I think it says it all.

Mild snark...

The below comment was directed at an older posting called "The Ant and the Grasshopper." This humorous modern twist of the classic Aesop fable also prompted me to write a WND column entitled "Ants, Grasshoppers and God."

So go back and read the original posting on the Ant and the Grasshopper and then consider this reader's comment:

Good to see ignorance is alive and well in North Idaho.

Such a simple comment, isn't it? Yet I find myself curious. What is the basis for the accusation of ignorance concerning Aesop's admonishment to be responsible for ourselves?

I'm serious. I'm inviting the anonymous poster of this comment to please (politely) expand his or her logic and let us all know what part of this fable he/she finds objectionable.