Roscoe's Public Notes

Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, is a dumb guy. Just sayin’.

American public schools are taking directions and materials from the Mexican government to teach immigrant student math, science, and US history in Spanish. Really:

We are on the same path as the British, the path to non-existence, though we are not as far gone as they are.

ATLANTA (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that it was almost inconceivable that Iran would “commit suicide” by launching missiles at Israel. [Does anybody take Jimmy Carter seriously anymore? - I sure don't! -R]

Warren Ellis’ latest triumph is Fell: Feral City, tight little tales of freaks in a creepy city called Snowtown. [I've been collecting Fell since the 1st issue. I recommend it highly, too. -R]

Man, “self denial” is my middle name, huh? [Heh. SDB is about as bad in disciplining his anime collecting as I am about disciplining my comic book collecting. -R]

[Bwahahaha! -R]

Hundreds of people in Peru have needed treatment after an object from space – said to be a meteorite – plummeted to Earth in a remote area, officials say. [Wish this was getting more news coverage here in the US. -R]

The Islamic bloc has replaced the Soviet bloc as the largest unified voting bloc in the UN. [And could there ever be a better reason for getting the USA out of the UN and kicking the UN out of the US?! -R]

“Looming $20B Arms Sale Raises Concerns,” by Barry Schweid for AP: [The extent to which the Bush Administration sucks up to Saudi Arabia is disgusting and dangerous -R]

The leftists at Politico tried to stage a hit on Rudy Giuliani and Peter King today, and I received more than a dozen emails pointing me at their deceptive piece: Giuliani adviser criticized for remark. .. [Imho, there ARE too many mosques & too many Mus