Maps? Did someone say they liked maps?

Here's a map I rather like.


Ahhh .. that's the lovely color Mandate Red.

Political correctness.

I was scrolling through old email tonight and came across something I'd written to my friend Fred who used to own a newspaper here in town, and is the conservative voice on a morning talk radio program pitted against a liberal contrapuntist. I email him on occasion when something I heard on the show--usually spoken by the liberal, who by the way is also a friend of mine, he's just liberal--ignites in me the need to whip out a response. Anyway Fred often reads my emails on the air when he has time.

A few years ago, I told Fred to offer this definition of political correctness to his on-air colleague for consideration. I still think it is accurate:

[Political correctness] is a mindset whereby behaviors of the majority considered offensive to a minority are wrong.

So if you're in the majority, and you think gays should not be able to marry, and a minority of people (any minority, no matter how small) is offended by this viewpoint, then political correctness says the majority is wrong and must be "sensitive" about expressing the offensive opinion publicly and/or in mixed company. That's generally how it works. Any liberals want to take issue with that, bring it on.

We are here to protect you.

This is mildly disturbing. I came across this last night while reading--believe it or not--Lucianne.

I must admit though, there's a strange catchiness to it. My favorite part is the "Pak Chooie Unf", about which there is no listing at Wikipedia. Last night I tried to add one. This morning it had been erased already. Jerks.

Go Kristi!

What fans??



Way to go Kris on your new job!

Vaya con Dios.