Okay, so I've been away for a while....

In the spirit of Thomas Sowell, here's some "Random Musings" on current events and popular culture.

Did any of the illegal immigrants participating in the May1 protests turn to the Reconquista types next to them and say "why in the world would I want to 'reconquer' the American Southwest and return it to Mexico? I'm here because Mexico, (or El Salvador, or Guatemala, or ...) our home, which I love, is an armpit of corruption!"

The Republican Party seems to be lost, clueless, and comprised of primarily of idiots. Completely tone deaf on immigration, spending like Democrats, going wobbly on the War On Terror, their only hope is the undeniable fact that, compared to the Democrats, they are sane and sober.

Gas prices are "soaring." Must be eeeeeevil Big Oil. Or maybe its simply the inescapable result of China's and India's increasing consumption combined with no appreciable increases in supply?

The Duke lacrosse team "rape" fiasco demonstrates once again the utter irrationality of the legal culture surrounding rape. Rape shield laws are prima facie unconstitutional, as they reduce the defendants ability to "confront his accuser", and they are unconstitutional because they treat the rape accuser as a superior form of witness than your garden variety assault victim, which means that the guarantee of equal treatment is violated.

Did anybody hear that our air is cleaner now than its ever been? Nah, such a story is neither sexy, nor fits into the enviro agenda.

Modern locomotives are remarkably quiet!

The Pontiac Solstice is a schweet looking lit'l car, but I'd rather have the new Mazda "Miata". Of course, why Mazda dropped the "Miata" name and reverted to simply "MX-5" is can only be explained by the mysteries of the marketing mind.

Laptops put out a lot of heat.

George Bush, aka "W", is disappointing because of his remarable ability to sell short the conservative agenda, yet I still thank God that he's in the White House rather than Kerry or Gore.

Not a "random musing", but a bedrock observation: God is good.