As his official slogan proudly states: "Why the hell not?" Tomorrow, Kinky Friedman plans to submit his Declaration of Intent to run as an Independent candidate for governor of the State of Texas. That's right, the cowboy hat-wearing, cigar-chomping country singer and mystery novelist is taking his first steps into the political fray.
But lest Mr. Friedman be dismissed as a flash-in-the pan celebrity cashing in on the success of Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger, his platform actually contains many sensible ideas. Kinky favors low taxes and renewable energy (especially to reduce our dependence on OPEC and Middle Eastern oil), is against big government and corruption, and perhaps best of all wants to campaign against political correctness.
A couple potential downsides, however - apparently he wants to legalize casino gambling to fund education and wishes to appoint both Willie Nelson as head of the Texas Rangers (the law enforcement group, not the baseball team) and his Palestinian hairdresser Farouk Shami as Texas's ambassador to Israel. I'm not sure how serious these particular claims are (they come from quotes on his website and not part of an official platform), but casinos can be a mixed bag, Willie Nelson certainly doesn't seem to be a law enforcement type of guy (if anything, he's the opposite!), and who knows about this Palestinian hairdresser. (Do states even have official ambassadors to other nations?)
But whether the above is real or merely tongue-in-cheek, Kinky Friedman's presence will certainly make the 2006 Texas governor race much more interesting. See his official website at www.kinkyfriedman.com for more details and to follow his campaign.
Also, in other news:
Inclined to believe Howard Dean, John Murtha and the like on Iraq? James Phillips of The Heritage Foundation presents a must-read fact-based document dispelling all of their antiwar myths.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia says that "extremists have hijacked Islam" and vows to fight them. I guess he's going to start by looking in the mirror? The Saudi government has financed fundamentalist Wahhabi Islam, which has inspired tens of thousands of terrorists (at least), around the world for years. Extremists haven't hijacked Islam; Saudi Arabia has. This country is no U.S. ally, and our government must toughen up on them immediately.
For Jewish people in America: Time to get busier in the bedroom. (This is actually a serious and important article.)
I believe King Abdullah was being very serious about the hi-jacking. Previously the Wahabbist export and control was probably under the full control of the Royal Family. At this point it is pretty obvious that some-one else is in control of this extreme fascist organisation, shall we guess Osama Mama.
The radicals are in full take down the King and family mode so I think I can see his point. Of course, they are reaping what they planted in the desert originally so no, I don't feel sorry for the morons at all!!!
As for Kinky, I agree he sounds pretty damned good until the Willie Nelson bit. I was even willing to go along with the hairdresser, but, Willie has come out against Bush, the War, and plain common sense. He's gotta GO!!!
I'm not Jewish so don't feel qualified to speak on the last point. I will say we need more of the Conservative types though!!
Posted by: kuhnkat | December 08, 2005 at 01:38 PM
The deal with the low Jewish birth rate and mass intermarriage losses is directly related to the curse of liberalism. The one thing that should encourage us is that observant Jews are reproducing at very healthy numbers, much to the chagrine of the libs.
Posted by: Madzionist | December 08, 2005 at 06:16 PM
I think most people are aware of the intermarriage thing, but the low birth rate was surprising to learn about. It certainly all makes sense after reading the article though.
Hopefully things will change, but even if not, the downward trend shouldn't go on forever - at some point, the increased Orthodox population will compensate for and then overtake any decreases in the more liberal Jewish population. The end result, hence, is that over the next several decades (unless there is mass aliya), American Jews on average will become much more Jewishly-practicing.
Posted by: Solid Surfer | December 08, 2005 at 07:54 PM
YES, natural selection works.
In the US and western countries the Christians are caught up in the lefty lifestyle. Their birthrates are down so they are not passing their ugly social and moral values to as many children. You also see this in Japan and Russia. Pretty uch any country that buys into the modern Western filth seems to go the same way. Over involvement in personal promotion and satisfaction.
The more fundamental Christian families have higher birthrates. The non-americn Christians are churning out the little buggers like they are trying to take over the world.
In the long run Christianity will outbreed Islam. The question is what will happen till then. Will the Islamofascists obtain large numbers of WMDS and perform an equalization process?
I see that as our job over this time period. Prevent the Islamofascists from wiping out the Jews and seriously damaging the breeding stock of the Christians.
Actually I don't think they could wipe out the Jews either, but, they could seriously reduce the Genetic dirversity.
The good news again it the selfish western society is self limiting just like the Roman Empire and others.
I like to ask lefties if they know what one of the main things that failed civilizations have in common. I think it is their promiscuity and especially their indulging homosexuals activity.
Posted by: kuhnkat | December 10, 2005 at 08:57 PM
It's not just Western countries - apparently Middle Easterners are having less kids too: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GH23Aa01.html
Posted by: Solid Surfer | December 11, 2005 at 08:52 PM