James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley Jr. Debate

This is awesome.

James Baldwin and I have something in common.
We both whooped WFB, Jr. in a debate.

Subject: "Has The American Dream Been Achieved at The Expense of the American Negro?"
 Full version available here.

Someone Questioned What Planet I Live On in the Newspaper!

I’d feel safe walking with folks in a Tea Party rally

Express-Times Newspaper - April 03, 2010

In response to the letter from Erik B. Anderson, I would like to ask “What planet is Independence Township on?” I think I know. It’s the planet that only receives the alphabet networks on TV.

Anderson sounds like all the other sound-bite political gurus. I ask him to do some research on the Tea Party movement to find out what the protests are all about. They’re about big government, high taxes and out-of-control spending. How are these people terrorists?

He might also do a bit of research about how the “left” handles themselves during their protests. Go back and look at the hatred that was spewed from the “left” about the previous administration. I think you’ll see a marked difference in behavior between them and the Tea Party protests.

And if you really want to see what’s going on, research how the mainstream media covers both kinds of events. You may be surprised.

I guess The Express-Times hasn’t been covering the massive unrest and crime wave in Independence Township, but here in Nazareth, I am safe both on the streets and in my home. Although I haven’t attended a Tea Party rally yet, I would feel perfectly safe there also.

CRAIG RIFENDIFER
Bushkill Township

This is exactly the tactic that I described in my March 31, 2010 letter to the same newspaper. Craig Rifendife slandered my name. People like him depend on Ad Hominem attacks to win their arguments.

They also depend on Straw Man Fallacies. Who is "The Left" he is referring to? I'm right handed.

I am writing a response now.

Sincerely,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782

This is the King of Funny Faces

Αυτό είναι ο βασιλιάς των αστείων προσώπων

Is Est Rex ab Jocularis Visio

זה מלך מצחיק פרצופים

Let the Scoffing Begin

Published Again!

Fight, don't join, the terrorists
The Easton Express Times
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The tea partiers are consciously trying to induce a public nervous breakdown.
Whether they are sending death threats to a congressman's 5-year-old son in Florida, violently throwing money at a man with Parkinson's disease on an Ohio sidewalk or maliciously shouting the "N" word at African-American representatives at an event in Washington, D.C., the effect is utterly terrifying.

The mass hysteria that is today's Tea Party shows that the majority of us have forgotten we are supposed to be fighting terrorists, not becoming them. Do they really think the end justify the means?

When are we the people going to realize that we are not crazy after all? When will we stand up to all of this bullying? We are not safe in public. We are not safe in our homes. What will the future of our country be like if no one risks stepping out and fighting back?

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township

Medieval Times - March 31, 2010

King Philip meets King Erik

Medieval Times is a Theme Restaurant in Lyndhurst, New Jersey - Not far from New York City

SPOILER WARNING!

The Red Knight was quite stuck up. I did not like him because he did not even raise his eyes to we poor peasants and barefoot nobles in the red section. He fought very well, beating the blue knight. But was bested by the "Invincible" white and black knight, who was then betrayed by the Green Knight.

I do not know if Medieval Times needs spoiler warnings.

I hope they don't do the exact same show every day. God bless them if they do.

More images:

The Red Knight kept his back to us the whole time.

King Philip and his daughter-in-law, Prince Leonora

If I were not a barefoot noble (i.e. a noble with a title, but no property), I would have purchase a bright glowing sword or something to swing around.

I dropped half of a chicken on the floor. Luckily, my neighbor was a vegetarian and gave me hers, so I had already had one. I did not go hungry. Others in my group complained that one piece of chicken, half a potato and tiny piece of corn on the cob left them hungry. That's not their public image. I always thought Medieval Times was a smorgasbord.

In any case, I had a good time.

Thank you to Easter Seals of Warren County for taking me there.

Sincerely,

Erik B. Anderson

Independence Township, New Jersey

Established 1782

Friday Cat Blogging

The Princess of Funny Faces is Sick.

She hasn't been eating for over a month.

This is her on Wednesday. She was so bad yesterday I thought I was going to be putting her to sleep today. That's not going to happen today, but it might sometime next week. In the meantime, I am going to try some deworming medication.

My mind has been in a lot of pain over this.

K.o.F.F. - Origins

I don't like this performance at all, but other people seem to like it.