Taking a Breather

Last post for some time, folks. This is going to be it for a while.

Long story not made very short, but short enough for full context:

Life has reached one of those stages where things are just too hectic. I can't do it all. It's really that simple. The attempt at trying to swat these political and philosophical issues--these clouds of flies--would wear me to a frazzle. It's time to spend more time with the family and the adventures of sons and wife and dogs and pets and house and getting a few things done around here, fun and otherwise.

As my readers know from gazing at the posts and from the personal correspondence, and the "ABOUT THIS BLOG" section, I have a wide range of interests, thought it seems of late I've rarely gotten around to posting about more than politics. While that's my background, I was hoping to write more personal reflections on things ranging from just the tribulations of life, to coffee brands, pet issues, exotic animals, theology and other spiritual related topics. Have to do a rain check on some of those, I guess. Someday.

Things are coming fast and furious in politics lately, with every day bringing new weirdness to the body politic, and yielding new heights of belligerence from some quarters on everything from government control of major aspects of health, money, economy, and more, to the chummy coddling of the Sons of Allah, and what Thomas Sowell has called "NOTIONAL Security."

There is indeed a general feeling that with 10% unemployment and a 9-year "good and necessary" Afghan war (so liberals said about this one vs. George W. Monkey Satan Bush's Iraq campaign) approaching a decade now, this administration features not just incompetence, but utter incomprehension of what's at stake both at home and abroad.

Oh yeah, then there are distant early warnings from our alleged European betters when it comes to nixing certain civil liberties on behalf of the "common good." Not that we've NEVER heard that one before.

But for some stories, like Sweden banning homeschooling and thus pushing the citizenry under yet more central authoritarian control, while truly interesting as they are scary (for, if Europe is our truly our direction, as the Left argues in other cases ranging from health care, to lax immigration rules, to massive government bureaucratic/busybody control, environmental policy, to Hamas terrorist outreach programs we need to be doing, then we're finished) I just can't get around to at all.

I'd love to cover more on Eric Holder's dropping of the baton handed to him from the Bush administration regarding the prosecution (voter intimidation, no less) of those two stick-thumping New Black Panther thugs from Philly during Election 08', and Obama's absurdist, legalese approach to the War on Terror (also accusing Al-Qaeda of racism, though I guess that does not apply to the Somali version?). One DOES hope Al-Qaeda can get around this moral short falling, and get back to nipping at everyone again soon, eh? (Actually, I'll mention for the moment it seems Al-Qaeda is an equal-opportunity murder syndicate. But I digress.)

I'd also like to go over more about the lackluster response on BP's Bay of Rigs disaster, the Iraq "we-can't-find-our-money" scandal, Leftist collusion to suppress some unfavorable media stories about Obama's connections, the emerging narrative on Tea Party racism, the St. Shirley Sherrod blowup apparently due to Big Government's Brietbart and his response to the NAACP's charges of Tea Party racism, and more.

Some real head-scratchers here, and much much more on the way, no doubt.

Yep. Love to cover it all. But not now. Someone else will have to fill in all that. And they will.

I'll be leaving the site up for a while, so regulars and guests alike should feel free to catch up on any posts they might have not gotten around to, or make comments, etc.

I'll correspond if and when I can, which will moments far and few in-between everything else going on. However, I'll also refer you to some other sites of interest.

Of course, check out the handy blogroll on the right hand side of the blog, but first please check into the posts of, oh, Chris Lostaglia's  libertarian angle on things, Chuck Walker's cerebral flex Headmuscle site, BeastRabban's fantastic blog on theology, Church history, science and religion, Nicholas over on his insightful and accidentally created What the ...?! blog, April The Hyacinth Girl, Ilíon's curious Iliocentrism, RB Glennie's Anatomy of Culture, Kathy Shaidle's delightful Five Feet of Fury, the hilarious adventures Girl on the Right and her loyal companion chihuahua, Bug. And it's always a kick over at Steyn's place (though I think he has the summer off as well).  Lastly, never let the sun go down on the last day of the week without checking into William A. Jacobson's Legal Insurrection.

All these kind folks are great people with whom I've corresponded with personally.

(If your site is somehow not mentioned and you feel left out I'm so very sorry. Contact me and I'll put you on the handy list!)

Take care, and hopefully at some point I'll be back in action. Sort of, anyhow.
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"For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved."
--2 Peter 2:19 (ESV