Fairmont, MN fears peace, can't quite explain why

I was at turns baffled and disturbed by this story on NPR's Weekend Edition. When this mostly white, mostly Republican enclave passed a city council resolution supporting the creation of a US Department of Peace, the town lost its collective mind and demanded that the council overturn the resolution, which they did. The story featured audio of concerned citizens attempting to articulate their rationale for opposition, which mainly consisted of a lot of semi-coherent babble about communists and fuzzy children (or something like that), with one man emphatically stating that peace is "wrong." I'm sure Jesus (see also Peace, Prince of) would be shocked to hear that.

Thinking like this is why W is president, and we are currently mired in a pathetic no-win situation in Iraq (and Afghanistan hasn't been going so well lately, either).

Christian Anti-War Protesters Arrested at White House

Finally some Christians behaving like Christians, speaking out against the pointless, endless bloodshed in Iraq, with the result being that the appropriately named Lt. Fear locked several up for not, um, walking on the sidewalk. Or something. Click the link.

"Somebody gonna get pregnant!"

The Onion, America's Finest News Source, has a blog called The Hater - it's my most favorite. It should be yours. Click the title link to see why. I'm going to get some wheelchair gloves.

AICPL: Security in Vista - Cancel or Allow?

This article discusses in detail the performance hits that result from running Vista with its built-in security features running, and presents quite a radical solution: turn it all off.

When I was running Vista RC2, the one thing that I felt like was a deal killer was the constant intrusion from security services, as in the "Cancel or Allow?" Mac ad (just look on YouTube, or Apple's site). Why not just apply proper security policies to being with? Well, that's the stance this article takes.