Various Sunday stuff

Here is some links and random ramblings for Sunday:

Natalee Holloway has replaced Michael Jackson for me. If the newscaster says it is time for a Natalee update, I reach for the remote and change the channel. I feel sorry for her family but I don't need to hear about her case in every news update. Separately, what were those people thinking sending a bunch of kids down to Aruba for graduating high school? Another case of more money than brains. No matter how this turns out, I bet Aruba will suffer a serious drop in tourism for the next few years.

Flag burning is back in the news. Not because anyone has burned one lately but rather because the House of Representative passed a proposed Amendment to the Constitution banning such activity. I have heard reasonable arguments both for and against this proposal. Those against the proposal are not defending the flag burning. Their position usually is either it shouldn't be necessary as each state should be able to address it or that we don't want limitations on our right to free speech. Mark Steyn takes a different view. He argues that it is a sign of the strength of the U.S. Flag that it can withstand burning. With or without a Constitutional Amendment feel free to beat the crap out of anyone you see desecrating the Flag.

This past week the extreme left wing media has been up in arms because Karl Rove had the audacity to speak the truth about different reactions to 9/11. This morning Powerline has a letter from a lifelong Democrat explaining that comments from his fellow Dem's after 9/11 convinced him to leave the party. Here is a link to a petition to Congress supporting Rove's comments.

Top 9 Signs That You Might Be A Prisoner At Guantanamo Bay

The Indians broke out the big bats last night beating the Reds 12 to 7. Game wasn't really that close as the Reds scored 4 in the ninth. Different viewpoints: Plain Dealer and Cincinnati Enquirer

Grady Sizemore is now hitting .393 in the month of June. If he keeps going like this, Sports Illustrated might even get his first name right.

No respect: In its current edition, Sports Illustrated refers to hot-hitting Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore as "Gary Sizemore."

Apparently, Natalee is NOT the only person missing (not that you'd know that from FOX news. 50,000 still missing 6 months after tsunami