Reflections From a Murky Pond

Golf has been a source of contention in many marriages over the years, it taking up a great deal of some men’s attention, time, money – each of which many wives feel would be better spent upon them.

Indeed, some “golf widows” would prefer their husbands to just about anything other than play golf. 😉

After an enjoyable eighteen hole of golf, a man stopped in a bar for a beer before heading home. There he struck up a conversation with a ravishing young beauty. They had a couple of drinks, liked each other, and soon she invited him over to her apartment. For two hours they made mad, passionate love.

On the way home, the man’s conscience started bothering him something awful. He loved his wife and didn’t want this unplanned indiscretion to ruin their relationship, so he decided the only thing to do was come clean.

”Honey,” he said when he got home, “I have a confession to make. After I played golf today, I stopped by the bar for a beer, met a beautiful woman, went back to her apartment and made love to her for two hours. I’m sorry, it won’t ever happen again, and I hope you’ll forgive me.”

His wife scowled at him and said, “Don’t lie to me, you sorry scumbag! You played thirty-six holes, didn’t you?”

What’s equal parts funny and sad is that I know women who, if their husband made such a confession, would respond the same way! 😯

Two closely linked flaws in Man’s character causes us, time and time again, great harm as we seek to apprehend the nature of the God(s) and Divine Will, these being our Vanity and our Hubris.

In giving in to these two faults so many raise themselves up above their rightful station in the order of all things and claim that they know the nature and will of the God(s).

This, as the 17th Century Puritan theologian, Dr. John Owen pointed out, is merely the making of a God or Gods out of our own limited thoughts as if one was carving one out wood or stone.

For the being of God; we are so far from a knowledge of it, so as to be able to instruct one another therein by words and expressions of it, as that to frame any conceptions in our mind, with such species and impressions of things as we receive the knowledge of all other things by, is to make an idol to ourselves, and so to worship a god of our own making, and not the God that made us. We may as well and as lawfully hew him out of wood or stone as form him a being in our minds, suited to our apprehensions. The utmost of the best of our thoughts of the being of God is, that we can have no thoughts of it. Our knowledge of a being is but low when it mounts no higher but only to know that we know it not.

— Dr. John Owen (1616-1683),
The Mortification of Sin

Better by far, I think, that Man cultivate a certain agnosticism born of proper humility and knowledge of our mean nature. Such a path, if followed with diligence and scrupulousness, seems to me far more likely to bring a man, and perhaps Man et al, to a higher estate both in this life and at the time of its unavoidable ending and judgment, than more certain and Prideful religious enterprises.

Reports are that the Muslim Terrorist vermin of Al-Qaeda have decided up Ayam Al-Zawahiri as their new leader now that Osama Bin Laden has, with the aid of DEVGRU, completed the circle of life and is a buffet for other, more naturally born bottom feeders.

Ayam Al-Zawahiri – It Even Comes With Its Own Bullseye 😆

This is just a case of the US Military calling out, “Next!” to the long line of Muslim Terrorists and Jihadis polluting humankind’s world. Nothing of substance will change except that Al-Qaeda may be slightly less effective due to Al-Zawahiri’s more pronounced mental disease, i.e, Islam.

From AFP via Yahoo News:

WASHINGTON: The United States Thursday dismissed new al Qaeda supremo Ayman al-Zawahiri as a pale imitation of Osama bin Laden and warned the Egyptian to expect a similar fate to his slain predecessor.

US officials painted the 59-year-old long-time number two as an “armchair general” with no combat experience, saying he not only lacked charisma and leadership skills but was also a divisive figure that could fracture al Qaeda.

As we did both seek to capture and kill — and succeed in killing — bin Laden, we certainly will do the same thing with Zawahiri,” said Mullen, who is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, giving his valedictory press briefing at the Pentagon, could barely disguise his scorn, but warned that the announcement should serve as a reminder of the continuing Al-Qaeda threat.

Within reason, scorn for this creature, Ayam Al-Zawahiri is well-deserved. It sports a zebibah on it’s forehead. That means it’s such a zealot that it’s been banging and grinding it head into it prayer rug hard enough and long enough to leave that raise, discolored lump between its eyes.

On the bright side, such induced disfigurations make identification of the more dangerous examples of the vermin easier and provide a very convenient point of aim. 😉

The Liberals’ Porkulus, which Obama dutifully signed into law, has been weighing upon America for 28 months. Where is the recovery? Where are the jobs?

28 Months Later – The Obama Economic Zombie Apocalypse

Yet, even after all this time, Obama’s zombies are still staggering and shuffling around, seeking to devour Americans’ brain which is the only rationally conceivable way that anyone would vote to reelect this trumped up fool to office.

I suppose that there’s not much point in continuing much further in the post beyond remind to all Americans good and true that zombies are best dealt with by one or more bullets to the head.

When it comes to drinking there’s always been associated with good, solid American bourbon – a uniquely American liquor that also provides the character for many of the world’s other spirits – an open honesty and denial of the false propriety that borders on the effete and disingenuous.

This is pointed up with great humor and delicious irreverence in Wild Turkey’s latest commercial.

Wild Turkey – Give ‘Em The Bird!

Brash it may seem – both Wild Turkey’s bourbon and the advertisement – and flagrant in its disregard for subtlety and coyness, but those are hallmarks of the great culture that is America, and should not a people’s spirits be a reflection and distillation of their spirits?

Enjoy responsibly, with neither more nor less moderation than your desires, constitution, and circumstances require – but always remember, especially when a beautiful woman buys you a drink, that “whiskey dick” is real, pernicious, and nobody’s friend.