- Someone finally discovered the secret: Madonna and Britney Spears have been doing what they do for the sole purpose of pissing off Islamic fundamentalists. And now the chickens are coming home to roost.
- Well, at least for now, the egg is on my face. Fred "Why Bother?" Thompson is bumping Rudy Giuliani down in the polls. I suppose a man with no concrete agenda would make a better president than a man who wants to keep America safe by raping us all with plungers.
- Germany is making driving safer by taking away all traffic signs and lights. People drive more cautiously because they no longer assume that everyone else is following all the traffic laws.
- I'm not opposed to religion in a general sense, having grown up with it and having seen the positive effects in can have (for example). However, I have taken and passed junior high history classes (and have a passable knowledge of current events), so I know the catastrophically negative effects it can have, and I occasionally wonder how much more peaceful the world could be if we didn't have God to fight over. So when I hear that more than half of America is blissfully unfamiliar with the protections for and from religion the First Amendment, I get real nervous. Also, Constitution and religious wars aside, I am offended as a music fan by the fact that 43% of Americans want Christian music and nativity scenes in schools. There are two kinds of music that I just can't abide: Christian rock and Christmas music. I don't want kids being exposed to that kind of trash.
- Thankfully, James Dobson's influence is waning anyway.
- "The last remnants of the old Republic have been swept away." -- Grand Moff Putin.
- Being in a Guns N' Roses tribute band absolves you of being in Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
- The President decides to keep the extra power he gave himself for another year.
- A Republican Congressional Aide tries to provide perspective about how long it would actually take to complete a successful withdrawal from Iraq. The analogy he provides, though, presumes that the government is actually going to get their asses in gear and give the order, which is not going to happen. Yes, it takes a long time to properly re-deploy, but you have to actually tell them they can re-deploy first, which our dumb president and his loyal sheep in Congress refuses to do.
- The President is calling the Petraeus strategy a "Return to Success." But see, if it had been a success in the first place, we wouldn't be having to deal with this anymore.
- A Mark Warner bid for Senate puts Virginia within the realm of possibility for the Democrats for the presidency for the first time since 1964. 13 electoral votes isn't quite Florida or Ohio, but it's certainly interesting.
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