I am not sure what Andrew Sullivan is thinking about in this defense of Bill Bennett’s gambling: What, I ask myself, has he conceivably done wrong? He has done nothing illegal. He has done nothing hypocritical. Only in the minds of a few religious fanatics, has he done anything immoral. This invasion of his privacy …
Archives for May 2003
Mortified
I was flipping through the channels and was absolutely mortified when I saw the Laci Peterson music video memorial being shown live on one of the cable networks, as if this was somehow newsworthy. Just a couple of quick notes: 1.) This was a publicity stunt to convict Scott Peterson- nothing more. This was poisoning …
Level 2
The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels: Level Score Purgatory (Repenting Believers) Very Low Level 1 – Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) Very Low Level 2 (Lustful) Very High Level 3 (Gluttonous) High Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) High Level 5 (Wrathful …
How to be Smug and Wrong, All The Time
Be a guest writer for the Daily Kos- Ronk gets Billmon disease (you remember Billmon and his ‘doubly secret anonymous mliitary genius friends’ who were wrong about EVERYTHING). Today, RonK explains why the war in Iraq was a failure on every front. I’m serious- he really thinks it. Tomorrow, Kos insiders are working on a …
Bwahaha
Jerry Falwell, Jim Baker, and now Bob Bennett- whenever someone spends all his time trying to tell you how to live your life, you know they are full of it: Some of Bennett
Shocking
I am absolutely shocked. It appears that legislation attempting to suppress free speech violates the 1st amendment. Who woulda thunk it: A federal court Friday struck down most of a ban on the use of large corporate and union political contributions by political parties, casting into doubt the future of the campaign finance law that …
Open Question
I have an open question about Rick Santorum. Is it scarier that: A.) He was so stupid that he ran his mouth like this, without realizing the firestorm he would create. B.) He might actually be a full-fledged bigot. I would argue A, because bigots are pretty predictable. You never know what stupid people will …