When in doubt, blame the Bible!
Distorting Christianity: The View’s Joy Behar who joined notable humanitarian Whoopi Goldberg on a walkout during an interview of Bill O’Reilly is spreading her religious tolerance to Christianity. Apparently being a Christian means advocating that homosexuals are acceptable targets of bullying. John Nolte at Big Hollywood points out the stupidity of Behar’s faux concern about the Bible.
Does this mean that the Bible stating your body is a temple leads to fat kids being bullied? Does this mean that the Bible’s opposition to fornication leads to unmarried couples living together being bullied? What about those who covet or don’t honor their mother and father or who use the Lord’s name in vain?
Nolte is right on the money on this one. The Bible is clear that bullying people is wrong. Christianity is a true religion of peace if Jesus’ teachings are taken literally. Islam, on the other hand, if taken literally isn’t exactly friendly, but of course people like Behar only have a problem with Christians for some odd reason. I’ll have to go back and check the Gospel of John, but I’m pretty sure Jesus Christ never advocating beating the sinners into conversion. Bullies bully because they’re bullies. I suppose anyone with a strong belief in something can use it as an excuse to bully. See Ms. Behar as a sterling example of this. She likes to paint anyone who disagrees with her as something sub-human and evil.
Dancing with the Almost Stars: By now everyone in America is caught up in the Bristol Palin frenzy on ABC’s Dancing with the Morally Challenged. My only question is how Meghan McCain missed out on this show. Apparently Bristol Palin has made it to the show’s finals and some people aren’t thrilled about it. A man in Wisconsin became so enraged about Palin’s participation on the show he went Elvis on his TV.
When Bristol Palin, the 20-year-old daughter of tea party favorite Sarah Palin, began her routine, Cowan jumped up and began swearing, saying something along the lines of “the (expletive) politics.” His wife said he was angry that a politician’s daughter was dancing on TV even though he felt she didn’t have talent. Janice Cowan told police her husband left the living room and came back about 20 minutes later with his shotgun, and then “raging,” with his face bright red, blasted the TV into the shards.
This is Palin Derangement Syndrome at its finest. This is another perfect example of the “right is prone to violence” meme that people like Bill Maher like to push. I have grown tired of the whole PalinMania. Much like I’m was tired of ObamaMania, but I’m not ready to start shooting my television. There are a few on the left that have gone as far as saying people are rigging the vote, but who cares? If a bunch of Grizzly Moms who love Sarah Palin want to watch the show and vote over and over what difference does it make? American Idol has been doing that game for a decade now and no one has complained.
So Much for the Rain Forest: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors decided this week to ban plastic grocery bags in parts of Los Angeles. Shoppers who don’t bring their own reusable bags will be charged a ten cent fee to cover the destruction of the rain forest. Reducing the amount of plastic seems like a good idea, but there’s an inherent drawback in pushing shoppers toward using reusable bags.
The researchers tested 84 of the bags for bacteria. They found whopping amounts in all but one bag, and coliform bacteria (suggesting raw-meat or uncooked-food contamination) in half. And yes, the much-feared E. coli was among them — in 12 percent of the bags.
The researchers wrote in their discussion of the findings: “It is estimated that there are about 76,000,000 cases of food-borne illness in the United States every year. Most of these illnesses originate in the home from improper cooking or handling of foods. Reusable bags, if not properly washed between uses, create the potential for cross-contamination of foods.
Ah, the price of progress. We most choose between plastic bags in the ocean, cutting down trees, and contaminating our food. When will the madness end?
Where do I Sign Up: A Community Services Board member in Norfolk, Virgina didn’t show up for work for 12 years and still got salary and benefits. Now that’s change I can believe in. You have to wonder what kind of human being could live with themselves collecting money like that, but look no further than our senior citizens who are collecting much more money than they put in at the expense of future generations.
Dancing with the Stars? Obviously my definition of “stars” is different that other people, especially since I think stars are giant balls of gas that emit light and heat. Bristol Palin, who is only famous because of her mother and the fact she got knocked up, is going to be on the new season of Dancing with the Stars. For those that remember, Miss Palin accused her now former fiance Levi Johnston of being a publicity hound. Hmmm… I have a feeling that she’ll co-star in an epic film with Lindsay Lohan in the next few years.
Head in the Sand: It’s not all doom and gloom Democrats! It looks like Reid Wilson over at Hotline On Call believes the Democrats won’t lose the House. Although I’m not sure his logic is logical:
Beyond advertising, money pays for turnout operations, another area in which Democrats have a clear advantage. The Democratic National Committee has pledged $30 million in cash and services to turn out the estimated 15 million voters who cast their first ballots for President Obama in 2008, and the DCCC has put an average of five field staffers on the ground in 75 districts.
This sounds a lot like what I heard during the 2006 election. The Republicans had a lot of money and a superior turnout operation, but ultimately lost the House. The GOP was missing the most crucial thing in an election: enthusiastic voters. 1,255,470 votes were cast in the uncontested Florida GOP Senate primary. There were 912,044 voters in the contested Democratic Senate primary. That’s hardly a reassuring if you’re a member of the Democratic party or Charlie Crist. Florida is a battleground state and the Democrats are staying at home and the Republicans are fired up.
Who is Michael Enright? James Taranto over at Best of the Web has an in-depth look at the history of the supposed Islamophobe Michael Enright, around whom the press is rallying as it always does when they think they’ve finally found a real “hate crime.” Taranto’s conclusions shouldn’t be shocking for those who aren’t caught up in the sensationalist news cycle. For whatever reason, Enright’s association with the pro-mosque left isn’t making headlines. You know what else isn’t making headlines? I’ve lost count of the number of attacks on innocent civilians in the United States by Muslims; however, no one is going around trying to say all Muslims are Americanophones…. or whatever. But perpetrate a hate crime against yourself or pretend you’re a racist right-winger to prove your own leftist politically-correct psychosis and the media reports it as fact in 82-point type on the front page. Then, when the truth comes out, it’s buried on page A-75 in 2-point type, if at all.
After a few days of ignoring pop culture and politics it’s sure nice to get back in the swing of things. I didn’t miss much last week. A Clinton appointed judge struck down parts of the Arizona law that mirrors a Rhode Island law that’s already gone to court and been upheld. This will eventually go to the Supreme Court where will it will be upheld on a 5-4 vote. Justice Sotomayor will write the dissent, and you read it here first.
Hearsay: Today a gunman in Connecticut killed eight people and then himself at a beer distributing plant. This is a horrific story, but the press coverage is even worse. Instead of just reporting the news, ABC News went one step further. They decided to run the racism angle based on hearsay.
Joanne Hannah, who said she was the mother of Thornton’s girlfriend, told ABC Thornton had called his mother this morning, apologizing for what he had done and saying goodbye.
Hannah said Thornton had complained for a long time about racial harassment, and claimed he had pictures in his cell phone of the N-word and a hangman’s noose scrawled on a bathroom wall at Hartford Distributors.
That sounds like an ironclad justification of a murderous rampage to me. Even if this turns out to be true this is flimsy evidence to be reported the day of a horrendous attack.
The Suburbs: One of my favorite bands, Arcade Fire, released its third album today. I’ve listened through it a couple of times and it sounds great, depsite the continuous ringing in my ears from listening to Arcade Fire’s last release. Arcade Fire campaigned for Obama during the 2008, but they sound a little bitter now. Be careful what you wish for… It’s not Obama’s fault; it’s all those lazy hipsters.
News from 2008: Brett Favre is retiring again. Well, until he changes his mind again.
News from 2009: Bristol Palin announced that her one-month engagement to Levi Johnston is over again. Apparently, Johnston just wants media attention. Shocking!
Solar Tsunami to Strike Earth: The big burning orb that constitutes about 99 percent of the total mass of the solar system but has nothing to do with Global Warming is at it again.
Earth is bracing for a cosmic tsunami Tuesday night as tons of plasma from a massive solar flare
head directly toward the planet.The Sun’s surface erupted early Sunday morning, shooting a wall of ionized atoms directly at Earth, scientists say. It is expected to create a geomagnetic storm and a spectacular light show — and it could pose a threat to satellites in orbit, as well.
Unfortunately for the Sun, it’s not powerful enough to influence our weather in any meaningful way. It’s doing everything it can to generate press.
Finally… I guess Lindsay Lohan is out of jail. She’s headed back to rehab, but I’m sure she’ll be back in the saddle soon. The “saddle,” or course, refers to methamphetamines. Welcome back, Lindsay!
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