Jim Inhofe ... Loser.

Is this the best the GOP and the Right can do? This is their intellectual best?

in reference to: Jim Inhofe gets cool reception in Denmark - - POLITICO.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Tempest in a teapot? War Against Christmas Takes Out Garrison Keillor ...

The problem with Garrison Keillor is that he's not funny. That aside, he did put his foot in it with his attempt at faux outrage regarding secular Christmas songs written by non-Christians, specifically Jews.

On the other hand, hearing this faux outrage coming from such an unreconstructed racist as Glenn Reynolds does have a certain irony. And he's a lawyer? Sad.
in reference to: Jackson Williams: Garrison Keillor, Uncensored For Christmas (view on Google Sidewiki)

Why the Evangelical Movement must be stopped ...

Christopher Hitchens hits the nail on the head, re: religious fundamentalism and the nation's military.
in reference to: December 2009: Christopher Hitchens on Religion in the Military | vanityfair.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

When will we be rid of all this "voodoo"?

Christian bloggers and commentators discomfited by "Princess and the Frog" because it seems to take religious spirituality seriously.

in reference to: Conservative Christians Don't Crown 'Princess and the Frog' -- Politics Daily (view on Google Sidewiki)

Not a "win", but better than nothing ...

I know the Right hates when Obama gets any kind of "buy in" from the rest of the world, but I like to think he knows we share it with other people. We don't own it.

in reference to: Climate Summit Ends With Deal - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

I hate most televangelists, so I'm not exactly keen on a new one, but this story is very interesting considering how diffused Islam is. It's like this guy leapfrogged past any kind of Islamic Reformation right into the profitable on-air church model.

in reference to: BBC News - Muslim televangelist takes his message to millions (view on Google Sidewiki)

Fear mongering at its best ...

Or as a friend of mine said upon reading this story: "When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."

These stories are always mildly couched in a language that implies that the multiplicity of ethnicity in the U.S. would be a bad thing.

in reference to: White Americans' majority to end by mid-century - Yahoo! News (view on Google Sidewiki)

Cartoons from the Issue of December 21 & 28, 2009: newyorker.com

Cartoons from the Issue of December 21 & 28, 2009: newyorker.com

Nerd Alert!!!

Me want now!!!!!

in reference to: Review: ContourHD wearable 1080p camcorder (view on Google Sidewiki)

I've seen this before ...

The United States' policy toward Iran is as back-asswards as how it's treated Cuba for the last 50 years: the sanctions punish the people of both countries and embolden the leadership.

in reference to: Punish Iran’s Rulers, Not Its People | Foreign Policy (view on Google Sidewiki)

Great headline!

Even better video.

in reference to: F-word rant: Irish lawmaker loses his rag (view on Google Sidewiki)

Accurate, but not mean enough ...

This President is too nice to some people.

in reference to: President Obama To Bank Execs: You Guys Are Like Overpaid Pitchers -- And You Didn't Win The World Series (view on Google Sidewiki)

Want to Travel Back in Time?

Fly from Hong Kong to New York City, so says the Business Insider.

in reference to: How Asia Makes The U.S. Look Like A Third World Country (view on Google Sidewiki)