The same idiot who came up with the list of the 50 best conservative songs . . . has come up with 50 more best conservative songs. This list is even stupider than the first. It contains (a) songs that nobody heard of; (b) songs that clearly have no political content in it whatsover (e.g., "Yackety Yak"), and (c) songs … Read More
Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day (yesterday we observed it). It’s the time to remember fallen heroes who, as is so often said, protect our freedoms. Ironically, a fallen soldier by the name of Patrick Stewart is being denied his freedom of religion: Stewart was a follower of the Wiccan religion, which is not recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs for … Read More
Though They May Have Won All The Battles, We Had All The Good Songs….
Speaking of political songs (as I did last night), the conservative National Review has posted what it touts as the "top 50 conservative rock songs". I’ve put the whole list, along with National Review’s reasoning, below the fold. What’s clear is that in order to compile this list, the editors of NR often had to ignore the politics of the … Read More
Ah, The Counterculture
It’s about fucking time we had some good protest songs —
American Idol: Last Show
I gotta admit, that was one fun final show to watch. Maybe it’s because I haven’t watched the show for a couple of seasons, but I don’t recall it being that star-packed and full of music. I seem to remember a lot of wasted time-filler and remotes from "back home", and that’s about it. But if they keep doing it … Read More
Birds Do It
Not only did I not know there were such things as gay storks, but I also didn’t know this: Four gay storks have proved they are as capable of raising a family as their heterosexual counterparts. Staff at the zoo in Overloon, near Eindhoven, were unsure if the gay and lesbian storks would still have the same natural urge to … Read More
George Bush Wins American Idol
No, sorry. I read the graph incorrectly. Taylor won. From Zebasearch:
Pat Robertson Is Superman
Interesting. Over at the website for the Christian Broadcasting Network, you can find this health advice infomercial from Pat Robertson: Did you know that Pat Robertson can leg-press 2000 pounds! How does he do it? Where does Pat find the time and energy to host a daily, national TV show, head a world-wide ministry, develop visionary scholars, while traveling the … Read More
“You Are No Jack Kennedy”
The debate: Quayle: …I have far more experience than many others that sought the office of vice president of this country. I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency. I will be prepared to deal with the people in the Bush administration, if that unfortunate event would ever occur. Judy Woodruff: … Read More
The Death Of The Broadway Musical?
The New York Times takes a look at the Tony Award nominations and wonders allowed if the Broadway musical is on its last legs: True, bulletins on the musical’s failing health have been posted with weary regularity since at least the 1960’s. But in the Broadway season that just ended officially, this once lively art seemed finally to have crossed … Read More
Who Are Christians?
Columnist Peggy Noonan is all confused about The Da Vinci Code (the movie): I do not understand the thinking of a studio that would make, for the amusement of a nation 85% to 90% of whose people identify themselves as Christian, a major movie aimed at attacking the central tenets of that faith, and insulting as poor fools its gulled … Read More
Blogging The Bible
An intrepid (or perhaps bored) writer for Salon, a self-proclaimed "ignoramus" when it comes to matters religious — has decided he’s going to blog the Bible. So far, he’s doing it in a rather non-snarky, but inqusitive way. A snippet from Genesis, Chapter 3: The Lord—not so good at follow-through. In Chapter 2, He is clear as He can be: … Read More
George Will Makes Sense
Yeah, I know. But when he’s right, he’s right. George Will’s topic today is the so-called "values voter" and he begins like this: An aggressively annoying new phrase in America’s political lexicon is "values voters." It is used proudly by social conservatives, and carelessly by the media to denote such conservatives. This phrase diminishes our understanding of politics. It also … Read More
God Talked To Pat Robertson Again
This is always a source of amusement. This time God came to Pat in the guise of Al Roker. Or something. Pat told viewers of the 700 Club: "If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms." On today’s show, he added, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami … Read More