I Gave Up On Studio 60

5:26 pm EST January 30th, 2007 | News | 4 Comments

I just couldn’t take it anymore. The show is going nowhere and especially coming after the awesome Heroes, it just doesn’t work.

More Atheist Asses

4:58 pm EST January 30th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 36 Comments

Once again atheist folks are demonstrating their superiority by belittling the people who believe in religion. Why is this necessary? What purpose does it serve? It just annoys and doesn’t enlighten anyone.

Everyone rightly bemoans the “my God is better than your God” logic of religious extremists, but coming up right behind is “my non-God is better than your imaginary God” of the atheist crew. Why so much haterade?

See their website here.

Topic: Atheism

A Horse

12:49 pm EST January 30th, 2007 | Media | 18 Comments

I am a pet owner who would risk life and limb if my dog needed me to. But other than his ability at fighting terrorists, there’s no reason C.K. will be written up in the NY Times op-ed. We’ve got a war going on, and numerous other issues of import and the idea that so much ink is being spilt over a horse just kind of appals me.

The Gilded Set

3:16 am EST January 30th, 2007 | Media | 6 Comments

Is it any wonder why journalists like this have no idea how to write about policies affecting middle and lower class Americans and instead prefer to focus on the superficial?

If This Is A Crisis, She’s Already Won

2:29 am EST January 30th, 2007 | News | 16 Comments

Conservatives Don Surber and Michelle Malkin are pushing the idea that President Clinton is some kind of liability to Sen. Clinton while also swallowing whole the spin that her comments about evil men were about President Clinton. This is what happens with prolonged exposure to the conservative echo chamber, you start believing that Clinton is unpopular and not looked back at fondly by the American people – when in fact it’s just the opposite. Especially when compared to the current occupant there’s downright Clinton nostalgia. As a liberal I don’t pretend that people aren’t fond of President Reagan, no matter how much of a disaster I may feel he was policy-wise. But then again, I don’t put a lot of stock in echoes.

MORE: The Anti-Clinton Derangement is kicking back into high gear. Someone call VH-1 because the ’90s are back.

Topic: Bill Clinton

I Don’t Drink Hard Liquor

2:23 am EST January 30th, 2007 | Politics | 14 Comments

But watching the likes of Joe Klein makes me want to reach for a whole bottle of whisky.

(For the record I cannot stand beer and only liked mixed "girlie" drinks like White Russians, Pina Coladas and my favorite – Mudslides)

An Honest Question About Sarah Silverman

2:15 am EST January 30th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 24 Comments

Would she be considered that funny or be getting a tv show if she wasn’t a more attractive than average female comedian? I don’t think so. In fact, I’m pretty sure of it. (And please note: she has man hands)

Topic: Humor

Jimmy Carter & Israel

2:13 am EST January 30th, 2007 | Politics | 53 Comments

Unlike conservatives, I’m not very good at faking outrage something I don’t have any outrage about. I tend to just not blog about them for lack of a deep and abiding passion for the issue. I write about stuff I really really care about.

That said, just kind of watching this whole ongoing controversy about Jimmy Carter’s new book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” is pretty interesting. The main problem I can see is that Carter has allowed his passion to overwhelm the factual information of what happened and who offered what piece of useless land to who and when for what reason. I see too many of my fellow liberals do this, allowing their sympathy to the Palestinian people to take over everything else.

The problem is, the people on the side of Israel do not make the issue any easier by being insane.

I watched this weekend a Q & A session with Alan Dershowitz at Brandeis University on the Carter book and he just comes across like a little warmonger who sees the spectre of Adolph Hitler behind everything. He reminded me of this profile of ADL’s Abraham Foxman in the NY Times, where his rhetoric of an impending holocaust makes him just look like the boy who cried wolf one time too many. I certainly don’t like the sway that pro-Israel folks have over American politicians, where only those on the fringe dare even mildly question Israel’s actions and everyone else just lines up to kiss ass.

Before 9/11 I wrote a blog post about how I thought the peace process was just a mess and it would be best if we just disengaged. Then 9/11 happened and I figured we needed to be involved. But now I don’t know though I’m erring on the side of just ditching the crazies. Religious extremists are the worst kind of extremists and that’s the two sides to the Israel/Palestine issue. Nobody’s really going to ever move from their base position because to do so would be to allegedly deny their religion. I may live by my own personal Jesus, but he doesn’t really condone blowing up people or launching rockets into neighborhoods over a piece of sorry ass land in the desert.