and p’raps defamation, too? those who post reviews of their exes to the “dating psychos” website (while the concept tickles me) could be be treading in questionable territory. and you know how tenacious those psycho hosebeast exes can be when they get pissy about something…
while i’m all for articles that showcase the failings and accelerating decay of the GOP from free market fiscal conservatism to loony religious right whackjobs, i’m getting tired of statements like this:
You hear a lot on the news about the GOP’s base. Consider demented comments like “I heard he was an Arab.” As if Obama were a Muslim. As if that should matter, in a country which has stood for religious freedom since the first Puritans landed in the 1600s.
as if the puritans were into religious freedom for anyone but themselves. or were tolerant, which they weren’t. (that link goes to a pbs kids’ program, but it’s pretty nifty.)
religious freedom and tolerance are good, noble things (especially if they actively embrace freedom from religion and tolerance of non-religion, as well), but they didn’t land on our shores with the puritans. and the puritan ministers who did espouse tolerance were banished from their communities - like roger williams.
hah. i love it when an irritated blog post connects back to providence.
senior yearbook pictures go pro. (and some of the girls look like pros, if you know what i mean.)
according to crooks and liars, he’s a member of the keating family. you know, the keating five?
and according to the wapo, the tax-averse, unlicensed small-business-owner-wannabe owes almost $1200 to the state of ohio in back taxes, appears to be doing plumbing work illegally, and might even be a bit of a racist.
hmmmm.
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obama: apparently it means “that one” in swahili. (at about 5:20 in the video)
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and for today’s news typo, i give you the following from the wapo front page. took me a moment to figure out what “shaply” was supposed to mean.
grab & go!
batala performing at farragut square when i got off the bus this morning. as i stopped to listen, one of the performers came up and told me i should join. i laughed and told her i had no sense of rhythm. she told me i’d learn.
conservative ministers attempt to force a re-evaluation of the separation of church and state (tax-exemption), and one says,
“We want people when you prick them, they bleed the word of God.”
seen at the denver international airport:
with all the hubbub and panic about the large hadron collider going online earlier this week, i’ve started to wonder:
where’s the small hadron collider? hmmm?
maybe it’s in sarah palin’s pants.
(okay, i have no idea what that’s supposed to mean. i haven’t had coffee yet. for an insightful, nuanced analysis of palin, go read holly’s blog.)
photos to follow, as soon as i can sort through the ridiculous number i took. but here’s where i was:
