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The definitive word on Bill O’Reilly

I just read a great article on Raw Story that featured a rather exhaustive study on the behavior of Fox News’s highest rated personality.

Topics…

1. His lying for no damned reason
2. Turning the phrase “Merry Christmas” into a spiteful phrase that people say as some kind of defiant statement rather than what it used to be, a well meaning wish for a good holiday (no, liberals don’t hate christmas, we just “don’t believe that Jesus is magic” -Sarah Silverman)
3. The intelligence of his audience compared to that of the Daily Show.

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I now agree with soon to be Ex-Senator Rick Santorum on something, and it scares me

In a stunning reversal of his previously expressed views on “Intelligent” Design, Sen. Rick Santorum has now stated on the record that he is against the teaching of ID in science classrooms.

Here is what he wrote in a March 14, 2002 Washington Times column:

This opposition to intelligent design is surprising since there is an increasing body of theoretical and scientific evidence that suggests an alternate theory is possible. Research has shown that the odds that even one small protein molecule has been created by chance is 1 in a billion. Thus, some larger force or intelligence, or what some call agent causation, seems like a viable cause for creating information systems such as the coding of DNA. A number of scientists contend that alternate theories regarding the origins of the human species including that of a greater intelligence are possible.Therefore, intelligent design is a legitimate scientific theory that should be taught in science classes.

In a dramatic reversal, Santorum has shifted to the same position I have on ID, and believe me, it is scary for me to say that I agree with Rick Santorum on anything.

In a recent edition of the Beaver County Times he is quoted as having said he doesn’t believe that intelligent design belongs in the science classroom.

Does anyone else remember the 2004 Republican National Convention when you had grown people, even old people childishly taunting John Kerry with the words “Flip Flopper” in the way that little girls will heckle “na na na na boo boo” to the other girl they don’t like who just fell off her bike? This party has hypocracy flowing out of its collective mouth like the proverbial milk and honey.

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Jeff Gannon / James Guckert’s dog dies

Washington DC-
According to his website, Jeff Gannon / James Guckert [The self-proclaimed “Voice of the New Media”], has reported that his dog companion Winston has passed.

You may remember Gannon/Guckert from the controversy he created by having access to White House press briefings in which he was allowed to ask softball questions of the president and others, with no press credentials. He was as qualified as this blogger to ask questions of the president. Only this blogger has never been a prostitute who’s main clientele apparently were gay members of the military. Things are just not that desperate at the can of worms blog, yet.

The can of worms blog extends it’s deepest condolences to Gannon/Guckert in what must be the loss of his only friend and supporter. I know it happened back in November, but damnit, it is Christmas Eve, and a slow news day. Since what he calls “Gannongate” took place not even his former lover Scott McLellan will take his calls.

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Happy Festivus

Happy Festivus to all. We shall now commence the airing of grievances.

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Another Battle in the War on Christmas

I jokingly wished a Christian friend “Happy Kwanza.” Her reply was “Go fuck yourself!” After the dust settled, I asked her what the deal was and she said, “I am not a fucking nigger.” Then she proceeded to tell me that America is a Christian nation, without any sense of irony.

I know exactly where she gets this aggressiveness. I recently was (barely) able to stomach the first eight pages of mAnn Coulter’s How to Talk to a Liberal (If you must.) Comparitively, I also recently started reading Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. While he is a far worse human being than Coulter (but only because she didn’t kill six million Jews), Coulter’s book was much more vitreolic, but interestingly what they do hold in common is an irrational hatred for a segment of the population, of course the Jews for Hitler and the Liberals for Coulter. I do recall that Hitler hated liberals as well, but I am not that far into the book.

Ok, only the first part of the post had something to do with Christmas, but I thought it was important to give some perspective, and some examples of other people who had irrational hatred for people that thought (or think) differently than them.

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Keep the ‘fetus’ in Christmas

First Sen. Rick Santorum brings home a misscarried fetus for his children to play with. Now some are decorating the tree with them.

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My day today

For my conservative friends who group me into their own warped view of an American-hating, pro-terrorist, and apologist liberal, I will tell you of my day today. I went in to work at my National Guard unit to drive around the surrounding towns delivering christmas presents to over 30 families of soldiers that are deployed in Iraq. I’m not religious, and I don’t agree with the war, but I can put that aside and do something good for the holiday season. When I got home, I put up my Darfur awareness lawn sign for all to see. Looks like I can do more than just rant and complain.

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Christian Nudist Camp to Open Near Tampa; Praise Jesus!

Those of you in the Tampa Bay area will be pleased to know that we will soon be the home to America’s first Christian nudist camp, called Natura.

I wish them luck, I really do. The problem is that I attended church when I was younger, and many churchgoers are not really the type of people you would want to see naked.

I do offer a promise, when Natura opens, I think I would be willing to make the drive and attend “clothing-optional” services… just once though.

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Update: Stephen Gorham visits Drinking Liberally Brandon

Stephen Gorham, candidate for FL state senate district 10 (click to see if you live in district 10) visited the Brandon chapter of Drinking liberally.

I felt it was a productive meeting. Over pizza and beer (what is more American than that) Gorham decribed his vision for Florida and district 10 (a better mass transit system, real solutions for lowering class sizes and what to do with sexual predators).

It was nice to hear a candidate speak with genuine interest in these issues and other and not invoke 9/11 a single time. He certainly could have, after just a couple weeks after 9/11 this candidate volunteered to be deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom.

In these days of the politicians such as Ohio’s Jean Schmidt engaged in perpetual foot-in-mouth shenanigans, it was nice to meet a candidate that you would actually want to drink a beer with.

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Brandon Wal-Mart Manager fired

Wal-Mart, in an attempt to distract people from its systemic problems of overt racial profiling, has fired the store manager of the Causeway store. Way to pick a scapegoat. Everyone knows that the problems that Wal-Mart has are on the national level and are the result of a no holds barred effort to lower costs, no matter what the consequence. When it is made clear to management that their only purpose is to keep costs low, things like this will happen.

I actually think it is kind of sad that a man who has probably worked for Wal-Mart for most of his working life would be thrown away because Wal-Mart wants to make a statement.

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