RANTS

Why does the media inflate the importance of crackpots? A "minister" with about 50 congregants from Gainesville, Florida says he's going to burn the Koran,goes viral and the sky falls. How about we ignore loons instead of elevating them to international icon? Some common sense, maybe? We used to ignore the dirty guy with a sign reading "Repent now, for the end of the world is nigh". Now? We put him on Good Morning America. 

Then there's the response to the proposed Koran burning. If you burn the Koran, people will die. So don't burn it. Ok, I think we all agree that burning books is kooky, but allowable in a free country. Do you think committing acts of violence in the wake of such burnings a wee bit disproportionate? Burning printed matter justifies killing in the name of God? I seem to recall the Taliban killing several missionary workers in Afghanistan because they were Christian and each had a Bible. The one who was not killed was spared because he was not in possession of a Bible. Burning any book, much less a Koran is objectionable, but how about the families of those who were killed for possessing a Bible and professing their faith? No one should face martyrdom for their faith. But boy everyone is just so pissed when the Koran is burned. Geez, I do hope we don't piss off the Taliban again. They just might kill a few more unarmed, Bible toting missionaries. It's oh so refreshing to know that printed type is sacred and human life so cheap.

We now have the triumphant return of Imam Rauf, fresh from his taxpayer funded, State Department tour of the world. On Larry King Live last night he suggested that to not build the mosque at its present location could lead to violence around the world. The Cordoba House is designed to build bridges, but if the bridge doesn't get built, we'll surely face violent actions? Really? Wow, what a stirring, principled Constitutional defense that is. 100 mosques in New York and 2,000 in the country as a whole, but moving one would provoke violence? In the most tolerant,pluralistic country in the world? What a twit. Please mister don't hurt my dog! On second thought hurt the dog. At least PETA would fight back.    


It seems to me, President Obama is suffering from what I call "Sean Penn's Disease". Everytime you see him on television he looks like he just swallowed a lemon. Tough to be optimistic when the boss is always frowning.

So, a school named after Al Gore is on a toxic site. You have to love the irony. 

The only shows I watch on television now are "Family Guy", "The Cleveland Show", "The Simpsons", "American Dad" and "South Park". All of them prime time cartoons. It's a sad state of television affairs that cartoon characters are consistently more three dimensional than live action shows. It's true.