All peepers are not created equal

So Sarah Palin has some concerns about her new neighbor being able to see into her daughter's bedroom. Is there a reason why she was less than concerned about her previous neighbor also evidently being able to see into her daughter's bedroom?

Is it just me...

...or has Super Soaker gotten a little...um...

...gay.

Oozinator? Major pumping required? Perhaps the less said about this the better.

Muhammad is the greatest!

Fortunately, the First Amendment can't be knocked out as easy as Sonny Liston.

Rand Paul doesn't have the answer

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Everyone who thinks Rand and Ron Paul are straight talkers should see this video. The way Rand evades and obfuscates a simple questions suggests that he is trapped between a repulsive answer and a rigid ideology that he doesn't even fully understand.

To Dr. Paul and his disciples, I'll simply add that the free market had over 100 years to correct racism and segregation. It did not.

Poor Rush

I felt bad for Rush Limbaugh, I really did. The prospect of him owning some portion of the St. Louis Rams didn't bother me, in part because it would have confirmed my belief that the city of St. Louis is entirely without redeeming qualities, and it would have added a fun new element to watching one of football's worst teams get beat week after week. But mostly, I feel bad for Rush because I'm a liberal. I love the First Amendment, and while I understand that the freedom of speech does not shield you from what other people may think about you, I wish the world weren't that way. Unfortunately for Rush, the world is very much that way, even though what Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton did to him was just as repulsive as what Glenn Beck did to Van Jones.

While I don't have any special insight into his character aside from reading his really dated book once, I have always had the impression that Rush is a joke. On one hand, he is happy to let the liberal world believe that all Republicans are as radical as he sounds, he admits that. But on the other hand, he is also playing a joke on his right-wing listerners, who are more than happy to repeat his most radical polemics, oblivious to the fact that he actually believes less than a third of what he's saying. So I fail to see how Rush's exaggerated opinions are less acceptable in the world of professional sports than Marge Schott's actual opinions.

But Rush lost me today, when he -- whether seriously or as part of his big act -- made the deal into a grand conspiracy of his own martyrdom.

Limbaugh blamed Smith, executive director of the NFLPA and an "Obama-ite," along with Sharpton and Jackson, whom he referred to as "race hustlers," for Checketts' decision to drop him. He said his sacking was an example of the political clout wielded by President Barack Obama's administration.

By bringing Obama into this, Limbaugh confirms the same fear opponents of his bid used to deny him this opportunity: That his public persona cannot be apolitical. For the NFL to endorse his purchase, they would be giving a tacit endorsement to his politics, and giving him another pulpit to preach from.

Had Rush simply gone quietly, like so many other potential team owners who don't cry about their loss, he could have been the bigger man and he could have proven himself as someone who can interact with people who are not right wingers, and can not attract controversy. Instead, he proved that he is, in fact, a bigger asshole than Mark Cuban. Congrats, douche bag!

I'm back, monkeys!

So, did I miss anything?

My time away? Well about six months ago, I started seeing hallucinations of my best friend's dead girlfriend. Turns out my Vicodin addiction was out of control, and I ended up having to check into an insane asylum for a period of two to three months.

Everything's pretty much back to normal now, although until I get my blogging license back, Foreman will technically be running the show.

I'll refrain from any promises about updating regularly, or not growing board of blogging and quitting again, but I do have thoughts I'd be interested in putting into writing, and blogging them -- even to a nonexistent audience -- is slightly less pathetic than simply typing them and saving them to my hard drive unread, or forcing them on people I know in the form of 140-character Facebook updates.

We'll take things slow. Like the Good Book says, one day at a time.

Commence with real content!

Minnesota defies Masionic/Trilat conspiracy

Dear David Icke,
If the lizard people are as powerful as you suggest they are, why can't they get their votes counted in a lousy Senate race?