God's version of text messaging
-Headline of the day-
"Marriage Protests Caused God to Send CA Wildfires."
Of course they did. See all those wildfires in California aren't being caused by the Santa Anna winds -- like they have been every year before now -- but by the flawless judgment of the Almighty. In short, it's gays' fault. It's always gays fault, except when it because of abortion.
"God has plans for California in the near days ahead," says "ex-gay" nutjob James Hartline. "Thus, these attempts to force an ungodly tyranny on this state are being met blow with blow by God. God is saying, 'California shall be a refuge for America when the catastrophes come. California belongs to Me, not the advocates of sexual anarchy.'"
Wow, that's an awful specific message to get from an annual wildfire season. Of course, it never occurs to Hartline or his deity that many of the people "running for their lives" from a fire "spreading like a nuclear holocaust" voted against marriage equality. Hartline is arguing that old Jove is punishing the righteous and the wicked. You'd think an all-powerful metaphysical being would be able to smite the infidels with something approaching discrimination and accuracy.
Bonus fun; in a brilliant example of complete right wing dumbassery, Hartline abuses the English language by saying that same sex marriage is a "socialistic dark vision for society."
Seriously, I'm starting to think that there isn't a single person on the right who actually knows what Socialism is. Not only do they think it's the same thing as Communism, but they think it's any political position they don't agree with. It's like they use it as a synonym for "bad."
Hey Pokie, your homophobia has more in common with Communism than any marriage equality advocate has. Go ahead and ask any gay Cuban how great they've got it there.
You know, it's good to know that there isn't any shortage of crazy on the right after the election of Barack Obama. I'm not going to have any trouble finding lamebrains to write about. (Right Wing Watch)
-Live long and prosper-
You ever wonder why Barack Obama always seems so calm? We may have an answer to the "no drama Obaama" question -- he's a logical and emotionless Vulcan.
According to the report, "[W]hen Leonard Nimoy was the guest on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! in September, he said that he had run into 'one of the presidential candidates' and that that candidate had, upon seeing Nimoy, given him the Vulcan salute. He refused to name the candidate, but said he 'was not John McCain.'"
Of course, Nimoy could've been talking about Ralph Nader or Bob Barr, but neither strikes me as relentlessly logical. If having an alien in the White House bothers you, consider this -- I think Cheney's either a Klingon or a Romulan. Really, do you like that better? (Topless Robot, via reddit)
-300-some pages of "you betcha!"-
The lead sinker in the McCain campaign, Sarah Palin, is writing a book. A "personal account of her tumultuous introduction to national politics" is in the works and is expected to make ridiculous amounts of money. According to the report, "Literary agents are queueing up to sign her to a book deal that could earn her up to $7m."
That's right, $7,000,000,000. That ought to keep her in designer clothes for a week or two. Seems like a lot to pay for a book written by someone who can barely speak English.
Still, I suppose the market for books written by lunatic halfwits isn't as cutthroat as you might think. "Nobody is waiting for George W Bush’s memoirs," says an unnamed literary agent.
There goes the competition. (London Times)
