Years ago, when I still lived in Iowa City, there was a hip weekly publication of the sort that plagues all college towns, and part and parcel of this pile of posturing poo was Dan Savage’s column. So, I probably read it having a cup of bad coffee at the hipster douchebag cafe that allowed smoking, and in it were Savage’s sententions regarding heterosexual sex, which he characterized as unimaginative
April 28, 2012
EPA’s Crucifixion Maven Has Already Given It a Try [Dan Collins]
Al Armendariz is the fellow who bragged about crucifying opponents to the EPA’s extra-constitutional power grabs and creation of opportunities for picking winners and losers in energy, otherwise known as graft. After recounting his patently insane comments, Christopher Helman at Forbes’ makes some related observations: The former professor at Southern Methodist University is a diehard environmentalist, having grown up in El Paso near a copper smelter that reportedly belched arsenic-laced
April 28, 2012
“Our task is to win the moral rhetorical battle.” [Darleen Click]
“The great moral dividing line is about the size of the State.” Dennis Prager’s Top 10 Ways Liberalism Makes America Worse:
April 28, 2012
Irony Alert: Gay activist Dan Savage gives anti-bullying speech – bullies Christians and calls objecting students “pansies” [Darleen Click]
You just can’t make this stuff up Earlier this month, over 2,000 high school journalism students gathered in a Seattle convention hall for a session they thought was on a popular web-based anti-bullying campaign. Instead, the speaker, founder of the “It Gets Better” project and sex columnist Dan Savage, used the platform on April 13 to slam the Bible and various religious groups, parade his relationship with his gay partner,
April 27, 2012
Communiqué from command follows stop No mock draft this year full stop [bh]
Sometimes things are lost in comments and as some things shouldn’t be lost in comments we occasionally find ourselves in posts like this. Jeff would like to thank all y’all for the kind words, gifts, and additions to the tip jar. He’s currently looking out for the rest of the family because they’re either very, very young, just came out of surgery, or a fun-loving youth tempted by armadillian promises
April 27, 2012
A Government That Can Force You to Buy Health Insurance Can Do Anything, 1 [McGehee]
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants Congress to add to Washington’s non-existent police powers. Tough federal legislation is the only way to deal with what he called a “national epidemic,” he said at a distracted-driving summit in San Antonio, Texas, that drew doctors, advocates and government officials. LaHood said it is important for the police to have “the opportunity to write tickets when people are foolishly thinking they can drive safely
April 27, 2012
HHS Kathleen Sebelius channels Sergeant Schultz … [Darleen Click]
“I know nothing …” h/t sdferr
April 27, 2012
The Chicago Way: Obama attacking private citizens for the crime … [Darleen Click]
… of opposing his re-election This past week, one of his campaign websites posted an item entitled “Behind the curtain: A brief history of Romney’s donors.” In the post, the Obama campaign named and shamed eight private citizens who had donated to his opponent. Describing the givers as all having “less-than-reputable records,” the post went on to make the extraordinary accusations that “quite a few” have also been “on the
April 26, 2012
The Homely Style in American Pop Music [Dan Collins; UPDATED]
I’ve been thinking about writing on this topic for a bit, now, and this seems like a pretty good place. When I was in high school and college, the British band The Police were one of the most popular. They made some good music that I enjoyed, and they also sang a lot of pompous rubbish under lead vocalist Sting. One of the songs that has held up pretty well