Quote of the Day

This is the ever-focusing picture of John Roberts: a man who gives his pro bono time to support gays, who wrote brief after memo aggressively shooting down women's rights, who didn't marry until he was in his forties, who played Peppermint Patty in the school play. All that and he looks like Jeffrey Dahmer on Prozac. C'mon, this is a guy with skulls in his freezer and maybe a Gannon in his closet. And if they're found, the women-hating, gay-bashing right will teeter like an earthquake's hit it.

Is this a baseless pseudo-accusation? Is it a stretch of the facts to fit a predetermined enmity towards John Roberts? Fuckin' a, yeah, it is. And it's no worse than what the right is doing to Cindy Sheehan. And she ain't up for a lifetime appointment that'll affect us all for the rest of our lives.

Lately I've been getting into the Rude Pundit, link: His writing is indeed rude, and crude, and right on the mark. It's well worth the read, unless the word "fuck" has some strange power over you. In that case, I recommend avoiding it.

Another Rude Pundit example:

Zell Miller is either the last great Dadaist or he's just yer crazy neighbor who sits in his chair on the front lawn with his white t-shirt stuffed into his over-washed thin boxer shorts, pulled up to his belly so that his nuts are bisected, shoutin' shit at the kids that ride by, like "You come near here again and I'll fistfuck Satan," or something equally nutzoid.

The Rude Pundit reminds me of this guy I listened to Saturday night, speaking to a small-ish group. Quick wit, and a sharp sense for the absurdities of life and stupid people. One quote I remember from him...

I'm educated, and intelligent, therefore I'm agnostic.

** update **

One last Rude Pundit quote.. This man is a better version of me..

For these people who give all credit to God and Jeeeezus for everything, it's strange that bad things in America are the fault of those goddamn "unelected" judges, who wouldn't seem to have half the superpowers of a magical sky wizard and his young ward. You know, no one elected Christ to any position of power. In fact, if you'd done a poll back in the day, chances are the vast majority would have been against him. But that doesn't seem to make a difference in jerkin' the Jesus bell whenever they need to bluster.

Go read his take on Cindy Sheehan and Chimpy's need to "have a balanced life". The man is fuckin' brilliant.

** update 2 **

Okay I lied.. one more quote, because this one nearly caused me to choke on some diet coke..

Yep, Justice Sunday II'll show America what it means to be "Christian" in a way that'd make Christ say, "For this I awoke after three days? Anyone got any Bactine?"