Am I the only guy who noticed the irony at the end of the Palin Bashing Segment?

At the end of it Evangelical Christian Joe Scarborough said “Happy Holidays” and proud and public atheist Christopher Hitchens said “Merry Christmas.” To quote his column of the 11th: I myself repose no faith in any man-made text or made-man redeemer, so when it’s Christmas I say “Merry Christmas” with a clear conscience, as I [...]

My poetic answer to Al Gore et/al

With thanks to Tim Blair for the idea and Kipling who did all the work. Take up the Green Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go bind your children to exile To serve your planet’s need; To wait in conference meetings, And airports expanses– To change the western masses, From carbon them to [...]

Did you notice what was missing from MSNBC’s hit on Palin this morning?

I’ve always liked Chris Hitchens even though he is seriously embedded with Palin Derangement syndrome and it was because of that syndrome that he made it on the last segment on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today. In between talking sense on the war (which he always does) and pointing out that Joe Biden insulted Afghanistan with [...]

…but don’t call them death panels

When Sarah Palin referred to death panels she was called a liar, or ignored and is still hit for it, even as the section was pulled. When examples from England’s NIS of brought up we were told that is had nothing to do with the US. When the mammograms recommendations came out we were told [...]