Posts Tagged ‘disgusting’

Hypocrisy on parade

Friday, April 18th, 2008

There’s an evil tableau for you: the callous torturer stands up with blood on his hands and a lie in his teeth, while the priest draped in gilt reassures him of his righteousness. How often has that scene played out in history, I wonder?
You know, I wouldn’t change a word in what Paul Myers says [...]

A throne is a throne…

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

You know, the Pope-throne in the Vatican press room, or wherever it is, reminds me of something…

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Oh yeah, I know what it is. It reminds me of the stage at the No Rest For The Wicked concert I saw in Milan.
(As an aside, I know I shouldn’t be shocked at hypocrisy here, but doesn’t [...]

I used to enjoy Christopher Hitchens

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

…but over the last few years this has become less and less true.
I’m a pretty rabid atheist, but when someone makes Dawkins look like a moderate on religion, they might have gone a bit too far, you know?
And ever since he went pro-war on Iraq, his writings on foreign policy have taken on a continually [...]

This stuff is deadly and it is spreading

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

You are about to hear Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (sallykern@okhouse.gov) speaking when she thought that only 50 highly-targeted people were listening.
Every time I start feeling good about humanity, something like this comes along to remind me that we’re basically ten minutes away from hitting each other with sticks. How can people this hateful still [...]

Nasty

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

It should not be possible for a child that small to produce so much vomit.
Apparently my hard-earned parenting experience has made me blase about all other possible organic messes, but has not really protected me from child vomit. I mean, I can do what needs to be done, but that stuff is nasty. Back in [...]