Month: November 2005

Jesus called. He said shit like this is really starting to piss him off:

“OKLAHOMA CITY – With her 6-year-old son wearing a shirt saying, “God hates homosexuals,” Shirley Phelps-Roper greeted mourners attending a slain soldier’s funeral in Edmond this week with signs predicting the downfall of America.
Ms. Phelps-Roper was one of a handful of members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., at Tuesday’s funeral Army Pfc. David Martin. The church members, who have protested soldiers’ funerals in Oklahoma and elsewhere, say God is punishing U.S. soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays.” –Associated Press

Nuance. I dig wolves.

It feels as if you rule over man and beast. And it is all because you know how to tap the “delete” key. An entire universe is gone. Where did it all go when I hit delete? If we ever teach wolves to use computers, we better watch our asses. Because the next thing you know we’ll see whole flocks of sheep deleted. Those crafty bastard wolves might also just throw in a wolf-hater for good measure.

A sub for Coop?

Almost as boring as celebrity news for me is news about celebrity news people. I mean, I am pretty ambivalent about Anderson Cooper replacing Aaron Brown in his CNN time spot. While I thought Brown had his moments, he too often reminded me of some of the horse’s asses I have had as editors who asked questions just to hear the sound of their own voice.

And Cooper? I think he is vastly overrated. He is an okay journalist. But one has to ask: Would a TV journalist who is just okay be the next biggest thing in TV news if his mother’s initials weren’t Gloria Vanderbilt? Perhaps that is unfair. If so, sorry Coop.

Then today, word comes down that Judy Miller and The New York Times are parting ways. Who cares? I have to admit I felt a little taken in by Judy’s righteous battle over the 1st Amendment. But it turns out her saga really doesn’t sound all that appealing.

In this day and age of Internet and blog and podcast and the electric bugaloo (wait, where did that come from?) it seems like all journalists, bloggers and the would-bees on either side do is snipe at each other. It seems like a terrible waste of talent and brain power, not to mention hot air.

Darwin was so complex he had to be created with a higher powder. At least Kansas has a nice state song.