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Send in the fundies…

I’ve been really trying hard to tone down the political slant of this blog as of late. I really have. But every time I try, something comes up that just makes me have to comment on it….

…like the fact that Christian zealots are jumping on the re-election like a younger Jimmy Swaggart on a neophyte hooker. Never mind the fact that the margins were slim, this is a mandate, damnit!

So Bob Jones says, anyway:

“In your re-election, God has graciously granted America – though she doesn’t deserve it – a reprieve from the agenda of paganism,” Jones wrote Bush in a congratulatory letter posted on the university’s Web site.

“You have been given a mandate … Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the liberals nothing. They despise you because they despise your Christ,” the letter said. It is dated Nov. 3.

Well, he’s right about one thing: We don’t deserve this kind of insane fanaticism.

Canada is looking better every day. And it seems like they might be a little bit more receptive to immigrating Americans than originally thought.

Whatever happened to “Tickle me Elmo?”

“Quick dear! It’s time to open your Christmas present!”

“Oh Boy! I’m so excited!” ::rips wrapping paper::

“Isn’t what you’ve always wanted?!”

“Wow, Cool! it’s a…. wart encrusted bald purple… furry thing! Just what I’ve been wanting! Thanks… I… think….”

wtf

Is it just me, or are toy makers running out of ideas?

And now they want to ruin pay radio, too

UPDATE: The petition was overturned!

The last bastion of free speech in radio, satellite broadcasting, is now under the censorship gun by conservatives.

Mt. Wilson Broadcasters has decided that if free, traditional radio is subject to heavy-handed censorship by the FCC because it is publicly available to everyone, then so should pay, satellite radio. So far satellite has escaped censorship because it is a premium service that people must subscribe to (and thus voluntarily agree to receive the content). However, Mt. Wilson has decided to piss on the parade:

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