Sapere Aude!

OMG! Obama Tries to Be Polite to People From a Different Culture!!!

Drudge Report headlines crack me up. 

It must me he's showing weakness!!!!!!  We're all doomed!  Now the Japs are gonna attack!!!!

SNL on Obama and the Public Option

Was priest's beating a hate crime?

Was priest's beating a hate crime?. 

DC Catholic Church Hates Gays So Much They Are Willing to Harm the Poor

Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum on same-sex marriage issue - washingtonpost.com.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn't change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.

Pathetic, isn't it.  They are so bent out of shape about treating homosexuals equally that they are willing to hurt others if DC is fair to gays.

Bill Maher: Is This as Good as It Gets From Obama?

Bill Maher: Is This as Good as It Gets From Obama?.  Bill Maher is not alone.

Cornel West on Obama on The Colbert Report

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Jindals Calls for JP's License, Vitter Rebukes Activist Judges

Here in Louisiana things are often a little more than backwards.  Recently, a justice of the peace refused to marry an interracial couple based on nothing more than his personal opinion.

Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish in southeastern Louisiana, wouldn't issue a license to or preside over the nuptials for Beth Humphrey, who is white, and Terence McKay, of Hammond, La., who is black.

The two were later married by another area justice of the peace.

Bardwell, who's held his post more than 30 years, said he refused to perform the ceremony because of his concern for the future of the couple's children.

Nice, huh?  To his credit, Gov. Jindal and other state officials have called for Bardwell's head.  But, David Vitter was slow to make a statement about the issue and when he did he simply stated that judges should follow the law and did not go as far as Jindal or Mary Landrieu in calling for the JP's removal.  I guess the question that is popping up in people's minds is whether Vitter's refusal to go as far as Jindal, et. al. is tantamount to condoning the JP's actions or the sentiments that motivated them.  But, shouldn't his statement that judges should follow the law be enough to show that he thinks there's been a wrongdoing?  I'm no fan of Vitter, but the absence of a call for his removal is not exactly the same as condoning the judge's actions.  Although perhaps it does raise the question of why he did not go that far.

Yes Men Pull Off Chamber Of Commerce Hoax On Climate Change (VIDEO)

Yes Men Pull Off Chamber Of Commerce Hoax On Climate Change (VIDEO).

Jennifer Burn on Ayn Rand on The Daily Show

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I do not get why the Right would draw on such a crappy thinker as an intellectual resource when there are better examples of libertarian thought out there. Nor do I understand why so many of the Rand fans that I met have such a high regard for her thinking but so little awareness of the various criticisms of her thinking. There's a nice review of Anne Heller's Ayn Rand and the World She Made and Burn's Goddess of the Market here.  Some interesting tidbits from the review article are below the fold.

Zizek on Democracy Now