You Say It Like It's a Bad Thing

Catholic University of San Diego Honors Radical Non-Christian Feminist With Theology Chair

This year the University of San Diego has awarded an honorary chair in its Catholic theology department to a radical eco-feminist theologian, who calls God "Gaia," supports abortion and contraception, and a host of other views that put her in conflict with essential Catholic and Christian beliefs

But has she blown an altar boy?

Pixelated Homophobia

'Gay' McDonald's prompts boycott
The happy paranoids at the American Family Association, Dandy Don Wildmon's principal source of outrage and revenue, is now aghast at McDonald's is not running away in horror from gays. My earlier post covers that bit of silly, but a new wrinkle on an old controversy arrived in this afternoon's email.

Conservative News Alerts is pushing the AFA v Ronald McDonald issue, but with even prissier circumlocutions. Where the AFA, quoted by that paragon of accuracy, World Net Daily, says,

"This boycott is not about hiring homosexuals, or homosexuals eating at McDonald's or how homosexual employees are treated. It is about McDonald's, as a corporation, choosing to put the full weight of their organization behind promoting the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage," said AFA chairman Donald E. Wildmon.

the right-thinkers at Conservative News Alerts can't seem to quite spit out the topic under revulsion:

"This boycott is not about hiring h_________, or h_________ eating at McDonald's or how h_________ employees are treated. It is about McDonald's, as a corporation, choosing to put the full weight of their organization behind promoting the h_________ agenda, including h_________ marriage," said AFA chairman Donald E. Wildmon.

What If Jesus Wants a Big Mac?

Gay-Marriage Opponents To Boycott McDonald's - washingtonpost.com

A group that opposes same-sex marriage has called for a boycott of McDonald's, saying the fast-food giant has refused "to stay neutral in the cultural war over homosexuality."

The American Family Association (AFA) launched the boycott yesterday because McDonald's joined the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce several months ago and placed an executive on the group's board of directors, in addition to donating to the chamber.

The association asked McDonald's to remove itself from the chamber but the burger-maker declined, leading to the boycott. "We're saying that there are people who support AFA who don't appreciate their dollars from the hamburgers they bought being put into an organization that's going to fight against the values they believe in," Tim Wildmon, the association's president, said yesterday.

"Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman said. "That includes McDonald's, and we stand by and support our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and harassment."

The radical right continues to lose steam. Dobson's Obama tantrum passed with hardly a ripple and now Wildmon's latest hissy fit seems destined to make no difference at all.

Phew! Glad we're through THAT little spell of Puritanism.

Political News

AVN :: Ex-Porn Actor Sonny Landham Seeks Senate Seat

If it's OK for Ralph Nader and Bob Barr to run for office on the nutbag ticket, then a former porn star shouldn't have too much trouble, huh?

Ex-Porn Actor Sonny Landham Seeks Senate Seat
Former Hollywood heavy regrets doing porn flicks

By: David Sullivan

Posted: 06/25/2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Actor Sonny Landham, who started out in porn movies before landing tough-guy roles in Hollywood movies including 48 Hours and Predator, is now running for the Senate on the Libertarian ticket.

At least he'd know how to handle himself in public.

Pharisees and Sadducees

7 Reasons Why George Carlin Did Not Go To Hell | KGOV Radio

* The Foul-mouthed Comedian: George Carlin did not go to hell because:

Reason 1: he did more evil than good
Reason 2: because he didn't tithe
Reason 3: because he promoted abortion
Reason 4: because he had a filthy mouth
Reason 5: because he didn't keep the commandments
Reason 6: because he wasn't a Republican
Reason 7: because he didn't go to church

George Carlin went to hell because he despised the sacrifice of Jesus Christ who bled and died to pay for Carlin's sin and was resurrected to overcome death and give eternal life to those who humble themselves and trust in Him.

Self-righteous Christian pricks deserve all the bad shit that happens to them. Particularly the judgmental variety, like this demented fuckwit in Denver.

Portable Power

Cellphones: Wind, Solar Recharge Tent Keeps Phones Juiced at Glastonbury Festival

Somebody had a good idea.

The freestanding tentpods draw their electricity from a wind generator and solar panels. With a peak power of 1Kw, the pod can charge up to 100 mobile phones per hour and stores unused energy in a battery bank.

It's the Little Things

Cheney Apologizes For Quip on W. Virginia - washingtonpost.com

Vice President Cheney apologized for saying yesterday that he has "Cheneys on both sides" of his family tree dating back to the 1600s, "And we don't even live in West Virginia."

. . . The remark drew swift denunciations from West Virginians of both parties, with Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R) calling it "disrespectful" and "certainly not funny," and Gov. Joe Manchin (D) saying, "I truly cannot believe that any vice president of the United States . . . would make such a derogatory statement about my state, or any state for that matter."

VP Cheney insults an entire state and gets called on it. Normal adults might have apologized, refused to apologize or told West Virginia to get a sense of humor. But not the man a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Cheney quickly moved to defuse the matter, with spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride telling the Associated Press: "On reflection, he concluded that it was an inappropriate attempt at humor that he should not have made. The vice president apologizes to the people of West Virginia for the inappropriate remark."

Except the VP didn't apologize - he outsourced it. Doesn't do much to jack up the Sincerity Meter, does it?