Dude, did you see the thing from the CBS News? The father of a kid who got killed in Columbine, talking about how the shooting yesterday was because of evolution being taught, and abortion, and godlessness in general. Yeah, in Amish country.

I heard about it.

OK, are there any evils that the theory of evolution doesn't cause?

Apparently not.

The clip is here, among other places: [link]

I like The Unit. A lot. I enjoy the action. But really what draws me in is the community aspect of the military. The wives, the families. It's always sort of fascinated me (I grew up in a community on the fringes, and then my brother joined and friends became military and military wives- my brother was the only military husband I knew, and that was because his term ended before his wife's.) In some ways, it is a forced community. But it is a really interesting one. There are chosen communities, there are those enforced by a lack of opportunity, of a voluntary loyalty to a geography's way of life. But the military community is a little different. It's geography and loyalty and volunteerism (these days ) and...it's just such an odd space.

Excellent essay by Glen Greenwald: Beltway Democrats are seriously flawed, but the election is still critically important

The most important and overriding mandate is to end the one-party rule to which our country has been subjected for the last four years. Achieving that is necessary -- it is an absolute pre-requisite -- to begin to impose some actual limits on the authoritarian behavior and unchecked powers of this administration -- because, right now, there are no such limits.

seriously appalling. Everyone should write letters to CBS. since when is random free speech blurbs appropriate on a NEWS program. Good God, does no one have journalists.

seriously appalling. Everyone should write letters to CBS. since when is random free speech blurbs appropriate on a NEWS program. Good God, does no one have journalists.

Also, this is the same "free speech" segment of the show where they refused to allow Bill Mahr to speak on the subject of religion.

Gawd, it's getting late - I should stop reading this crap or else my anger will never let me get to sleep....

I hate that. I mean sure, I haven't watched network news for 5 years, but I REALLY hate that.

Now I am all wound up. I mean SERIOUSLY! You are gonna give live air time to someone who blames people taking guns to schools and killing people on the TEACHING OF EVOLUTION!!!

REALY! Like maybe untreated mental illness and the stigma given to getting treatment for such in this country, and then maybe I DUNNO the fact that ANY ONE WITH A PULSE CAN GET A GUN! and oh yeah, let's not forget the part where we cover such hineous crimes AD NASEUM on what passes for news in this country so any other egomanical unstable loon with firearms gets the great idea about becoming famous.

OH, right, I almost forgot.

And if it is lack of respect for human life that is a root cause. THEN WHAT THE HELL KIND OF MESSAGE DOES WAR SEND!?!!?!

deleted - not a good use of my energy.

that is not so healthy, so now I yoga and go to bed.

Yeah, I wish I could add something cheery to the subject, but I can't. Entertainment trumps all considerations of what's newsworthy.

We're an empire in decline....