You know, my Christology right now is more or less trending Arian. If anyone should have a reason to rip Catholicism, it should be me. And yet I tell you that despite my differences with Catholicism on doctrine, it's been a huge force of good in the world. Even if you're an atheist, you have to recognize what a civilizing force it's been. Which is why I don't get some of the Daily Kos-caliber Catholic bashing we see here frequently.

Uh, I say God was a Utopian, not Christians. Christians believe in a flawed world, and a Utopian next-world.   When Christians HAVE tried Utopia, it's ended badly. See: early Puritan settlements in North America.

We're going to just have to agree to disagree on human nature. 

I see I'm not the only one that thought Axelrod handed conservatism a massive baseball bat to beat liberalism with, Capone-style. In one fell swoop, he just confirmed all of the conservative movements' arguments against big government and massive bureaucracy. I don't think Ronald Reagan could have made the argument for us any more effectively. This was akin to Brezhnev saying on TV "You can't blame me for the food shortages. Communism just isn't very good at making surpluses . And ironically, Axe handed us this weapon in the defense of his boss ... he that seeks to grow government like Red Tide on a polluted beach. We should run that Axelrod clip in every single GOP election for the next two cycles. "Even the liberals admit that government has grown out of control".

I want Mary Ann's brain in Ginger's body. There's nothing in the world like a redhead with the complete package.

I think more than ever, this is evidence of two Americas, one right, that values the Founding ideals... real Americans, in other words... and one left, a sector both revolutionary and vapid, that wants to bring down the tyrannical white patriarchy and effect real change so long as they can have the latest iPhone and won't have to miss The Walking Dead.

The situation is one of numbers, and what makes Black Prince right on this is that they are outnumbering us. And if amnesty passes... whoa boy. Prepare for the flood. The current IRS scandals will be mild compared to the mad abuses of power that will come with 30 million more Democrats weighing the scales.

I've come to the point where I don't believe in Godwin's Law either. I just don't think we should throw out Nazi analogies lightly. But if the argument can effectively use a reference to Der Fuhrer, then so be it, Godwin be damned.

God isn't a Socialist. God is a Utopian. But he's unique in that He's the only one that can actually make Utopia happen. We just screw it up down here. 

Is that another way of saying "Will he get Derb'd?"

No, you did the right thing even if she didn't appreciate it. Any further beatings was now her own fault. Yes, I know about the psychology involved here, but she was an adult, and at some point, adults take responsibility. If she runs right back to the fists of the guy abusing her, at that point, it's all on her.

As for Williamson, in a sane world, he would have gotten a round of applause from the audience, the cast would have bowed to him, and the idiot woman would have been ejected. But he doesn't live in a sane world. He lives in New York.

The Russians have always been better at tradecraft... the human aspect of intel... then we were. Always. We were always better on the technical side. It appears nothing has changed.

So.... their grandparents fought for desegregation so that their grandkids could.... segregate themselves. 

Did they graduate from LSU, or from GayLSU? Is there going to be a Catholic  graduation? A Muslim graduation? An atheist graduation? 

As much as I admire the traditions of an American college education, perhaps such an education is obsolete and a waste.  It's's stuff like this that will keep me from shedding a single tear as higher education moves away from the "Go live there for four years" model to more a practical learn as time allows, learn as you go model where people work while getting education and training online or at night or on weekends. 

As the Aussies say, no worries Sal. I realize that I sounded like I was creeping into Dean Wormer territory there and believe it or not, I really hate doing that, but one thing I firmly believe in is that our fiscal and political ills are directly linked to our social ills, i.e. that an irresponsible and libertine people leads to big and tyrannical government. Even Ben Franklin... who was quite naughty in his own life at times... realized that virtue was important in a free people and had to be taught and encouraged. Washington and John Adams sang a lot from that same songbook. I don't want to be the "No fun of any kind!" guy, but I also recognize that "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life" is a pretty good thing to teach.

I wasn't in a frat. I was married and worked my way through school. What the GI Bill didn't pay for, working a full time job nights did. 

So, a couple of snotty drunken students start a riot that kills nearly 100 people... and this is "conservative"? Even as a joke, that was bad.

They're "well informed" in the same way that they have better taste than you because they drive a Volvo and watch public television. "Reading the New York Times" should be on the Stuff White People Like list.