Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

2.10.2007

We Interrupt This Broadcast

Comment moderation slow the rest of the day . . . errands to run.

Arch-Conservative State Sen. Jane Nelson . . .

. . . "introduced legislation Thursday that would require 'moderate or vigorous' daily physical activity for students in kindergarten through eighth grade."

I don't think its by chance that the Star-Telegram decided to run a picture with this story.

Rights Over Content

This one drives me crazy. On one hand, I've always hated the Confederate Flag and really cringe whenever I see anyone display it. But it's more important to me that the government not be able to censor anyone who wishes to flaunt it. Even if it is on a silly purse.

I'll vote, begrudingly, for the girls on this one. (But "patriots"? Uh, no.)

Star Telegram story here.

2.09.2007

"Jesus Camp" . . .

. . . is a fascinating documentary. It raises the question of how quickly and how intensely children should be indoctrinated into the religion of their parents. For all of you that ever attended a Baptist church camp, you'll have some flashbacks.

And it made me recall a conversation I had with a female friend [Edit: who was Baptist] while I was in college. For whatever reason, I had said to her in a passing conversation, "Isn't it weird that if my parents had been Catholic that I'd be a Catholic?"

"Not me," she said. "I'd still be a Baptist."

I didn't have much to do with her after that.

"Hard Candy" . . .

. . . is one bizarre film. Summary: A guy wishes Chris Hansen of "To Catch A Predator" would walk into the room to stop his nightmare inflicted by a Molly Ringwald type of character. Good stuff. And the movie poster is great.

Sissie vs. Lady Eagle - Round 3 - This Time It's More Personal Than The Last Time When It Was Personal

I'm not that interested, but somebody post the score tonight of the Bridgeport/Decatur girls basketball pseudo-playoff game. I think tip off is at 6:00 p.m. at Northwest. Sweat like ladies and godspeed.

More Anna Nicole News

There's news that Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband is making a claim that he might be the father of Anna Nicole's six month old baby. That got me thinking, so I put this list of potential fathers that DNA needs to exclude: 1. Rex Hoskins (Decatur Police Chief and current TV star) 2. Pseudonym (uses secret Canadian Love Moves) 3. Rook Ramsey (former Sheriff but could hold a cigar in exotic manner) 4. Skip Nichols (Messenger editor in chief or something like that - oozes power) 5. Trevor Brazile (Famous Decatur cowboy. Women love that stuff.) 6. Allen Williamson (alleged super lawyer - claims he had an affair with Anna last fall) 7. Andrew Rottner (Pres. North Texas Bank - probably has had picture taken with Anna) 8. Ed Winfrey (Decatur City Judge - claims he has "dirt" on Anna) 9. Sheriff David Walker (odds on favorite) 10. Kyle Story (Decatur coach - also capable of turning water into wine) Edit: Yeah, I know I've rejected a handful of comments.

Friday Afternoon Smackdown

All I know is that it is some amateur fight somewhere with a ref who has a violent streak. But after watching it a couple of times, the boxer without the shirt is a little &^%&) [<----self censorship] for taking a swing at his opponent after said opponent had been hurled to the ground. Hard. Good times. [Edit: Well that didn't last long. YouTube.com has taken down the video. I'm never watching anything on YouTube again. Ever.]