Recently, I came across a tweet from something called The GOP Alliance:
Every presidential assassin has been a liberal, communist, anarchist, someone on the Left.
That word “every” is one of those red-flag words that set off my bullshit detector. Given my interest in history as well as my interest in debunking ridiculous claims made by ideologues, [...]
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Nice try, GOP Alliance Twitter feed
Insert obligatory “Anchorman” reference here
(Tom Cruze/Chicago Sun-Times)
Mind ur own bzns
If there is one thing that can raise my hackles, it’s when people/governments intrude into my personal business.
In the latest bit of legislation that is neither necessary nor chock full o’ common sense, the Illinois House has approved a bill that would ban text messaging (and other forms of non-voice mobile communication) while driving.
It’s bad [...]
A question for the ages
Why do people wait until they’re at Wal-Mart to beat their kids?
On Eight Belles and the gnashing of teeth
Despite my inclination as a lover of animals (in a strictly platonic sense, of course), I find it hard to get worked up about Eight Belles getting shipped off to the glue factory.
In fact, it’s surprising that this kind of thing doesn’t happen more often. What do you expect when an animal that weighs 1000 [...]
On customer service and cooling off
There’s been an e-mail sweeping through Springfield inboxes the past couple of weeks, and Wednesday was my day to receive it.
The e-mail’s originator apparently was dissatisfied with the food and service she’d received from a local eatery and decided document her concerns to the owner (or manager; I’m not sure). While it was incredibly detailed, [...]
Parents just don’t understand
The Girl’s soccer lidlifter was this past weekend. Those of you who know me or who regularly read this Web log know I harbor a severe and unyielding prejudice against the sport.
My anti-soccer bias is one of my many shortcomings as a human being. But I am big enough not to pass along my prejudices [...]
Dear Buffalo Wild Wings,
The next time someone orders both plain wings and wings with sauce, don’t put the plain wings in the same to-go box as the saucy wings. Thanks.
Your pal,
A.C.
The little-known 11th Commandment
“Thou shalt getteth thy freak on.”
In the latest in the long, storied history of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do megachurch leaders, the “archbishop” of a suburban Hotlanta congregation is getting Bill Clintoned:
An 80-year-old leader of a suburban megachurch who is at the center of a sex scandal has been charged with lying under oath for saying he had sex [...]