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I suppose urine is better than beer, especially given Fischer’s past predilections, but still….I how desperate does someone have to be to drink urine?

I also found an interesting link to this little nugget from the latest edition of Murphy’s Law in my emailbox this morning:

-Has controversial legislative aide and Channel 10 pundit Kevin Fischer been discussing the proposal to increase drunk driving penalties without disclosing that he has past violations? Fairly Conservative offers an expose.

Cindy over at Fairly Conservative has done a great job of shining a little light on some of Mr. Fischer’s shenanigans in the blogosphere and as a state employee, and while I haven’t done as much leg work as Cindy, I’ve written a few things on Mr. Fischer as well.

I’ve asked Kevin Fischer if he has any comment on the recent mention in Michael Murphy’s column, but as I write this I have not yet received a response.

First of all, my best wishes are with Senator Ted Kennedy and his family as they come to grips with his diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor. As Jay over at folkbum mentioned, even the “good” prognosis for Senator Kennedy is pretty bad.

During his time in the United States Senate, Ted Kennedy has been the embodiment of a liberal lion, which no doubt must be the cause of some of the crass and downright despicable stuff I’ve seen and heard in reference to Senator Kennedy’s situation. To be honest, there are some folks on the right who’ve shown themselves to be above such pettiness at a time like this, and those folks are to be commended for putting aside ideological differences and keeping their fellow man in their thoughts.

So according to Georgia’s Republican Party Chairwoman Sue Everhart, Senator John McCain is just like Jesus:

“John McCain is kind of like Jesus Christ on the cross,” Everhart said as she began the second day of the state GOP convention. “He never denounced God, either.”

Now taken in that context, Everhart’s comments seem totally over the top, but even when put into context, they still seem more than just a little extreme. Apparently Everhart made the remarks as she praised McCain for never denouncing the United States while he was being tortured as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Now maybe I’m just not devout enough in my beliefs, but while I certainly find it admirable that McCain never denounced the United States while he was a prisoner of war, I fail to see how that makes him comparable to Jesus.

And while I may not be as devout as Sue Everhart, who apparently feels qualified to compare individuals to Jesus, I do know what the Good Book says about blasphemy:

And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. — Leviticus 24:16

Now call me crazy, but comparing John McCain to Jesus sure does strike me as being blasphemous.

H/T to the illusory tenant

I’m a huge fan of Saturday Night Live. I’ve been a fan since I was a kid, and though SNL has had its fair share of bad seasons recently, I actually think this season’s been a pleasant surprise. Perhaps the most consistently funny segments on SNL this season have been the digital shorts and faux commercials, case in point being an “ad” that appeared on last night’s SNL season finale.

Obviously the recent decision by the California Supreme Court to strike down that state’s ban on same-sex marriage has been big news everywhere, and predictably enough, some conservative bloggers have already started caterwauling about “judicial activism” from the four judges who issued the ruling, never mind the fact that six of the seven justices that currently sit on the California Supreme Court were appointed by Republican governors. Ultimately though, for all the screaming about how the California Supreme Court’s decision reeks of judicial activism, a quick glance at the decision by a legally untrained eye such as mine reveals that the decision is far from being activist - it’s actually firmly in keeping with the most basic tenets of our nation’s Constitution and Bill of Rights. Perhaps the phrase that sums up the California Supreme Court’s decision best is the following:

“An individual’s sexual orientation - like a person’s race or gender - does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights.”

Ultimately that’s what this decision is all about - equality, and to quote my esteemed colleague, the illusory one:

Today’s convenient Republican devotion to direct democracy is nothing but a smokescreen for a desire to enforce subjective religious principles through state coercion and a prurient fascination with the mechanics of — male, especially — homosexual relations.

And in closing, I leave you, dear readers, with a little something I found during my travails surfing the interwebs.
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