Terry Gross had Triumph the Insult Dog on her Fresh Air program the other day. Here’s an extract:
Triumph: I can’t believe the government is paying for this interview. That’s what I can’t believe. My money that could be going to Pekinese hookers is instead going to this, you know, public radio that is obviously more slanted than my [dooda] after I [shagged] a St. Bernard.
Move over, Bill O’Reilly.
POLLING ON THE AMENDMENT: The most recent poll was taken before the Goodridge decision, so it should not be held completely solid for today. But its finding are striking. 55 percent said that civil marriage should not be legally extended to homosexuals, while 37 percent favored it. But of that 55 percent, only 36 percent supported a Constitutional Amendment. What that means is that only 19.8 percent supported a federal Constitutional Amendment to make civil marriage illegal for gays. How do you pass a Constitutional Amendment with 80 percent of the country opposed? I guess you really do have to gin up the hysteria and fear. The decision this president must make is: is he a uniter in favor of states’ rights or a divider who wants to federalize a deeply divisive issue?
WHO BUSH REALLY IS: “While I was in architecture school at the University of Texas at Austin, one of my professors was the actual architect for George W. Bush’s new ranch at Crawford. He showed photograph of its construction on a weekly basis during his lectures and had declared that the “governor” (as Bush was at the time) and his wife were the most pleasant and thoughtful clients he had ever had. He would recount stories of how Bush would form friendly and close rapports with him and other associated designers, in spite of their opposite political (and sexual) persuasions. George and Laura would host intimate dinners for my professor and he came away convinced of their capacity for warmth and understanding. My professor credits his ability to employ ‘green’ building techniques on the ranch to the Bush’s willingness to listen. He was distinctly fond of Laura, who would call him every time he drove back from his site visits to see if he was okay. He admitted to his students that he came into the project as a skeptic, but came away as a grateful friend.” – more feedback on the Letters Page. For a view of non-leftist British condescension toward Bush (which helps explain the huge blindspot many Brits seem to have toward him, check out Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph.
THEO-FASCISTS IN IRAN: A useful site detailing the appalling abuses of the dictators in Tehran.
The Dish 