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Right Wing Journalist Becomes Healthcare Victim
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 Catherine Seipp, who has been an extremist writer for the conservative publication National Review Online, has, in the wake of her own health care nightmare, decided to rant about her troubles now that she's been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and her insurer Blue Cross is giving her trouble.
Ms. Seipp's sordid history is not without overwhelming irony now in the face of her debacle (in 1997 she unsympathetically wrote of anyone who was offended by her writing to "Get over it!"), which seems to only be coming to light because she was unlucky enough to have the blue ice fall in her back yard.
It's really tough to have sympathy for someone who has been specifically responsible for promoting policy for decades that that has led to the problem she is now facing.
As sad as Ms. Siepp's condition may be, the saddest part of all is that if her life wasn't at stake, she probably wouldn't be speaking out against the current healthcare system. To add further irony she was worried that upon being diagnosed with cancer, she would "become nice." Well, don't worry Cathy. When you die, I'm sure there will be someone nearby to pick up the torch (and pitchfork). |
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Isaac Hayes Quits Southpark Citing "Religious Intolerance"
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 After seeing this season's premier Southpark episode, where the Chef character, previously played by Isaac Hayes appears to be composed of edited disembodied versions of his previous voiceovers, the show's creators have made a powerful statement over Hayes' departure.
It appears, it's ok to make fun of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Abortion, Hippies, Barbara Striesand, Gays, Handicapped People, Politicians, Mormons and Minorities, but if you start talking bad about Tom Cruise and Scientology, that's crunk. So Isaac Hayes quit Southpark citing "religious intolerance", presumably over the parodying of his cult, Scientology. The result? Chef turns into a pedophile and is eaten by wild animals.
To add more fuel to the fire, the Washington Post said fans have started a campaign urging people to write, phone or e-mail Viacom threatening to boycott "Mission Impossible 3" -- unless Comedy Central reruns the episode spoofing Scientology that caused Isaac Hayes to quit. Does anyone need a reason to not see Mission Impossible 3 in the first place?
At the end of the show, Kyle said they shouldn't be mad at Chef for leaving, they should be "mad at that fruity little club [Scientology] for scrambling his brains."
Our take is only fruity little people are members of fruity little clubs.
"This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology," South Park co-creator Matt Stone said. "He has no problem -- and he's cashed plenty of checks -- with our show making fun of Christians." |
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Multi-millionaire kitsch-painter, Thomas Kinkade, whose galleries seem to reproduce like fetid rats in tourist areas, is under fire from ex-employees and business associates over supposedly un-God-like behavior. The man who claims God controls his paintbrush, and who has successfully exploited lots of religious folks via his warm-and-fuzzy distorted images of reality, seems to have a sordid past of groping women, defrauding business associates, and even urinating on Disney characters.
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A Phoenix Lutheran church has been mailing out flyers that copy the design of the Microsoft XBox 360 logo and colors to lure kids into going to church. No word if they have removed the 8th commandment from their bible teachings.
Here's a tip: never toss a live mouse into a brush fire. Karma's a bitch.
Fox's Bill O'Reilly appeared on Letterman's show last night, where Dave danced with "Falafel Bill" over the administration's use of bad intelligence in the run-up to Iraq, and after defending his right to be unsympathetic to a woman who lost her son in Iraq, claiming she called terrorists, "Freedom Fighters", Letterman responded, "60% of what you say is crap."
A family's display featuring a bloody Santa Claus wielding a knife, beheaded Barbie dolls and a severed head with blood gushing from its eyes has scared children and angered some homeowners in a New York neighborhood.
Dozens of trucks, contracted by FEMA, that were supposed to deliver ice to victims of hurricane Katrina have been diverted to Portland, Maine for the time being. Nobody knows why.
It's a shame we don't have a "cluelessness" category for this story, but one has to chuckle when CNN runs a story entitled, "Michael Jackson, Does anyone care?"
You can't make this stuff up people..The other night, anti-abortion extremist 
Jim West, the fiscally conservative, anti-gay rights, anti-abortion, anti-teen sex Republican mayor of Spokane, Washington has been caught with his hand in the cookie-jockstrap, as he was exposed arranging dates on Gay.com with what he thought was an 18-year-old man, offering him enticements such as trips and an internship to make it seem tempting to go out with a 53-year-old closeted politician. But wait, it's gets better...
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