What could anyone possibly add?

Texas parents are complaining that a program to distribute free Gideon Bibles at schools may have backfired. So many Bibles were distributed to students in Plano and Frisco that students reportedly began to use them as weapons, sold them, or even uses the pages to roll joints. In one particularly disturbing account, a Jewish boy was attacked by Christian students throwing the bibles at him.

Who would Jesus throw Bibles at … oh wait.  Jesus was Jewish – Texans would chuck Bibles at Him.

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When the CBO projections are useful to your hackery:

“CBO Tells Congress That Should Obamacare ‘Work’, It’ll Drive Up Costs”

-Red State Headline from Aug 13, 2009

When the CBO projections run counter to your ideology:

“CBO Stands for Cooked Books Office”

-Red State Headline from Oct 9, 2009

So which is it, boys: trusted, impartial source or partisan propagandists?

Serolf Divad does this sort of thing for fun.

In addition to getting paid for attending an upscale titty bar, America’s Hatemonger Rush Limbaugh was also in the news last week as part of a bid to purchase the St. Louis (when’d that happen?) Rams.

We don’t see a problem with that — George Will’s “violence punctuated by committee meetings” could be stretched to describe Rush’s show as well as professional football — but apparently some athletes who are happy to play for asshole owners draw the line at asshole racist owners:

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Title: “How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times”

Author: James Wesley Rawles

Rank: 22

Blurb: “It would only take one unthinkable event to disrupt our way of life. If there is a terrorist attack, a global pandemic, or sharp currency devaluation — you may be forced to fend for yourself in ways you’ve never imagined. Where would you get water? How would you communicate with relatives who live in other states? What would you use for fuel?”

Review: “His book was fascinating to a guy like me, who before reading this, hardly ever thought about packing for a nuclear holocaust.”

Customers Also Bought: “Going Rogue: An American Life,” by Sarah Palin

Footnote: Also available in a Kindle Edition! (Electricity not included.)

How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It [Amazon]

Buy or Die [Stinque@Amazon kickback link]

Candidate Barack Obama, November 29, 2007: “America is ready to get rid of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. All that is required is leadership.”

Candidate Obama, April 7, 2008: “I reasonably can see ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ eliminated.”

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Nice … grouping.

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• Pete Carroll, head coach, USC: $4,400,000
• Charlie Weis, Notre Dame: $4,200,000
• Nick Saban, Alabama: $3,900,000
• Bob Stoops, Oklahoma: $3,800,000

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