Jailing David Irving

Not to sound like a big Jewish supporter of David Irving and his views, but really, is imposing multi-year prison sentences the best way to deal with Holocaust deniers? It just elevates them to martyrdom among their wacko, anti-Semitic followers and gives them the publicity that they, being media whores, seek. Shoddy history books should be fought with legitimate research on the Holocaust, of which there is little shortage thanks to the Nazis’ meticulous documentation of their crimes.

Dangerous Dick

I wonder if this means that Justice Scalia will recuse himself from those famous duck hunting trips of his.

Crazy C-SPAN Callers

The joy of listening to C-SPAN, cable’s forced upon public service to the cable-watching masses, never ends. Where else can you hear Congressional, presidential, and think-tank speeches and events in full without being interrupted by images of your Always maxi-pad holding a whole gallon of water without giving way? But the best part of C-SPAN is, undoubtedly, the crazy ass callers. From red states to blue, from coast to coast, crazy people from across this great country of ours call in and say the stupidest shit, often without being interrupted. Usually, the crazy caller in question is thanked for the specific conspiracy theory in question and the next crazy caller from Odessa, Texas is told that he is next. One of the morning programs today focused on the legacy of Betty Friedan of The Feminine Mystique fame. So this dude calls in to say that Betty was a communist who single-handedly destroyed the American nuclear family, and that the Taliban had the right idea when it came to dealing with us uppity women. R.I.P.