Special Report with Brit Hume
Nutjob of the week is Brit Hume, the Fox News "commentator emeritus" who's evidently not retired from commentary just yet. Hume overextended his divine authority on the right-wing entertainment network Sunday by instructing Tiger Woods to trade in his inferior Buddhist faith for a Christian one that he says would offer more "forgiveness and redemption" for the golfer's well-publicized marital transgressions. Then he claimed that the backlash against the comments was caused by "anti-Christian" bias. The whole episode is laughable on its face, but Ruth Conniff has more respect for the depth and motivation of Hume's depraved agenda. She likens it to a modern selling of indulgences by Hume on behalf of his faith-- Join us, he's saying, and wild sexual exploits can be yours.Incidently, why are Fox commentators chatting about Tiger Woods on their Sunday political roundtable program?. I'm out of touch, I guess.
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Roger Ebert blows me away with the quality and prolificacy of his journalism. He cranks out multiple movie reviews every week, answers readers' letters in print, delivers essays on the movies and its practitioners in the Chicago Sun-Times and on its website, writes detailed blog entries, and then responds to dozens of comments in the blog threads from his readers. Then I'll read something about him like how he can no longer eat or drink and I'll be reminded that he does everything he does while coping with the effects of thyroid cancer. Roger's service to people who love the movies and/or the city of Chicago is an inspiration.
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Quote of the week: Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show," discussing the Flight 253 Underwear Bomber, "Even if the bomb works, there's going to be 72 very disappointed virgins."
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Premier free agent Matt Holliday is coming back to the Cardinals on a 7-year deal, meaning that all of those breathless expletives hurled by fans at the slugger and his agent, Scott Boras, were a probably a big waste of time and energy. It's now safe to buy your Holliday t-shirt jersey.
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One of the great left-handed pitchers ever, Randy Johnson, announced his retirement Tuesday. Except for the two seasons spent with the Yankees, Johnson was always one of the cool guys in the big leagues. He portrayed himself in a 2006 episode of "The Simpsons" in which his character met Ned Flanders at a lefthanders' convention. My dad and I watched him shut out the Cardinals in less than 2 hours on July 4th, 1999 in the single warmest game I've ever attended. He retired this week at the ridiculous age of 46 and having collected 303 lifetime wins. He'll likely become baseball's first Hall of Famer to rock a mullet on his enshrinement plaque.
posted by CM @ 10:38 AM
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Did Chris or Aaron ever rock a mullet? If not, what are you waiting for? A Moeller Mullet would be great! TA
we did?
Indeed I did. In college. And thanks to a major in broadcast journalism, there's incriminating video to prove it and that has not yet destroyed. I wanted long hair my whole life, like those heroic hippies of yesteryear, but alas, what I was given at birth is much too Garfunkel-like.
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