Wailing Into The Void

This is apparently the new aim of conservatism in America.

Everyone fancies himself a movie critic, even brain-dead television sports commentators do.

Because of the closeness of the last two presidential elections and my anxious nature I can’t help expecting the current race to be a nail-biter, despite strong evidence to the contrary.

I say sign him, shoot him up with whatever he needs, and turn him loose on AL pitching.

It isn’t even August yet and the righty bloggers are already resorting to Hitler comparisons. Buckle up kids, ’cause we’re in for a hell of a ride.

That’s what the McCain campaign camp must be in when the candidate starts trotting out comments such as this:

Sen. Obama has indicated that by his failure to acknowledge the success of the surge, that he would rather lose a war than lose a campaign.

Maybe they’re just trying to see how low they can go before people really start paying attention in the fall, but I’ve got a feeling they’re already starting to sense this thing slipping away from them.

This time he botches some important facts on his supposed strong subject, Iraq. I’m sure it’s only a coincidence that his botched version of the story seems to serve him better than the generally accepted historical record.

Just thought I’d share.

Five in a row since the All-Star break.  Three-and-a-half games out of first.  Two-and-a-half games out of the wild card.  The Yanks are making their customary second half run.  Dreams of closing out Yankee Stadium with a World Series victory are dancing in my head. 

Remember what Kevin Garnett tols us.  “Anything’s possible”. The team with the highest payroll in baseball can win the World Series.  We just have to believe. 

I imagine the whole concept of virginity emanates from that same place in our minds that spawns all the wild superstitions, religious beliefs and various types of magical thinking that plague us to no end as a species.  I suppose prior to the advent of paternity tests it did have a practical aspect, but nowadays it seems that it’s mainly used by parents and religious leaders to shame and stigmatize young women who don’t conform to some set of sexual mores.  Most of these parents and religious leaders probably feel their behavior is justified because, after all, they’re saving young, pure, innocent women from sin, or the Devil, or giving birth to crack babies with SuperAIDS or whatever.  Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, it’s all part of God’s intricate plan.