when your vehicle is unmanned, I'll stand on the hood and bust out the most kick ass guitar solo with the rest of the cool people left behind

Last Sunday Dateline did a special on televangelist Benny Hinn. I can't explain the rise I got out of a broadcast network news station roasting a fundamentalist christian hack, following up on "miracle healings" he's performed and analyzing the money train he rides on. There was still a part of me that felt bad for people who live vicariously through bullshit like that. But, they must discover the harsh reality, in fact, their cancer is not cured. but then again, I'm sure if you pray about it the cells will dissipate. "surely you will not die"

This morning on "the today show" they interviewed some clowns from the traveling circus performing in the square. When the interview was over, Katie made a typical segway to the weatherman by saying "and now to our resident clown (ha) in washington..." to which one witty clown interrupted her babble and blurted out "The President!" loud enough for everyone to hear it. There was an awkward half-silence, half-cheer from the lunatics with the home-made signs standing in the freezing-ass cold at 8am. I don't normally laugh that early in the morning, but I have to say that it was a great start to the day.

A couple weeks ago, The Daily Show did a rather humerous quip on "rapture insurance" where one pays premiums until the rapture (good thinking insurance industry) to insure that their sinful relatives left behind can live off thier wealth. I for one will come out and say that when you're gone, I'll just go ahead and take that shit. There is also an e-mail service that notifies your sinful friends when the rapture occurs where it is that you've gone. Of all the theological rubbish that's been cooked up in the last century or two, none are as unfounded as the rapture. Basically, the rapture idea was created so the evangelicals don't have to feel bad about all the terror and destruction they cause on earth because that's not what matters if their being air-lifted from the rubble on a holy safety harness. this ideology is harmful for everyone involved.

The moral of the story: the media is liberal and evangelicals are losers.