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One week ago, the American electorate sent the Republican Party a message.

Apparently, the Republicans think this message was “More Trent Lott, please!” as they’ve just named him Senate Minority Whip. Though Lott’s history proves him the senator most likely to whip minorities, that actually does not make him a good choice and should, in theory, work against him for this leadership position. He was forced out of the Majority Whip position four years ago for the pretty darned valid reason of being an unrepentant racist. And they say elephants never forget…

The Triumphant Return of Trent Lott: Back in the ‘hood, Wearin’ a Hood!

NFL-player-turned-Army-Ranger Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004. In this article, his brother (& fellow Ranger) Kevin Tillman speaks about the invasion of Iraq, the imprisonment of terrorism suspects, and other events since the brothers enlisted together in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Read “After Pat’s Birthday” by Kevin Tillman.

After infuriating Muslims the world over with a controversial speech delivered last Tuesday, Pope Benedict has made the conciliatory move of also bashing the Jews.

Yeah, that oughta fix things. Nice work, Ben.

Now, I’m no Pontiff myself and know little of Popery, but I think if I’d just made the major gaffe of slamming a major religion (by quoting a 14th century Emperor: “show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman”), then I’d be majorly careful about what I quoted for a while. And I really don’t think I’d use a quote that the crucifixion was “a scandal for the Jews” in a speech right now. If I were Pope, I’d just take off my enormous hat and lay low.

And if I were a Papal advisor, I’d find some tactful way of informing His Holiness that saying you’re “sorry for the Muslim reaction” does not actually count as an apology. I mean, really, come on… That’s like back when I was a kid, and I called my sister stupid, then she complained to Mom, and Mom said I had to apologize to her, so I said “I’m sorry you’re stupid.” I was not the head of a world religion at the time of my non-apology, and the Pope was not ten at the time of his. Also, the Pope was not sent to his room for his non-apology, unlike me. But other than that, it’s a fair comparison.

I’m not Catholic so maybe my opinion doesn’t count here, but that last Pope seemed a lot nicer and cooler than this new Nazi Pope.

I apologize in advance if that opinion is offensive to Nazis.

I’m a little behind on my news reading so this is a week old, but finding this story caught me off guard, provoking me to emit a noise similar to the one Scooby Doo makes when confused. I shook my head to clear it and looked again, but the story was still there.

Yesterday on the 700 Club, evangelical Pat Robertson declared himself “a convert” on global warming. Robertson said that he has “not been one who believed in global warming in the past.” But now, Robertson said, he believes “it is getting hotter and the ice caps are melting and there is a build up of carbon dioxide in the air.” Robertson implored, “we really need to do something on fossil fuels.”

Pat Robertson “believes” in global warming and that we should address our use of fossil fuels? I didn’t think he even “believed” in fossils or, y’know, like… science.