Month: April 2006

It’s official… Comedy Central, who was brave enough to air an episode where Jesus craps on Bush, would not allow Matt and Trey to air a cartoon image of Mohammed. Congrats, Comedy Central, you have validated every, single right-wing nutjob who can now rightfully point out that it’s ok to engage in any kind of heresy against Christianity, but you can’t even show a stylized version of an Islamic prophet. Well done.

Speaking of right-wing nutjobs, Michelle Malkin has a ton of links and video of the offending episode. (Yes, I’m linking to Michelle Malkin). And before someone flames on about the “conservatives”, I will gladly link to any “liberal” blog, site, fileserver, what-have-you that points out this hypocrisy with the venom it deserves. (scans Daily Kos.) Thought so.

Frankly, this shouldn’t be a religious argument. Comedy Central caved to pressure (real or imagined) over consequences of airing the images. Come on, even the Danes had the canjones to publish those cartoons; grow a set, Comedy Central.

More at Volokh and Instapundit.

About fuckin’ time, too. The primary link on this goes to Arbor Update, whose comments around the story should degrade into either a flame war about Israel or how this was somehow the fault of the CIty Counci, but only the Republicans.. Oh wait, there aren’t any.

Arbor Update: Coke Back at U-M

Ok, being sort of new to the area, I didn’t know that (is this a well known thing to Detroiters?).

Apparently Frank may become well-known for something, it just might not be his preaching. He’s filed a federal lawsuit against Channel 7 to host his evangelical radio program

Experts say the case is a unique one and could be an important test of the protection of religious rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Wow, a test case for a 1964 law in 2006? Go Frank. (note, that’s not an endorsement of his case, just the general “Way to pick your fight” type of comment.)

Frankly (HA!) I don’t see why it hurts the station. It’s not like there’s going to be a large cross-over audience. If anything, it might bring them more viewers. People still watch Channel 7 despite Steve Wilson’s continued employment.

Link [via Dvorak Uncensored]

The law was a bad idea from the start, a feel-good solution for a complicated social problem that was obviously unconstitutional. Appealing this ruling or reintroducing similar legislation is a waste of time and money.

The whole Op/Ed is short and sweet, but basically says what any reasonable person knows: parents need to know what their kids are playing and enforce their own rules. And the politicians are wasting time and money better spend on other things with this idiotic crusade (word used on purpose) to somehow ban “bad” video games.

So, Freep, to you I say “Woot!” and thanks for adding a rational, forceful voice to this sad situation.

Opinion: Video Violence

Buwhahahahahahaha!

DETROIT—Detroit, a former industrial metropolis in southeastern Michigan with a population of just under 1 million, was sold at auction Tuesday to bulk scrap dealers and smelting foundries across the United States.
“I did them a favor,” [Al Ranneke, an Allegheny, PA scrap peddler] said. “Believe me, Detroit’s been around the block. I was willing to take it off their hands for six grand, but I caught a glimpse of that Ambassador Bridge and I said ‘no way.’ I am not Santa Claus.”

Of course, you know it’s not true because of this line:

The decision to demolish and cull Detroit for scrap was approved last month by a 6-3 City Council vote after a cost-benefit analysis revealed that, as a functioning urban area, it held a negative cash value.

No one on the City Council would just vote; there’d have to be some racially-charged rhetoric before any vote took place. And then the revote after the council members realized that no one’s buying their BS. And then the new charges of racism and denunciation of the take-over by the suburbs… And 6-3? When have they ever been so decisive?

Read the whole thing.. well done, Onion, well done.

Detroit Sold For Scrap | The Onion

Good news or example of the demise of the Ann Arbor lifestyle? I bet they’ll be some funny letters to the editor in the next few weeks.

Link [via DataWhat]

At least there’s one judge in Michigan who’s not cow-towing to the fear-mongers that have apparently found a toe-hold in Lansing.

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