Cheap Shots

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I have decided to start keeping a semi-regular series on the things that I'd love to blog about but either don't have the time for or feel that another blogs treatment will do it better justice anyway. The issues in these "cheap shots" (cheaper because they're shorter, and because I'll do my best to entertain you by injecting my sarcasm into it) are linked to in the form I first encountered them--whether in a blog or an actual news article or (in some cases) because everyone knows about them.

• Stand to Reason's got a post on Ob/Gyn's in the UK arguing for infanticide. Literally. The short of it: if it ain't speakin', stop freakin'. We'll handle the messy work.
  Some ID advocates over at Intelligent Design the Future have once again shot some holes in evolutionary theory and defended the philosophy of science behind ID. All the ID-ists need now: less talking, more science.
• Logos wants you to learn Ugaritic. No, seriously. The good, the bad, the ugly: put some cultural context to better understand the Word of God, put some more cash into a coporation's pockets, give some more ammo to cultural evolutionists.
• It's a bit late, but I do have some Halloween spirit: Johnny-Dee finds a guy who claims vampires don't exist. The short version: all of us who believed in vamps yesterday are totally convinced otherwise after this mind-boggling mathematical formula.
• Crux Project reports on some tragic irony in the U.K. Apparently, it's all good when you kill an unborn child, but then you gots to give them a proper funeral. All you need to know: fetus coffin-hucksters will soon be opening up next to your local Planned Parenthood office.
• Democrats take Congress. The proof is in the pudding: having no coherent worldview or plan is more desirable than having a failed plan with an arrogant worldview.
• Some (God)Men in Texas seem to think being a Christian male involves tacky concert lighting and much ensuing comedy. Conclusion: Oh, how we miss The Daily Show's "GodStuff".
• Newsweek is at it again, pigeonholing Chrisitanity and Christ into political viewpoints. What to expect: Jesus for President in '08; Republicans tremble in fear, and Democrats insist He doesn't exist.
• Five billion people are suffering from mass delusion. Richard Dawkins says so. Too bad he can't defend it. The moral of the story: God may or may not exist, but when arguing about it, stick to your specialties.
  
  Shortly after this cheap shot was aired, a bolt of lightning flashed outside. The second moral of the story: correction--God really does exist.
• Jon Stewart calls evangelicals "gay-hating" because they're opposed to same-sex marriage.
  
  Segue into me ranting for a second: I love The Daily Show, from back when Craig Kilborn was hosting it up through the present. But for the last year or so, Stewart has become so overtly political that it really rubs me the wrong way every once in a while. Like this episode clip I linked to. A note to everyone out there: TJB, RT, CH--these are the initials of three people. Guess what. They are gay. (I chose just these three because, whereas I know other LGBTQ people, I consider these three friends.) They're an awesome three people with dynamic personalities and great senses of humor. But does that mean I approve of they're active choice to be actively gay? No, of course not. And these three know this. To Jon Stewart--fantastic comedian and ("fake") reporter that you are, I highly recommend that you stop throwing around rhetoric labels. If you're gonna bash Republicans for labeling all Dems "Cut-and-Runners" (and by all means, bash them hardily for it), then swallow the same pill and recognize that you can't label people opposed to a certain political issue as oppressive/hate-mongers/insert-negative-aphorism-here simply because they disagree with your (arrogant) view.
  
  Ahem, the punchline: The Colbert Report now tops The Daily Show in ratings. Watch another recitation of the Nicene Creed.
• Google buys YouTube, Becomes God. (I originally picked this up in ye ol' Door, but putting you straight to the site seemed better.) The divine simplicity: yeah, it's run by an atheist.
  Cheap Shots will be an ongoing series.