Two videos of beauty pageant contestants

CRINGE

A serious post related to this topic is forthcoming... don't judge me just yet.

Woes

"Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land. YHWH Sabaoth has declared in my hearing: 'Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants...'

"Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine. They have harps and lyres at their banquets, tambourines and flutes and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of YHWH, no respect for the work of his hand....Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; their men of rank will die of hunger and their masses will be parched with thirst.

"Therefore the grave enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth without limit; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers....Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent."

-a portion of Isaiah, chapter 5

Insufferable sarcastic politicians

From Politico:

"Ms. Palin needs to be reminded that Jesus Christ was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor."

I think if you had Rush Limbaugh read Sarah Palin's speech, it would have seemed completely in character. Which is to say, snide, semi-hypocritical, and content-less. Why hasn't the economy been mentioned one single time at the RNC?

The other thing I can't stand is the fact that if Chelsea Clinton had a child out of wedlock, conservatives would be all over Hillary. It would be damning evidence of Clinton moral bankruptcy, etc. etc. etc. But when this woman's 17-year-old daughter gets pregnant, somehow she's mom of the year? What? And her motherhood seems to be her major "qualification" here!

I guess being a "maverick" means that teen pregnancy is now AOK in the Party of Moral Rectitude and Family Values (this goes waaaay beyond "flip-flopping"). There, see how easy sarcasm is? Even an Alaskan could do it!

What a BUMMER! My head hurts.


EDIT 9/05: Lest you think this is all hot air, here's the FAQ.