- I think some angry Hindu extremists in India have become confused, so I’m here to help them out. See, I normally applaud looting, public demonstrations, burning of property, etc. – when it’s done as part of a protest or riot. These ass hats have the burning part down ,but the problem is that they’re not demonstrating or trying to make their cause known; they’re using their pyro ways to intimidate and persecute people who are of a different faith. The attacks occurred as Christians in eastern India were celebrating Christmas and they resulted in at least one person being killed. Police stepped up patrols and deployed extra forces to quell the violence in the remote district of Orissa state, but that does no good for the people who were already hurt by these thoughtless attacks. Burning things and destroying property for a social protest or to speak out against an oppressive government is one thing, but doing it to hurt people just because they believe differently than you and are trying to exercise their faith without affecting you at all is bullsh*t. According to local authorities, six churches were attacked on Christmas day and two the day after the holiday, along with 10 houses in the area belonging to known Christians. Orissa has one of the worst histories of anti-Christian violence of any region in India, so this isn’t a new problem. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that this is absolute garbage on the part of these Hindu extremists. If your faith is so great, why do you need to bully people who don’t believe in it? If Hinduism is so wonderful, won't those people eventually come over to your side? Knock it off, whack jobs, and find a new hobby that doesn’t involved burning other people’s property…..
- Nice reversal of field, NFL. After initially saying it would stand behind the vigilante, hooligan-istic actions of referee Jim Quirk in a December 23 game between Green Bay and Chicago in which Quirk went MMA on Packers linebacker Nick Barnett, the league has changed its mind. Quirk has been fined a game check -- $8,150 -- for inappropriate contact with Barnett last Sunday. Quirk was called to NFL offices Friday to meet with commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson. The league took Quirk’s previous on-field incidents into account in assessing the penalty, including Quirk's contact Dec. 16 with Atlanta Falcons fullback Jason Snelling on a kickoff return. Hmm, sounds to me like you’ve got a hothead official on your hands who has a big ego and is extremely confrontational. Maybe getting him some anger management ought to be part of the discipline process as well. Goodell informed Barnett and Packers head coach Mike McCarthy of the punishment and Barnett's agent, Chuck Price, who had planned to file a grievance with the NFL over Quirk's behavior, seems satisfied with the league’s decision. “This action is more than satisfactory. There is now no reason to pursue a grievance,” Price stated. Yeah, any mea culpa you can get from the NFL is good, and even if you deserve more, you’re not getting it and you could create more lingering hostility against yourself if you press the issue. Take it down a few notches, Quirk, because people aren’t coming to the game to see your act, so stop making yourself the issue.
- Mess with Sean Connery at your own risk, Burton Sultan. Sultan is Connery’s neighbor in a Manhattan townhouse that Sultan and his wife share with Connery and his wife. The two couples are now in a legal tussle over many things, most of them related to the Connerys’ year-long renovations to the town house, a landmarked structure built in 1869. The Sultans claim that the repairs have subjected them to noise, fumes, leaks and rats, ruining their collection of antique wicker furniture. Now some people, myself included, would argue that if you’re enough of a loser to collect antique wicker furniture, you deserve what you get. Still, the past few months have seen each side fire back and forth with numerous lawsuits to the point that State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman labeled the two couples’ actions “a ‘slash and burn’ litigation strategy. She’s barred both of them from filing any more lawsuits against one another without her permission. In other words, they’re basically acting like little kids and their mom, Friedman, has sent them to their rooms until she decides they’re going to behave themselves. Nothing like a bunch of rich people fighting over petty things, eh? But kudos to Sultan, because he’s taking on a cagey, salty, crusty old Brit who once escaped from Alcatraz…..ok, so that was in a mediocre action flick with Nicolas Cgae, but even so…..
- Score one for the jingoistic, ethnocentric, anti-immigrant a-holes. The state of Michigan has come down firmly on the conservative, “patriotic” side of things by officially declaring that illegal immigrants are not eligible to receive a Michigan driver’s license. Attorney General Mike Cox said in a binding opinion that illegals are not able to become licensed drivers in his state, closing a loophole in one of the few states in the nation where illegal immigrants had been able to get a license until now. In explaining his decision, Cox stated that it would be inconsistent with federal law to regard an illegal immigrant as a permanent resident in Michigan, which is what giving that person a driver’s license would in effect be. Man, an illegal immigrant just can't catch a break in this country. We want to build bigger fences to keep them out, we want to deny them jobs and now another state is taking away their right to get a driver’s license. You’d think these people were illegally coming here, trying to live and build a life without going through the proper immigrations procedures or something…..
- A piece of advice for you at your wedding, Josh Duhamel: Whatever you do, do not, under ANY circumstances, allow your new wife to sing or for any of her music to be played at the reception. Duhamel is marrying Sarah Richardson, a.k.a. Fergie, the hack pop-tart singer and member of one of the five worst groups in music, the Black Eyed Peas. I can't fault Duhamel for loving and wanting to marry Fergie; she is smoking hot. As long as she keeps the singing to a minimum when they’re together, I can’t see any real problems with being married to her. Let’s just hope her lame, moronic, simplistic, juvenilely stupid lyrics aren’t a reflection of her overall intelligence, because if they are, Duhamel is screwed. But he’s been dating Fergie for three years, so presumably he’s been to some of her concerts and has learned how to properly wear ear plugs and also to smile and lie when she asks how she did on stage. Congrats on the engagement, Josh, I think……
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