Birds of a feather

Does this sound familiar?

Over two decades, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and often hid the allegations from parents and the public.

A Los Angeles Times review of 1,600 confidential files dating from 1970 to 1991 has found that Scouting officials frequently urged admitted offenders to quietly resign — and helped many cover their tracks.

"Bessie! Get my glasses! I think this is the same thing those filthy Roman Catholic priests did!"

Now, isn't that amazing? Both of the most virulently anti-gay organizations on the planet did exactly the same thing when confronted with child rapists in their organizations -- and then continued to lash out against gay people for no rational reason.

Could it be that morality is not something you can learn from a dusty 2,000-year-old book? In fact, could the opposite be true? Could morality be totally lost when you rely upon such a faulty source for your moral sense? Gee, I wonder.

Republican candidates for prez

I don't understand why any attention is paid to the Republican primaries. What is there to say after you've taken one glance at these lying stooges? Nothing.

They've got a Ken doll running against a Mr. Rogers doll, and there's a nasty Troll doll in the background. And yet the media devotes endless hours of TV time to these clowns every damn day. Nothing could be more boring or meaningless.

If the media ever decided to get real again and report truthfully on things that matter to our country, all the stupidity would go poof in an instant. The kind of brainless banter that passes for American dialogue these days can only exist in an information vacuum.

But the media provides this very thing. As long as they fail to say this is true and that isn't, nothing will change. Without real investigative journalism and a firm commitment to truth, rationality and logic, the country will go down the tubes.

This accounts for the flushing sound you hear.