Why Do People Tolerate Ann Coulter?

SERIOUSLY. As of this posting, Ann Coulter's Godless is #3 on Amazon. Take, for example, this horrendously tasteless quote in her book, as repeated by Matt Lauer on yesterday's Today Show:

"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrazies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband’s death so much."

Of course, crazed maniacal statements are nothing new from Ms. Coulter:

"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."
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"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity."
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"Liberals hate America, they hate flag-wavers, they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except Islam, post 9/11. Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now."
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"To The People Of Islam: Just think: If we'd invaded your countries, killed your leaders and converted you to Christianity YOU'D ALL BE OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS RIGHT ABOUT NOW! Merry Christmas."
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And does anyone remember that columnist-to-be Ann Coulter was fired from USA Today just before her first entry was published? Now that was hilarious.

Do people absorb Ann Coulter because watching her spew garbage is akin to viewing a train wreck in slow mo? Or does reading Coulter's rantings give the uneducated masses a pseudo-intellectual experience? Do they fail to comprehend the writings of more liberal and more academic intellectuals so they turn to the rantings and ravings of an Ann Coulter, or a Michael Savage? Hell, those two make Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly look like William Buckley.

As for me, I'm looking forward to the next quote. Can anyone guess what it will be? I imagine Ms. Coulter will claim that liberals love to abort their 8 1/2 month old fetuses because they desire the taste of pre-birth flesh while simultaneously sexually molesting them.

Why Ms. Coulter, don't you too?

European Nations Complicit in Secret CIA Abductions

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that, according to a 67-page report by the Council of Europe, as many as 14 European nations have been complicit in allowing the CIA to unlawfully transfer individuals across nation-state borders, a violation of international human rights law.

Poland and Romania were drop-off points for many secret CIA flights, according to the report. Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz denied the allegations. Romeo Raicu, the head of a Romanian parliamentary committee overseeing foreign intelligence servies, also indicated there was no evidence to the claims.

A parallel report by the European Parliament concluded there have been over 1,000 secret CIA flights in Europe since September 11, 2001.

LTB Gets a New Look

I thought I would change things. I initially used one of the sample templates Blogger offers, thinking that it sort of resembled old 18th century constitutional parchment. Instead it ended up looking liked faded 1940s living room wallpaper. So I thought I would give it a more modern look with some patriotic colors. Let me know what you think.

Hollywood, Bollywood, Hong Kong, and Now Caracas?

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ recently announced that he will be opening a film studio in his country to counter Hollywood's "messages that don't belong to our traditions." Chavez's goal is to roll back US cultural influence on Latin and South America.

Dictators are megalomaniacs. They are very much like movie stars, playing to their audiences with fervor and relishing in their approval. Perhaps this is why they develop an enamoration for the American cinema industry. After all, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il once kidnapped a couple of South Korean actors and forced them to perform in front of him for his amusement. Now that is what I call a crazed maniacal evil genius. Oh Hugo, why can't you be more like our beloved despot like Kim?