Basil’s Blog

If you’re not a Baptist, you might not understand all the subtleties of this. But, hey, you might.
I’m a Baptist. Southern Baptist.
And I read today that the Southern Baptist Convention had taken up the global warming cause.
That surprised me.
Let me first clarify things for non-Baptists.
The Southern Baptist Convention is a conglomeration of Southern Baptist churches. [...]

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There’s a cartoon making the rounds on the Internet about now. It purports to be a strip from The Wizard of Id.
And it is. Mostly.
The punch line has been edited.
Here’s what’s making the rounds:

And here’s the original comic:

Actually, I agree with both versions.
But, for the sake of accuracy, I thought it best to call attention [...]

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Do you think Representative King is correct? Call us at 1-888-788-9910. We’ll be back right after this.

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Hi, what’s your name?

This is Basil.

I’m sorry, I can’t understand you.

My name is Basil.

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Call back [...]

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Funny!

Now, I don’t care for Senator Clinton (D-IL-AR-DC-NY) one bit. But she’s more qualified than Senator Obama (D-IL).
But still not as qualified at Senator McCain (R-AZ).
But, yeah. This was funny.

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The New York Times … among other news outlets … is reporting that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been caught in a prostitution ring.
Spitzer is a Democrat, which really doesn’t mean anything, since sexual misconduct isn’t the domain of one party or another. Prostitution has been around a lot longer than Democrats and Republicans.
But [...]

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