The New Bionic Woman: A Quick Review

The Bionic Women debuted on NBC last night. Here's a three-letter review: zzz.

With bad dialogue and none of the campy fun of the original, I wouldn't expect this dog to last a season. Unless changes are made.

Where is tennis pro Jamie Sommers when you need her?

I think it's time to hire some writers with bionic-like abilities to write dialogue that doesn't sound completely phoney.

I Miss Having Ratherisms

I hope Dan Rather gets every single penny of his $70 million lawsuit against CBS. And I'm still waiting for someone to provide firm evidence that what CBS reported about George Bush during the 2004 election wasn't true.

And for this Rather was fired and forced to apologize? The result: The worst president in history was re-elected as voters took the eye off the ball and bought into the Bush-Cheney '04 smokescreens.

Besides, I miss Ratherisms.

This lawsuit is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

I Hope This Comment Isn't Rude

Now that "Evil Dick" has won Big Brother 8, proving that flatulence, rudeness, belching and vituperative behavior can be rewarded with a big pay day, it's time for some end-of-summer reading.




That said, if given a choice between voting for Dick or his daughter Danielle as the winner of Big Brother 8, I think I'd vote for ... Ross Perot.

Truth: Stranger Than Fiction

Will U.S. Sen. Larry Craig wind up resigning? It has journalists questioning whether he is (ahem) in or out.

In the comments, I'm taking nominations for who should play Larry Craig in the movie. My choice is ... Bea Arthur. My second choice is Fred Thompson.

Don't You Just Love Headline Writers?

"Stall Tactics." From earlier tonight -- as in five minutes ago -- on MSNBC.

Ring, Ring: Phony McFakerson (AKA Larry Craig) Dials A Wrong Number

Listen to the phone mail message he thought he was leaving for his lawyer just before he announced his "intent" to resign last weekend.

Gilligan!

Fall

One of the characters in The Office is promising to be "30 percent more unpredictable" in the coming season. You can find out which one by watching this:

The Bourne Ultimatum: Everything But A Chicken Fight

... went to see The Bourne Ultimatum last week. Good movie, but one of the action-packed scenes made me laugh (unintentionally) because it reminded me of this:

My Five Favorite Potential Blind Dates For Sen. Larry Craig

1. The Rev. Ted Haggard.

2. Smithers from The Simpsons.

3. Lisa Marie Presley.

4. The ghost of Merv Griffin.

5. Liza Minnelli.

That is, if he turns out to be a gay American.

I do kind of feel sorry for the guy. Some friend or family member should cheer him up by making him a Cher mix tape.

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

You'll never guess whose name surfaces in the below report from ABC News from a quarter a century ago. The same conservative U.S. Senator who strongly issued a denial earlier this week that he loves the cock issued a similar denial 25 years ago on a national news broadcast.

People don't change, eh?

Suggested Reading For Larry Craig's Wife

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."

-- The Scarlet Letter

The Tale of the Toilet Foot Tapper

U.S. Senator Larry Craig says vehemently that he is not a gay American who loves the cock. Watch (and decide) for yourself as a Minneapolis police report is re-enacted on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

Senator Sexy-Man: Has He Been Naughty?

Declaring that it was all a crazy misunderstanding worthy of Three's Company, U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (pictured at right) told the world yesterday that he doesn't love cock.

Keith Olbermann puts it all in perspective below.

Watch it and let me know what you think: Does Larry Craig love the cock?

Oh, and be sure to watch closely and see how Mitt Romney changes the subject in the piece to say bad things about ... Bill Clinton.

Senator Gets His Mitts Off Romney Campaign

Larry Craig, the married Republican who was arrested for lewd conduct in a public restroom, has resigned as the U.S. Senate co-chairman of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign for Idaho. Which means he'll now have to keep his mitts off the campaign, and well away from Romney's ... five sons.

Republican Senator Arrested in Public Bathroom

Last fall I wrote a post called, "Glory (Hole) Be To The Gay Senator."

At the time, a Republican Senator from Idaho was rumored to be gay, so I suggested in my post that Larry Craig from Idaho go on Meet The Press with Tim Russert to set the matter straight once and for all. I also suggested some questions.

Here's an update to the story. It turns out that Senator Craig apparently was arrested earlier this summer for lewd conduct in a public restroom. JoeMyGod has the sorry story here. So does Blogactive. And Towleroad. And Queerty.

While reading these posts, remember that this is the same Senator that advocated the Federal Marriage Amendment that would have changed the constitution to prevent gays from marrying. The same senator who voted to confirm anti-gay judges. The same senator who had a voting record of "F" for gay-related issues according to one website.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't care how the good U.S. Senator likes to get his rocks off. It's his business.

But when this kind of self-loathing manifests itself in places outside of public restrooms, like the halls of the U.S. Congress, I have a problem with it.

Kitty Said What?

What better way to follow up a post about Mother Teresa than with this?

I Have A Different Name For It

Where is my Faith -- even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness and darkness -- My God -- how painful is this unknown pain -- I have no Faith."

-- Mother Teresa

We learned this week that Mother Teresa suffered all her life from being "tormented by questions of faith." Here's the Washington Post story.

Among the writings that indicate this torment, she says to a spiritual counselor in a letter: "Jesus has a very special love for you ... [but] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak ... I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have [a] free hand."

From Bill Mahr to The Daily Show, the news has been fodder for jokes and commentary all week.

I have a different name for what Mother Teresa suffered from. In a narrow sense you could call it "tormented by questions of faith," but in a broader human sense it's called clinical depression.

In all the news coverage, plenty of theologians and religious people have been quoted. But what about a doctor?

She lived among utter poverty and witnessed human misery on a daily basis for decades -- all the while suffering a profound depression (with no Prozak or Celexa to pop) -- and yet she was able to carry on publicly so visibly and passionately.

How extraordinary.