When just a hymn is not quite enough.

My grandfather was a preacher and if ever a guy put steam on a sermon it was he. He was a gentle guy with a ready laugh, but in the battle with sin he took no prisoners. He didn't approve of playing cards or going to movies or women wearing pants, not to mention myriad more serious transgressions, of which swearing was one. So it's with a special sort of delight I remember visiting his home about this time of year when, on the third successive evening after Thanksgiving, my grandmother served leftover turkey once again. Thoughtfully, Grandpa regarded the offering and then, raising his eyes heavenward, said,

"This meal reminds me of a hymn, "Christ Jesus, Forever the Same."

I remember that sometimes and try to keep my tongue in check a little bit, but damn, what kind of fucking moron is this Cafferty from CNN? Blabbering last night about the contractors abducted in Iraq the jerk opined:

[The kidnappers] understand with the results of the U.S. midterm elections that there are a lot of unanswered questions in this country about what happens next. And they are going to use that opportunity to make hay while the sun shines if you pardon a kind of poor play on words. But our uncertainty and lack of direction at this moment simply creates another opportunity for the bad guys and they are taking full advantage of it.

So if some Ds hadn't kicked some R asses out of Congress the "bad guys" in Iraq would just curl up and die? Gimme a break.

This kind of buffoonery is especially galling when US cable companies are falling all over themselves to prevent Al-Jazeera from showing on American screens.

(SeattlePI) - Still, the station is burdened with a reputation among Americans as anti-U.S. - an image Al-Jazeera insists is unfair. Its staffers argue that while the station has an Arab viewpoint, its coverage is balanced.

At least for now, most Americans will have no chance to see Al-Jazeera to judge for themselves. Al-Jazeera's list of U.S. carriers included none of the major U.S. cable TV providers: Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Charter Communications or Cablevision. Neither of the two major satellite TV providers in the U.S. - Dish Network and DirecTV - are carrying the network.

Al-Jazeera is too much for our tender intellects to process, but idiots like this Cafferty babble on.

Is there a hymn named "How Long, How Long Oh Lord Must We Put Up With These Asses"?