I Dropped a Bomb on You . . . Baby

Vice President Dick Cheney got a little fired up during a discussion with Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont on the Senate floor Tuesday. Apparently the Vice President wasn't too happy about comments Leahy made regarding war profiteering by Cheney's old company, Halliburton. Leahy, for his part, took exception to the notion that "Republicans had accused Democrats of being anti-Catholic because they are opposed to some of President George W. Bush's anti-abortion judges."

At that point Cheney dropped the "F-bomb."

Several news organizations, including CNN, and blogs such as Wonkette, have reported the story. You can read the full story here on Reuters.com.

I hope the President washed little Dickies' mouth out with soap!

Cross Your Eyes and Get A Life

Okay, this is just freaky. Remember those old Magic Eye stereogram things? The ones where you crossed your eyes to see a picture hidden inside of a bunch of blotchy colors? Well, here is one done in just boring old black and white text. Keep staring. You'll get it eventually! (Via Blogdex)

News Flash Not: Rapper Loves Jesus

Kanye West, whose album, College Dropout has been a huge seller this year, has not one, not two but three (count 'em - THREE) videos out for his latest single, "Jesus Walks." According to an article in the New York Times (and you thought I was gonna say, VIBE, didn't ya?) titled Trinity of Videos for One Religious Rap "Mr. West refused to describe himself as religious. 'Religion just means that you do something over and over," he said. "I will say that I'm spiritual. I have accepted Jesus as my Savior. And I will say that I fall short every day.'" Now about that Parental Advisory notice . . .

An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

No doubt about it!
(Courtesy of Worth1000.com)

An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Uh, I don't think so . . .
(Courtesy of Worth1000.com)

Outsourcing for the Masses

You may think this is an idea dreamed up by The Door or The Onion but it's not. According to an article in the New York Times, due to "Roman Catholic clergy [being] in short supply in the United States, Indian priests are picking up some of their work, saying Mass for special intentions, in a sacred if unusual version of outsourcing."

Oh, Please Say It Ain't So!

Here's just one more sign of the apocalypse. A Christian version of American Idol could soon be coming to a TV near you. The folks that represent Britney Spears and 'NSync are behind this along with the schlockmeisters at the Trinity Broadcasting Network. We can only hope that Simon Cowell will be there for the first episode and vote everyone off the island!

Presidential Prayer Team: Praying for Armageddon?

The Presidential Prayer Team describes themselves as "a spiritual movement of the American people which is not affiliated with any political party or official. It gains no direction or support, official or unofficial, from the current administration, from any agency of the government or from any political party, so that it may be free and unencumbered to equally serve the prayer needs of all current and future leaders of our great nation." Nevertheless, they are strong supporters of President Bush and many believe God wants George Bush to be our President. Pray For Reason "is a call to Americans of all religions and belief systems who want to see their country's policies at home and abroad based on facts, history, and reasonable thought processes." (Via Metafilter)

In Case of Rapture Can I Have Your Car?

I'm not one to put a bumper sticker of any kind on my car - let alone one that tries to make a clever statement of faith to non-Christians. In an articile titled Bumper Sticker Christianity Jason Barr writes, "Instead of influencing the lives of others by loving and serving people as Christ did, we attempt to influence others with our bumper sitckers." (Via Christdot)

WWJRx?

This is so weird I don't really believe it exists. A presciption drug Web site called www.jesuschristrx.com. I couldn't find a mention of anything that explains why they chose that particular domain name for the site. And, yes, they sell Viagra.

So Sweet You'll Need Insulin

From the fine folks at MetaFilter comes a story about a very clever engagement proposal. As they put it: "A Very Christian Proposal-via-Scavenger-Hunt in Starbuck's Hometown." Even better is the link to the "official" Website where Casey (the bride to be) tells her story. She says, "The whole day was so much fun, and absolutely perfect. It meant so much to me that Sean included the people that were important in our lives. This really is the best engagement story I've ever heard - I'm overwhelmed that it is actually mine!"