Just in time for Halloween

More on this in a minute...(God, that cat cracks me up!)

Lock up the kids! The dark powers are closing in! Here's some quotes from children on Harry Potter, brought to you by Chick Publications, erstwhile publishers of Born-Again pamphlets that help to save the world. Here are some quotes they've compiled from kids who finished reading Harry Potter:

How does Harry Potter affect children? Here it is, in their own words:

"I want to go to wizard school and learn magic. I'd like to learn to use a wand to cast spells." (Dylan, age 10)

"If I could go to wizard school, I might be able to do spells and potions and fly a broomstick." (Myra, age 12)

"It would be great to be a wizard because you could control situations and things like teachers." (Jeffrey, age 11)

"I'd like to go to wizard school and learn magic and put spells on people. I'd make up an ugly spell and then it's pay-back time." (Catherine, age 9)

"I feel like I'm inside Harry's world. If I went to wizard school I'd study everything: spells, counterspells, and defense against the dark arts." (Carolyn, age 10)

"I liked it when the bad guys killed the unicorn and Voldemort drank its blood." (July, age 13)

Stop and think: what will these children do when invited to visit an occult website, or even a local coven?

Now... I don't know about you, but growing up, I never received a single invitation to visit my local coven. And I think, if you asked any devout child, Christian, Jewish or Other (as Rev. Lovejoy would say), they would all thrill at the prospect of having magic powers. It's not because they're evil. It's because they're KIDS! Kids like to imagine they can fly. They also, I've recently learned, like to imagine they can be ninjas, pirates, Curious George, or something called the "Booger Ghost". And I don't think anyone will go to hell for being the booger ghost.

Look at some of the quotes from the kids. One wants to create an ugly spell to get payback (if those words were actually spoken by her...). What does that say about her reaction to how her classmates are treating her? Couldn't we have pamphlets that help teachers identify and prevent bullying? One of the children even wants to learn defense against the dark arts. And this is bad? You can read more about Harry's evil rise here: http://www.chick.com/catalog/videos/0127.asp

OR...

You could read the Harry Potter books and see where goodness, friendship, bravery, and loyalty, ALWAYS rise to defeat grave evil. And let kids have full run of their imaginations while they're young enough to corrupt their own brains. Sheesh. For an extra dose of WTF fun, click below. I'm all for saving souls, but this comic is creepy where it's supposed to be wholesome and funny where it's supposed to be creepy. I also found the ending to be a bit too "Cosby Show" for my tastes.

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1032/1032_01.asp

Keith Olbermann RULES (again)!

If you haven't been keeping up with Keith's Special Comments, you're missing out on some fantastic American Editorial journalism. DANG! He lays the smack down on BushCo in this one...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/18/countdown-special-comment-death-of-habeas-corpus-your-words-are-lies-sir/

I suggest watching the Quicktime link for full effect. Why are there only a handful of journalists willing to stand up like this?

Republicans can't seem to get the story straight...

Bush discusses certain key attributes of the case with representative Foley...

While Rush Limbaugh vehemently disagrees.

I think someone's feeling a little inadequate here...

In all seriousness, between the Foley scandal and the North Korea situation, what has our current leadership (in power for 6 years now) give us as an excuse for these events? What is their rationale behind everything?

You guessed it.

Hey, whether you liked him or not, based on his track record, I think it's safe to assume there are some things he just wouldn't lie about.

All I know is, if I had a job for six years and something went wrong, I would be fired in a heartbeat if I tried to blame anything on the guy who came before me. If you can't fix a problem in six years, a problem that has been brought up before (in the Foley case) and repeatedly (in the NK case), then maybe...just maybe... you're not cut out to lead. Here's hoping things change in November.

UPDATE: A lot of people have missed the fact that this posting is less of a political comment and more of a sophomoric joke about male endowment. So there's your on-the-nose joke explanation.

Yet another busy period of transition...

Today is my first day at my new teaching job (well, it's actually my second week, but it's the first day where I'm not hustling to another job afterwards). I'm also doing some personal assistant work for a very funny comedian (and possibly her funny comedian husband occasionally), and BEST OF ALL... I'm getting ready to launch a website for SurfMonkeyDesigns, my web design company. I have to make the site in between catching up on about four web jobs that I have going. But it'll be cool. I'm working with a graphic artist for some amazing logos and pics for the site... wait'll you see it!
Gotta run! The fourth graders are coming!

They're kidding right? This can't be real...

I love comics. I love superheroes. I love fanciful, far-out ideas and plotlines. But this, I'm not so sure about.
http://www.accstudios.com/f/synopsis1.htm

Why anyone would read a comic that features a "bionically enhanced" Sean Hannity, G Gordon Liddy, and Oliver North, fighting for American values is beyond me. Oh yeah, and it's set in a "liberal-dominated" future. As opposed to post-apocalyptic, which I suppose is leftist Hollywood's take on things. Right? What has politics come to these days?

I think this is just coming from a Foley-esque righty artist who wanted the chance to draw muscular Hannity and Liddy with no shirts on.

And the conservatives are worried that Hollywood is rotting our culture?