Trent Lott may be bailing out of politics, but it looks like his successor may be Chip Pickering, Pentecostal kook who had a brief appearance on Borat. Is it an improvement to replace a mean stupid thug with a religious airhead with a nice haircut?
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A good trade--'cause the airhead won't have, and is unlikely to obtain, the influence and power the thug has.
So are you saying that Trent's tight helmet of hair isn't "nice"? If anyone wants a visual teaching aid of the strong nuclear force, a photo of Trent Lott's hair welded to his blocklike skull should do nicely. No known force in the universe could prise it apart.
"I didn't evolve...!"
Well, that's the truest thing I've heard yet. ;-)
I think it's a very good thing that these weirdos get national exposure - the seedy underbelly of Cornball America needs to be aired, to counteract all this "Dawkins and Hitchens caricature believers" yak. Elitists don't want to look at America as it really is. Now it's beginning to have a place in the national discussion.
"a religious airhead with a nice haircut?"
There's such a thing?
I like nice haircuts.
I'm sorry, I don't understand the question... which is which? (Or perhaps a more relevant question... which isn't?)
Why do the most annoying of fundamentalists/apologists have nice haircuts? Seriously. I went to a recent "Fate of Atheism" type deal at a Baptist seminary, and all the apologists had nice hair, fake tans, and white teeth.
/tangential rant
That video is good for a laugh.
Well, I see that Mississippi is still working hard to maintain the stereotyped reputation it has in the rest of the country...
"Well, I see that Mississippi is still working hard to maintain the stereotyped reputation it has in the rest of the country..."
If it's true, is it still a stereotype?
I live in Mississippi - and its not easy, let me tell you. I'm ashamed of Lott and glad to see him go.
Religion is very commonplace. The roots of healthy skepticism lie everywhere you look, but the first or second question people ask you when you meet them is "where do you go to church." The skeptics here are hidden. There are quite a few avowed atheists sitting in the church pews on Sunday morning.
"Well, I see that Mississippi is still working hard to maintain the stereotyped reputation it has in the rest of the country..."
If it's true, is it still a stereotype?
Opinions vary, but my answer would be 'yes'.
I'm impressed.
One has to be an exceptional barber to be able to style hair like that without popping the balloon.
OMFSM, that was good.