The Ayatollah of Indiana

I've always pretty much liked Tony Dungy. I've admired his calm on the sidelines of important football games in a sport where many coaches require a steel belted girdle around their heart to keep it from exploding. Harsh disciplinarians, pacing foul mouthed men cussing at their players and guys that would like to choke the referee to death all make Tony's quiet quiet style of command stand out. Of course this year Tony's methods and style have been the "best" in the NFL as Peyton and him and their Colts won Super Bowl XL.

Well I have a few problems with the Colts, as with any team like the Nordiques in hockey or the Rams that abandon the town where they belonged. Especially a team with so much tradition as the Colts of Johnny Unitas days. But anybody is "my" team if they are up against the arrogant New England Patriots and their walking, talking video promo clip promoting RePukinism in general and Bu$hevikism in particular, QB Tom Brady.

There is also the sneaky suspicion that winning Super Bowls, extra large or otherwise has a lot to do with guys like Peyton, Joe Montana, Steve Young and even super RePuke Boy himself Brady as well as some good receivers, running backs, dbs, linemen, you know, good players.

But now, according to indystar.com:

Dungy told more than 700 people at the Indiana Family Institute's banquet that he agrees with that organization's position supporting a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

......snip

"Indiana Family Institute is saying what the Lord says," Dungy said. "You can take that and make your decision on which way you want to be. I'm on the Lord's side."

deadspin.com kinda saw things somewhat differently, as their headline shouted out:

 

Tony Dungy Makes It Clear That Only Straights
Should Have Unhappy Marriages

  People like Dungy and your run of the mill, fundie wingnut whack jobs just don't get it. Morality is a personal issue, between Tony and Jesus. What he chooses to see as wrong and chooses not do do is his business. Au Contraire, what I choose to do or not do is none of his business, unless and until my "business" interferes with his rights or "business." Also neither corporations or churches can hold the copyright to a word, other than a brand name. There are "Roman Catholic" weddings, and Reverend Moon weddings. There are pagan marriages and a "marriage of convenience." Then of course there Love and Marriage, they go together like a Horse and Carriage, Let me tell you Brother, are those Combat Boots on your Mother?

Many vegetarians think that killing an animal for its meat is immoral, but when did you last hear of a proposed Amendment to the Constitution banning eating meat? Of course I'm not even going to go into the whole issue of how it isn't the purpose of the Bill of Rights to "take away" rights, but to protect them for the people. Of course if it's your neighbors who just moved in from Korea or South Asia, and they are eating your dog, it becomes an issue of individual rights instead of religeous freedom - the neighbors eating your dog is murder (just not homicide)

  Another bunch that seem to have a very difficult time understanding the line between "morality" and the secular law of society and nations is the Taliban, to name one. To impose one's morality on another's behavior, be it meth-snorting, man ass loving Evangelist Ted Haggard or a woman stoning Ayotollah Whoever, is simply wrong. I'm also going to hardly mention the hypocrisy of the "family values" Repuke crowd like Newt, Rudy the Rake or even gimpy Boby Dole (mind you, Libby Dole is plenty of reason to stray from a marriage - indeed her and Lynne Cheney are two of the biggest arguments for homosexuality going these days.

Then of course Tony should maybe talk to Peyton and Mr. Chesney. The closer you surf the net to Indiana, the more you see and hear about whether or not Peyton Manning should be the co-respondent in the breakdown of Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's marriage. But who knows, and more importantly who cares? As long as Peyton throws to guys in the correct color of jersey, on the field, it doesn't really matter whom he receives from or throws to at home. And because America is (supposed to be) a free country, with guaranteed Free Speech, Tony Dungy can say anything he believes. But it is none of Tony's business what is going on in the bedroom of his neighbor's house - even if it was Pey Pey and Ken Ken.

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Bil Browning, managing editor of bilerico.com, a blog that focuses on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues in Indiana, was surprised to learn of Dungy's remarks.

"It is unfortunate that coach Dungy has chosen to align himself with the Indiana Family Institute," he said. "The Colts were supported this season by all of their fans -- gay and straight."

Just in case you are in need of a chuckle or two, here are a selection of comments from when Kenny and Renee were getting married, instead of unmarried. Thanks to stereogum.com for the use of these (or I'll remove them if stereogum requests it). I've bolded some of m'favorite bits.

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"The pair met Jan. 15 at the "Concert of Hope" for tsunami relief, Insider says, and became fast friends. Zellweger, a Texas native, is a music fan."

...despite being a "music fan", zellweger married chesney anyways. Posted by: matthew at May 10, 2005 12:00 AM

Two words: Publicity stunt

Kenny has been rumored to be gay and involved with his personal trainer for a while. And Renee's just a (rock)star fucker. I'd say this is a marriage of convenience.

Give them 3 to 9 months max. and she'll be in the arms of another musician. Posted by: Nocturne at May 10, 2005 1:17 AM

The puffy cheeks could be from bulimia. Check out her older pictures - no fat face then. Posted by: carlie at May 10, 2005 1:19 AM

I bet Peyton Manning is pissed. He and Kenny were dating for several years, or so I've read. Posted by: jobriath at May 10, 2005 7:51 AM

K, I hope he is Gay he's soo UGLY... maybe *wink* this is all just for publicity?? Posted by: BlondeAna at May 12, 2005 2:39 AM

Some say... best pairing since Andie McDowell and Rosie O'Donnell. Posted by: Razorblader at May 12, 2005 11:36 AM

Nocturne,

Your prediction posted May 10 regarding Kenny and Renée came true. In court papers filed Wednesday, Zellweger listed "fraud" as the reason for the breakup but did not elaborate, The Associated Press reported.

You should win a prize. Posted by: velocity927 at September 16, 2005 1:33 PM

Does anyone know that Kenny is dating Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning? It's totally true..

But by all means keep talking about lame Renee and how puffy she is... Posted by: easymilt at September 30, 2005 1:10 AM

He's not dating Peyton. HE is rumored to be living with the PAtriots QB "Tom Brady". Tom and him go way back and they have been seen several times in the Gay club scene. (from sources I remain to keep anonymous). They have also been seen with The JAguars QB "Byron Leftwich". Rumor has it they performed a menage trios on stage one night. Kenny, Tom and Byron...... how disgusting. Posted by: Ty Law at November 30, 2005 3:41 AM

Hasta la Vista, baby!

PC_World, which seems to be one of my trusted friends to keep me up to date with new software and stuff recently had its say about Vista. especially the leastest version. The title tips you off that it may not be a glowing endorsement, but at least they could actually think of a reason for it to even exist - "So Microsoft can say that Vista costs "as little as $100."

Home Basically
-There's-No-Reason-to-Buy-This

The cheapest version of Vista, Home Basic, is so crippled it can't run the Aero interface. Theoretically, that's a boon for owners of machines that aren't capable of running Aero. But it's time for some tough love, people: If your PC can't run Aero, you have no need for Vista. Period. On machines that aren't Aero-capable, the rest of the OS will run slowly enough that you're better off sticking with XP until it's time to buy a new Vista PC. So why does Home Basic exist? So Microsoft can say that Vista costs "as little as $100."

I haven't been overly excited about Vista. Indeed, as far as I was concerned, they could have delayed the launch until Y2.1K (I'm starting now with this representation of New Year's 2100) . I'm just kinda choked when an OS won't deign to even run slow on your machine with less than 512MB of memory. But as my old young tech guru, Tom Clegg liked to point out - "It's great that Windows demands the hardware developers never cease making things cheaper and faster." Of course I'm the kind of fellow who would happily still run Windows 98, as long as I had a later version with robust USB support and USB ready hardware. I was loathe to acquire a system running on XP and even now make it look like 98. Of course I also get happy when I can find a reason to work at a command line. One has to accept one's failings and addictions, I guess.

  Even Wackier USB Devices

On a lighter note there's a feature on wacky USB devices including this four port USB hub.

Your computer crashed, again. Your boss is yelling at you to meet that deadline, and your car won't start. Don't you just feel like blowing up the world? Well, now you can. Just break out the Armageddon Hub, flip the two switches, turn the key, open the plastic cover, and push the red "ultimate destruction" button. Okay, nothing will actually happen (except some loud honking noises), but the Armageddon Hub actually does serve a useful purpose--it doubles as a four-port USB hub. And it's useful for taunting people with the occasional: "If you don't leave me alone, I'm going to blow up the world."

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Whoop Dee Do! I've finally retooled and in co-operation with Blogger can now get comments at the Mag of the Rag. All the old postings are still accessible via the links in the archives. Also from here you can get virtually anywhere on my website, Randall's Pages. So if you have a comment about one of the older postings just leave it here, and it would help if you told me the title or date of the posting. This posting is just an announce that this is where and how I am now. Welcome all, and please just say hello or engage me in discussion.

If like me you are not a great fan of Bush the Lessor you might enjoy the link to the left called Abusing GWB or click here! It's a little flash program that has GeeDubya freefalling through balls and you can drag and drop him to abuse him as much as you like. As he tumbles and bounces he looks almost as goofy as he does in real life when he's standing in front of people and lying. Macromedia Flash or equivalent needs to be installed to kick G_butt.

Well any minute now the Shrub should be saying "Heckuva Job" to Alberto "Torture Boy" Gonzalez. When the Preznit starts telling you and everybody else what a wonderful job you are doing, get them resumes out there right away. The Bushies haven't got pretty spoiled with the "Rubber Stamp" Congress of the last six years. The Congress still doesn't seem to have grown a complete set, but at least they realize that they can issue subpoenas and actually .... gasp .... expect the administration to tell the truth. According to Raw Story:

On Tuesday evening, President Bush backed his beleaguered Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, and defended a White House offer to allow "behind closed doors" testimony by Karl Rove and Harriet Miers regarding the firing of eight US Attorneys. Bush said that he would block any efforts to subpoena White House officials
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"We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants," said Bush as he characterized the offer to allow unsworn testimony by Rove, Miers and two other officials as a "reasonable proposal."

Come on now, "honorable public servants?" Remember, this is the Bu$h Administration, the excuse for government RICO was designed to take down. Harry Reid said -

"Congress and the American people deserve a straight answer. If Karl Rove plans to tell the truth, he has nothing to fear from being under oath like any other witness.”

Does KKKarl Rove even have any idea how to tell the truth, and would being under oath even make any difference to these guys?

 

Update:  Now that it is the next day, things are already looking grimmer for Torture boy. According to Raw Story, even "Republican sources are suggesting that Alberto Gonzales' days as Attorney General in the Bush Administration may be numbered....."

An anonymous member of the House Republican Leadership also told the Politico that Gonzales' tenure would soon end. "I can't imagine that he's going to be around a whole lot longer," they quoted the Member of Congress saying, adding, "There's already Republicans on the Hill calling for him to quit and there's certainly not a deep well of support on the Hill for him."

But of course,

The White House denied any plans were afoot to replace the Attorney General.

Meanwhile in Congress:  

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, called the White House offer "disappointing." He also promised a prompt response.

That would be the offer to have an informal chat behind closed doors with none of them nasty oaths being taken.

"The House Judiciary Committee will take whatever steps are necessary and within our Congressional authority to get to the bottom of what has become a horrible mess that is undermining American trust in our federal criminal justice system," said Conyers in a statement sent to RAW STORY last night. His committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law set a vote this morning to authorize subpoenas, but stopped short of immediate plans to issue subpoenas themselves. "We will not necessarily issue the subpoenas immediately," said a spokesman for Rep. Linda Sanchez, who chairs the subcommittee, in an e-mail to RAW STORY. "We are trying what we can to avoid doing that, but this vote will allow for the possibility that the White House will definitively choose to stonewall and slow-walk the investigation." The Senate's leader on the subject, Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) also called the White House's offer of unsworn statements unacceptable. "Testimony should be on the record, and under oath. That's the formula for true accountability," he said in a statement published at CNN's Political Ticker.

You know ya'll don't have a Democratic Congress now because everybody thought the RePukes were doing a good job or not committing crimes as a full time pursuit. Go get 'em - hell, put 'em in orange jumpsuits, send 'em to Gitmo.

 

Awhile back in the HuffPost I ran across a Preznitial Poetic Proclamation about Gay Marriage. I can't remember if it was by a writer or a commenter. If one really needed to find it they should be able to search for a line or so in the Huffington Post. I will leave you all tonight with this little ditty to dance in your heads.

The Gay Menacalling

As your Preznut,
I've decidered that we must
preservate the country
from the gayification
of the most sanctimonious of its
institutionallizations:
holy mirage.

To do so,
we have to amendmalize and rectalfy
our greatest document:
The Constipation of the United States.

Same-sexualizing is an offendage
to the religifous historia
of the flounding feathers.
The severitance and seriousless
of this pablum is gravelly
misunderestimallized.

We must not let
the globule war of terror
distract us from this nation's
greatest terrification.
The hom'sexshuls are coming!
The hom'sexshuls are coming!

By enacating this disembowelment
to the Constipation,
we'll be turning the corner
at a cretacious puncture
in our crusellade
against the gay agenital.
God wants me to
use my discriminations to
solidify His merciless might.

I'm Gee Dumbya,
and God belch Amerka.

DO, 06.04.2006 at Huffington Post

Bon Nuit for now folks......................................

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