Idiocy and Islam
The current protests in the Muslim world are completely nonsensical and massively hypocritical. They would be funny were not the threat of violence so great.

{a} The Danish paper that ran the two offending political cartoons did so five months ago. If these images are so inherently disrespectful to the Prophet Mohammed, why did the protests and boycotts only begin this week?

{b} While not defending the cartoons, which are at best insensitive, much worse images run in Muslim newspapers, specifically in the Arab countries, every single day of the week. Cartoons portraying Jews as drinking the blood of Muslim children are a common sight in Arabic-language periodicals. You shouldn't dish it out if you can't take it.

{c} In a London protest of the images, one man held up a sign labelling Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the U.N., as an international terrorist. Was the sign-wielder not aware that Annan has denounced the Anglo-American-Australian invasion of Iraq as "illegal"? And even if not, what the hell does a Ghanan career diplomat have to do with editorial cartoons published in a Danish newspaper?

I feel so sorry for the rational, peaceful Muslim masses. As if it wasn't bad enough that the name of Islam has been hyjacked by genocidal murderers, now it has been hyjacked to serve the twin causes of idiocy and ignorance, as well. How did the once great Islamic civilization ever sink to this?

Superbowl XL and Lousy Smarch Weather
Detroit is supposed to be buried in five to eight inches of snow overnight and we here in Genesee County to the north are supposed to get our fair share, too. Yeah, we were supposed to get two to four inches last night, as well, yet when I woke up this morning the lawn was as green as an April morn. Snow? During the worst winter ever? I'll believe it when I see it. We haven't had a snowfall leading to accumulation since before Christmas. There are not words in the English language to accurately describe how disappointing this "winter" has been.

This winter has been the Matt Millen of the seasons: a huge stinking pile of bullshit.