Amateur

Susan Sarandon threatens to leave if McCain wins:

“If McCain gets in, it’s going to be very, very dangerous,” she says.

“It’s a critical time, but I have faith in the American people. If they prove me wrong, I’ll be checking out a move to Italy. Maybe Canada, I don’t know. We’re at an abyss.”

Pansy. I can beat that. If McCain, Obama, or Clinton wins, I'll leave the country.

Thanks, Libertas.

More sports investigation

Yes, it's right there in Article I of the Constitution somewhere: Congress shall pester the fuck out of professional sports leagues.

Sure, I'm sick of the Pats too. But this fucking fossil needs a hobby.

Indescribably stupid

This is the dumbest thing I've read in 50 years, and I'm only 37.

For as long as I remember (yes, even before that West Wing episode), I’ve supported abolishing – not lowering – the voting age barrier. Kids should have the vote. I believed so vehemently as a child, of course, but since I’ve had the vote I’ve only grown more adamant in my conviction.

I know it may seem kooky, but it’s not. Hear me out.

By all means, hear him out. It is kooky. It's a long read, mostly because you'll be stopping after every sentence, cocking your head to one side, and asking yourself, "Did he really just fucking say that?" Like this one (coincidentally, the next two sentences).

First, let’s dispatch the most common argument against my little obsession: that kids are not reasonable enough to understand the issues and make an informed vote. I disagree.

He comes close to making a point when he mentions that some stupid jackasses are already voting to control your life. It never occurs to him that perhaps this entire concept is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.

Kooks everywhere love his idea.

Thanks to Joyner, who has a commenter who is on the right track. But I'm thinking more like 130.

Friedman "endorses" Obama

Sort of. I don't agree as I subscribe to the split government theory, but his choice does have some merit. One quibble:

McCain strikes me as a nationalist, likely to be comfortable with retaining and even expanding on the increases in executive authority claimed by Bush. He is also the one pro-war candidate.

(emphasis added)

That sentence alone makes me wonder if he's been watching a different election cycle. OK, maybe that's more than a quibble.

I'm neither endorsing nor rejecting David and Steve's arguments, I just believe (as does Steve) that the difference between Obama and McCain is not nearly as large as people wish it was.

I've tried that argument before, Steve

And the response is typically something like, "Oh, so you're calling me a bigot?"

It's either that, or underinformed. Take your pick. And I'm definitely telling you that it's none of your business.