Manhattan Declaration

So after all the ballyhoo last year about the Manhattan Declaration, we can now step back and look at the impact of this "call to Christian values" - whatever they are.

So again, let's take 320 million as the US population and let's be generous and say only adults get involved in this nonsense and that they make up 50% of the population.

So 160 million potential signatories, how many people have signed what Chuck Colson said was"the most important document I have ever signed in my life"?

Answer: 461914.

Or put another way, 0.289% of the American people agree with this "Christian Country" idiocy.

Making up a modern day cliche like "I will render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, but I won't render to Caesar that which is God's" is simply not cutting it today Mr.Colson.

Because the future of our nation is more important than cheap word games based on Bible quotes.

Mel and Oksana

Mel Gibson is a man with all the rage and resentment of an Australian but without their sunny disposition.

Yes, I know. He was born in New York state. But clearly his upbringing in Australia gave him the chip on his shoulder he so lovingly brings to his movie roles.

And Oksana seems (a) to be in this for the money and (b) very naive about Mel Gibson. Did she never watch his movies? Sometimes buried in fiction is the actual man's true character.

Look how may times his characters have to go through the violence wringer. Talk about self loathing.

Prince says "Internet is over".

This week, Prince the diminutive artiste formerly known as "Squiggle", boldly announced that "The Internet is over". Of course what is "over" ( and has been for a long long time), is Prince's career. Right now he's as influential as the wax cylinder industry and marginally less relevant.