8/11/33 - 5/15/07

i'd like to join in with most of the rest of the blogosphere and celebrate the disappearance of reverend jerry falwell from this plane of existence today.

this is the guy who blamed 9/11 on this:

But, throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'

we are better off now that he's dead.

edit 5/16/07: this quote from larry flynt reminds me why it's important to have evil fuckers like this guy around, at least for a while:

The most important result of our relationship was the landmark decision from the Supreme Court that made parody protected speech, and the fact that much of what we see on television and hear on the radio today is a direct result of my having won that now famous case which Falwell played such an important role in.