A Michelle Shocked song just came up on the old mp3 player, and I’m sitting here feeling guilty about enjoying listening to it. It’s a shame when people go insane. Speaking of insane, William Donohue (president of the Catholic League) has written to HBO’s parent company Time Warner saying that Bill Maher has just gone too goshdarn far being mean to the pope and that “[t]he time has come for someone in a position of responsibility to sit down and have a serious talk with this man.”
In a letter sent Tuesday to Glenn A. Britt, chairman of HBO’s parent company Time Warner, Donohue said that “Maher’s bigotry” must not go unpunished. Donohue attached a report titled “Bill Maher’s History of Anti-Catholicism, 1998-2013,” which documents 39 jokes made by the comedian that were directed at the Church.
“From the enclosed report, it is evident that Maher’s bigotry is not merely visceral, it is relentless,” Donohue wrote
I, for one am shocked. Shocked! Bill only directed 39 jokes at the Catholic Church in 15 years? That’s less than 3 jokes per year! Either Bill was slacking off, or Donohue has done some pretty sloppy research here.
It’s a darn shame that Bill’s off this week, ‘cuz I’d like to get his take on this (and on whether Donohue is the spawn of Karl Rove and an Orangutan).
I’m guessing that Donohue will be about as successful as that woman who wanted to get The Simpsons thrown off the air 20 years ago was.
Ah, now an acoustic medley from Bob Marley is up. Finally, music I don’t have to feel guilty about enjoying.
Don’t stay up too late tonight, kids. And if you don’t hear from me for a few days, you’ll know things didn’t go well.