Selective outrage, Senator. Selective outrage.

John Kerry is horrified, horrified at Dick Cheney’s inadvertant honesty about being a torture lover. From AP via MSNBC:

“Is the White House that was for torture
before it was against it, now for torture again?” tweaked Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. Kerry, in his unsuccessful campaign for the presidency, had been skewered by Bush for saying he had voted for war funds before he voted against them.

The Mighty Favog — and a lot of people like the Mighty Favog — would feel a lot better if “Democrats for Human Rights” actually shed as many tears over innocent children murdered in their mothers’ wombs (killing sanctioned by American law and revered as a secular sacrament by the Democratic Party leadership, I might add) as they do over alleged terrorists tortured by American goons.

Face it, a country that has no problem offing its own future looks just a bit silly getting its knickers in a twist over poor Mohammed getting waterboarded by the CIA.

I have a radical proposal: How about we get our knickers in a twist about BOTH? How about we outlaw the torture of Mohammed and the premeditated murder of defenseless American babies in utero.

Until you can manage to do that, Sen. Kerry, don’t expect Catholics like me to look at you as anything more than possibly — and I stress “possibly” — a potential lesser of two evils (and a VERY MARGINAL one at that, even considering the full-blown catastrophe that is the Bush Administration).

A little moral seriousness, people.

Please?

1971: It was a different world then

OK, I admit it. The Carpenters are a guilty pleasure of mine. So sue me.

But you have to admit — Karen Carpenter could sing like an angel. As demonstrated by this clip, from the Carpenters’ 1971 network summer series.

That’s right boys and girls . . . the networks used to have new series that ran during the summer, when the regular shows’ seasons had finished. And then, with much fanfare and plenty of buildup, the new TV season would begin in the middle of September.

Come this September, this is the place to be

Hey there, remember, this is the place to be

This is the place to be

This is the place to be, with ABC

Why is it that some days I have trouble remembering my name, age and phone number, but I can come up with much of the 1971 ABC promotional jingle? Thanks to TV Party.com for filling in the gaps in my aging memory.

And here’s another memorable TV ditty, back from the days waaaaay before AIDS. I remembered this public-service spot clearly but, alas, Mrs. Favog was convinced your fearless potentate merely had had a bad reaction to penicillin.

HA!!!!!!!!!!! There you go, dear!!!!! The proof!!! I will graciously accept your apology now.

The Mighty Favog is a merciful and benevolent Favog.