Not everyone was amused by Greg the flamboyant kid on “Curb”:
Name: Stuffed Animal
Date posted: 9/13/2011 4:42:08 PM
Hometown: Kansas City
Comment:
I despise any kind of crude humor that sneers at Gay identity, but it really infuriates me when children are involved. Gay and Transgender kids catch holy Hell from other kids; they don’t need adults adding to their misery. I don’t care how ‘supportive’ Larry David is of Gay Rights, he needs to f*cking get a clue.
That is to say, the first great comedic talent in a long time: Eddie Schweighardt, who played Greg the 7-year-old “Project Runway” fan on the inspired season finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Brilliant.
Sad that I feel compelled to salute a candidate for speaking out against letting the uninsured die, but that’s today’s Tea Party-dominated GOP for you.
Texas Governor Rick Perry says he was “taken aback” by an incident that occurred at Monday night’s Republican presidential debate after U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) was asked if a man who is sick should be left to die because he is uninsured, according to NBC News.
In addressing the situation that unfolded Perry reportedly said, “We’re the party of life.”
Still think the tea party isn’t extremist?
From the classic South Park episode, “Christian Rock Hard”:
Executive: We just have one question, though. We were looking over some of your lyrics. (reads lyrics) I want to walk hand-in-hand with Jesus on a private beach for two. I want him to nibble on my ear and say “I’m here for you”. It seems you really love Christ.
Cartman: Yes, we sure do.
Executive: No, but it appears you are actually in love with Christ.
Cartman: Well what are you saying? That, that you don’t really love Christ?
Executive: Well of course I do. I mean I just -
Cartman: Well what’s the difference? You love Christ, you’re in love with Christ, I mean, uh, what the heck is this?
I was reminded of that exchange after viewing the singing of the National Anthem at last night’s GOP debate.
Happy Birthday!
I’ve written before about the coffee table Bible and the prudish stripper, my two most ingenious fibs.
Today I was reminded of two others.
Roughly 12 years ago today my friend Ms. Ellie was expecting a very special visitor. What started as an outlandish joke evolved into a false promise that she would be paid a birthday visit from Richard Simmons. In her office. It was mostly persistence, as I recall. I kept selling and, finally, she bought, even letting others in on her birthday “surprise” that wasn’t.
“I should’ve known better,” she told me today, “being the victim of the coffee table Bible hoax.”
No one is immune, not even relative strangers.
The victim: Former mayoral candidate Mary Norwood
The scene: An annual gathering that draws some of Atlanta’s top powerbrokers. For some reason, I was also there. So, too, was disgraced former Mayor Bill Campbell, fresh from a stint behind bars for tax evasion.
Post-prison, one of Campbell’s earliest appearances came in August 2009, when he attended a Houck birthday celebration, posing for photos and greeting old friends.
I seized the opportunity for mischief.
Me: “So, I guess congratulations are in order.”
Norwood: “What for?”
“The Bill Campbell endorsement.”
“What?”
“Bill Campbell, endorsing you for mayor. I just heard.”
Norwood, a nice woman for whom I hold no ill will, almost spilled her Chardonnay on ice. Had we been friends, I would’ve let the lie fester for awhile.
@andishehnouraee andishehnouraeeAt@AtlantaMagazine Atlanta mayors forum, Campbell says he left city better than he found it.
I messaged Andisheh late last night. What follows is a dramatization of our e-mail exchangin’.
“Did he really say that?”
He did.
“Really?”
Yep.
“No.”
Yes.
“Bill Campbell, right? As in the Mayor Bill Campbell who was indicted on racketeering and bribery and convicted on tax evasion?”
The very same.
“Really.”
Really.
