{"id":7850,"date":"2013-03-28T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2013-03-28T10:59:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T14:59:09","slug":"thursday-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2013\/03\/28\/thursday-105\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> 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.” <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“From the enclosed report, it is evident that Maher’s bigotry is not merely visceral, it is relentless,” Donohue wrote<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I, for one am shocked. Shocked!<\/em><\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

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). <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Ah, now an acoustic medley from Bob Marley is up. Finally, music I don’t have to feel guilty about enjoying.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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