If there’s one thing everyone knows about Floridians, it’s that they love the second amendment.  This is, after all, the state that pioneered the concept of the Shotgun First Communion.   And really, what better place to pass gun friendly legislation than a state that combines the attitudes of the old South with large concentrations of minorities, elderly Jews, and gay people?
But don’t worry…Floridians will assure you that lenient gun laws are no indication that their state is teetering on the brink of becoming an ultraviolent post apocalyptic Mad Max …

Oliver Hardy.  Lou Costello.  Jackie Gleason.  John Candy.  Chris Farley.  All of them have one thing in common: in their current state, they offer as many relevant thoughts as Rush Limbaugh.
 
And now it appears that Rush’s career as a political pundit has all been one big warm up for his real dream in life: to join this exclusive fraternity of great comedians.  Ever since his recent comments attacking birth control users and labeling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut,” Limbaugh has defended himself by claiming he is nothing but …

In a recent news story, it was revealed that for many years the Mormon church has been posthumously baptizing members of other faiths in order to “convert” them in the afterlife.  This ritual became public knowledge when Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel “prematurely” received the following letter…
 
Dear Ex-Jew,
Surprise!  Welcome to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints–the fastest growing religion in the world!  You have been selected for a posthumous Baptism into the Mormon faith!  Don’t worry about the need to fill out complicated paperwork…it’s all very simple!
You know …

Rick Santorum has a problem.  And, in what is a terrible situation for a politician, the more popular he gets, the worse it becomes.  Santorum’s recent primary victories have generated a buzz around his campaign.  And this buzz has prompted more and more people to search for “Rick Santorum” on Google.  Which has then led to every one of these voters realizing:
 
If Rick Santorum had chosen to go by “Dick,” it would still be the least vulgar part of his name.
 
(Note to my Grandma: DO NOT Google “Santorum.”  Seriously.  Just …

When the Republican presidential primary began, many pundits assumed that it was a foregone conclusion that Mitt Romney would end up the nominee.  This was mostly based on the former Massachusetts governor’s central appeal to voters: No matter where you stand on a particular issue, at some point Mitt Romney has agreed with you.  And will probably do so again in the future.
 
Romney’s front runner status was also based on the notion that his chief rivals such as Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry had a distinct disadvantage in that voters …

If there is one constant about the Roman Catholic Church through the centuries, it is this: they love change.  So Catholics around the globe had to be delighted this past November when the Vatican issued a new translation of its mass in order to bring the text closer to the original Latin.  This is in keeping with their new mission statement:
“Looking to the future by using a dead language.”
Here are some of the highlights of the new translation:
One of the biggest changes in the mass comes early on.  For decades, …