Laughter, the Best Medicine
November 6th, 2009 by 
Matt Straw, IDS Columnist
It seems right after our local fight here in Bloomington for the atheists to have the right to say that they too can be good, even without god, that now the city of New York finds itself in the same situation. And who better to remind the citizens of New York of the horrible atrocity that this represents to those of faith than the big man himself, the truest christian of America, the man who lives by the adage “Easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven” than Sean Hannity?
There’s nothing better than a good gut laugh on a cold day to cheer the soul. And Sean Hannity delivers better on this than any comedian I’ve ever heard. Who else could continue this monotonous culture war as far as he is? With Jeff Hostetler (not the qb, the former indiana rep) no longer available to decry the “War on Christianity”, thank goodness Sean is still around. It’s funny how those most against the fairness doctrine, and who promote themselves as fair and balanced, throw a hissy fit the day that there’s an atheist ad between the millions of church ads and billboards in NYC. Yes, they certainly lack churches and the right to promote them in NYC.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:46 am
War on Christmas? I’d like to take this time to decry the War on Free Speech.
(In the course of decrying the War on Free Speech, I will also decry on of the biggest weapons in the war, the Fairness Doctrine.)
November 7th, 2009 at 11:23 am
war on christmas? No one mentioned that fake war. if you read closely, I mentioned Hostetlers attempt to call a war on christianity (also fake).
There is no war on free speech. Conservatives like to pretend they are maligned and censored, but when the cards are revealed they are at just as guilty of playing the same war on free speech games that they claim liberals play.
And the Fairness doctrine does send fear into the hearts of conservatives. So maybe it’s not all bad. Irony: having the network that calls itself “Fair and balanced” be scared by the Fairness Doctrine.