Only Allen could make sex and death boring

	Shop Til You Drop...Dead (12/09/07) Allen's take on the recent mall shooting in Omaha could have been titled, "What if somebody was dead." His guest was a guy whose son died in a car accident. Now that's a terrible thing- I can't imagine anything more painful than the death of a child- but the discussion of it was just disgustingly inane. The guest says that God put people in his life to help him recover from his son's death. Thanks a lot, God.
	WWJ...V? Who Would Jesus Vote (for)? (12/09/07) Allen tried to tease this one by saying he was going to reveal how Jesus would vote. His big revelation? Jesus wouldn't vote. Wow. How shocking. Never saw that one coming. I emailed Allen that we were fundamentally in agreement. Jesus would be too busy turning Joel Osteen out of His Father's house with a bullwhip.
	Who's Your Daddy (12/08/07) Allen thinks artificial insemination is "playing God". He tells the story of a guy who donated sperm, then got sued for paternity years later. This one is like a lot of Allen's stories- weird, illogical occurrences that seem to confirm his weird, illogical worldview. Argument from vividness has always been the preacher's best friend.
	Gambling Our Kids to College (12/08/07) Allen attacks the director of the Georgia lottery for making too much money. He thinks the lottery is immoral because it preys on the weaknesses of poor people. He has no problem with prosperity gospel preachers though. You be the judge. Next week...Erik takes a vacation...special guest blogger filling in!

The Purpose Driven Pantload

	Pulled From the Breast (12/02/07) I wonder if one could obtain vanilla ice cream from sucking Deborah Norville's frosty paps.
	Saving The Planet One Less Child At A Time (12/02/07) Toni Vernelli is the woman who claims to have had an abortion in order to save the world from the burden of a greenhouse gas-producing child. Of course she's a nut, but it does make you a little sad that the anti-carbon emissions lobby has no comparably effective anti-dumbass lobby. Who could argue with a woman who aborted a child on the grounds that it would just have added to the dumbass population.
	Smoking Some Laws (12/01/07) Allen is in favor of medical marijuana. This was a timely and relevant show-in 1987.
	Threat Down: Teddy Bears (12/01/07) Gillian Gibbons is the British teacher living in the Sudan who may face 40 lashes for naming a teddy bear Muhammed. It appears that her sentence may be commuted since she has apparently already received a number of lashes from the ugly stick.
	My Uncle/Daddy Church with Mona Brewer (Chris Krok Edition) (11/30/07) As much as I hate Allen I do wish he'd substitute for Krok more often. Even with constant erruptions of his braying-jackass laugh Allen is more pleasant to listen to than Krok's phony outrages. Krok desperately tries to make up for in pique what he lacks in talent, which makes for really wearying radio, like listening to a squirrel trapped in the attic.
	Your Purpose with Rick Warren (11/25/07) Ah yes, Brother Rick. Other than Pastor John Hagee, Brother Rick is the biggest pantload on two feet. I have a theory that no one has ever actually read his million-selling Purpose Driven Life book. If they had, they would be appalled by it's vacuous non-advice and fundamentalist inanities. People just buy it so they will feel better about themselves. Or they give it as a gift so they don't have to actually relate to the giftee on a spiritual level, which often involves work and risk. People generally don't want to know about your sadness, your grief, your fears and failures. Especially men. "Hey how's it goin' Dave? What's that you say, your wife just left you? She's taking the kids?...Oh well, spare me the details...here's a fucking bible book for you."