The obligatory "Glee mocks Ann Coulter" entry

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Last week, they mocked Sarah Palin, this week's episode mocks Ann Coulter, among other things.

Link: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/04/20/foxs-glee-mocks-ann-coulter-makes-feminist-wage-claims

Big Hollywood sums up the proper outrage nicely, so there's nothing much I could say, there. And now the Hollywood Left isn't happy with the blog speaking out, as you can read about in the below link.

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/04/19/why-we-clubbed-glee/

I never watched the show, but I understand its appeal. (In fairness, Big Hollywood did have nice things to say when the show first started.) Now, it's slowly becoming the same old, same old, isn't it?

What say you, members who are Glee fans?

Update (4/23): Steven Crowder sounds off about the issue on Big Hollywood.

Link: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2010/04/22/lonewolf-diaries-glee-vs-conservative-women-round-2/

South Park Creators Threatened by Radical Islamic Website

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Anyone see this on CNN or The O'Reilly Factor last night? Apparently a Jihad website is issuing "warnings" against the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, due to last week's (and tonight's, since it's a continuation) where they rehashed their previous "battle" with Comedy Central to allow them to air an image of the prophet Muhammad. If you missed it, here's an article/video with details: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/21/south.park.islamic.reaction/index.html

South Park has been my favorite show for over a decade. The fact that they don't want to take sides with anyone, especially politically, is why I love them -- they exist as true satirists do, not allowing themselves to be blinded to things that deserve to be mocked. They have the... uh, cajones to say things no one else will; they actually are bold and edgy, instead of that "we-like-to-seem-edgy-but-really-we're-just-playing-it-safe-because-we-know-our-audience-agrees" feeling certain other shows maintain. *cough*FamilyGuy*cough* (For the record, I hated Family Guy well before I knew Trey and Matt do as well.)

Someone posted this thread on the official South Park site's forum yesterday. In fact, the entire forum is rife with fan support not to be shaken by these threats.I was watching the movie the other night, and ironically enough this whole situation seems strikingly similar: two men lampooned with death threats and war for "disgusting behavior," and their fans rile to their defense. I'm eager to see what tonight's episode will be like after all of this; I doubt they'll be allowed to show Muhammad, but it'll make for some interesting plot points I think. I sort of doubt anything will happen to them, but nonetheless, I'm a bit afraid for their safety.

Karl Rove

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Has anyone here read Karl Rove's book Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight? I am looking to buy it this weekend. I glanced at it in the store a bit, but don't 100% know what to expect from it. Is it good, and what kind of information is in it?