Ann Coulter I have ignored for a long time.  She is a mediocre writer and avid aggressive speaker.  I don't see her as very progressive, so she's not very useful for issues she is espousing.  But she wrote some column about Hillary, and I don't know...I read it.

*deep breath*

Okay: She is so filled with hate, which is disgusting.  Gloria Steinem has radical progressive ideas, but her hate just repulses me.  Mankind is not a rational creature, but an emotional, rationalizing creature (to embellish an Aristotle paraphrase), and as such  it is  important to include the emotional  factor, regardless of how much we would like to avoid feeling and base our decisions and perspectives on logic alone; which I believe to be handling matters in a shallow and unbalanced manner. 

Let me give some gleaming examples of Coulter's hatred:

"It's nice to have a president who is not so sleazy that not a single Supreme Court justice shows up for his State of the Union address (

Bill Clinton, January 1999..."

"Speaking of which, the horny hick's wife finally ended the breathless anticipation by announcing that she is running for president. I studied tapes of Hillary feigning surprise at hearing about Monica to help me look surprised upon learning that she's running."

"According to the famed "polls" -- or, as I call them, "surveys of uninformed people who think it's possible to get the answer wrong...""

"Fortunately, polls at this stage are nothing but name recognition contests, so please stop asking me to comment on them. "Arsenic" and "proctologist" have sky-high name recognition going for them, too."

"In January, two years before the 2000 presidential election, the leading Republican candidate in New Hampshire was ... Liddy Dole (WMUR-TV/CNN poll, Jan. 12, 1999). In the end, Liddy Dole's most successful run turned out to be a mad dash from her husband Bob after he accidentally popped two Viagras."

"But the most urgent question surrounding Hillary's candidacy is: How will the Democrats out-macho us if Hillary is their presidential nominee? Unlike their last presidential nominee, she doesn't even have any fake Purple Hearts."

Honestly, every word of her writing is akin to writing for a fraternity newspaper looking to outrage anyone in order to sell their flimsy editorials.  Every sentence is dripping with hate, demeaning and degrading, derogatory and detracting.  Or as she puts it: "polemic"  I just can't believe with my rationalizing mind that this woman is the mouthpiece for any group in this world.  If she ever decides to produce mature content with valid points and references; content that is helpful to our nation instead of being the very knife which divides us...call me.

I got this in my inbox this morning...and just changed it a little (hopefully it works!)

We went up north to visit my Mom and sister yesterday, and there was this gigantic accident on the freeway.  They actually closed down the freeway on the other side.  Here is the article from The Reporter...it was just devestating to see people get killed because of stupid drunk drivers swerving all over the place:

Three die on I-80

Careening car causes collision of six vehicles

By Melissa Murphy/Staff Writer

Article Launched: 01/21/2007 07:39:10 AM PST

Vacaville firefighters spray water on a burned-out vehicle involved in a multiple crash that resulted in three fatalities on I-80 Saturday morning. (Ryan Chalk/The Reporter)

Three people were killed and two others critically injured in an accident involving six vehicles Saturday morning shortly after 11:30 on Interstate 80 at Pena Adobe Road in Vacaville.

The driver of a Toyota Corolla, accompanied by two passengers, was headed east on I-80 at 65 to 70 mph, according to Marvin Williford of the California Highway Patrol, when the driver lost control of the vehicle which then jumped the median into westbound traffic.

The Corolla collided head-on with a Ford Expedition which erupted in flames. After being thrown backward, the Corolla struck a BMW that was in an adjacent lane. The driver of the Expedition was killed, as were the Corolla driver and a backseat passenger. A Toyota Highlander to the rear of the

Rescue workers work to assess injuries and stabilize patients at the accident scene. (Ryan Chalk/The Reporter)

Expedition attempted to avoid the crash in the lanes ahead, but instead struck the rear of the Expedition as it came to a stop.

The Corolla and the BMW skidded in front of a Dodge pickup truck and a 38-foot motor home that were traveling westbound in the number three and four lanes. Both drivers attempted to avoid the wreckage ahead, but the pickup truck skidded sideways and slid into the path of the motor home.

The driver of the Corolla and one passenger as well as the driver of the Expedition were pronounced dead at the scene. A third person in the Corolla and the driver of the BMW sustained major injuries and were flown to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek by CALSTAR and REACH.

The driver and passenger in the Highlander received minor injuries as did the driver of the Dodge pickup. The two people in the motor home were not injured.

Williford said the investigation is ongoing, and it appears that all the people involved were wearing seat belts. Currently it

All lanes of westbound I-80 traffic were shut down for several hours Saturday due to a multiple fatality accident. According to the CHP, a grey Toyota Corolla traveling eastbound lost control, jumped the guardrail and collided with a Ford Expedition and setting it on fire. The impact sent the Toyota sliding across westbound traffic, resulting in collisions with four other vehicles. (Ryan Chalk/The Reporter)

appears that alcohol and or drugs may have played a factor in the accident, he said.

The I-80 westbound lanes were shut down for several hours, backing up traffic on I-80 beyond Vacaville to the east. Traffic in the eastbound lanes was backed up as far west as Red Top Road. Traffic came to a standstill on the south end of Interstate 505.

By early evening, all ramps connecting with I-80 were open.

The fiery crash was just one day after four others died in a highway crash in Santa Rosa.

In the incident, a car traveling 70 mph plowed into stalled traffic on Highway 101 in Santa Rosa on Friday night, killing three adults and a toddler, according to the CHP.

Melissa Murphy can be reached at dixon@thereporter.com.

Here's just a quick list of what's going on:

1) I'm eating broccoli and carrots and some vege dip...I am totally in love with this, because I hate sharing at parties (germs) and this is alll miiine
2) I'm wearing some dang midrise straight leg jeans, because they were the only things that fit at Target....but they're size 12 and LOOSE.  This is from 14 and tight, which I was last year.  w00t!
3) Books I'm reading right now:
    Utopia, Thomas More
    Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire
    Postmodernism, Richard Appignanesi
    Library of Distinctive Sermons, Gary Klingsporn
    Summer, Edith Wharton (reading this again for the umpteenth time)
4) Rooms that need to be cleaned:
    Kitchen
    Living room
    Bedroom
   
5) Nova needs to do schoolwork today (color: green, letter: D, shape: circle)
6) Shopping at Costco sometime tonight, otherwise we're having chicken again, and I have been meaning to make beef stew for a few days
7) Work on finding a publisher for the plays (work in progress..have some rejection letters already), the 6 children's books, poetry book
8) Make Ben coffee, and maybe something special (i.e., whatever I find in the pantry...but it should be good)
9) Glenn has an ear infection and Nova has a little cold, so neither of them are feeling well and went to bed an hour early today...which means they are going to be on a 2 nap schedule today.  So I have about an hour, hour and a half to mop, vacuum, drink some coffee, have a vitamin...space out....