I don't expect a lot of objectivity from most people, and I'm rarely disappointed in my expectations.  But this is really pretty sorry: A John Birch commentator manages to completely miss a major point on a study of pre-marital sex in America while excoriating the study, its author, and the institution for which the author works.

Sometimes you need to look at more than one source to get a feel for the reality of a situation.  Consider these two lines, from two recent news stories:

In honor of the coming new year, Media Matters has collected 2006's most outrageous comments by conservative "commentators."  My favorites (use th link for the entire list):

The Republican party and its adherents maintain numerous web sites devoted to their brand of reality. Needless to say, some of the statements found on those sites are a little...interesting.

Among the many absurdities that keep the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave from being the Land of the Fair is financing of schools.

Direct from the Federal Reserve Board itself, the stats on consumer credit outstanding during the years of the Bush:

During visits to the concentration camps, the bordellos and the crematoria are not to be shown. Visitors also are not to be told anything about these facilities.

Managing perception and massaging the message; the more things change....

Poor, poor Jebbie Bush, younger brother to El Birdbrain, lamenting that his days as a politician are now over....

About 10 days ago, the Justice Department announced a few changes that are going to make it just a bit easier for corporate frauds to do their work and get away with it.  Not that this is how the change is being publicly pitched, of course.

From the BLS report on Mass Layoffs for November:

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