lowbrow

Last Friday, I saw Jon Stewart from The Daily Show live at Foxwoods. Dammit that boy is funny as hell. He's even better, raunchier, more political, in person. He tore into homophobes, religious fanatics, warmongers, oh let's just call it the Bush Administration for short.

Speaking of separation of church and state, Michael Newdow is my new hero:

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST: Do we know -- do we know what the vote was in Congress apropos of divisiveness to adopt the under God phrase?

MR. NEWDOW: In 1954?

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST: Yes.

MR. NEWDOW: It was apparently unanimous. There was no objection. There's no count of the vote.

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST: Well, that doesn't sound divisive.

(Laughter.)

MR. NEWDOW: That's only because no atheist can get elected to public office.

(Applause.)

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST: The courtroom will be cleared if there's any more clapping. Proceed, Mr. Newdow.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/25/national/25STEX.html?ex=1080882000&en=d49e434609ae57a6&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE