Here there be Weasels

Multiple Weasel of the Week awards to be handed out today:

Weasel #1 Craig (My face should be on a milk) Carton. The WFAN morning drive yakker (teamed with Boomer Esiason) was arrested Tuesday on, well, fraud charges. Seems he ran a Ponzi scheme in order to cover some gambling debts. No wonder media columnists Bob Raissman (NY Daily News) and Phil Mushnick (NY Post) have reason to hate on the guy when he's on the air. Yes, he can be annoying while on the air, but it seems that he's had something to hide, and it finally got out in the open. WFAN, unsurprisingly, suspended Carton while the investigation is ongoing. Let the other shoe drop, and send Carton on his way.

Weasel #2: Repeat offender Kim Kardashian needed to remind people she's still around, amid news that she and husband Kanye West are expecting #3 via a surrogate, so she posted a picture of herself wearing only a pair of cowgirl boots and standing on a tree branch. The posts have since been deleted, but the fact that this reality show peabrain decided to call attention to herself in between hurricanes Harvey & Irma is enough to qualify her for another set of Weasel ears.

Weasel #3: Rev. Kevin Swanson is giving Christians a bad name this morning for claiming that Harvey was God's message to the city of Houston to repent, blaming the LGBT community for the storm. Oh, please, give me a break!!!!!

When was the last time you read any passages from the New Testament, Rev. Swanson? Or are the evangelicals in the southern states so stuck on the Old Testament that they can't be bothered to reconcile themselves with the fact that when Jesus was crucified on the cross at Calvary, a new covenant, borne out of grace and love for everyone, was created. Rev. Swanson is a notorious homophobe who also has his own radio show, where he made his rant about Houston and Harvey.

The problem I have is that Rev. Swanson has let his personal feelings inform his message, which is not how it works. In addition, conservative peabrain Ann Coulter weighed in, claiming that she didn't agree with Swanson about the storm being God's punishment, but that it was a "more credible" excuse than climate change.

Oh, really?? What would you say if Irma does similar damage to Miami, with its large Latino population? Probably more of the same garbage.

Enjoy the Weasel ears. You deserve them.

Updated, 3:08 pm (ET): One more set of Weasel ears to hand out, and these are headed for another group of Bible-thumpers who don't get it.

One Million Moms, an off-shoot of the American Family Association, unsuccessfully petitioned Fox to pull Lucifer off the air. Now, they've turned their attention to another Vertigo adaptation, AMC's 2nd year series, Preacher, based on Garth Ennis' demented series. Their problem is a scene depicting Jesus engaging in some debauchery prior to his crucifixion. Ennis is imagining something of the sort happened, and it's being interpreted by the show's writers.

Truth is, and this is the only point on which I'll side with the zealots, is that it didn't happen. It was Ennis' cavalier attitude toward religion in general that turned me off the book when it came out in the 90's, and I gave up on the show after the 1st episode. Anyway, OMM is demanding that Verizon and Procter & Gamble, makers of Febreze, pull their ads from the show, and calling for AMC to terminate Preacher, which moved to Mondays for season 2. Good luck making that happen.

You see, the thing with writers is that they'll use creative license, regardless of subject matter, in order to tell the story as they see it. Yes, I disagree with how Jesus is used on Preacher (Jesus as a talk show host on South Park now seems tame by comparison), but I understand the warped vision of the writer responsible.

OMM is wasting their time, and ours, with another pointless petition. I don't watch Preacher by choice. OMM needs to see that people can make their own decisions, and not be bullied by a group of sanctimonious zealots.