Tory Prime Minister David Cameron, who's having a very bad year, says that in the wake of the UK riots his government will ban people from social network sites if they have to. Really? Doesn't that sound like something Assad, Mubarak, Putin and the guys who run China would do? We cats never thought we'd see the day.
And speaking of right-wing nutcases who want to run everybody's personal life, let's turn to tonight's pre-straw-poll lollapalooza in Iowa tonight. Or, actually, let's not. We cats are going to treat the Republican "debate" the same way we do the Oscars: Why waste your precious time watching it when you can read about it in all its ridiculous glory in three minutes the next day? (Besides, with GOP debates there's always the ick factor. We haven't hacked up a hairball lately, and we'd like things to stay that way.)
Still, we think we can make some unsurprising predictions about this evening.
1) Expect a few whacko litmus-test questions, about issues that reasonable people consider long settled (e.g., "Do you believe in evolution/gay marriage/climate change?").
2) If these questions don't arise as quickly as he wants them to, assume that right-wing social engineer Rick Santorum will force them.
3) Look for Ron Paul to do his usual gold-standard rant and to slam the Federal Reserve, and enjoy the spectacle of the mild-mannered Jon Huntsman and Tim Pawlenty trying to draw someone's blood — anyone's, but probably Romney's or Bachmann's.
4) And of course many if not all of them will say Jesus Christ is the person they most admire. (After Reagan, of course.)
We cats say, borrrrrrrrring. We think we'll spend the evening napping — and looking at more pictures of Royal Family wedding hats instead.
UPDATE: Now we cats are wondering whether David Cameron stole the block-social-network idea from BART, or vice versa. Either way, folks, it's a bad idea — civil liberties-wise, and otherwise. Find some other way to deal with your problems.
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