From The Interested-Participant:

(Pittsburgh, PA) The General Conference of the United Methodist Church has decided to join a boycott of Taco Bell because of complaints from Florida tomato pickers that they don't make enough money and are treated badly. Every four years, the church leaders meet to discuss important issues and pass resolutions for action. Current action will be against Taco Bell. It's not clear which fruit and vegetable pickers will prompt the next boycott, but there are many to choose from. There's the banana pickers in Guatemala, the coffee pickers in Columbia and West Africa, the citrus pickers in the Rio Grande Valley, and so on.

And the local folks wonder why I restrict my activity to small potatoes giving and the occasional speech. Enh. I bet we'll see a resolution saying that George W. Bush is the anti-Christ, assuming the leftists in the UMC believe in the latter.

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Jessica Simpson's public persona has to be one of the most ignorant that I've ever seen:

"I really liked the surprise ending!"
-- Jessica Simpson, on seeing The Passion

She's probably doing pretty well in terms of money at this point, but good grief. If she were known for sarcastic or otherwise witty remarks, this remark would have been amusing and worth a positive laugh. The light in which it was probably presented earns a derisive snort. That is to say, "laughing at you, not laughing with you." Just another example of how surface beauty (and a lot of it; she's a looker!) doesn't mean there's a brain beneath.

Tip of the Wisconsin hat to Spare Change.

UPDATE: An eagle-eyed reader has written to note that they think it's satire. I thought it was a plausible remark, given her Chicken of the Sea comment. As to the truth of the matter, I have no idea. Thanks to my correspondent for taking the time to write.

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