...is Dat Phan, and I think he deserved it. Ralphie May's xenophobic "I'm entitled to kill Iraqis to run my fat-ass SUV cheaply" set was just not funny. Tess and Cory Kahaney just didn't deliver, though they're funny women, and Rich Vos Is Not Funny. He said more funny things on the first hour of the final episode than he did in all the previous episodes, including his stand-up sets. You have to wonder if "the don" of diddly would have even gotten in the house had his friend Colin Quinn not been one of the semi-final judges.

Alas, Dat needs new material, and fast. I watched the odious "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" tonight to see his appearance, and every one of his jokes was recycled from the series, as was his final performance in the last episode. It's funny stuff, and I really like his heart and delivery, but if his Comedy Central special is all of this stuff again, I'll be highly disappointed.

Wow! The national headquarters of the Christian Coalition announced today that the Coalition fully supports Alabama Governor Bob Riley's propopsal to eliminate income taxes on the poor and raise them on the rich (see last week's post). "We are urging our members and all people of faith to support [this] bold and courageous initiative," said CC president Roberta Stone.

The Alabama CC did not know about it and seems somewhat blindsided, given its long-standing and virulent opposition to taking care of the poor and all that other Jesus crap that doesn't involve waging war.

This link is to The Right Christians, where you'll find much other good stuff on the Episcopal Church's shouldn't-be-controversial gay bishop election. And on this threat on schism: it's the conservatives who say they're going to walk out, creating schism, but they say that it's the progressives who are causing the schism. Why is it that when conservatives do something bad, they immediately accuse the other side of doing exactly what they're doing?