[i][Calvin and Hobbes are standing outside, watching the night sky][/i]

We hurl through an incomprehensible darkness. In cosmic terms, we are subatomic particles in a grain of sand on an infinite beach. [i][after a long pause, checks his watch][/i] I wonder what's on TV now.

- Calvin, from Calvin and Hobbes strip published 16 October 1990

I think it's less of a "liberals vs. conservatives" thing, and more of a religious fundamentalist thing. It's just that people like that happen to vote Republican.

Case in point:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040101185101/http://headlines.aga
pepress.org/archive/12/afa/302002f.asp

I believe that Muppet's from the South African version of Sesame Street. Her name's Kami, and she is indeed HIV-positive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami_%28Takalani_Sesame_character%29

Of course, never mind the fact that the character received her infection through a tainted blood transfusion, and that the character only appears in the South African version of the show on account of that country's high HIV infection rate-- IT'S A HOMERSEKSHURAL PLOT TO INDOCTERNATE YER CHILDERN AND I KNOW IT COS THE REPUBLICANS TOLD ME SO

They're right, you know. Cartoons [i]are[/i] for kids. That's why Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is fun for the whole family. And who can ever forget the G-rated harmless bliss of Grave of the Fireflies? Or the happy kid-friendly fun of Don Hertzfeldt's collective works? Or...

You get the picture.

Good morning, Conky. What's today's secret word?

Today's secret word is... "[i]facetious[/i]"!