Rhinocrisy

While we’re setting fire to myths, I might as well weigh in on this whole autism/vaccination thing, which I’ve been intending to write about for months. Recently Jenny McCarthy (no pictures, sorry) appeared on the Oprah Winfrey (no pictures, sorry) show, along with Holly Robinson Peete (Earthquake, 2004) to discuss autism. Both are mothers of autistic children. Jenny told the following horror story about how she believes her son Evan became autistic:

“Right before his MMR shot, I said to the doctor, “I have a very bad feeling about this shot. This is the autism shot, isn’t it?’ And he said, ‘No, that is ridiculous. It is a mother’s desperate attempt to blame something,’ and he swore at me, and then the nurse gave [Evan] the shot,” she says. “And I remember going, ‘Oh, God, I hope he’s right.’ And soon thereafter-boom-the soul’s gone from his eyes.”

Chilling, indeed. But - do we believe it? Read the rest of this entry »

Events in Louisiana seem to be boiling over. The presence of carpet-baggers like Sharpton and Jackson, opportunistic bloodsuckers both, might lead many people to believe this is a non-issue being whipped up into a creamy froth. Certainly a lot of the reporting on the subject is appalling and contributes to that notion. A Newsweek article has more of the story, however, which should disabuse anyone of the notion that this is simply a matter of criminals being charged for their obvious transgression.