Posted on 12/29/2006 10:28:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In the annual spirit of compulsive declarations, summations and resolutions, let me just say, I'm sorry.
For everything. The Crusades, destruction of the Mayan temples, the Spanish Inquisition, (really sorry for that), the Bay of Pigs and, not least, typing the word 'possom' when I really meant 'possum.'
But. You knew this was coming: I was sexually abused by a Catholic priest as a teenager and I'm an alcoholic.
I am also a gay columnist.
OK, I wasn't and I'm not. Nyet. None of the above. Never abused by a priest, never an alcoholic (well, not much of one), and not gay.
But any one — or a combination of the above — seems sufficient these days to explain behavior unbecoming a civilized human being. Not gayness precisely, but living as a closeted gay, in which case anything one does is pardonable because one has had to live a lie, which is not one's fault.
A quick review of the year's mea culpa parade reveals a trend we won't want to drag into the new year. Indeed, there seems to be some new contagion in the air, a virus that causes those infected to revert to their primal selves.
Celebrities, such as two starlets who left home without their panties, seem especially vulnerable to the germ.
Britney Spears found herself sans bloomers as she exited a car that also contained Paris Hilton, who, come to think of it, may be the original carrier of the bug that has infected so many.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
She forget Mark Foley or Bob Ney's "the devil water made me want to molest kids / accept bribes" business?
Thanks for the post.
Heh-heh. Kathleen Parker, always an enjoyable read.
I'm sorry for a lot of things I did this year, too, but once the heartburn goes away, I'm OK.
Heh-heh! Kathleen Parker, always an enjoyable look, too!
Top sets of three magic words that are the secret to a happy life:
1) I love you.
2) No more messages.
3) It's my fault.
Making them my New Year's Resolutions.
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