Santorum

Whenever Sen. Santorum or people of his ilk start going off on the sanctity of marriage, or state of the family or general depravity of mankind or whatever it is they like to rail about, my first reaction is: what's your point?

Let's say, for arguments sake, "the family" is currently spiraling right down the crapper just like Rick says. OK. What the heck are we supposed to do about it? Do he have an idea for a magic law that will make everyone's family be way better than it is right now? Does he have an elixir that will stop men from beating their wives in front of their children? Can he conjure a way to stop infidelity? Or stop alcoholism? Or prevent gay children from being kicked out of their homes?

At the risk of undercutting my entire blog, I quote all-around great guy Thomas Carlyle: "Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed alltogether." Seriously, Rick. Put up or shut up. And your book doesn't count. That's just more jaw. I'm talking real policy proposals. But seeing as what you would propose to put up would most likely be declared unconstitutional in Cuba, why don't you just do us all a favor and shut up.