Move On through the wind, Move On through the rain, though your dreams be tossed and blown

I had to drive a rental car the other day, and it made me think of how I've heard people make jokes about how they have no problem wrecking up rented cars. Like, some crappy local band that opened for Laura Cantrell made a joke that was something like, "If you're going to drive drunk, do it in a rented car." I really can't see how these jokes make even a lick of sense, because you have to pay for damage to a rental car, and not to your own (well, unless it's damage that would make the car fail inspection, but even then it's not as urgent). Besides, isn't it a pretty basic concept that we should take more care with other people's things than with our own? I guess that's the kind of joke that's based on a gut reaction ("Ha ha! It's funny, because it isn't my car!"), and that loses all traces of humor when you actually think about it. Personally, I prefer the kind of joke that gets funnier when you think about it.

The rental car had no CD or cassette player, but it DID get in AM stations pretty well, which my car refuses to do. I was listening to Sean Hannity's radio show, because I like pain, and someone called in and said they were annoyed at Mitt Romney because he had criticized the Stars and Bars being used in the Mississippi state flag. According to this guy, it didn't have anything to do with racism; it was just part of their heritage. But, uh, isn't that a part of their heritage that involves racism? Then Hannity said something about "the liberal Move On media." For some reason, people like him and Bill O'Reilly are obsessed with moveon.org. I've been on their mailing list since signing a petition there or something, and pretty much every e-mail they send either says to sign a petition or have some kind of party to promote a left-wing candidate or idea. Oh, and they wanted people to see The Day After Tomorrow, for God knows what reason. (They SAID it was because it deals with global warming, but that makes about as much sense as telling people to see Armageddon for information on how to deal with a meteor crashing into the Earth.) But I don't recall their saying anything at all radical, or of their having much impact on anything. I guess Fox News figures that, if they can convince their followers that a small, moderate, Internet-based grassroots organization is dangerous, then they'll REALLY get worked up at left-wing groups with some actual power. Still, it almost seems like they're giving MoveOn some free advertising.