Ann Coulter has done it again, and done it big. One thing you can count on is that the High Priestess of Anti-Liberalism will never drop out of site for very long.

When the news on this broke and went viral, I thought Oh God here we go. Being a fan and admirer of Ann I wanted to defend it but honestly it is not easy. But trying to be objective, I got the quote in context and tried to analyze it.

And examining this, I see a problem, and it isn’t just Ann.

First, what she said¹:

“I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I - so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards.”

Obviously her comment was geared to link to the recent controversy with the two Greys Anatomy stars. In an on set fight, Isaiah Washington reputedly called gay actor T.R. Knight a Fag. In an awards ceremony, Isaiah made matters worse by saying² essentially that he never called Knight a faggot.

During a backstage interview Monday at the Globes gala, Washington denied involvement in a heated on-set incident in October during which an anti-gay remark was reportedly uttered.

“No, I did not call T.R. a faggot,” Washington told reporters. “Never happened, never happened.”

Afterwards, Isaiah simply for the use of the word was branded a homophobe. He then decided to get help, and ended up in rehab, for using the word faggot.

“With the support of my family and friends, I have begun counseling,” Washington said in a prepared statement. “I regard this as a necessary step toward understanding why I did what I did and making sure it never happens again. I appreciate the fact that I have been given this opportunity and I remain committed to transforming my negative actions into positive results, personally and professionally.”³

Oh for the…Are they serious?  Sadly, yes.  Filed under “idiots” for obvious reasons.

The organization that oversees high school sports in Washington is considering more specific rules for fans that could ban booing and offensive chants.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is drafting guidelines to crack down on negative conduct.

I can understand banning physical threats and violence. But booing?  Since when is team loyalty a crime?  Since when is school spirit bad?

The association director blames rude fans for the dwindling number of people who want to be coaches and officials.

Oh, Puuuuuleeze!

He says the guidelines will remind fans to cheer for their team, not against the other.

The penalty is still secret¹ but rumor says that the first violation will result in a stern lecture that makes understand that you made the other team feel really bad.

Second offense will result in being order to apologize publicly and stand in the corner for 10 minutes. 

A third offense will be to write on the score board “I am not a good sport” 100 times and to have to wear the “I’m mean” T-shirt for the rest of the game.

Rumor also suggests that next on their agenda is to make all games end in ties, so none of the players have to deal with the trauma of losing and the presentation of “Everyone is a winner” tee shirts.

Also they plan on banning “Neener Neener”, “Nyah”, nose thumbing and “I know you are but what am I”?

Idiots.

1. so secret I made it up [back]

Hat tip to Peter Chattaway.

Figures.  You have to hand to to them, they will milk this non story for every penny.¹

Plame film in works at Warner Bros.

Studio sets movie about CIA leak scandal

Warner Bros. is developing a feature on the lives of Valerie Plame and Ambassador Joseph Wilson, the married couple drawn into a D.C. firestorm.

Plame’s status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.

Yep, that’s the story we all came to love.  The fact that Wilson was a partisan hack who violated state department confidentiality and lied to the CIA has nothing to do with it any more then the fact that Plame cherry picked her husband for this mission.

The film is a co-production between Weed Road’s Akiva Goldsman and Jerry and Janet Zucker of Zucker Productions.

David Zucker would be more appropriate.

WB has secured the life rights of Plame and Wilson. Studio also will use Plame’s memoir, “Fair Game,” if the CIA permits her to publish it. Plame made a reported publishing deal in the $2.5 million range last year, and Simon & Schuster is expected to publish late this year. While it would be ironic for Plame’s story to be illegally leaked by the White House, only to have another government branch deny her the right to tell it herself, the CIA has the latitude to silence Plame.

Oh and if they do, the lawsuits…the scandals…be a movie all on its own.

She left the agency in late 2005 and she and Wilson have filed a civil lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff for Cheney who’s currently on trial, defending himself against charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to FBI agents who were investigating the leak of Plame’s identity to journalists