Imagine my surprise upon hearing that AOL/Huffpo’s editorial policy is the following: 

Andrew Brietbart’s ad hominem attack on Van Jones in The Daily Caller — right down to calling him a “commie punk” and “a cop killer-supporting, racist, demagogic freak” — violates the tenets of debate and civil discourse we have strived for since the day we launched. As a result, we will no longer feature his posts on the front page.

He is welcome to continue publishing his work on HuffPost provided it adheres to our editorial guidelines, as the two posts he published on HuffPost did — guidelines that include a strict prohibition on ad hominem attacks. Our decision today recognizes that placing posts on the front page is an editorial call that elevates some posts over others, and is an indication of how seriously we take these judgment calls.

Good enough. As a website editor myself, I appreciate the idea of wanting to elevate the debate. Admittedly, I do find it more than a little creepy and totalitarian for AOL to include in that “ad hominem standard” what someone says or does elsewhere. But when you’ve been studying the Left for as long as I have, you come to expect the default setting of them wanting to control what people say. (See: Jon Stewart.) What I don’t understand, however, is what Arianna Huffington and AOL are going to do now. I can’t imagine AOL intends to take the actionable position of singling out Andrew Breitbart — discriminating against him because he’s Andrew Breitbart or conservative or something.

But herein lies AOL’s problem…

It’s just a fact that the same Bill Maher who just last week called Sarah Palin a “dumb twat” on national television is also a front page AOL/HuffPo contributor. It’s just a fact that Alec Baldwin, who once called for the death of a sitting congressman’s children is a front page AOL/HuffPo contributor. And who will ever forget Sean Penn’s desire to see his critics get “rectal cancer?” Will AOL/HuffPo allow Penn to continue to enjoy his front page status?

As Mr. Maher himself might say: New Rules!

But the most confusing part of this AOL/HuffPo editorial rule (that no one knew about until now), is Mr. Aaron Sorkin. Sorkin is infamous for smearing Sarah Palin, but unlike the various ad hominem attacks unleashed by Baldwin, Maher, and Penn — Sorkin unleashed one of his most famous ad hominem attacks against Palin on — wait for it, wait for it — the Huffington Post! But wait, it gets better. Sorkin’s ad hominem attack was published on HuffPo’s — wait for it, wait for it — front page (if memory serves)!

Who will ever forget AOL’s own HuffPo gracing its storied front page with the following… [emphasis mine]

The snotty quote was posted by Sarah Palin on (like all the great frontier women who’ve come before her) her Facebook page[.] …

I can’t make a distinction between what you get paid to do and what Michael Vick went to prison for doing. I’m able to make the distinction with no pangs of hypocrisy even though I get happy every time one of you faux-macho shitheads accidentally shoots another one of you in the face. …

So I don’t think I will save my condemnation, you phony pioneer girl. (I’m in film and television, Cruella[.] …

And you didn’t just do it for fun and you didn’t just do it for money. That was the first moose ever murdered for political gain. You knew there’d be a protest from PETA and you knew that would be an opportunity to hate on some people, you witless bully. …

I eat meat, there are leather chairs in my office, Sarah Palin is deranged[.]

Those are just pull quotes. If you read the whole thing it is in total a flaming piece of ad hominem. And so we are now left to wonder…

Does AOL have a different definition of ad hominem than, say, the rest of the planet?. Or do they have some explaining to do as to why a foul mouthed, ad hominem flame-throwing 9/11 truther like Van Jones is dictating their editorial policy?

The worship and love of materials is our nation’s religion. I’d say it was a new religion, but it’s actually the oldest religion in the world, Paganism.  Judeo-Christian values came from a pagan world with a radical new concept: the Creator, not the creation, should not be worshiped.

Recent leftist hysteria demands the removal of formal religion from public life. But they snuck in a new absolute for which we are not to argue. There’s no “true for you but not for me.” when it comes to the dogma of Global Climate Change. If someone tells me I have to change the light-bulbs in my house or I’m a bad person, I cannot reply, “Who are you to judge?” Their answer will likely start with something like, “Science says…” or “Everyone knows…” or a standard ad hominem like “racist,” “homophobe,” “anti-science,” or “Bible-thumper.”

My children aren’t allowed to hear about God in public school, but my seven-year-old daughter brings home Earth Day bullshit propaganda that instruct children to tell their parents to change light-bulbs, turn off lights, and re-use shopping bags. When my daughter obeys the national religion’s mandate I tell her, “Those aren’t our values. That’s not our religion. We don’t fear capitalism, and we pay for the energy we use. We believe in a God that is not the creation.”

I’d like to announce that Saturday, March 29th 28th from 8:30pm to 9:30pm local time is Creator Hour! We will make a statement that God’s illumination is the ultimate hope for mankind by turning on every light in the house for that one hour. Let your pagan neighbors self-flagellate themselves by depriving themselves of light. We need to make up for their lack of illumination by turning on yard lights, garage lights, maybe even start up the fireplace.

The Earth Hour website calls for us to “Vote Earth,” but  I intend to cast my ballot for the other party: Vote Creator! Turn on the lights and show the pagans that illumination, inspiration, capitalism, creativity and sobriety in the face of hysterics is how we conquer our problems.

So, if you also have a higher opinion of the Creator than you do of fear-mongers, join me and turn on every unnecessary light you can from 8:30 to 9:30pm on the 29th 28th. I’m turning on my pool lights, I’ll light some tiki torches, and I’ll probably leave the fridge open for that hour just to make sure my carbon production offsets the liberal church-ladies shoving their religion down my throat.